Let me first say that having a garden and growing the broccoli is probably your best ally in getting your little one to like it (same goes for carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes, and whatever else you can grow yourself).
If you don’t have a garden, don’t worry. You can go to the grocery store and really talk it up.
This is BROCCOLI, it’s soooo good. You are going to flip when you taste it. It is amazing and good for your belly and it’s one of mama’s favorite foods. I bet it will be one of your favorite foods too. It’s the BEST.
Make sure to let that little toddler hug and kiss the broccoli. Smell it, poke it, and then hug it again.
Your second best friend in this toddler-loving-broccoli-project is to make it taste good. Duh.
I used this recipe and I really do think it’s one of the best out there.
I kid you not, Adrienne was so fired up about this broccoli, when I put her down for her nap (before the broccoli was out of the oven) she was crying out to it as she fell asleep…
BROCK-KEY!! BROCK-KEY!! MO-MO BROCK-KEY!
…and when she woke up from her nap, she went to town.
Bye-bye, broccoli.
That is hilarious!!
Oh my gosh, first off she is the cutest thing ever! And look how big she is getting. She is simply beautiful.
Thank you! I think so, too.
Adorable photos! My husband and I were just talking last night about making sure our kids are veggie eaters. His mom used to give him a green bean or some other veggie if he did something well (instead of candy, etc), and to this day, he loves his veggies! I think it’s all about getting excited about them and talking about them in a positive way.
Ha! That is hilarious. I love that you had her hug and kiss the broccoli.
That’s hilarious. Last weekend we went out to Olive Garden (Italian chain restaraunt – I’m not sure if you have it in the states), and my 16 month old refused to eat the macaroni. All she wanted was the side of broccoli they served with it. The fact that it looks like cute little trees did not hurt.
That is amazing!
her little puma jumpsuit is so darling! my future children better be vegetable lovers!
She is so freakin adorable! And is that a Puma warm-up suit? Hahah I love it.
Oh my heavens, you have the cutest, most acquiescent daughter ever! Definite inspiration for me in a decade or so.
I like that word acquiescent. Thank you, Emily!
That is great she loves broccoli…it’s one of my favorite veggies too. Love her little puma sweatsuit!
i hug broccoli all the time.
(i miss her)
Oh my gosh, look at her in her track suit!
Her adorableness is just too much (is that even a word? It is now.)
I am definitely going to have to try this with Riley- she has been anti-veggies lately- booo!
I really think the garden sells it. She LOVES picking food and bringing it upstairs to eat.
Wait…she looks 6 months older. What is going on. It looks like she just got back from her morning run in the puma suit! Oh my my. And can I just tell you how jealous I am your garden grew brockey??? Well, I didn’t even try that this year, but I’m jealous. Broccoli is a FAVORITE around here. We are boring and usually just steam it. I’ll definitely have to try this!
love the big smile as she eats the broccoli!!! loved this post!!
SO CUTE – I can’t take it! Ha ha
Funny enough, my kid FINALLY begged for broccoli last week, and it was the same Ina recipe. She won’t TOUCH the plain steamed kind. But roasted with just a little flavoring of some kind, she’ll inhale it! BTW, your kid is so stinken cute!!!!
I don’t blame her…steamed broccoli is gross to me, too.
Reading this is like having deja vu – this is almost exactly like a story my mom told me about *me* as a child. Brock-key was (well, and still is) my favorite! (and I even called it that, too!)
puma track suit for the win!
Sooooo adorable
So true about kids liking the fruits/veggies you grow in the garden! Even big kids. I didn’t start liking tomatoes until my parents started growing them………I was 23 years old.
Okay I was so distracted by that Puma track suit that I could barely focus on anything else. TOO adorable!
That puma suit?!?!?! RIDICULOUS….Ridiculously cute.
Well, you put cheese on it, so how could she NOT like it? Maybe that’s just the way to MY heart…haha.
I think it’s awesome that you’ve gotten A to love so many veggies- very impressive!
I know I’M fired up about broccoli now!
So I don’t say this to just anyone… because I have a degree in English and writing is kind of my thing. (Not that I say I’M the world’s best writer,even if I do love doing it… But I DO appreciate good writing and great stories). And, girl, you need to write a book someday. Seriously!
I love your heartfelt stories, pics, and friendly, come-sit-down-as-I-share-my-day-with-you writing style. I heart your blog so much and someday, you’re going to have a book that compiles some of these stories. I can just feel it!
You’re a master!!
she is too cute!! she could make anyone want broccoli!
You’re such a good mother!! so cute.
AHHHH she makes me melt!
Oh my gosh, Adrienne is so adorable!!! I’m glad that she likes her veggies. I was wondering if you are planning to posting any more videos of her? I’ve watched past videos that you’ve posted and they make me so happy. I’m excited to start a family sometime soon
I love you guys, seriously.
That little Puma track suit is adorb! We call bocolli “trees” in our house and then pretend we are giants eating trees. It’s a pary for sure.
LOL this is great
So awesome that she is a broccoli lover, tis a tasty food!
SO adorable! I can’t wait until H can say Brok-key! And I need to step up my gardening skills before next year or all Hailey is going to be hugging are my dead plants and weeds.
I love this broccoli recipe. I haven’t had it in months but can’t wait to get back to it again. Ms. Ina can do no wrong.