Let me first say, I’ve been know to hide vegetables from my kids.   I shred zucchini into pasta sauce and chop kale into tacos, but I never deny the existence of vegetables.  If my kids ask, “What’s this green stuff?”  I tell them.  I want them to know they are eating vegetables.  They need to know vegetables are important.  Vegetables build cells and kick out free-radicals.  You body wants vegetables. Vegetables rock. 

 But Chef Boyrdee wants you to think that telling your kids about vegetables is bad.  “Don’t, really, don’t tell”.  Check out this video:

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  We’re more afraid to talk about vegetables with our kids than sex.  As parents we’ll all experience “The Talk” with our children, but when it comes to our kids’ health the most we seem to muster is, “Eat it, it’s healthy.”  We can do better.  We must do better. 

 Don’t be afraid of “the vegetable talk”.  Make time to really explain vegetables.  Tell your kids their cells, the bits and pieces that make them up, need vegetables to work right.  Over time if cells don’t get vegetables, they can start to break down.  They can’t fight disease and we end up sick. 

 Chef Boyrdee doesn’t get it right.  Vegetables need to be exposed, exalted and made exciting.  I’d love to see some mega-food manufacturer telling kids, “Whaoo, check this out! This can is filled with food that will help you grow and feed your body what it wants.”  But, since profit, not our children’s health, is the goal of mega-food manufacturers, I expect to see that…um never.

This is also posted at Fight Back Friday and Vegetarian Foodie Friday