Parents Share Tricks They Use To Make Their Kids Eat Healthy Foods, And Here Are 30 Of The Best Ones

Getting kids to eat vegetables can feel like a daily negotiation, especially when broccoli, peas, and spinach land on the plate. Parents have tried everything from playful disguises to full-on storytelling, and some of those tricks work surprisingly well.

That is exactly what happened when Emily Adrian shared a simple idea that got her 4-year-old son to eat salad. Her post took off fast, and soon other parents were chiming in with their own creative ways to make healthy food seem a little more fun.

Some of these ideas are clever, some are hilarious, and a few are downright sneaky. Read on.

1. Just listen to the music...

bellacatzzz

2. Forbidden, magical and baby tree bones...

jakedsauls

3. Cat food for humans...

RubyMoon7196

4. Brussels sprouts are dinosaur eggs

ellesanto

5. Frozen peas can be rocks...

firechild

6. Paint a picture

nursekaylea

7. Tree stars

MelRebels

8. Meat yogurt

valuemeal2

9. Apple fries

mindyrae29

10. Monster ravioli

AmyKStuart

11. It disappears when you taste it...

bbkoresh

12. Pink chicken and white broccoli

VischLa

13. Rabbits eating lettuce

Footstepsmany

14. Xperinents...

VSTMMJJ

That one definitely takes some commitment.

This is similar to the ungrateful brother drama over grandma’s secret meatball recipe.

15. Giraffes eat lettuce...

ByKathleenMoore

16. Baby trees...

cosmyra64

17. Which power ranger?

GodDamnitLopori

18. It’s all chicken...

joahsgf

19. Hermione Granger's favorite food...

GENDERHAWK

20. It is not spinach. It is a nice green leaf...

Zelmel

Kids really do fall for a good story.

21. Stick Man to the rescue...

polywhat

22. White sausages are the best...

EdMRound

23. Yellow food helps your body heal cuts - just like Wolverine!

seamagick

24. "Prune Treats"

LeftistCapital

25. Salad with dressing? No! Okay, how about leafs with dip?

LilySAxelrod

26. Nature's wine

bcb567

27. Destroy those zombie eggs!

DNT310

28. It is a vessel for balsamic dressing.

cordeux

29. That would be awesome

CutsVote

30. Hello Kitty Eggs

DruEiren

Well, how do you like these tricks? Have you tried any of them yourself?

Kids love stories, and it’s important that every food has some type of story behind it. Of course, this is needed only for the food they don’t like because they don’t really care to hear a story about the food they love, they will eat it in a second.

It’s funny how we start liking the food we once detested when we get older. But we should highlight that this applies only to food we weren’t forced to eat.

Children shouldn’t be forced to eat some type of food because they will detest it for the rest of their lives, always subconsciously connecting it to their childhood lunch traumas. So instead, it would be best to devise tricks and procedures to make them believe they are eating it voluntarily.

Oh, and good luck.

Want another family recipe bombshell, read about grandma’s meatball recipe feud with an ungrateful brother.