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    Love at First Bite: 7 Ways to Get Your Kids to Enjoy Vegetables

    By | Shine Food – Tue, Nov 27, 2012 5:37 PM EST

    Photo by: Family Kitchen

    Combine vegetables and favorite fruits: Grape salsa
    Ingredients:
    2 cups seedless grapes, quartered or halved
    1/2 red onion diced
    1/2 cup cherry tomatoes,

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    Photo by: Family Kitchen

    Combine vegetables and favorite fruits: Grape salsa
    Ingredients:
    2 cups seedless grapes, quartered or halved
    1/2 red onion diced
    1/2 cup cherry tomatoes, quartered or halved
    3 tablespoons chopped parsley
    2 tablespoons lime (or lemon) juice
    1 teaspoon chopped oregano
    1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
    salt and pepper to taste
    dash of ground cayenne pepper (optional)
    Directions:
    Gently toss the grapes, onion, lime juice, vinegar, and herbs together in a medium bowl. Check the salt and acid levels and make adjustments. Add the tomatoes just before serving. Serve with chips, pita, or veggies!

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    Let's face it, kids care about presentation. My own daughter will often push away vegetables if they are presented in a lumpy soggy mess on her plate. Sure, I am a little irked by it (do I look like a magazine food stylist to you?!), but I know that how things look on the plate sometimes makes a difference to me too. While vegetables may be some of the toughest things to teach kids to like, they are extraordinarily easy to present attractively. When chopped up and arranged in rainbows or little faces, it can spell the difference between kids viewing them as intriguing and approachable and pushing them away without hesitation. Here are 7 simple and fun ways you too can make vegetables look good to kids. - By Kelsey Banfield



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