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Your kids can learn to love vegetables―and have fun doing it!

So long to scary vegetables; hello to friendly new textures, colors, and flavors! Here is a foolproof plan for getting your kids to love their vegetables. Just follow the “Three E’s”: Expose your child to new vegetables with sensory, hands–on, educational activities: Create Beet Tattoos and play Cabbage Bingo!Explore the characteristics of each veggie (texture, taste, temperature, and more) with delectable but oh–so–easy recipes: Try Parsnip-Carrot Mac’n’Cheese and Pepper Shish Kebabs!Expand your family’s repertoire with more inventive vegetable dishes―including a “sweet treat” in every chapter: Enjoy Pears and Parsnips in Puff Pastry and Tropical Carrot Confetti Cookies! With 100 kid–tested activities and delicious recipes, plus expert advice on parenting in the kitchen, Adventures in Veggieland will get you and your kids working (and playing!) together in the kitchen, set­ting even your pickiest eater up for a lifetime of healthy eating. 50 color photographs

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How do you get your children to love veggies?

First

Expose your child to new vegetables with sensory, hands–on, educational activities: Create Beet Tattoos and play Cabbage Bingo!

Then

Explore the characteristics of each veggie (texture, taste, temperature, and more) with delectable but oh–so–easy recipes: Try Parsnip-Carrot Mac’n’Cheese and Pepper Shish Kebabs!

and Finally

Expand your family’s repertoire with more inventive vegetable dishes—including a 'sweet treat' in every chapter: enjoy Pears and Parsnips in Puff Pastry, Tropical Carrot Confetti Cookies, Beet Dip, and more!

Expose your child to beets with a fun tattoo activity

What to Do:

1 Kids: Wash any dirt from the beets under running water.

2 Parents: Boil about an inch (2.5 cm) of water in a shallow pan. Slice off the root ends of the beets. Place the beets upright in the water with the greens sticking upward. Boil gently on medium-high for 4 to 6 minutes, until the bottoms are fork-tender. Remove from the water and wait until the beets are cool enough for kids to handle.

3 Kids: Press a cookie cutter into one of the beet halves and then remove it, leaving an imprint of the shape.

4 Parents and older Kids: Cut away the beet around the shape to leave a raised 'stamp' for the tattoo. Or create your own shape by whittling away at the beet!

5 Kids : Lick the stamp, press onto skin, let dry. The pattern will be faint on the skin at first, but if you hold still and let it dry (it takes about a minute) you’ll have a lovely light-pink tattoo!

6 Parents and Kids : Be creative! How about putting the stamp to use for a little face painting? It all comes off in the bathtub or with a secret vegetable that magically erases beet stains.

How Your Child Benefits

You just helped your kid lick and smell beets, without ever mentioning eating them. If they took a crunch in the process, that’s great! Most importantly at this stage, they had a good time being with you—and with beets, too!

What You'll Need Fresh beets Kid-Safe knife Mini cookie cutters in simple shapes, like a heart or diamond

Raise a healthy, happy eater with Melanie Potock's expert advice

Melanie Potock, MA, CCC-SLP, is an international speaker on the topic of picky eating and feeding disorders in children, and the author of Adventures in Veggieland and Responsive Feeding (forthcoming), as well as coauthor of Raising a Healthy, Happy Eater. Her advice, found on her website MelaniePotock.com, has been shared in national publications including Parents magazine. In her over fifteen years of experience in feeding therapy, her work visiting homes and schools to support families and children at mealtimes has been one of the most rewarding aspects of her career.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ The Experiment; Illustrated edition (February 6, 2018)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Flexibound ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1615194061
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1615194063
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.82 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.3 x 0.9 x 9.3 inches
Reviewer: Stephatole
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: MY FAVORITE BOOK!!!
Review: I am a speech-language pathologist and feeding therapist. This book is my saving grace. I have always wanted to write a book like this and Melanie beat me to it. This is my #1 recommendation to my feeding clients and families. I also love to promote this book on local TV and when I write feeding articles because IT IS THE BEST SOURCE OF SMART PARENTING ADVICE, FUN RECIPES AND SOLID SCIENCE-BASED INFO. Melanie's 3 E's (Expose, Explore and Expand) make it the perfect compliment to any home. My patients love it and I keep ordering more to share! If you could only purchase 1 book THIS is book to buy. Helping kids become more adventurous eaters is a great way to set them up for healthy adulthood. I am so thankful Melanie Potock wrote this amazing book! It's my favorite!!!

