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  • All over some vegetables? My goodness.

    Start out the honest way. Raw veggies with low fat ranch dressing. Green beans with some butter and salt. And Broccoli. But if your child doesn't get what she needs from her dinner, a litte zuchinni hidden in her mashed potatoes wont kill her. For anyone who tuned into Oprah and saw Jessica Seinfeld, the kids they tested the foods on said they ...
    Posted to Food by sounds_sogreat on October 28, 2007

  • teach your children to like real vegetables

    Sneaking food into your kids meals is just handicapping them. It's like doing their homework or picking up after them...sure it's easier but what are you accomplishing ? You're delaying precious time to educate your children.
    Posted to Food by Jane Jennings on October 28, 2007

  • Jessica Seinfeld

    I am sure that Jessica's book was meant to provide her children with nutritious meals ''by any means necessary''. I assume she has tried the usual and is tired of the fighting...on the other hand, if you teach children to try and enjoy vegetables they will indeed love eating them. our children devour their broccoli with olive oil and lemon ...
    Posted to Food by Jane Jennings on October 28, 2007

  • Healthy is a good thing

    I have 3 children (2 grown & 1 teenager) and NONE took the time to know every ingredient in every dish I served them, especially when they were small. ALL they cared about was taste and when was it going to be ready! That is real life. Being creative is not bad. Who hasn't been sneaky when trying to get their chidren to eat healthier? I ...
    Posted to Food by mommab on October 28, 2007

  • Jessica Seinfeld's cookbook

    Whoever wrote this article,cutting this cookbook down and making such a big deal about it, definately has too much time on their hands! They also have not experienced what it is like when your children hate vegetables from the time they had their first bite of baby food. Even though I've been putting vegetables on their plates for years, and have ...
    Posted to Food by tlc_42 on October 28, 2007

  • Mrs. Seinfeld and kid food

    Mrs. Seinfeld has the same problem most parents have today....being the adult. Parents need to stop making their child's world devoid of anything that might cause of moment of displeasure. No child dies from eating a couple of bites of lima beans. For that matter they won't die if they can't watch TV because they won't eat vegetables.
    Posted to Food by Corgimom on October 28, 2007

  • The Deceptive Chefs

    As a mother of 4 kids ages 7 and under, I understand the lack of will of kids to eat veggies. For some amazing reason, my three boys LOVE broccolli (I believe I just happened to proffess how big and strong it made them at just the right time) - and I would tell them AS THEY ARE EATING how I can SEE THEM GROWING. For the times when broccolli has ...
    Posted to Food by MommaHorn on October 28, 2007

  • Shame Shame Shame...

    How DARE you people bash someone that is trying to provide a nutritious meal for their children. When America hosts the largest population of overweight and obese children. EVIDENTLY their parents are not teaching them the proper ways to eat. I would go as far as to say most parents do not even eat healthy themselves because they do not know how ...
    Posted to Food by ManglerLover on October 27, 2007

  • Invite them in...don't shut them out!

    I am a firm believer that children who are involved in the cooking process are much more likely to eat their culinary creations, appreciate the textures and flavors of foods and have healthier bodies. I teach healthy cooking classes to children and help families plan healthy meals. I wrote about my response to Seinfeld's book on my blog.
    Posted to Food by mamamich on October 25, 2007

  • Regardless of parenting, kids might not take to veggies

    Boy, veggies are really making me mad... Dr. Oz says that there is actually a biological/evolutionary reason that kids don't eat veggies. His comments from the Oprah show: ''He says there's a very good biological reason why it's so hard to get kids to eat their vegetables. In fact, they are hardwired to not like them. Dr. Oz says when our ...
    Posted to Food by scoobette on October 25, 2007