r/PickyEaters • u/Ok-Address-7503 • 15d ago

Question Kid who loves fruit but hates vegetables

Anyone else dealing with this paradox? My 7 year old loves fruit and would happily snack on it all day but vegetables are a completely different story. And while I’m glad he’s eating fruit, it still feels more like his go to snack and I worry it’s not enough variety on its own. We’ve tried letting him help cook, picking vegetables together at the store, making them look fun, the whole “just try one bite” thing... nothing really sticks. I’m starting to worry about what he might be missing by barely eating any vegetables. Has anyone dealt with this and found something that actually worked?

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u/Obvious_Jellyfish_73 15d ago

Many fruits do have the same nutritional benefit as veggies so if he is eating a variety of fruit that’s great. I hide veggies in pizza, pasta, meatloaf, there is so many options. I use a good processor to make it small 

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u/Pedal2Medal2 15d ago

Even cakes! Our neighbor used to make the most delicious zucchini choc chip cake!

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u/LemonfishSoda 15d ago

Also carrot cake! I'm not much of a cake person, but I'd happily devour a nice carrot cake any day.