If you've got kids, they're likely the most important people in your life. Which is completely natural. Feeding your kids healthy food that they’ll actually want to eat is important. But by no means as easy as it should be.

Almost every kid in the country is a fussy eater. Kinds of all ages seem to prefer sweet foods to things like healthy vegetables.

So how can you get your kids to eat healthy food and enjoy it? And of course making certain that there are sufficient hours in the day to be able to carry out your duties as a parent.

You need to make sure your offer your kids variety in their food. Otherwise you run the risk that they'll either get bored. Or, worse still, that they'll only eat a handful of well-tried recipes.

After all, it's not your fault that you haven't got more hours in the day!

The internet has made the search for new healthy eating recipes easier. You may even be able to find recipes that have been tested on real kids with real reviews of how they reacted.

If you find that your kids simply refuse to eat their greens then have a look for recipes that disguise the ingredients. It's easy to throw vegetables into your blender to cut them up real small. That way, even a fussy kid won't be able to pick out the bits they don't like. Another way is to use different textures and mixes of food. If your kids don't like the idea of steamed broccoli, consider using a sauce to make it taste different. The sauce can still be healthy - it's only restaurants that have to make almost every sauce using cream.

Another option is to call the food by some "revolting" name like "Hulk Juice". Kids like weird and wonderful things and may well eat something if it has a name that an adult would turn their nose up at. It's definitely worth a try!

Check out this inexpensive kid-friendly recipe book for more ideas.

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