Beans contain double proteins than eggs and exceeds broccoli in fiber content. If you are now thinking of inducing bean eating habits in kids, you should go about it as soon as possible. Pediatrician Joanna Dolgoff has some tips on how to get your kids to eat beans.  

Serve Hummus
All kids love hummus, a chickpea dip that is served with salads and many snacks like chips and wedges. Slice vegetables like carrots, red pepper, cucumber and small tomatoes. Let kids enjoy a colorful dish with their favorite dip. Serve Hummus with wheat crackers, pita breads, bagel chips, cauliflower florets and lemon wedges.

Serve Burritos
Let your kids make his own burritos. Offer them a bowl full of black beans, avocado, shredded chicken, chopped tomatoes and lettuce leaves.

Baked Beans
As a child, we all loved baked beans. Serve baked beans with pork barbeques to your child.

Add beans in soups
Use white bean puree in soups, preferably a soup that your kid loves to eat. The kid will get good amount of protein and will start developing a taste for beans.

Sprinkle beans on salad
Make an all bean salad with onions, sprinkle salt and pepper. If kids refuse to eat this, then start adding beans in fresh vegetable salads. Add roasted beans if they like, they are crunchy so kids love them.

Protein contained in beans is highly essential for the growth of kids. After all proteins are building blocks of body. They are essential for growth of cells and repairs damaged cells. A diet deficient in protein may lead to health disorders, so it is essential to induce bean eating habits in kids from an early stage. Since beans are rich source of protein, intake of even small quantity of bean would be beneficial.

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