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Spaghetti squash
- The vegetable masquerading as pasta is the epitome of sneaky, tasty nutrition.
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Cauliflower crust pizza
- This delicious crust is not only concealing cauliflower, but it's also a low-carb alternative that gives spotlight to the toppings.
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Butternut squash grilled cheese
- Grilled cheese is a staple in any home with kids (or kids at heart), and if you spread butternut squash blended with spinach and garlic on the bread, it's just as irresistible.
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Spinach and broccoli pesto
- Pesto is already green, which makes it the perfect vessel to hide other greens. Go one step further and serve it on pasta with peas.
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Avocado pudding
- Add cocoa powder, coconut milk, vanilla, and maple syrup, then thank us later!
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Frittata
- Frittatas can really just be vegetables hiding in eggs. It's a great way to incorporate veggies in the morning.
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Pumpkin pancakes
- Vegetables and pancakes? Pumpkin and squash purée are extremely versatile when it comes to nutritious sweet dishes.
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Green bean fries
- A light coating of panko bread crumbs and 20 minutes in the oven can transform green beans, zucchini, carrots, or various other veggies into fries.
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Heartier chili
- Carrot, sweet potato, or butternut squash make hearty additions to any chili recipe.
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Popsicles
- Blend various fruit with spinach, freeze them into popsicle shapes, and tell no one.
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Pizza rolls
- These rolls are perfect for sneaking in all kinds of veggies.
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Sweet potato oatmeal muffins
- Vegetables at breakfast? They'll never know.
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Spinach in fruit smoothies
- A green smoothie that doesn't look or taste like one.
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Zucchini noodles
- Or zoodles, if you really want to impress the kids. Use a spiralizer or julienne tool with other vegetables too, like squash, carrots, or asparagus, and skip the pasta altogether.
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Bulk up burgers
- You can add carrot purée or chopped mushrooms and peppers to ground beef, or go for the portobello mushroom burger instead.
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Lettuce wraps
- Lettuce makes a surprisingly fun stand-in for wheat wraps, and you can also use tougher greens like collards, kale, or chard.
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Pot stickers
- Leek and shrimp is a great combo for this Japanese dish, known as gyoza, but you can also add all sorts of grated veggies, from cabbage to mushrooms and more.
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Upgraded sloppy joes
- Carrots, zucchini, and bell peppers go undercover in sloppy joes, which are all the childhood nostalgia and none of the malnourishment.
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Kale guacamole
- Sure, putting kale in guacamole might be a sin in the eyes of many, but dire times call for dire measures.
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Red beet hummus
- The bright color isn't exactly covert, but it is enticing.
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Baked cauliflower mac and cheese
- To take it one step further, you can even blend butternut squash and mix it into the cheesy goodness.
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Get saucy
- Tomato sauce already counts as a veggie, but you can easily sneak in puréed carrots or squash, as well as finely chopped peppers, onions, greens, celery, carrots, leeks, etc.
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Put a salad on a pizza
- Pizza can actually be the perfect vehicle for vegetables, especially since you can essentially pile on a salad and it still counts as a pizza.
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Zucchini bread
- Zucchini bread is a clever way to get a serving of vegetables while satisfying your sweet tooth.
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Zucchini Parmesan chips
- It's just two ingredients, but it completely changes zucchini into something of a treat.
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Zucchini and carrot muffins
- Mix in some apples, walnuts, and cinnamon, and you'll forget the veggies entirely.
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Cauliflower mashed potatoes
- Creamy, buttery mashed potatoes just got a little bit healthier, without sacrificing taste or texture.
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Bacon, cheese, and veggie fritters
- While everyone's caught up on the bacon and cheese, they won't notice the corn, carrots, zucchini, and finely chopped broccoli.
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Secret meatballs
- Grating vegetables and putting them in meatballs will make them more delectable, and even picky eaters will want more.
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Shepherd's (altered) pie
- Use cauliflower mash on top instead, and add veggies in the ground beef.
© Shutterstock
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Okonomiyaki
- This savory Japanese pancake has cabbage tucked into the dough.
© Shutterstock
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Homemade pizza pockets
- This childhood classic does a fantastic job at concealing all view of vegetables.
© Shutterstock
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Spinach and artichoke lasagna
- With all that cheese, are they really going to notice the veggies? See also: Celebrity personal chefs dish their spiciest confessions
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Spaghetti squash
- The vegetable masquerading as pasta is the epitome of sneaky, tasty nutrition.
© Shutterstock
1 / 34 Fotos
Cauliflower crust pizza
- This delicious crust is not only concealing cauliflower, but it's also a low-carb alternative that gives spotlight to the toppings.
© Shutterstock
2 / 34 Fotos
Butternut squash grilled cheese
- Grilled cheese is a staple in any home with kids (or kids at heart), and if you spread butternut squash blended with spinach and garlic on the bread, it's just as irresistible.
© Shutterstock
3 / 34 Fotos
Spinach and broccoli pesto
- Pesto is already green, which makes it the perfect vessel to hide other greens. Go one step further and serve it on pasta with peas.
© Shutterstock
4 / 34 Fotos
Avocado pudding
- Add cocoa powder, coconut milk, vanilla, and maple syrup, then thank us later!
© Shutterstock
5 / 34 Fotos
Frittata
- Frittatas can really just be vegetables hiding in eggs. It's a great way to incorporate veggies in the morning.
