You can add lots of hidden nutrition by slowing adding in small amounts bit by bit, as you go along re-training their taste buds.
Food Process the veggies of similar colour to be rice size and cook into the sauce
Cube up squash and cook ahead, so it is super soft and can turn into a soup texture really easy
Blend the veggies into sauces, soups and stews
Smoothies or juices – blend in the veggies with lots of strong flavoured fruit, cocoa powder and even nut/seed butter
Heap on lots of seasonings on when steaming or stir-frying
Build your own meals are a great way to get your veggies in
Taco, Burger, Pizza night – everyone can pile on all their favourites
Veggies that are easy to blend into your meals; cauliflower, broccoli, squash, beans, kale, spinach, zucchini, celery, cabbage, carrots and the list goes on and on!!
We would love to hear how you get enough veggies in your diet!!
Kandice-Lee Doucette is our Etobicoke Branch Director and an Independent Epicure Consultant.
Her vision is helping people discover that eating clean and healthy can be truly easy and tasty with an array of delicious whole foods without fillers, artificial flavours, MSG while saving you money, time and producing less waste!