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Making Monsters with My Picky Eater + Giveaway

Elias is a picky eater.

Matthew says I have no room to talk. You reap what you sow.

{ahem}

I guess I am a bit picky myself…

Elias is worse though. 🙂

Anyway, motivating him to eat his veggies can be a challenge.

So I decided to jump in feet first when Birds Eye challenged me to make their new, kid-inspired “Yakimaniac Veggie Martians” recipe with Elias.

It was a hit!

A little background from Birds Eye: “This year, Birds Eye set out on a mission to inspire a new generation of vegetable lovers and became first company to go straight to the source, kids, to change the conversation about vegetables. In partnership with Nickelodeon and iCarly’s Jennette McCurdy, the goal was to empower kids’ creativity and encourage them to share their inspiration with others.

Kids submitted more than 16,000 veggie-centric recipe ideas through the Nickelodeon partnership, giving inspiration to several new recipes.”

Because Elias is so into monsters, I told him we were going to make Veggie Monsters and he was hooked.

He helped mix all the ingredients (in our Pampered Chef batter bowl that I love so much) and make the monsters.

His favorite part was using the glitter gel to make the monsters blue and green.

The finished monsters were adorable.

But, the best part was that Elias  actually ATE THE MONSTER he made.

And I basically felt like Mom of the year. 🙂

You can visit BirdsEye.com for kid-friendly recipe ideas featuring Birds Eye Steamfresh® products.

o   Green Monster Pizza Night

o   Grilled Cheesy Broccoli Pockets with Ham

o   Golden Dragon Lettuce Boats

o   Southwest Chicken Quesadilla Stackers

o   Yakimaniac Veggie Martians

Thanks to Birds Eye, I’m thrilled to be giving away a $75 American Express gift cards + a bunch of coupons for free Birds Eye vegetables for your family. Just use the rafflecopter tool below to enter. The giveaway will close Friday at 11 pm CST and the winner will be announced by Monday.

Also, don’t forget, today is the last day to order from my Pampered Chef party!

Disclosure: Birds Eye compensated me for this feature, but all cooking experiences, monster creation and thoughts are my own.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

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  2. I love Bird’s Eye’s frozen pasta things. We used to buy Bertolli frozen pasta meals all the time (and still love them) but the BE ones are so full of veggies, they are so much healthier and really tasty too.

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  10. These are so cute! I love corn, that is probably my favorite veggie.
    My grand daughter loves vegetables and would rather have carrots or spinach for a snack than a piece of candy. Her school was doing a special event where the children had to try something new to eat each day to earn a reward. First up was vegetables and we couldn’t think of any she hadn’t tried, until we hit on brussle sprouts. So dinner that evening the veggie was brussle sprouts and she picked one up and took a bite and got the funniest look on her face. When asked if she liked them she said no and that they didn’t taste like pretzles at all! She thought they were called pretzle sprouts!

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  11. My 2 year old use to eat anything we put on her plate but lately she has become super picky. These fun veggie ideas might be just what we need!

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  12. I love this idea! It’s really hard to get anyone in my family to eat anything other than green beans! That would be their fave, but there are so many other awesome veggies out there that I know they’d love!

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  13. I hit the jackpot – my daughter loves so many food… including vegetables. As a toddler her favorite was spinach. But now she loves her veggies roasted. I’m so picky – her taste buds are a genetic gift from her father! Best wishes to all of you that struggle with your little ones nutrition.

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  21. My kiddos would love that! My favorite veggie – is sweet corn on the cob. A farm girl favorite! Thanks for the chance to win.

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  28. My favorite veggie, hands down..potatoes. Especially mashed and made the way my stepdad does for Thanksgiving. And I’m equal opportunity..I love red skinned potatoes, sweet potatoes, regular old baked potatoes..mmm…

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  33. My four year old would probably LOVE making it…and then look at me like I was crazy when I suggested he eat it. We have to smother stuff in pasta sauce for him to eat it. SIGH.
    My favorite is Brussels Sprouts. Used to HATE them, but they kinda grew on me over the years and now I LOVE them.

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  34. I love vegetables so it’s hard to pick ONE. I really like corn so I guess I’ll go with that one. I like tomatoes too, but some people get very particular about “it’s really a fruit.” 😉

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  39. I’m making those for myself!!! Thank you for sharing! I have a 15 yr old picky eater (she never grew out of it….)

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  51. I love veggies! My favorite are brussel sprouts…really, a favorite since I was a kid and choose them over cookies for dessert.

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  58. My favorite vegetable is corn on the cob. Then broccoli, tomatoes, green beans, cauliflour, summer squash, peas — did I leave anything out? I love veggies!

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  60. Our favorite vegetable is Brussel sprouts – if you are careful to not overcook, they turn out wonderful! Sautée in olive oil until lightly roasted – use low heat.

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  67. Kendall’s new favorite phrase is I don’t like that! I am NOT a picky eater, but my husband is so this might be a great way to get her to eat those veggies:)

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  79. I realized that I don’t like cooked vegetables, but I will eat most of them in salad form. My favorite is probably red peppers.

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