We all know how hard it can be to get our kids to eat their vegetables, and let's face it, vegetables are just NOT as easy to prepare as say, fruit. I mean, you can easily peel a banana; they make a special little tool to slice apples in a snap; a four year old can peel a tangerine; and you can even buy fruit in a can ready to eat. But how can you prepare vegetables fast? And easy? I realize that you can buy carrots in nice little single size serving bags at Costco, but how many carrots can one person eat before they start turning orange?!?! And yes, Trader Joe's has those handy little packs of celery with peanut butter, but what if you want cream cheese instead?!?
Vegetables. It's not even a good sounding word. And of course, there's that whole VeggieTales thing. (Although, Larry the Cucumber wouldn't last a day in our house. Really, he would not actually survive one day.) Case in point: I purchased some cucumbers yesterday and today I got out the peeler, sliced it up, added a dash of salt and served it up at lunch (because when you find a vegetable your kids like, you run with it). Now, Lizzie LOVES herself some cucumbers. She ate every slice I gave her and then approached me while I was eating mine and said, "Mommy, can I help you eat that?" I of course was thrilled that she wanted more then a single serving but when she asked me to have more at dinner and then more tomorrow I thought to myself, "What have I just gotten myself into? I'll be peeling and slicing every day for the next month!"
OK, yes. I know they make a "handy" slicer for just such an occasion, but that doesn't solve my problem. I don't want to use 14 different instruments just to get one little vegetable! Why can't a cucumber just peel like a banana? Or jicima like an orange? Ah, well. I guess I shouldn't complain. At least she doesn't like pumpkin!
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Here's a thought....don't peel them. The skin is good for you. And Lizzie and I are kindred spirits cuz I love me some cucumbers too!
I have to agree with Celeste - don't peel them. Or just peel little stripes, like every other peel strip thing. She probably won't notice the difference. Trader Joe's also has those very cute little baby cucumbers so you can peel a little at a time.
At least your kids (Lizzie) are eating vegetables! Mine remind me that daddy doesn't eat his vegetables, so why should they?! :-)
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