How To Make Your Child Eat Veggies: 5 Tips To Get Your Kids To Eat Vegetables

Everyone knows that eating vegetables is good for the health. However, not everyone likes to eat vegetables -- especially kids. Knowing the best tips to get your kids to eat vegetables can make a big difference in their overall health and well-being.

RachaelRay.com shared some of the most effective tips to get your kids to eat vegetables. These tips involve partnering the veggies with foods that kids love to eat.

1. Wrap Those Veggies

Kids love sandwich wraps, especially those with meat and cheese. Therefore, one of the best tips to get your kids to eat vegetables is by putting them in a sandwich wrap with meat and cheese. Some of the best veggies to include in your child's sandwich wrap include green leafy vegetables, tomatoes and peppers. 2. Chop Those Veggies

You can also try chopped veggies with your kid's favorite meat dish. One ideal dish is to partner steak or chicken with chopped onion, carrots and green vegetables.

3. Veggie Soup

The best way to make a veggie soup is by adding meat. RachelRay.com recommends chili with chunks of squash and chopped tomatoes or chicken soup with celery and sweet potato.

4. Veggies With Cheese Sauce

"Sad, but true -- cheese sauce (with crumbled bacon, if you are so inclined) really does make everything more appealing," RachelRay.com explains. "Nuke some leftover roasted or steamed veggies, pop them in a thermos, add cheese (or cheese sauce)."

5. Veggies With Baked Potatoes

One of the most effective tips to get your kids to eat vegetables is by partnering veggies with baked potatoes. "Let's face it-kids love potatoes and schools love to serve them," Kids Love Potatoes shares. "They can be prepared dozens of healthy ways with flavors and spices that lend them to ethnic and traditional cuisine."

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