How do your babies eat vegetables? My girl loves purée veggies in those snack pouches but will not eat them solid. I’ve tried with ranch, butter, and flavor and I don’t think she loves the texture of any veggies. Broccoli, carrot, sweet potatoes, avocado 😩 I’m not sure how to transition her or if I just blend it and hide them. I worry that she’s not getting her veggies in!
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I started by cooking/steaming them to near mush with no seasoning. My son loves cherry tomato, a simple not overly seasoned guac, plain Greek yogurt or hummus to dip in. Otherwise I'd probably just start "hiding" them in dishes.
It is normal for babies to have preferences and most often they need to try foods several times before liking them.

I started baking them into veggie muffins and veggie pancakes to get my son to eat them. He loves anything that is a bread texture and has no issues eating them if they are baked into muffins or pancakes but will not eat the veggies by themselves

My son loves vegetables we’ve been feeding them to him whole since 6 months. He especially loves corn on the cob and cold cucumber skewers but he eats broccoli, asparagus, carrots, sweet potato, avocado and everything else. I’ve done baby led weaning so we just feed him what we eat just making sure it’s prepped in a way that’s safe for him. We’ve never added sauces or dips but they usually are seasoned. My daughter also ate a lot of vegetables at this age but is pickier now as a toddler and doesn’t eat as many as she did when she was 1. She has said she didn’t like certain things but we keep eating them around her and eventually she has asked to try them and then she says she likes them. I’ve read about it and the experts say modeling is important, so you have to eat them yourself, and also repeated exposure, so just keep putting vegetables out on the table or on their plate, and eventually they will try them. I wouldn’t use the pouches too much they are actually mostly apple sauce.

You can also try sweeter vegetables like tomatoes or beets. My kids really like those. You can also try finding “fun” vegetables. My daughter loves edamame bc it’s fun to eat she enjoys shelling it herself. For a one year old you have to shell it for them and break the edamame in half so it’s not a choking hazard but they might enjoy watching you do that and seeing the experience of it and be interested to try since it’s an adventure to see what’s inside the shell. My kids also really enjoy French fries and you could try making French fries out of other root vegetables to add more nutrients like sweet potato or turnips or yucca