© Shutterstock
6 / 34 Fotos
Pumpkin pancakes
- Vegetables and pancakes? Pumpkin and squash purée are extremely versatile when it comes to nutritious sweet dishes.
© Shutterstock
7 / 34 Fotos
Green bean fries
- A light coating of panko bread crumbs and 20 minutes in the oven can transform green beans, zucchini, carrots, or various other veggies into fries.
© Shutterstock
8 / 34 Fotos
Heartier chili
- Carrot, sweet potato, or butternut squash make hearty additions to any chili recipe.
© Shutterstock
9 / 34 Fotos
Popsicles
- Blend various fruit with spinach, freeze them into popsicle shapes, and tell no one.
© Shutterstock
10 / 34 Fotos
Pizza rolls
- These rolls are perfect for sneaking in all kinds of veggies.
© Shutterstock
11 / 34 Fotos
Sweet potato oatmeal muffins
- Vegetables at breakfast? They'll never know.
© Shutterstock
12 / 34 Fotos
Spinach in fruit smoothies
- A green smoothie that doesn't look or taste like one.
© Shutterstock
13 / 34 Fotos
Zucchini noodles
- Or zoodles, if you really want to impress the kids. Use a spiralizer or julienne tool with other vegetables too, like squash, carrots, or asparagus, and skip the pasta altogether.
© Shutterstock
14 / 34 Fotos
Bulk up burgers
- You can add carrot purée or chopped mushrooms and peppers to ground beef, or go for the portobello mushroom burger instead.
© Shutterstock
15 / 34 Fotos
Lettuce wraps
- Lettuce makes a surprisingly fun stand-in for wheat wraps, and you can also use tougher greens like collards, kale, or chard.
© Shutterstock
16 / 34 Fotos
Pot stickers
- Leek and shrimp is a great combo for this Japanese dish, known as gyoza, but you can also add all sorts of grated veggies, from cabbage to mushrooms and more.
© Shutterstock
17 / 34 Fotos
Upgraded sloppy joes
- Carrots, zucchini, and bell peppers go undercover in sloppy joes, which are all the childhood nostalgia and none of the malnourishment.
© Shutterstock
18 / 34 Fotos
Kale guacamole
- Sure, putting kale in guacamole might be a sin in the eyes of many, but dire times call for dire measures.
© Shutterstock
19 / 34 Fotos
Red beet hummus
- The bright color isn't exactly covert, but it is enticing.
© Shutterstock
20 / 34 Fotos
Baked cauliflower mac and cheese
- To take it one step further, you can even blend butternut squash and mix it into the cheesy goodness.
© Shutterstock
21 / 34 Fotos
Get saucy
- Tomato sauce already counts as a veggie, but you can easily sneak in puréed carrots or squash, as well as finely chopped peppers, onions, greens, celery, carrots, leeks, etc.
© Shutterstock
22 / 34 Fotos
Put a salad on a pizza
- Pizza can actually be the perfect vehicle for vegetables, especially since you can essentially pile on a salad and it still counts as a pizza.
© Shutterstock
23 / 34 Fotos
Zucchini bread
- Zucchini bread is a clever way to get a serving of vegetables while satisfying your sweet tooth.
© Shutterstock
24 / 34 Fotos
Zucchini Parmesan chips
- It's just two ingredients, but it completely changes zucchini into something of a treat.
© Shutterstock
25 / 34 Fotos
Zucchini and carrot muffins
- Mix in some apples, walnuts, and cinnamon, and you'll forget the veggies entirely.
© Shutterstock
26 / 34 Fotos
Cauliflower mashed potatoes
- Creamy, buttery mashed potatoes just got a little bit healthier, without sacrificing taste or texture.
© Shutterstock
27 / 34 Fotos
Bacon, cheese, and veggie fritters
- While everyone's caught up on the bacon and cheese, they won't notice the corn, carrots, zucchini, and finely chopped broccoli.
© Shutterstock
28 / 34 Fotos
Secret meatballs
- Grating vegetables and putting them in meatballs will make them more delectable, and even picky eaters will want more.
© Shutterstock
29 / 34 Fotos
Shepherd's (altered) pie
- Use cauliflower mash on top instead, and add veggies in the ground beef.
© Shutterstock
30 / 34 Fotos
Okonomiyaki
- This savory Japanese pancake has cabbage tucked into the dough.
© Shutterstock
31 / 34 Fotos
Homemade pizza pockets
- This childhood classic does a fantastic job at concealing all view of vegetables.
© Shutterstock
32 / 34 Fotos
Spinach and artichoke lasagna
- With all that cheese, are they really going to notice the veggies? See also: Celebrity personal chefs dish their spiciest confessions
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Interesting ways to sneak vegetables into meals
Even avid meat eaters would love these ideas
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If you're like most people, you're surprised every time you hear the recommended amount of vegetables we should be consuming every day, which varies across sources but tends to fall around three cups per day. Even for people who like eating vegetables, that can seem like a challenge. Then, when there are picky eaters in the mix (and we're not just talking about children), it can seem even harder.
But fear not! There are various clever ways to incorporate vegetables into dishes without sacrificing an ounce of flavor. Click through to see some sneaky meal ideas that either do a fantastic job at hiding veggies or transform them into something much more appetizing.
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