5 a day help needed

Keeping_Motivated

Does he like soup? If so then homemade soup would be a good way to go as he can just drink it from a cup (if he is as lazy as my son) and it can be frozen so is easy access.

Also if he likes jam and will eat it alot then make sure you buy a pure fruit one with nothing added as most jams as just sugar and you get little nutrition from them.

Will he drink a smoothie?

lisa26_2

My OH hates veg with a traditioal gravy dinner but will eat them no problem in something a bit different such as lasagne, curry, stir fry, chilli etc.

cyclingyorkie

i sympathise - my 17 yearold son works at McDonalds when not at college!

That means a free meal when working:mad::mad::mad:.

I just try and hide the veg/get as much in when he's eating at home.

Last night he got in at 9.30 and i made him a chicken fajita with loads of salad and homemade salsa.

He was always a very picky eater but he has improved loads since reaching his teens - I'm hoping that by the time he gets an apprenticeship/job he'll have gone off McDonalds!

valk_scot

Make normal, sensible meals, using a range of veg, put it on the plate and after that it's up to him. It's twenty years too late to start trying toddler tricks to get him to eat veg. Really, he's a grown man, he can read the nutritional information out there as well as anyone. It's up to him if he wants to end up sick through lack of a few basic nutrients.

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My late husband was force fed fresh veg by his Mum right up until he joined the airforce at 18after that he discovered the joys of tinned peas and never ate any other vegatables for the rest of his life.he would no more thought of eating fruit than fly in the air, but until he was seventy he never had a days illness in his life or a day off from work.He boxed in the RAF and played football untill he was in his 40s.He never in almost 40 years of marriage even suffered a cold.
If he came back now I can imagine what he would say about 'five a day' nannying government interferance.

valk_scot

JackieO wrote: »

My late husband was force fed fresh veg by his Mum right up until he joined the airforce at 18after that he discovered the joys of tinned peas and never ate any other vegatables for the rest of his life.he would no more thought of eating fruit than fly in the air, but until he was seventy he never had a days illness in his life or a day off from work.He boxed in the RAF and played football untill he was in his 40s.He never in almost 40 years of marriage even suffered a cold.
If he came back now I can imagine what he would say about 'five a day' nannying government interferance.

Nothing wrong with tinned peas! TBH there's nothing that wrong with only eating a very limited range of veg, as long as you eat them in sufficient quantities and regularly. In Ye Olde Days you'd only be eating what veg and fruit grew in your own locality anyway, and what was in season.

The other suggestion is if anyone thinks their diet is a bit limited, for whatever reason, then take an age appropriate one-a-day vitamin and mineral supplement, availible from any supermarket. It's not supposed to be a substitute for a good varied diet, but it's better than nothing in many circumstances.

rachbc

leave him be - he's an adult and free to make his own choices however bad.

msb5262

I'm another hidden veg person. My speciality is bolognese sauce with endless vegetables VERY finely chopped or shredded as its base, but chilli con carne is another great place to conceal the vegetables, likewise shepherd's pie. Also if you make meatballs or burgers, they're usually full of flavour and easily recognizable as meat so the shredded vegetables included just slip by...and you can put more vegetables in the tomato-based sauce!
HTH
MsB