- Look at my big, old bag of spinach.
Maybe if I cut them up really small,
he'll like them.
(chuckles) (baby grunts)
You wanna eat them?
When the toes get going, he's excited.
- Why is there green stuff?
- What is this?
- [Mom] Try this bite that I get for you.
(kid sighs loudly)
Hi, I'm Hannah.
I'm the world's ok-est mom.
And I have a very picky eater.
I feel like there's always at least one in each house.
In our case,
it's my son, Wyatt.
He's not very into experimenting,
or trying new things.
So I wanna challenge myself.
I am going to try to get him to eat a vegetable
in every meal for one entire week.
So let's see if I can pull this off.
Wish me luck.
So let's get into the rules.
I can hide the veggies, however I see fit.
I can get as creative as I want in the execution.
I'm going to focus on vegetables that both boys
have previously refused to even taste.
I'm going to tell the boys that I'm trying a week
of new recipes.
New and exciting foods,
so that, a, they're excited to try my food.
And b, they don't know what's going on.
I'm not gonna show you every single meal
of every single day,
because then this video would be 40 minutes long.
And if at the end of this week,
the boys liked more foods than they disliked,
I'm going to treat the entire family
to their favorite takeout,
because I need a break from cooking.
This is going to be a lot of cooking.
I'm gonna show you how I make a smoothie with vegetables.
The smoothie consists of frozen banana,
frozen blueberries, frozen cauliflower.
It's a perfect smoothie addition
because it blends really nicely,
and adds great texture.
Because I have the wild blueberries,
they make the smoothie really dark,
so I can add some spinach,
and nobody really minds.
Top it off with some milk of your choice,
add some protein powder.
This just makes it a heartier smoothie.
And then I added my secret ingredient, which is spirulina.
It's super nutrient rich,
and you only need a tiny amount,
to get all of the nutrients that it delivers.
Something very compelling for my kids,
is when you title the food,
like it's something special and thematic.
It looks black.
- Black?
- So this is a witch's brew smoothie.
- Tastes like cantaloupe.
- Sure, as long as you're drinking it,
it can taste like whatever you want.
That my friends is the face of a satisfied customer.
You're dancing with your smoothie.
The boys loved it.
Day one, safe bet, success.
On to day two.
I love beets.
They have a nice texture,
and flavor in my opinion.
My kids do not agree,
but I figured day two, let's go for it.
The time of day that the boys are most hungry is breakfast.
So if I'm trying something,
that I'm not so sure about,
that's probably the optimal time to do it,
because they're very hungry.
I mix the beets with Greek yogurt,
and some water.
And I use that in my protein pancake mix.
And what it created was this beautiful pink color,
which is super appetizing.
It looked like a candy color.
The only thing I wasn't sure about was whether,
or not you could taste the beets,
because I did add quite a few.
I went a little too healthy on this one,
but they'll be fine.
T-Rex?
All right-- - Oh.
Go ahead.
- This looks good.
- You like it?
- Mmh, that's good.
- [Hannah] Just wailing for more.
(baby smacks lips)
It's good, huh?
I will be making these again.
Absolutely.
Day two, I was on a roll,
So I decided to try something a little more difficult.
Day three, I decided to bring back an old friend of mine.
Knock, knock?
Who's there?
It's an imposter.
Spaghetti squash.
- A long time ago,
I decided to try that,
and they loved it.
And then Matt chimed in.
Matt turns them and says,
"Yeah, and you know, that's squash, right?
They both push their plates away,
and we'll never taste it again.
(Hannah sighs forcefully)
I thought he had my back.
I figured it had been enough time,
since the spaghetti squash incident of 2017,
that I could bring it back.
I'm gonna cut this in half,
coat it in olive oil and seasoning,
pop it in the oven.
And then the magic happens.
Now the beauty of these,
is that you just take a fork,
and shred it.
And then toss it in some marinara.
Oh man, it looks pretty good.
I served dinner,
and then went,
and put Henry to bed.
So I didn't get the genuine reaction of the boys
eating the food.
You like it?
- Yeah.
- Really good.
- And they didn't complain.
I don't think they were thrilled.
I think it's something we could do again.
But the person who enjoyed it the most,
was the person who ratted me out all those years ago.
- I ate three plates, delicious.
- So I will categorize that as a win,
move on to day four.
Let's make ramen.
(claps hands)
- I swear, every time I get super confident,
days one, two,
and three,
and then day four,
I get very humbled.
Wyatt loves ramen.
Don't come for me.
It's very bland looking.
I know, he has a bland palate.
We are working on it.
Hence this video.
(playful music plays)
Try to add some veggies into it, see if he notices.
And maybe if I cut them up really small,
he'll like them.
I added way too much.
- Whoops, that this is what the spinach,
it's a lot.
I probably did a little too much.
Maybe I'm the reason why my kids won't eat certain foods,
because I overdo it.
- Why is there green stuff?
- Well, for extra seasoning and flavor.
Should I make this again?
- Yeah, it's nice - Just like that?
What do you think Jackson?
- It's delicious.
(Hannah laughs softly)
I think it only worked,
because I chopped the spinach up really tiny.
Now, if I had served my kids full leaves of cooked spinach,
they would have gagged,
until they threw up at the dinner table.
It has happened before.
Day four, I overshot it a bit,
but we made it through,
and they ate it.
My next food,
I'm going to tackle,
is sweet potatoes.
