Ideas for feeding a fussy 20 month old...?

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Wow Huggles, I think you should come live with me as you have advice for every problem that seems huge to me!!

I have never thought of grating the veggies...

What's your take on sweets and snacks during the day?

Deja, any websites where I can also get some ideas?

Thanks again ladies...

PS. Isn't hiding the veggies kind of encouraging them not to eat them or to be "vol fiemies" when they are given it? I was raised sort of, if you don't want to eat it then stay hungry, or as jy sê jy wil dit nie he ni, kry jy 2 skeppies...

haha, i'm a fussy 33 year old eater so used to cooking for fussy eaters LoL

My son is 21 months so very similar age. I swear his favourite food is rice crazy child. I tend to put rice, some small cut up chicken pieces, and a bit of frozen mixed veg in a pot and cook. Then I dish that up into small bakkies and keep it in the freezer as "emergency meals" (meaning I don't have time to make him a decent meal). He loves them!

I'm not at all a fan of a pile of veggies on my plate, so I always cut/chop/grate them and add them to my meals. Mince is a great one to hide veggies in. The more finely you grate them the less noticeable they are.

What I also did once was a type of macaroni cheese. But for the sauce I used homemade bone broth (stock) and add muchrooms and spinach and rice milk powder to get it semi creamy/milky and then I blitzed it up so it was a smooth sauce. It was super yummy and even my dh commented on how nice the sauce was. And best of all it had SPINACH in it!

You could also make a batch of meatballs and hide grated veg in those. Freeze them and haul them out as you need them.

Spaggheti bolognaise is great for hiding grated up veg in. I usually add carrots, baby marrow, mushrooms and butternut. The butternut cooks soft and mixes in so you can't see it, and the other stuff you grate finely so you have no idea it's even there when it's all cooked up.
And bolognaise is great for freezing so you could cook a big batch and freeze it so after work you just have to make the spagghetti.

Hi ladies,

My 20 month old is a real "rys, vleis en aartappels" child. He eats pasta, viennas, cottage pie etc. He doesnt seem to be a fan of just cooked veggies, although he eats them when they are in a stew for example... But I still feel like maybe he needs to eat a little healthier?

Any ideas on what I can cook fast (after work) that he would eat?

Your help is appreciated...