12 good ideas for introducing more fruit and vegetables to young children.
- Chop up left over vegetables, a little seasoning and some vegetable stock, cook until hot. Cool a bit, for a cheap home made soup!
- If you enjoy jelly put in some peeled tanger ine bits for extra zing.
- Place a celery stick in the fridge, then give it to your teething toddler to chew on.
- Raw frozen peas make a great snack for children.
- Beans sprouts are easy to sprout in a jar, and children love watching them grow.
- Give children a small cup of sultanas as a snack.
- Make your own fruit yoghurt, whiz a banana with some plain yoghurt.
- Add finely chopped carrot to Spaghetti Bolognese, cook.
- Mash a banana on toast or in a sandwich for a change from jam.
- Make a smoothie with your favourite fruit, a little fruit juice or yoghurt and whizz up.
- Cut up a bowl of raw vegetable sticks including celery, peppers, carrot, fennel and snack on them during the day.
- Make fruit faces or fruit animals from sliced fruit and veg, then eat them!