Someone asked me the other day, where the line is between varying a child’s safe foods in a small way (an effective approach to helping them feel confident with change) and sneaking in ingredients. It was a thought-provoking question and got me reflecting on the values underpinning my negative feelings about hidden veggies.
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When I first wrote about the blog 'sneaky veg' in this post about the merits (or not...) of hiding healthy food so that your children eat more of the good stuff without noticing and therefore rejecting it, I never imagined that it would culminate in a book review!
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Even before I started reading the scientific literature on picky eating , I have always instinctively felt uncomfortable with the phenomenon of vegetable subterfuge. It's a common ruse - many parents smuggle fruit or vegetables into food that they know their child will like. The motivation behind this comes from a good place - parents want their children to have a healthy diet. They want to avoid the conflict that they expect would arise if they went about things in a more direct way. Recently, I stumbled across this blog called 'sneaky fruit and veg'. Actually, the recipes on it look quite nice - like the most recent one for sausage and apple rolls. BUT - I just don't feel good about the notion of smuggling healthy foods in by the back door.
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