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I'm at a loss to figure out vegetables for Cordelia's weekly, going to see the social worker lunches. Tomatoes definitely don't work, and she's been iffy on peppers. I've been trying cucumbers, but it's been about 50-50 whether or not she likes them. She says that some of them just taste bad, and all I can do then is throw the dratted thing out. I guess I'll have to go with carrots. She doesn't always like those, but at least I can eat them if she doesn't.

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Just thoughts, but what about snap peas, pickles, green beans, broccoli.

Does it have to be vegetable? Can it be fruit instead...that opens up more options.

I'm already packing an applesauce pouch for her, so we have fruit. I'm trying to fill out a meal as well as I can.

I have a piece of string cheese, an applesauce pouch, some vegetable or another, and a cereal bar. It's not the healthiest lunch, but it should get her through to four o'clock when she can get a snack at home.

Pickles might be worth a try. They're probably more consistent in flavor, and she likes them (or at least she used to). She doesn't like raw broccoli and won't touch cauliflower, cooked or raw. I think she likes sugar snap peas, but they tend to be dreadfully expensive. I don't think we can buy them every week.

Thanks for suggesting pickles!

bento communities have great ideas for getting veggies into kids lunches.

Thanks for the suggestion!

no problem! Also, if she likes pickles, pickles are still veggies!! Mom used to send me with dill pickles or pickled beets (well rinsed as they dye everything red, I'd looked like I had blood for lunch after eating them)

Forgive me if I list things you've tried. These are things I like:
broccoli florets (cooked or raw)
cauliflower florets (cooked or raw)
watercress
radishes (I adore these)
olives (some children like olives)
baby sweet corn
sugar snap peas
green beans (cooked or raw)

Broccoli is our most common dinner vegetable because Cordelia will reliably eat that. I'm trying not to overdo broccoli because I don't know what we'll do if she takes against it. (Dinner vegetables are broccoli, green beans, peas, and bok choy, and bok choy is falling out of favor.)

She won't touch cauliflower, cooked or raw.

I don't think I've ever seen watercress in a local grocery store. Possibly one of the expensive specialty stores might have it. I don't know.

She doesn't like radishes or olives.

We might be able to try baby corn. I don't think I've seen it in our grocery stores, but there are a couple of nearby Asian groceries that might have it.

Sugar snap peas are a possibility, but I'd rather not turn to them regularly because they're very expensive.

I'm not sure about green beans. It's hard to get good fresh ones around here, especially this time of year. Mostly, we buy frozen.

Someone on DreamWidth suggested pickles, and I may try that. I should be able to blot a pickle spear dry (well, dry enough).

Thanks for the suggestions!

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