Nutrition Information for Blueberry Oatmeal Bars

I love to put the reasons why I am interested in adding veggies to perfectly normal good food. However, I didn't get it done with my last post because my sweet little boy was needing some attention... so, here it is.

This is according to NutritionData.com:

Blueberries - This food is very low in Saturated Fat, Cholesterol and Sodium. It is also a good source of Manganese.

Oatmeal - This food is low in Saturated Fat, and very low in Cholesterol and Sodium. It is also a good source of Dietary Fiber, Phosphorus and Selenium, and a very good source of Manganese.

Spinach - This food is low in Saturated Fat, and very low in Cholesterol. It is also a good source of Niacin, and a very good source of Dietary Fiber, Protein, Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin E (Alpha Tocopherol), Vitamin K, Thiamin, Riboflavin, Vitamin B6, Folate, Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium, Zinc, Copper and Manganese.


So, now that you can see the facts.. how can you deny the advantages of adding a little extra veggies to your diet? Especially when you can't even taste them!

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While in the waiting room at the doctor's office, I read an article written by some lady that is ticked off about parents "hiding" veggies in their meals. She thinks that it will not help them aquire a taste for veggies, and will end up backfiring.
I agree with some of what she said, but I don't think she looked at all of the reasons people would add pureed vegetables to their meals. I am adding the veggies to get some extra nutrition for myself and my family! I eat veggies but it's hard to get in the all of the servings that I need. So, I add them in for the EXTRA benefits, not to "hide" them from Braxton. Braxton eats his plain veggies just fine, but I guess it is much more of "hiding" thing for John - he knows they are in there, but likes to think they are not. He refuses to take a big bite of squash by itself... so if it's mixed in, he'll still get the nutrtion!
I think if you still expose your children to plain vegetables, they will "aquire" the taste for them. As a child, I complained about eating veggies just because they were veggies. It was a fight almost every night with my parents. But now that I am grown, I love most vegetables and will eat them in most forms (raw, cooked... etc). If my parents had "hid" vegetables in my food, I would have probably never known the difference, but still would have gotten the nutrients I needed, and perhaps without so much fighting!

Thanks dad and mom for being so great and sticking to your guns! I eat my vegetables now! :)