Name: I Secretly Fed My Kids Their Least Favorite Vegetables for 7 Days
Uploaded: 2026-03-04T16:35:22.000Z
Duration: 18 min 53 s
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If they see this, it's gonna be an automatic no.

I'm the world's okayest mom, and I'm a bit of a sneak.

When my kids are going through a picky phase, I like to hide vegetables in their food.

So I'm gonna try it again because we're in a bit of a phase.

Picky phases are a universal truth of parenthood.

And picky eaters are super, super, super common.

What I found is a mixture of offering and introducing vegetables and hiding vegetables works pretty well.

If you've watched this show for a while, you've seen Wyatt's progress, the way he has gone from an incredibly picky eater to a pretty diverse and adventurous eater.

So for an entire week, I'm going to hide one veggie that my kids don't like in their food.

Sometimes it's a hint, sometimes it's a miss.

So for the rules, I have to incorporate an adequate amount of vegetables.

I can't just hide one leaf of lettuce in a meal and call that a win.

And then along those lines, I really want to incorporate the vegetable fully into the dish.

And then the final rule is nobody has to eat it.

I'm never going to pressure them to eat a food, so I don't think they're going to be tears or screaming.

The goal is to find some healthy ways to enjoy new vegetables, even if they don't even know it.

I want to make some homemade chicken nuggets with this squash cooked into it.

I think Matt and I are the only people in the house who like squash.

I'm going to cut this into little squares, just, you know, little pieces that are quick.

I'm doing yellow squash instead of zucchini because the green really gives it away.

When you see little bits of green, I have to find a way to incorporate these in a subtle manner.

When I'm choosing to hide these vegetables, it's about the texture, it's about the flavor, and

Like, they don't notice or hear a thing until there's a speck of green on their plate, and

then all of a sudden, they're there with their little surgical tools.

Got squash the pepper just so it retains its water.

In brainstorming how to use the squash, I don't even understand how I came to this idea.

I decided that I'm going to put it in chicken nuggets.

Have I ever hidden veggies in a chicken nugget?

Maybe I should have even looked up a recipe or chicken nuggets.

But it got kind of stressful because as I'm making it, I realize I can't taste it because this is raw ground chicken.

I mixed it together and it's a little mushy.

So I'm going to try to refrigerate this and see if this firms up a little.

So I don't even know if it tastes like squash.

I decided to do these baked because I'm too scared to fry.

I think these probably can't take more than 20 minutes.

I didn't get as far as to make something to pair with them.

The one thing about baked chicken nuggets with panko is they do not turn to a golden brown.

Having these chicken nuggets not be as visually appealing as the chicken nuggets they're used to was something that was making me very nervous.

I figured if I have enough dipping sauce options, we'll be fine.

It doesn't look like it does look golden.

Not only did they enjoy them, they ate a lot.

I did not tell them that the chicken nuggets had squash.

I would like to be able to make them again now because day one was so much work.

It went well, but the recipe itself was very long, labor intensive, and

On day two, I just wanted something quick.

Boxed Mac and cheese is something I always know I can get my kids to eat.

When you have picky eaters, it's priceless to have a fail safe like that.

Now, one thing I know about beets is the color is not the issue.

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