Wyatt really doesn't like these.
(chuckles)
I had the thought of adding sweet potatoes
into pumpkin bread.
The flavors of pumpkin
and sweet potato are kind of similar.
So it would probably blend in really well.
I'm gonna grate some sweet potatoes,
into this pumpkin bread mix,
and bake them off like muffins.
I think it'll be good.
(clanking)
And this is when my cover was almost blown.
It's muffins.
- [Wyatt] But what are these?
- Kids hover.
My children hover like vultures,
every time I'm preparing food.
- I'm hungry.
- [Hannah] Wait for the muffins, okay?
Let's sweeten the deal.
Those dinosaur picks,
have been a game changer.
It really makes any meal exciting for them.
- Mmh-- - That's good?
- That's amazing.
- That's amazing?
Oh my gosh.
- That's very hot.
- I'm gonna try this one,
I'm excited.
Tasty.
The muffins were a resounding success.
Henry even got to taste it.
I did feel like I cheated a little bit in that one,
because the food was borderline dessert.
So I tacked another meal on to the week.
It is pasta night 2.0,
I have some pasta boiling.
I also have some zoodles.
Half and half,
It's like a hybrid pasta dish.
I'm also going to add some rice cauliflower to the sauce.
So it's double veggie night.
And because I know how much of a meat lover, Wyatt is,
I topped it off with meatballs.
(Wyatt sighs loudly)
And he would not even touch the noodles.
- No, the green stuff.
- Try this bite that I get for you.
It just has a little seasoning on it, okay?
What do you think?
How did it taste?
- Good.
- Good?
Okay, are you gonna finish it?
On to meatballs.
He said that he liked it,
but what he liked was the meatballs.
He didn't really eat the pasta.
We all have wins,
and we all have losses,
but overall I'm still doing well.
I'm in my robe,
because I'm feeling fancy.
'Cause today we're going to try something
a little bit difficult,
and I just want to be as comfortable as possible.
One food that I can never
get Wyatt to even attempt
to try is brussel sprouts.
I decided to treat the brussel sprouts
like a vegetable crouton of sorts.
So I cut them up pretty small,
seasoned them generously,
and roasted them that way.
So they got extra crispy, extra flavorful.
My boys love Caesar salad.
So I decided I was going to take
these crispy shaved brussel sprouts,
and incorporate them in a Caesar salad.
Why I mixed a vegetable within another vegetable?
I don't know.
I also made so many brussels sprouts.
It was more brussels sprouts than lettuce.
So it did not fool them at all.
Wyatt has a very specific order of eating
when he doesn't like something on his plate.
He goes for the meat first, carbs second.
And then before he gets to the thing he doesn't like,
he says he has to go to the bathroom.
- What is this?
- [Hannah] Oh, it's just part of the salad.
Try it.
- That's not salad.
- [Hannah] Yeah it is.
No, Wyatt.
Jackson, my garbage disposal child,
really enjoyed it.
(chewing loudly)
Ready?
- (laughing) Coupon.
- [Hannah] Go ahead.
- You couponed the brussel sprout.
Your name is coupon.
- [Hannah] I'm done for the day.
I'm going to bed.
If Wyatt tries it,
and still doesn't like it,
that's fair.
Day six, didn't go as planned.
It was my own fault.
I decided day seven, I needed to go out strong.
Jackson, hates mushrooms.
Like if I want to really make him mad,
I'll say, "Oh, I'm making yours with extra mushrooms."
And he gets so upset.
So I made hybrid patties,
that have really finely blended
(whispering) mushrooms in them.
So let me show you.
Can you believe that these are plant-based?
Don't those look like real burgers?
Let's see how it goes.
And then to just secure my win,
I topped 'em with the dinosaur toppers.
- I just wanna eat it.
- [Hannah] Go ahead.
(chewing) (smacks lips)
- Mmh.
That's amazing.
- [Hannah] You like it?
You like the new recipes I'm trying?
How's that burger treating ya?
- It's really good.
- [Hannah] You notice anything different?
- It's different.
What's different? - There's isn't anything
different.
Nothing's different.
Matt still doesn't know what I did to that burger.
Matt has slowly become one of my other children.
So day seven was a big, big win.
Do you remember how I made all those special foods for you?
- Yeah. - Yeah.
- [Hannah] Did you like them a lot?
- Yeah. - Yeah.
- [Hannah] Okay, can I tell you a secret about them?
- What? - What?
- [Hannah] Every meal had a veggie hidden inside.
The pumpkin muffins I made--
- I knew that.
- [Hannah] Had sweet potatoes.
- I thought that was carrots. - That was so yummy.
- [Hannah] (chuckles) Do you wanna know
what's in the burgers?
- Yeah. - What?
- [Hannah] Mushrooms.
And you said you liked it.
I'm I being a sneaky mom?
Sure.
But sneaky for the right reasons.
Did I win this challenge?
Yes.
The boys liked more food than they didn't like,
and they tried everything.
So takeout's on me.
Well, that's it for this time.
I'm Hannah.
And what did you think?
Was I being a mean mom?
Would you try me the meals I made?
Let me know on Instagram,
and also message me if you have any other
hidden veggie food ideas.
Now, if you'll please excuse us,
we're going to enjoy our favorite takeout.
Look, you got some green in your bowl.
Are you gonna eat that?
- This is salad.
You're gonna eat it?
- Yeah.
- Till next time.
(playful gentle music plays)