Eat Your Veggies!

Now that my son is 19 months old...he's stopped eating vegetables. So how do you get them to eat a balanced diet if all they want are carbs and pizza bites? I still steam broccoli and carrots and put them on his plate, even though it's a pain when all my hard work ends up on the floor. Sometimes I'll make sure he's real hungry and them give him only the veggies first before dinner and he will eat them, but I can't count on it. So two of my favorite ways to make sure he's getting what he needs are make him drink it or hide it in another form.
1. Amazing Grass Superfood
It has 3 servings of fruit and vegetables per serving, mostly organic. It's a mix of dozens of greens and fruits from wheat grass and broccoli to guavas and blueberries and it tastes like chocolate! I usually mix a spoonful with about 4-6oz of milk, soy milk, whatever liquid you want.

2. I make super nutritious muffins. Pumpkin, Apple, and Banana are great, but to get some greens into my son I like this recipe. I took a recipe from the book Super Babyfood and added even more goodies. Yes, they are superhealthy, not as tasty as regular zucchini muffins I would make for myself, but my son loves them. I freeze the batch and reheat them for a healthy snack.

-Super Zucchini Spinach Muffins
Makes 12 muffins
Preheat oven 350 degrees. Mix in this order:

2 cups Whole Wheat Flour
(add 1 tablespoon Nutritional Yeast and 2 Tablespoons Soy Flour for Super Nutrition)
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
1/2 c melted butter/oil
1 8.75 oz can of crushed pineapple not drained
1/2 cup plumped raisins
1/2 grated zucchini (1 cup)
(chopped spinach, 2 Tablespoons wheat germ, 1 Tablespoon molasses)

Pour into greased muffin tins and bake 30 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.