Reviewer: The game is a little hard for kids under 6 years old but it does help them out.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Helpful
Review: Very helpful for my picky son

Reviewer: SLP Barbara
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: One of my "go to" books for families!
Review: As a feeding therapist who works with kids and families with feeding challenges and picky eating, this book is one of my absolute favorites! One of my current families said it best, when they exclaimed, "The pictures are all so pretty and colorful, and the projects so fun! Our daughter, who is super picky, has been happily exploring food she would never have even touched prior to this, and tasting new things!"This book and all of Melanie's books and online resources, are an absolute GIFT to families! When someone asks me, "Where do I start learning about how to help my kid?" Melanie's various resources are at the top of my list. If you're looking for support for a child or family dealing with the frustration of picky eating, Melanie's variety of resources are a great place to start!

Reviewer: Kimberlee J Derhammer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Fun ideas for young eaters
Review: This is a great book packed full of fun ideas to help young eaters explore vegetables. As a mom to a hesitant eater, I have found that the more fun my little eater has in the kitchen helping me prepare foods the more open he is to trying them at the dinner table (vegetables included). I love the creative games and activities that encourage the exploration of different vegetables as well as the recipes that accompany them. I also like the way the book is laid out by season, helping us to better recognize which vegetables are at their peak at which times. Overall, it's a great book for anyone looking for fun ideas and different ways to explore and enjoy vegetables with children.

Reviewer: Debbie
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Engaging with veggies
Review: "Adventures in Veggieland" is about proven ways to help children (ages 3–8) to learn to enjoy eating veggies. The author covered beets, butternut squash, parsnips, sweet potatoes, turnips, asparagus, broccoli, carrots, peas, spinach, bell peppers, corn, cucumbers, green beans, tomatoes, brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, kale, and pumpkin. With each recipe or game, she provided cooking tips, tips for parents on how to make the experience successful, and how this activity benefits your child.For each vegetable, the author started with a game involving that food, like making temporary tattoos using beets or playing with little plastic toys in mashed potatoes. The intent is to get the child familiar with the food through seeing, touching, and tasting it. She then provided 3 recipes for main or side dishes that use the vegetable. The intent is for the children to help the adult make the food as they're more likely to eat what they help to make. These recipes are pretty simple to do, and she suggests what parts young children can help with and what parts older children can do. The final recipe in each section is for a desert that has some of the veggie in it.She isn't necessarily making healthy foods so she often added veggies to or made them into more familiar foods, like fries. She used bacon in several recipes (but suggested that you only use a little and use bacon that doesn't have preservatives). But the recipes may not be suitable for children with dietary restrictions as she used dairy, eggs, wheat flour, and such. However, the overall method for getting picky eaters to enjoy their veggies sounds like it should work well.I received a free ebook review copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley.

Reviewer: Amanda B
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great ideas for reluctant eaters and adventurous eaters alike!
Review: Love this book! We have all of Melanie Potock's books. I have a child with a long history of feeding challenges but after a couple years of feeding therapy and utilizing Melanie's strategies my child is a healthier, more adventurous eater. Melanie is amazing at finding ways to expose kids to new foods and gently lead them to move from playing with food to trying the food. The book is beautiful and I love the activities before the recipes. This book will be a staple in our kitchen. Great ideas for reluctant eaters and adventurous eaters alike!

Reviewer: Laura Allen
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Highly recommend this book, especially for those struggling with hesitant eaters
Review: I used to think it was just that kids either like veggies or they don’t. This book changes everything by proposing a fun, hands on, food adventure for any hesitant eater. It shows us all how to make friends with veggies. No power struggles, no negativity but awesome, fun acvitites we can all do at home with our kids to help the whole family include more veggies in our diet. I always wanted my kids to try veggies but couldn’t figure out how! This book tells us all exactly how to do it in a positive non threatening way.

Reviewer: Michael Whitt
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Bringing FUN and CREATIVITY and PLAY to introducing veggies to young ...
Review: Bringing FUN and CREATIVITY and PLAY to introducing veggies to young children. This book is colorful, inspiring, and full of helpful tips. It got my creativity flowing and is helping me out of a bit of a rut I’ve fallen into with my children.It’s easy to get into power struggles with kids about veggies. It’s easy to overlook how much sugar and processed food is marketed to children, and forget to make the effort to make veg just as fun. I’d buy this book all over again.

Reviewer: Mrs.C
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: This book is amazing! I love how simple the recipes are and has tips on how to get your child involved. My daughter hates vegetables but so far she has eaten broccolo bites and honey carrots. I was shocked when she ate 4 baby carrots! The recipe was so simple to do and add to my meal ideas list.

Reviewer: Jennifer Smith
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Excellent resource for parents and feeding therapists! Very clever.

Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Such a great resource to share with parents and families. Creative ideas to get kids involved in the kitchen and learning to explore and enjoy food!

Reviewer: Sarah
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: My son is now eating cherry tomatoes thanks to one of the activities in this book. Wonderful book. Great recipes. It really works to help your little one learn to like veggies.

Reviewer: Jill
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: This book has so many great ideas for ways to sneak more veggies into your kid's everyday diet. Just wish that there were more pictures for inspiration.