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 👀

@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.

My son & I were talking about peanut butter as part of a "would you eat rice crispy treats made with peanut butter instead of marshmallows" conversation. He tells me he hates peanut butter..... he eats a peanut butter and jelly sandwich at least 4 days week during the school. Then he says "I hate Reeses." Somehow, he has only eaten peanut butter in a Reeses candy & in a pre-made peanut butter and jelly sandwich which he assumes is unique... while all other peanut butter must be like that that dry stuff in a candy. My mind was blown. I had him watch as I skimmed a spoon across the top of a jar. He still didn't try it but it was a step closer. For once he had a legit reason not to want to eat a food.

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