And then there’s the age-old challenge of getting your kids to eat their greens! Here are just a few simple ways to sneak in a few extra vegetables at meal times:
• Use
spirals of courgettes instead of spaghetti and top with your usual Bolognese sauce
• Why not try adding a couple of handfuls of
cooked brown lentils to your cottage pie mix, mixed in with the sauce and turkey mince, your kids won’t spot them
•
Spinach does a disappearing act when you puree it and add it to your stews and casseroles
• Grate or puree
peppers, butternut squash and carrots to your tomato based sauces
• Chop spinach or other
spring greens very finely and add to cheesy scrambled eggs, an omelette or a frittata
• Steam and
puree cauliflower and then add to mashed potato, using a ratio of 50% potato and 50% cauliflower
• Add
grated courgette to your pizza dough
•
Puree broccoli and mix into your white sauce that you use in fish pies, lasagna and curries
• Have smoothies had their day? Make (fruit) milk shakes by simply blending your favourite
berries with some
milk and a teaspoon of
honey. Kids will notice it’s a little sweeter and if you serve with a straw in a different glass, you might have a happier customer!
• Try serving up
fruit pizzas. Take a
brown fajita wrap, spread with crème fraiche, top with sliced
bananas and blueberries and a drizzle of
honey. Find more lunch ideas