8 Secrets to Raising Vegetable Eaters

Use our tried-and-true tips for getting kids not only to eat vegetables, but also enjoy them.

Rosemary-Parsley Hummus
Article: Maryann Tomovich Jacobsen, M.S., R.D., Photo: Ralph Anderson; Styling: Lisa Powell Bailey
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2. Do the Dipping

Kids love dipping; and raw veggies paired with tasty dips make the perfect lunchbox treat, after-school snack, or first course at dinnertime. According to a 2010 study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, young children served vegetables before anything else ate 47% more (of the vegetable that is). Try a healthy dip, such as hummus. Bonus: It's made with garbanzo beans, which happen to be a vegetable!

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