@Sherriden Sherriden said it best: "I thought they were both the same". And honestly? She's not far wrong. Both are good. Neither is bad. The case for frozen is: The vegetables are picked at peak ripeness and frozen within hours, locking in vitamins and minerals. In some cases, frozen can actually edge out supermarket fresh on nutrient content. That's not a myth. Fresh tastes better in my opinion. I find there's a difference in texture, flavour, and satisfaction. And farmer's market fresh versus supermarket fresh? Completely different again. If you can get it from the source, do it. How you cook them matters too. Steaming and stir-frying hold onto more vitamins and fibre than boiling. But here's the real conversation for most parents in here: Getting vegetables into young footballers is a battle. I know it. My son is a picky eater, and it has been a journey. Most kids just don't love veg. They're not sweet, they're not exciting, and forcing them rarely works. Here's what actually does: Start with ONE vegetable. Not a plate full of carrots, broccoli, and beans. Just a few sticks of one thing alongside their normal meal. Don't make it a big deal. Let it sit there. Watch whether they start noticing it, touching it, interacting with it. That's the first win. The sensory process for kids goes: Visual first → Touch → Taste. You can't skip steps. Let them look at it for a few meals. Then encourage them to touch it. Then eventually taste it. It takes time and patience, but it works. Their taste buds genuinely adapt. If your child is a bland-food lover, frozen vegetables might actually be an easier starting point. They're milder in flavour than fresh, which can make them less confronting. Try one single frozen vegetable, heat it up, put a small amount on the plate and leave it there. And if they genuinely won't touch vegetables at all right now? I'd strongly recommend getting a good quality children's multivitamin in to cover the nutrients they're missing in the meantime. Keep trialling vegetables alongside it. Don't give up. But don't stress yourself out either. A multivitamin buys you time while you keep working on it.

@Catrin Johnson @Sherriden Sherriden — this one's basically for you two this week 😅 I've been putting together a full Tournament Survival Guide. What to feed them 48 hours out, the night before, hour-by-hour on game day, fast food orders that actually work, hotel breakfasts, hot/cold weather curveballs, all of it. Before I finish it off, I want the people who actually live this to tell me what's missing. Here's a taste of two of the chapters: What NOT to Stress About: "My child had a chocolate bar." Fine. One chocolate bar isn't undoing a weekend of good fuelling. "They missed breakfast." Not ideal, but recoverable — just adjust the next meal and move on. "They had McDonald's." It happens on tournament weekends. A plain burger and a drink is a completely reasonable tournament meal, not the end of the world. Fast Food Guide (McDonald's): A plain cheeseburger or hamburger with a small fries works ok 2+ hours out. Closer to a game, keep it to juice or a soft drink with a small fries. A Big Mac or anything heavy on sauce suits a longer gap better. (Nuggets get reached for as "the protein option", but they're fried. Better for a longer gap than the 45 minutes before kickoff.) Genuine questions for you: - What's the one tournament moment that always throws you, that I haven't covered here? - Anything in here that doesn't match what's actually worked for your kid? - Would "The Tournament Survival Blueprint" grab your attention, or does something else sound better? (Poll coming on this soon 👀) Drop your answers/thoughts below. Building this with the people, for the people who'll actually use it.

Hi, Could I have some reccomendations of what snacks to pack for my Son who is 8 for a tournament he has this Sunday please? I am currently thinking, pretzels, watermelon, banana, chicken pieces, lots of water is any of that wrong or anything else I can add please?

Fresh vegetables vs Frozen vegetables Cast your vote below 👇 🥦 Fresh ❄️ Frozen No wrong answers — just want to see what everyone thinks before I reveal the answer later. You might be surprised 👀

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