Ready When You Are: 5 Slow-Cooker Meals Kids Love

I have found that finiky parents raise finiky kids. Open your minds and pallets and your kids will open theirs.

If he doesn't like something, I encourage him to mix it with what he does like. If there are fresh veggies, they are served with something saucy so he has a choice to dip them. I also use fat free dressings as a dip. Now, he downs them no dressing or sauce. We also went to the farmer's market to sample fresh food and let him choose what he wanted to bring home. That was fun and it really expanded his pallet and his willingness to try new foods.

I have had a 4 year old foster son for about 1 month now. He has pretty much been raised on McDonalds and day glow mac and cheese. On day one, he wouldn't touch a vegetable... Made gagging noises, threw up some broccoli... Now, he laps up the brocoli, spinach, fights me for the last baby carrots... all I have done is healthify his favorites... pick the right pasta, add a familiar and tasty sauce and add the veggies so they can be recognized and named, not pureed and hidden.

If you want your kid to eat anything you have to start young (infancy) when they first start food expose them to everything. This is what my parents did and I am doing with mine. My 18mo old loves avocado, swiss cheese, goat cheese, indian food, mexican, basically everything. They also LOVE raw veggies. This is what my toddler snacks on raw veggies. If they are older and refuse something you cannot cater to them, this is whats for dinner you can eat it or not. They aren't going to starve!

You have got to be kidding. I don't think half the kids would eat half of the recipes. I would but why waist the time cooking it if only you are going to eat it and no one elese.