According to this study (Reuters Health – headlines), if you want your kids to eat more veggies, approach it with K.I.S.S. (Keep It Simple).
Dutch researchers Wageningen University tested two readily available and commonly eaten vegetables — carrots and french beans — that had been cooked in six different ways on groups of primary school children to find out which was their preferred way of eating them.
The carrots and beans were mashed, steamed, boiled, stir-fried, grilled and deep-fried and then served to the children, whose ages ranged from 4 years to 12 years.
A control group of 18-25 year-old adults was also served the same vegetables prepared in the same methods.
The researchers, who said that children in many countries ate fewer vegetables than the amount recommended by healthcare professionals, found that the majority of children liked the steamed or boiled vegetables the best.
They attributed this to the fact that the carrots and beans retained their original taste, colour and crunchiness, and that this way of cooking, which many children were familiar with, kept the vegetables’ surface uniform and without any brown colouring.
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