Camille Prats shares simple ways to get your kids to love veggies
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The celebrity and influencer mom has succeeded in normalizing vegetable intake within her family. Here's how.
Mealtime for kids can be frustrating for some parents. Some kids are picky eaters, only wanting to eat chicken nuggets, ice cream, or sweets.
This is a challenge for parents especially now that it's important to have good health and to strengthen their kids' immune system to avoid catching COVID-19.
While some of them would instill into their children's minds to consume greens, celebrity and influencer mom, Camile Prats, does the opposite to her three kids--Nathan, Nala, and Nolan.
Believe it or not, the Makulay Ang Buhay and Mars Pa More host didn't have trouble feeding her kids nutritious food because she has always encouraged them to eat as much vegetables as other foods like meat and fruits.
In an exclusive Zoom interview with GMANetwork.com, Camille shares the simple ways on how she got her kids to love veggies.
Introduce veggies early
When her kids began to start eating solid foods, that's the time when Camille began to give them pureed vegetables so they would get used to its taste.
"Si Nolan pinu-puree 'yung food n'ya so it's sayote, potato, carrots.
"He's very familiar with that so when he's baby-led weaning na, he knows na to eat by himself. We give him broccoli always. He loves it," she states.
Just like Nolan, Camille had given her now-three-year-old daughter, Nala, vegetables like malunggay when she's the same age as him.
Alway make veggies part of the meal
One effective way to easily feed your kids vegetables is by making them always available at the dining table.
"Kami sa bahay, wala kaming meal time na walang gulay, bihirang-bihira.
"There's always gulay and we always encourage them to eat their veggies.
"No'ng una, siyempre, awayan pero it's really a rule na kailangan mong ubusan 'yan, konting-konti lang naman," Camille shares.
She then emphasizes, "Kapag gutom sila, wala silang choice kakainin nila 'yan."
Be a model
Children learn by imitating what they see. Therefore, the best way to teach kids to love vegetables is by being a model to them, Camille says.
"Everything that you do, whether it's good or bad, they just copy everything even when it comes to eating veggies. They will copy it if they see that you are doing it," the celebrity mom said.
For more information on how to make vegetables part of your kids' regular meals, catch Camille in the GMA edu-tainment program, Makulay Ang Buhay.
It airs every Tuesday, 9:30 a.m. on GMA-7, with replays every Saturday at 9:45 a.m.
