Finally got my 3-year-old to eat something green from the slow cooker

Last week, after three years of trying, my kid actually ate the spinach I hid in a slow cooker lasagna. I used the recipe from the 'Slow Cooker Family Favorites' blog, doubling the ricotta and adding an extra layer of the chopped spinach. He ate two full pieces without a single complaint. I almost couldn't believe it. Has anyone else found a sneaky veggie that works in a slow cooker dish?

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the_christopher1mo ago

Seriously? You're celebrating tricking your kid into eating spinach. That's a short term win that builds zero good habits. He'll figure out the trick eventually and then you're back to square one, but with more distrust. The goal should be teaching him that vegetables are normal food, not something to be hidden in cheese and pasta. You're just putting off the real problem. I'd rather have the fight now and get him to actually learn to like the taste of real food.

shane_reed1mo agoMost Upvoted

Ask @the_christopher what you do when the kid just won't eat, period. Let him go hungry every night?

jasonc7728d ago

Remember my cousin tried the whole "no tricks, just real food" method with her toddler. Kid lived on plain crackers and air for like three weeks, it was a total standoff. Sometimes you just need to get some green stuff in them before the preschool plague hits, you know? Feels like there's a middle ground between hiding veggies and a nightly dinner battle.