Which of these would you consider “eating a vegetable”?

[Anonymous]

Black beans - no
Small bits of onions, peppers, garlic cooked into the back beans - yes but not a full serving, more like a veg garnish
Small quantities of spinach (visible) stirred into another dish - yes
Handful of spinach mixed into a berry smoothie (not visible) -yes
Raw spinach as the base for a salad -yes
Purple cabbage slaw -yes
Corn - no I’d count it as a starch
Avocado - borderline, I’d classify as a good fat
Tomatoes -yes but I know it’s technically a fruit
Cucumbers -yes
Mango -no… it’s a fruit
Mango salsa with red onions and cilantro visible in it - yes but not a full serving, more like a veg garnish
Slices of red peppers -yes

[Anonymous]

Small quantities of spinach (visible) stirred into another dish
Handful of spinach mixed into a berry smoothie (not visible)
Raw spinach as the base for a salad
Purple cabbage slaw
Tomatoes
Cucumbers
Slices of red peppers

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If they eat raw vegetables, have a veggie tray in the house. It’s easier than cooking vegetables that they won’t eat, and they can snack on those as well. If mom is getting free child minding, she can back off.

OP here,

I put out a variety of things, and tell the kids I won't make something separate, but they can ask for anything I'm cooking with to also be served plain. So, for example, last night the kids saw me putting red pepper in the beans, and asked for some raw.

Last night, one kid picked fish, beans and rice, cucumber, red peppers, mangos and tortilla chips. When they called mom at bedtime and reported that's what they ate, mom was upset because it wasn't balanced, and nothing was green enough. So, I thought I'd check with DCUM.

omg the mom is nuts.

Mom is 100% nuts, but none of that was vegetables. If mom is crazy about vegetables, get them to take a bite of spinach or something and call it a day. Or just ignore her.

I can wrap my mind, sort of, around cucumbers being a fruit (I know they are botanically fruit) but how are peppers not vegetables?

Peppers? Like a bell pepper? How is that not a fruit. It grows from a flower and has seeds on the inside. It’s literally the fruit of a pepper plant.

You are as insane as the mom

Do people really not know the difference between a fruit and a vegetable? Maybe this explains a lot.

Do people not understand that botanical definitions aren’t relevant to food?

Ah yes, I consider my food groups by how they are taxed. That makes way more sense.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If they eat raw vegetables, have a veggie tray in the house. It’s easier than cooking vegetables that they won’t eat, and they can snack on those as well. If mom is getting free child minding, she can back off.

OP here,

I put out a variety of things, and tell the kids I won't make something separate, but they can ask for anything I'm cooking with to also be served plain. So, for example, last night the kids saw me putting red pepper in the beans, and asked for some raw.

Last night, one kid picked fish, beans and rice, cucumber, red peppers, mangos and tortilla chips. When they called mom at bedtime and reported that's what they ate, mom was upset because it wasn't balanced, and nothing was green enough. So, I thought I'd check with DCUM.

I’d be stoked they ate anything and thankful you offered variety. It’s far better than what mine accepts right now.

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Anonymous wrote:If they eat raw vegetables, have a veggie tray in the house. It’s easier than cooking vegetables that they won’t eat, and they can snack on those as well. If mom is getting free child minding, she can back off.

OP here,

I put out a variety of things, and tell the kids I won't make something separate, but they can ask for anything I'm cooking with to also be served plain. So, for example, last night the kids saw me putting red pepper in the beans, and asked for some raw.

Last night, one kid picked fish, beans and rice, cucumber, red peppers, mangos and tortilla chips. When they called mom at bedtime and reported that's what they ate, mom was upset because it wasn't balanced, and nothing was green enough. So, I thought I'd check with DCUM.

omg the mom is nuts.

Mom is 100% nuts, but none of that was vegetables. If mom is crazy about vegetables, get them to take a bite of spinach or something and call it a day. Or just ignore her.

I can wrap my mind, sort of, around cucumbers being a fruit (I know they are botanically fruit) but how are peppers not vegetables?

Peppers? Like a bell pepper? How is that not a fruit. It grows from a flower and has seeds on the inside. It’s literally the fruit of a pepper plant.

You are as insane as the mom

Do people really not know the difference between a fruit and a vegetable? Maybe this explains a lot.

Do people not understand that botanical definitions aren’t relevant to food?

Ah yes, I consider my food groups by how they are taxed. That makes way more sense.

That’s even weirder. I consider my food groups the way dietitians do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I will give context later, just curious, of these foods, if your kids ate them would you have consider them to have eaten a vegetable?

Black beans
Small bits of onions, peppers, garlic cooked into the back beans
Small quantities of spinach (visible) stirred into another dish
Handful of spinach mixed into a berry smoothie (not visible)
Raw spinach as the base for a salad
Purple cabbage slaw
Corn
Avocado
Tomatoes
Cucumbers
Mango
Mango salsa with red onions and cilantro visible in it
Slices of red peppers

Not the beans.

[Anonymous]

Is eating a bag of baby carrots straight from the fridge “eating vegetables”?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If they eat raw vegetables, have a veggie tray in the house. It’s easier than cooking vegetables that they won’t eat, and they can snack on those as well. If mom is getting free child minding, she can back off.

OP here,

I put out a variety of things, and tell the kids I won't make something separate, but they can ask for anything I'm cooking with to also be served plain. So, for example, last night the kids saw me putting red pepper in the beans, and asked for some raw.

Last night, one kid picked fish, beans and rice, cucumber, red peppers, mangos and tortilla chips. When they called mom at bedtime and reported that's what they ate, mom was upset because it wasn't balanced, and nothing was green enough. So, I thought I'd check with DCUM.

I would never babysit for this person again. Why do you put up with this?

This! That was a healthy, balanced meal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is eating a bag of baby carrots straight from the fridge “eating vegetables”?

Yes. Why would it not be?

[Anonymous]

This whole thread is just like, anxiety and toxic "health" culture in a nutshell. I can't imagine micro managing someone being so kind who was taking care of my kids. We're very healthy eaters generally but it's a marathon, not a sprint. All of the described food sounds great. Unclench. My kids eat anything and everything including tons of vegetables but I think this "requirement" thing is ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I will give context later, just curious, of these foods, if your kids ate them would you have consider them to have eaten a vegetable?

Black beans
Small bits of onions, peppers, garlic cooked into the back beans
Small quantities of spinach (visible) stirred into another dish
Handful of spinach mixed into a berry smoothie (not visible)
Raw spinach as the base for a salad
Purple cabbage slaw
Corn
Avocado
Tomatoes
Cucumbers
Mango
Mango salsa with red onions and cilantro visible in it
Slices of red peppers

Only the raw spinach in the salad, cucumbers and slices of red peppers. Maybe the purple cabbage slaw (depends if it's a dollop or am actual serving). The rest are not vegetables or in such minute quantities that they don't count.

[Anonymous]

the Purple cabbage slaw and slices of red peppers count. Nothing else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:the Purple cabbage slaw and slices of red peppers count. Nothing else.

The spinach salad doesn't count?

[Anonymous]

Hmmm. it sounds dreadful. I would try to make a game out of it...Who wants to tell mommy they ate the most vegetables and keep a tally on a board or phone. You could also have an early easter egg hunt but use veges instead of eggs. You could make pizzas and ask the kids to decorate with veges and the one who makes/eats them gets a prize or whatever

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The relative clearly does not have an true picky eater or they would be thrilled if the kid ate just one of those things one time.

Ha, so true.