Hidden veggies suggestion

[amayzie]

I am the most evil mummy ever! I found this recipe for a toddler friendly green smoothie on (you guessed it) pinterest: http://pinterest.com/pin/181762534933972517/


So i made it for hamish, a big batch, and as we didn't have a wide enough straw cup he had to have it from a cup- FAIL! It was way too chunky to have from a cup- it was the sort of thing that even an adult would struggle with i think...


SOOO- I then popped it into my iceblock maker and voila!! A whole bunch of hugely healthy ice blocks that hamish can't get enough of!!! He has one every second day or so and has no idea that he's having a bunch of carrots, beans and spinach!! Not to mention the banana and yoghurt! As i had no strawberries as per the recipe i instead used unsweetened apple puree (i think that's like unsweetened apple sauce) and a teaspoon of low sugar strawwberry jam... by that point i felt like a mad scientist!!

[Emami]

Lol, that's awesome!

DD is fairly good about eating veggies, but has recently developed a weird obsession with ice.  So this is perfect - healthy hydrating goodness!

[amayzie]

It was pretty amazing- for a toddler the main flavour was really banana- for an adult the fact that they are bright green and have a faint flavour of spinach might tip you off...

[Papaya]

F will drink any kind of smoothie EXCEPT a green one - it doesn't matter what it tastes like, she's in that real phase of suspicion of all things green. But I hadn't thought to try freezing them - good plan!

[amayzie]

It probably helped that i already had made a huge batch of kiwi fruit juice ice blocks for the dinosaur party and forgot to have them so he's been eating green ice blocks for ages! You could call them dinosaur iceblocks- there's also an episode of peppa pig where miss rabbit makes a green smoothie for george and i dont think it has spinach in it- the episode is called 'fruit' i think.. season 6...

[*Becky*]

jealous - that would never work here!

[*jazzberry*]

Lol katy you sure are the peppa pig expert! .  I will try them as my kids love ice pops but I expect they will suspect something....

[amayzie]

I'm way too much of an expert on peppa pig I know about the fruit episode as hamish insisted on watching it over and over 'look! It's mr potato, mrs carrot, sweet raspberry and little sprout!' ...