Add fruits and vegetables to the kids' diet

We have already counted what are the right foods to offer to the kids on the beach and among them, are fresh fruits and vegetables. However, they are usually not easy foods to incorporate into infant feeding, so today we tell you how you can add fruits and vegetables to the kids' diet.

To take advantage of its freshness, its good vitamins and minerals, as well as the ability to improve the body's hydration level, we recommend add fruits and vegetables to the children's diet. Some tricks to achieve this can be:

  • Leave fruits in sight of children, either in a basket when we go to the beach, or in a container that displays them on the table or in the kitchen all the time. Thus, children may be tempted to take a piece of fresh fruit during the day.
  • Allow children to participate in the kitchen When preparing dishes with vegetables and / or fruits, we help them to become familiar with these foods and make consumption more likely.
  • Create colorful and fun dishes that look attractive to the eyes of children, because by the eyes you can also capture the attention of children to fruits and vegetables.
  • Make burgers and vegetable pizzasFor example, we can make pumpkin, zucchini, eggplant or a mixture of these hamburgers and also cover a pizza dough with various vegetables. The key is in resort to preparations that children like and add as much as possible, fruits and vegetables.
  • Preserve the taste and color Intense vegetables to make them more palatable. To do this, we can steam them or offer them raw, as well as help us with herbs, spices or light and safe sauces for the kids.
  • Make frozen fruits that in summer they offer more freshness and that the kids may like to consume a banana, watermelon or melon polo.
  • Always offer and never lower your arms before the resistance of the children to consume certain fruit and / or vegetables, because more than 10 attempts are required on different occasions to check if a child likes food or not. In addition, a vegetable can be appetizing for kids in one preparation and not in another.
  • Give the example, because children become familiar with the foods we consume and learn a lot by imitation, so if fruits and vegetables are not consumed at home, the little ones will not either.

With these tricks you can add fruits and vegetables to the kids' diet so that they enjoy a healthy diet in the middle of summer, where certain nutrients and the water of the food, help a lot to tolerate the heat and protect us from diseases.

Remember, first of all, give the example of eating fruits and vegetables daily and use creativity as well as fun to make dishes with these foods.

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