This way you encourage your child to eat more fruit and vegetables

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By involving your child in doing the shopping or taking care of a tomato plant, you help your child to make eating fruit and vegetables not only tasty, but also fun. From helping in the kitchen to playing colorful bingo; With these tips, eating fruit and vegetables will be a piece of cake.

Little chief

Taking the time to cook with your child (read: quality time) is always a good idea. You have a cozy little helper, while your child picks up everything about cooking, but also about fruit and vegetables. Add some extra vegetables to his favorite dishes. Does your child like to eat rice or nasi? Replace the rice (in part) with cauliflower or broccoli rice. By grating it together, you increase the fun and the appetite. Your child will love to eat such a homemade meal himself. Want to taste and nibble before eating? Allowed. That cucumber, that carrot or that ‘weird’ string bean is already delicious during cooking. Nice bonus.

Bingo!

By eating more fruit and vegetables during the day, your child will more easily reach the recommended amount. To make eating fruit and vegetables not only tasty, but also fun, Albert Heijn is bursting with great tips and offers. For example, do you already know the target plate? Download the activity sheet here, put your child to work with the bingo and let him or her cross off the fruit and vegetables as soon as he has eaten them. You can count on your child to be prepared to eat vegetables as well. Bingo? Maybe there is a nice dessert as a reward on the menu. How far are you in marking?

Garden or balcony

Taking care of your own vegetable garden or just a single plant can do wonders. For example, choose an avocado plant, sow lettuce or radishes for bread. Your child sees the vegetables grow and bloom and learns how special nature is. We bet that your child would love to taste their own tomatoes, strawberries or even their own Brussels sprouts (what a beautiful branch)?

Choose yourself

Don’t always put one, but also two types of vegetables on the table and scoop up some of both. This way your little one not only gets used to more vegetable variety, but also to ‘less tasty’ varieties. A quick bite of broccoli and then two bites of carrot. And a lick of fresh applesauce as a reward. Well done.

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