Toddlers wont eat healthy food?.....any food recipes suggestions?

my 2 1/2 yo and 18 month old are very picky. They dont ever want to eat their vegetables or fruit. I dont really know how to cook very well yet so my husband always wants to eat out. I love fruits and vegetables, but my kids wont touch them. I have both discussed this with their doctor, but all he said was they will eat when they are hungry and was not concerned, but it seems they would rather starve. I dont know what to do. Anyone have any advice on this or good suggestions for good lunch and dinner foods?Toddlers wont eat healthy food?.....any food recipes suggestions?
Steak and potatoes


Cheesecake


Ice Cream


Fried ChickenToddlers wont eat healthy food?.....any food recipes suggestions?
Put your foot down! So they have a fit. So what. Life goes on. Take them to their rooms and tell them when they calm down they can come out. Period.





Don't give into them or it will only get worse.





Tell them what is on their plate is what they will eat. If they dont' eat it, then clear it away, but DON'T give them something else. They will learn.





Your kids should eat what you give them, not what they want. They can't live on mac %26amp; cheese, chocolate and junk food.


You are the boss, aren't you?
first, you need to talk to your mom. ask her to give the kids cookies that are healthier, like oatmeal cookies. you could try to make the foods fun with something to dip them into (like ranch dressing or fruit dip, or chocolate syrup if they're insisting on sweets....chocolate isn't bad for you unless it's given in excessive amounts.) also, you can try making muffins or cookies (you can get the boxed mixes) and baking in fruits %26amp; veggies.
The doc is right on this one- they will eat when they are hungry enough. Also, ask your mom to provide them one heathly snack (like fruit) before giving them any junk. My son (for some reason) loves fruit. I also made some sweet potato french fries and my son (3 years) and daughter (1 year) love them.





You can always puree fruits and veg and add into muffins and other fun things. They would never know.





Good luck!
well, im 12 yrs old, and i new this helpd wen i wuz little, my mom always let me make little things, like homemade pizza or something like that, i no kids love eating things they make. they always think it tastes betr wen they make it, it can b simple foods, even if they help out a little, they may eat what they take part in.
this is what i do...i puree the vegtables up, then cook them in with the food, the kids can't even taste them and they love it!!!





For instance, for pancakes, i take carrorts and mix them in with the batter...for eggs you can use carrots, spinach anything that you want...the kids don't even know that they're eating healthy!!! and sometimes if the food changes colours they think it's so cool!!





Good luck!
ok so babies and toddlers are attracted to bright colorful foods...


everyone is in fact...


but they also know what taste good and what doesnt...


call carrots candy... eat them and make a big deal about how good they taste... offer him some and if he says no say ok and eat more...


toddlers get possesive over what they cant have soon enough if he sees that you dont force it on him and you like it he might just change his mind on what he wants


hope this helps
i hid fruits and veggies in other food. if i made muffins, i'd chop up fruits or mash them and add them in. stuff like that.
My daughter is 4, and we have this issue too. It drives me crazy because I always loved fruits and veggies. She watches Yo Gabba Gabba on Nick Jr.. On that show they sing a song called ';There's a Party in My Tummy';. I sing this song to my daughter using whatever is on her plate at the time that I want her to eat. Here is a link to a video clip of the characters singing the song on the show.





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9PqjMSNf…





It should definitely help with your 2 1/2 year old, and hopefully the 18 month old will catch on, or at least want to copy the oldest. Although if it does help, you might end up wanting to hunt me down and strangle me. LOL I get tired of having to sing the song, and I suspect that she sometimes refuses just so I will sing the song. If it gets the veggies down with out a fight, I will do it.
No sugar!...The child has you trained, break the cycle. Your doctor is right, he'll eat when he's hungry. I raised my son with very little sugar, he had a 4.0 GPA and was varsity quarterback 2 years. I never made him eat anything he didn't like but I only presented him with healthy foods. When I introduced new foods I enforced a 2 bite rule, if he doesn't like the 2 bites then he never had to eat that again. He never developed a ';fear'; of trying new foods. Funny, there is very little he didn't like. Talk to your mother about your kids diets, she is being detrimental to his health.
I read in my Parents magazine to give your children vegetables to snack on when they’re the most hungry. Because they won’t fight you if they’re starving. My son LOVES fruit, he can eat it 24/7 if I let him. Which is a good thing, but there’s sugar in fruit so I sometimes try to limit what time I give that to him. But as far as veggies, he does okay with them. It’s still a challenge, but I just keep giving him health snacks and he’s gotten better with it. Cookies are a special treat, but only after dinner, when he’s eaten everything he’s supposed to eat. Grandparents are known for spoiling their grandkids, and this is okay as long as she still respects your “rules” of parenting. So explain that it’s okay to sneak some cookies here and there, but to please cut back because they’re just turning into sweet tooth children.





I also read to include veggies like shaved carrots into pancakes so they’re getting the veggie intake but don’t really know. Or to put pieces of broccoli into mac and cheese (all kids LOVE mac and cheese right?). Even if they’re getting a bite or two more than the last time, it’s progress. It won’t happen overnight, but eventually they’ll get used to it. Try making things like banana bread, zucchini bread, etc. Or maybe involve them in making little pizzas and have them decorate with veggies. My Parents magazine has a great article this month about different combos of veggies for children. And how to incorporate them. If you can, pick it up and check it out….





Good luck!
Jerry Seinfeld's wife came out with a really cool cookbook called Deceptively Delicious and explains how to hide fruits and veggies in every day recipes. It's a great book!





Make oatmeal raisin cookies and to appease them throw in some choc late chips; that way they can eat their cookies BUT it's better than just a chocolate chip cookie. Also, did you know that you can sub applesauce for butter in baking? That's another way to get some fruit in them!





Another tip: if they like applesauce anyway, have them pick another fit that they like (strawberries, peaches, plums) and throw that fruit in a blender or food processor and puree that fruit...mix it with the applesauce for a yummy treat! (be sure to take any pits out of pitted fruit before processing though!)





The key is to make eating foods they don't like interesting and fun...give them a sticker each time they try something new, and by all means don't push a new food on them...but they should at least have to try it...if they don't like it wait awhile and try it again.





Sweet potatoes are SO healthy and can be made fun by making them into fries. They are naturally sweet and do taste like candy. (well kind of!)





Zucchini bread and banana bead are good too, plus they are sweet tasting...very appealing to kids.
Well I am by no means a mom, but maybe you could try making them smoothies (to get some fruit into their diets.)





These seem easy (and yummy) enough.





Banana Smoothie


(serves 3)


Ingredients


1/4 cup orange juice


4 bananas


3 scoops of plain ice-cream


2 tablespoons of golden syrup


3 tablespoons of plain yoghurt


Lemon juice (optional)


Sugar (optional)


Method


Cut the bananas into small pieces and put in the blender. Add all the other ingredients. Blend on full for 20 seconds. Put lemon juice around the rim of the glasses then roll the rim in the sugar so it sticks to the lemon juice. Serve immediately.





Fruit Mania Smoothie


(serves 1)


Ingredients


6 strawberries


1 banana


5 raspberries


1 clementine


2 ice-cubes


Method


Blend the fruits together first, then gradually add the ice.





Also maybe you could dip some fruit into chocolate? Yes, it is slightly unhealthy, but then again, it gives them some fruit.