How to get your kids to eat more veggies: Mum reveals the sneaky trick she uses to make meals healthier – and her children have no idea
- A mother has shared her sneaky trick for getting her fussy kids to eat healthy
- Taryn Alise, from Melbourne, said she hides all sorts of veg in her sausage rolls
- The mum-of-two shared the recipe with others online, to huge praise
- She isn’t the only one who hides healthy foods; model Rachael Finch does it too
- Celebrity nutritionist Mandy Sacher said you shouldn’t because it breaks trust
A mother-of-two has shared her sneaky trick for getting her fussy kids to eat more vegetables without them realising.
Taryn Alise, from Melbourne, said she often makes sausage rolls for her two sons, but rather than buy processed rolls from the shop, she hides everything from zucchini to carrot and lentils in her own homemade version.
‘What does everyone sneak into their sausage rolls?’ Taryn recently posted on Facebook.
‘I’ve been told by my three-year-old today that I’m the best cook when he had these for lunch.’
A mother-of-two has shared her sneaky trick for getting her fussy kids to eat more vegetables without them even realising – and it’s as simple as hiding extra foods in sausage rolls (pictured)
Alongside sausage mince, Taryn said she also puts an onion, two diced carrots, one zucchini, two eggs, one can of lentils and crushed garlic in her mix (pictured before mixing)
Alongside sausage mince, Taryn said she also puts an onion, two diced carrots, one zucchini, two eggs, one can of lentils and crushed garlic in her mix.
She will then mix in one packet of hamburger helper with some water and add a ‘squirt of barbecue and tomato sauce’ to make it all stick together and taste delicious.
The finished product looks exactly like a regular sausage roll, but has many more nutritional benefits.
Other parents confessed to finding ways that they could hide healthy items in less healthy foods (Taryn’s lunchboxes for her kids pictured)
Others online were hugely impressed with Taryn’s handy trick, saying it is a ‘brilliant idea’.
‘This is so good. I normally just use sausage mince and onion,’ one commenter posted.
Others said they do their own variations on this, adding everything from grated apple to potatoes, broccoli, cauliflower and even peas and corn.
‘Beef and pork mince, onion, capsicum, zucchini, carrot, small amount of bread crumbs and two eggs,’ one mum wrote.
‘I also raid the vegetable garden at home and sometimes add beetroot, spinach, fresh herbs and what ever else I can find. All veggies get blitzed up to a paste then mixed with the meat. Kids have no idea.’
Celebrity nutritionist Mandy Sacher (pictured) said she is not a fan of hiding vegetables, however, as it ‘breaks down trust’
This isn’t the first time kids have been tricked into eating more vegetables without realising.
Australian model and mum Rachael Finch also swears by hiding veggies in foods her kids love.
”I try to blend [vegetables] into things, like they had a smoothie this morning with about a cup of spinach and some avocado and bananas and things like that,’ she said previously.
Rachael also tries to make healthier versions of carrot cakes and dessert slices, by slipping in superfoods without her kids realising.
However, not everyone is on board with the idea.
Australian celebrity nutritionist and best-selling food author Mandy Sacher said you should never hide vegetables in meals as this breaks down the trust with your kids:
‘If you have a child who hates broccoli and think the answer is to hide it in their favourite meal of spaghetti bolognese, then quit doing this,’ Mandy previously told FEMAIL.
‘You are in danger of losing their safe food when they find out what’s in it.’