dinner tricks for frazzled mums

I don't know about you, but my kids aren't exactly thrilled at the sight of vegetables on their dinner plate. I mean, they'll eat them and while it's never a battle (sometimes have hardcore People Pleasers as children totally works in my favour) sometimes I just can't be bothered playing the Big Bad Wolf and 'making' them eat their veggies.  And so, I do what any *ahem* normal mum does to get their kids to eat their veggies.  I puree them.  And hide them in their food.  Really.  I do.  Look...

Over the years I've learnt a few little tricks to hiding those pesky vegetables in their food...

1.  If the food is served piping hot, the veggie taste is very obvious.  Let it cool for a bit and BAM!  They'll have no clue they're inhaling cauliflower with their mac & cheese.

2.  Match your puree with your meal.  Cauliflower is all sorts of awesome because it's totally neutral in colour and can pretty much be thrown into anything (lasagne, pizza sauce, scrambled eggs, mac & cheese, toasted cheese sandwiches...the list is endless) Spinach on the other hand, is a bit tricky because it's, well, green, but it does work well in savoury muffins and makes a killer Green Eggs and Ham meal.  Thanks Dr Seuss, for that little chestnut.

3.  Don't puree the veggies at every meal.  Kids do need to harden up at some point and actually learn how to eat those dreaded vegetables.  So that you know, they don't grow up to become fussy husbands who eat nothing but meat and potato.  At least that's what they think they're eating.  Hate to break it to you Scott, but you're not the meat & potato man you think you are.  Yes, I've totally been hiding veggies in your meals for years.  But don't worry.  Nobody will ever know xox

How about you?  Do you hide veggies in your husband's meals?  Or is that just me?  God, I hope not....