Anonymous wrote:I got flack for not serving the kids enough green vegetables today.

They had spinach in smoothies at breakfast, and guacamole with lunch.

They ate plenty of other fruits and veggies of other colors.

Is that enough?

I think I sold it way too hard. My girls thought a meal was incomplete without a cooked green vegetable. They would mention that to me if they had lunch or dinner at someone else’s house. My younger DD would microwave a serving of broccoli or green beans if she came home from a play date and hadn’t had a green veggie.

I don't feed my kids a green veg every day. I bet they get 4 servings of green vegetables a week. They probably each eat about 2 cups of fruit per day, and 1/2 cup vegetables. As long as they are getting enough servings and variety of fresh stuff each day, I don't worry if it's a fruit or vegetable, or what color it is. Idk if that's right but it's what we can all manage.

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Anonymous wrote:Cucumbers and avocado are both fruit!

This. Both are berries specifically.

Again, it's a berry botanically. In cooking and nutrition, plants are classified by their nutrients, and by how they are prepared, and cucumbers and avocados are vegetables.

Anonymous wrote:Cucumbers and avocado are both fruit!

This. Both are berries specifically.

Anonymous wrote:Cucumbers and avocado are both fruit!

Botanically, which would be relevant if we were talking about science. From a culinary perspective, or a nutritional perspective they are vegetables.

Cucumbers and avocado are both fruit!

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Anonymous wrote:OP who was giving you flak for this?

Their mom, my sister.

We had a family gathering yesterday, and I did most of the cooking.

This is when you tell them to f$(k off. You cooked for everyone (not even YOUR kids) and they complained?? H3ll no.

Plus it was not even an ordinary day, it was a gathering.

Mine don't eat much green for breakfast or weekday lunches. Sometimes a weekend lunch will have something green. No way would they touch a spinach smoothie for breakfast, so you're doing great if that's what they're eating.

Usually a couple of green things at dinner - a salad of some sort (lettuce and/or spinach and/or cucumbers, with other stuff), and cooked vegetable (broccoli or green beans or zucchini or something like that).

Now that they are in college, probably none.

LOL. One kid eats a salad at dinner, or will sometimes choke down some sliced cucumber.

The other is strictly a fruitatarian. His fiber intake seems just fine, he poops more than I do, but sugar probably higher than needed. We'll work up to it.

We aim for 2-3 green vegetables a day. 3 is if they have salad as well, but usually come combo of green beans, broccoli, cucumber.

I don’t think they have to be green.
Avocado totally counts imo. It’s a superfood too with healthy fats.
Today my kid had green grapes with breakfast and a glass of 100% juice.
She doesn’t eat lunch because she takes Ritalin which suppresses appetite.
Dinner ( early) was WG spaghetti Bolognese with Raos sauce that I added peas/carrots to.
She’ll probably have an apple later with Nutella or PB.
So if I count the sauce that’s 5 fruit/veggies today. I’m good with it.

Anonymous wrote:At least 3. We do smoothies with leafy greens, salad at lunch, green juice at snack time, and green beans, broc, asparagus, sauteed kale or another leafy green side at dinner (always 2 veg sides).

You just loved writing this, don't you?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP who was giving you flak for this?

Their mom, my sister.

We had a family gathering yesterday, and I did most of the cooking.

This is when you tell them to f$(k off. You cooked for everyone (not even YOUR kids) and they complained?? H3ll no.

I cooked for my kids too, but my kids are in the teen boy athlete eat anything stage so they more stuff including more green stuff. My sister’s kids are pickier, probably because they are younger.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP who was giving you flak for this?

Their mom, my sister.

We had a family gathering yesterday, and I did most of the cooking.

This is when you tell them to f$(k off. You cooked for everyone (not even YOUR kids) and they complained?? H3ll no.