Grater = Greater

  I have two small kids and getting children to eat veggies can be hard.  Especially with the girl child.  She loves veggies but only if cooked the way she is used too.  So if the first way she remembers eating broccoli is raw that is how she will eat it from now on.  So I have been finding ways to sneak them into her food.  One thing I can always get her to eat is potatoes.  So I have started employing my box grater to slip the other veggie in all the time.  Like tonights meal.  I took three small potatoes and baked them off.  While the potatoes are baking I grated 2 zucchini, 1 squash, a carrot, and an onion.  Let the grated veggies sit in a strainer and the moisture drain away.  Once the potatoes are done I let them cool once they are cool enough to work with I grate those into the bowl and add the grated veggies.  I then mix it with some egg, flour and salt and cook them like hashbrowns.  So Baby Girl thinks she is getting yummy hash browns and Mommy knows she is getting little potato and a whole lot of hidden veggies.