Such An Easy Way to Add More Greens to Your Children’s Diet

As many of you know, dark, leafy greens are nutritional powerhouses–and most Americans (especially American children) don’t eat NEARLY enough.

2 Cups of Arugula

Calorie for calorie, leafy greens are one of the most concentrated sources of nutrition of any food. Not only are they incredibly rich in vitamins and minerals, they’ve been shown to protect against many cancers and lower risk of heart disease.

My twins expressed a fleeting interest in greens when they were 7 months old. Although they’re huge veggie lovers, they decided at some point before turning 8 months that they didn’t particularly like greens.

I added 6 cups of arugula to this marinara sauce. You can barely tell, right? And you definitely can't taste them.

Since then, they’ve gotten most of their leafy greens via green smoothies and sprouts (which, thankfully, they LOVE).

A few months back, though, I decided to experiment and blend a cup or so into their soups and sauces.

And guess what? They had no clue they were even in there and readily ate every little bit of them.

As you can see, Ryan DEVOURED his spaghetti. Arugula and all!

I’ve read just about every “healthy” recipe book for children that’s on the market, yet I’ve never seen anyone mention this insanely easy way to add more greens to children’s meals.

I wonder why that is?

BOTH boys devouring their arugula!

I’ve experimented with my husband, too–by adding a great deal of greens to his meals… and he never even realized it.

For instance, he isn’t a fan of arugula at all. But for months I was blending at least a cup into recipes that I thought I’d be able to “hide” them in. And it worked!

Just the other day I asked him if he enjoyed his chicken and veggie soup–and he said that it was DELICIOUS. What’s more, he’d had three bowls of it. In those three bowls, he probably got about 2.5 cups of arugula.

Remember the 2 cups of arugula in the first photo? Well, this is what it looks after spending about 5 seconds in the food processor. 2 cups suddenly become 1.

I’m shocked that I’ve never read about doing this. Surely, I didn’t make this up myself!

Arugula! Yum!!

I strongly encourage you to try this at home!

Then, let me know how it worked for you.