Fun or yuk?

Children will happily eat broccoli if it looks like trees. (The idea comes from my children’s cookbook www.LookitCookit.com). Starting at the stem end you cut the vegetable into about 6 long pieces and ask them to help you cook it. Put it in the microwave with a spoonful of salted water for about 3 minutes. The ‘trees’ will stay green and crisp.  If you want them a bit softer you cook for another minute.  Try it.  What do you have to lose?  The child can only say ‘no’.

Forcing them will probably end up with a lifelong aversion to the vegetable. George Bush was apparently made to eat it as a child. One of his saner sayings was:

“I’m President of the United States and I’m not going to eat broccoli”.

The photo is by Ilian.  Click on the picture to see more of his work.