I'm trying to get Addy to eat more veggies, so at the suggestion of a friend, I made up some "hidden veggie" smoothies and froze them in ice cube trays so we can try them in small doses, heavily doctored with vanilla yogurt or applesauce as needed. We've tried 3 flavors so far: apple/carrot/beet, mandarin orange/steamed sweet potato/almond, and pear/grape/kale. I have sampled all 3 and all of them are genuinely tasty. Most surprising, even the apple/carrot/beet was yummy (when mixed with an equal portion of vanilla yogurt, you can't even pick out the dirt flavor of the beets).
Apparently there's no fooling Miss Addy. The pear/grape/kale, with its Incredible Hulk Green color, found its way onto her lunch plate this week.
Miss C: What do you think of your green sauce? Is it yummy?
A (in a sarcastically sweet tone, with an equally sweet smile): No!
Miss C: What does it taste like?
A (squinting her eyes and using her fingers to emphasize her point): Like a liiiitle bit of applesauce fell on the floor.
We've opted for hiding it in with her milk in an opaque sippy cup instead.
