Here’s a simple truth about feeding vegetables to your youngster: some days are better than others. Some days your child will consume what seems like an entire bushel of simply steamed broccoli; others the toddler vegetable recipes you throw at them will need the form, shape, and taste of a french fry in order for your child to cough down a small iota of produce; still others they’ll be pushed right off the plate. You may get all three reactions on the same day; you may even get them in the same meal.
Sure, chalk it up the whims of a small child, but let’s also acknowledge the degree of difficulty of the (figurative) dive here: your toddler vegetable recipe has to consider and land on at least two of three different variables–taste, texture, appearance—to ensure engagement and embracement; sometimes you’ll land all three and it still won’t be enough. It’s exceptionally difficult enough without all the messaging–from siblings, media, even you and/or your partner–that vegetables are less fun than other foods. But you’ve got to try.
We’ll be honest with you: trying will be trying. You won’t be able to fritter, pancake, or tot everything always or forever; eventually, you’ll want and need to expand your child’s lexicon, if not your own set of toddler vegetable recipes, to other preparations and approaches. That’s what we’ve got ahead: vegetables in whole form; vegetables in sauce form; vegetables, yes, in both burger and fry form. Ideally, hopefully, you won’t need any of what follows: your child may embrace crunchy raw vegetables or come around on simply steamed or roasted ones. We hope they do. But let’s be honest with ourselves, too: most adults don’t. So it’s tough for anyone, toddlers included (and especially); it’s going to take some work. For those moments, and the ones to come, you’ll find the blueprint ahead in the form of these great toddler vegetable recipes.
Crispy and Crunchy Toddler Vegetable Recipes
–Broccoli Falafel
–Vegetable Pancake (okonomiyaki)
-Carrot Arancini
–Crunchy Broccoli
–Toddler Salad
-Kale, Pea, and Ricotta Fritters
–Mushroom Queso Fundido
–Cauliflower Nuggets
–Pumpkin Toast
–Carrot Fries
Creamy Toddler Vegetable Recipes
–Veggie Hummus
–Baba Ghanoush
–Carrot Lassi (smoothie)
–Carrot Overnight Oats
–Corn Chowder
–Asparagus Custard
–Beet Hummus
–Roasted Squash with Yogurt and Tomato (Kaddu)
–Zucchini and Feta dip
–Toddler Saag Paneer
–Toddler Gazpacho
“Hiding” Vegetables Toddler Vegetable Recipes
–Chicken Salad
–Peanut Butter Stew
–Carrot Cake Oat Bar
–Squash Waffles
–Cautlet (schnitzel/cutlet)
–Broccoli Dutch Baby Pancake
–Veggie Meatballs
–Chocolate Beet Muffins
–Kale and Cheese Puffs
–Crab and Caulifower Cake Sandwich
–Meat and Veggie Flatbread
