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ISO healthy vegetable muffin or vegetable side for toddler



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wife2




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Dec 02 2013, 8:59 pm
I have a toddler who is pretty picky with vegetables. She can't eat hard uncooked raw vegetables since she doesn't have so many teeth. She does not like most cooked vegetables and just mushes it around or throws it on the floor. I am looking for a way to serve vegetables that will taste good and won't be easy for her to mush. I am trying to disguise vegetables in food.

Does anyone have a good, HEALTHY muffin recipe that uses vegetables? I do not mind if it uses some apple juice or applesauce as sweetener to make it yummy but I would prefer it to have no sugar or a tiny amount. It needs to be kid-friendly and not something that wouldn't taste good. Any other vegetable suggestions that look and taste appetizing to little kids will also be helpful.

Thanks.
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tweety1




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Dec 02 2013, 9:11 pm
Squash muffins. Will post recipe soon. Yummy
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Blue jay




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Dec 02 2013, 10:30 pm
Here you go:

1 and 3/4 cup of whole wheat flour
3/4 cup of baby food peas, or any of your choice
3/4 cup of sugar or reduce to 1/2 cup if you like less
2 teaspoons baking powder
half teaspoon. baking soda
1/4 cup of water
2 tablespoons of canola oil

Miz to a lumpy and wet texture bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes
you can even make a cake out of it, easy cleanup! I call it muffin cake

With this recipe I have snuck pumpkin. peas. prunes (when needed) mashed bananas. the only veggie that did not work was sweet potatoe.
You can also substitute 3/4 of the flour with wheat germ for more nutrition
and if you use baby food peas, it comes out tasting like corn muffins!
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Blue jay




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Dec 02 2013, 10:35 pm
Also I sneak purreed carrots into my tomato sauce. Kids have no clue!
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Blue jay




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Dec 02 2013, 10:36 pm
Purreed string beans in meatloaf and meat balls.

Just some other ideas....

Now back to the question Very Happy on hand...
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ra_mom




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Dec 02 2013, 10:38 pm
Does she eat french fries?
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wife2




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Dec 02 2013, 10:54 pm
ra_mom wrote:
Does she eat french fries?


yes she would but I don't know if she would like squash fries or other vegetables as fries
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amother


 

Post Mon, Dec 02 2013, 11:28 pm
wife2 wrote:
ra_mom wrote:
Does she eat french fries?


yes she would but I don't know if she would like squash fries or other vegetables as fries
You can try colorful vegetable fries.
If it helps, you can batter them first to make them even more appealing.
http://www.joyofkosher.com/rec.....ries/
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ra_mom




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Dec 02 2013, 11:31 pm
wife2 wrote:
ra_mom wrote:
Does she eat french fries?


yes she would but I don't know if she would like squash fries or other vegetables as fries
You can try colorful vegetable fries.
If it helps, you can batter them first to make them even more appealing.
http://www.joyofkosher.com/rec.....ries/
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seeker




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Dec 03 2013, 12:01 am
Take any kugel recipe and bake it in muffin tins, more fun and holds together better for the littles.

Wish there were an easier answer, though, we're in the same bind. I can't seem to remember what my first kid ate at this age but it seems like 1 y/o DD eats much fewer vegetables now that she doesn't go for jars anymore but doesn't chew food very well either... She'll eat carrots from gefilte fish and peas cooked very soft but that's about it. She's going to turn orange soon.
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greenfire




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Dec 03 2013, 12:06 am
http://imamother.com/forum/vie.....ffins
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AlwaysGrateful




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Dec 03 2013, 6:47 am
Canned vegetables! Or frozen, defrosted ones. You'll be surprised what they'll eat. And they don't need to be soft -- some babies don't like mushy vegetables. Just not raw. Her gums are stronger than you'd think.
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SJcookie




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Dec 03 2013, 7:48 am
My son LOVES these muffins

Whole Wheat Carrot Muffins
1/2 C oil
2 eggs
1 C brown sugar (was out of brown sugar, so I used 1/2 C of white)
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 C pureed carrots (I used 3 peeled, boiled carrots; mashed them with a fork)
1 C WW flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
pinch of salt
cinnamon (optional)
White chocolate chips, almonds, or craisins (optional)

Preheat oven to 350.
Mix ingredients in the above order. Pour into slightly greased muffin pan. Bake for approx. 20 min.
(I used huge muffin tins, and it yielded 9 muffins. For most people, it will probably yield a dozen muffins.)
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smss




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Dec 03 2013, 2:07 pm
http://www.100daysofrealfood.c.....read/

I like this recipe, it has a lot of zucchini compared to the other ingredients, and very little sweetener (honey)
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