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Posted: 08 June 2006 at 9:57pm | IP Logged

Do your little ones eat their 5 portions of fruit and veg a day?

Eds picky and I'm stuggling to get them into him so how do you do it?

Posted: 08 June 2006 at 10:07pm | IP Logged

Ella about manages it.... She has a banana or apple mid morning, one of the frutapura fruit pots for pudding at dinner time, then veg with her tea. She also has bits of cucumber or carrot with her lunch.

My youngest neph won't eat veg, so my sis blends carrot and broccoli down and mixes it with juice - and he drinks it! You can now buy vegetable juice as a drink in the shops.

hth xxx

Posted: 08 June 2006 at 10:10pm | IP Logged

I think mine do.

They usually eat at least one banana and/or some grapes.  So that's the fruit.  Then for dinner lunch they'll have pots and at least 2 other veg.

Last night I made a stir fry with leftover cauliflower, broccoli, onions, celery and garlic.  The boys loved it.

You can also slice up some raw veggies and make some dips for them.

I make my own fishcakes and add finely diced veggies into the mixture.

Hth. Zo

Posted: 08 June 2006 at 10:11pm | IP Logged

I'm quite lucky as fruit is Lily's favourite - she'd only eat that given half the chance!!

Shes not so keen on the veg but eats some of what I give her

xxxxx

Posted: 18 June 2006 at 10:39pm | IP Logged

Ryan definately doesnt - im starting 2 really worry about his appetite although he still seems 2 b thriving

He'll hav cereal in the morning - usually cornflakes with apricot yoghurt

Lunch he has wotever im having generally & theres rarely veg in that

& Dinner he has a baby jar - i guess most of them hav at least 1 veg in

He'll take a sip of Juice if im lucky but i dont think any of that even counts as 1 or 2 portions a day