Get your summer on
Article updated: 10/8/2012 3:44 PM

High heat brings children and vegetables together

Buy this photo Buy this photo
next prev 4 of 4
   

High heat and mild spices make these carrots a kid-friendly side dish.

Associated Press

Roasting sweetens vegetables, like these cherry tomatoes, and makes a kid-friendly side dish.

Associated Press

High heat and mild spices make these carrots a kid-friendly side dish.

Associated Press

Gallery Image

Roasted Balsamic Cherry Tomatoes

Associated Press

About this Article

For two weeks this summer Associated Press Food Editor J.M. Hirsch made it his mission to improve his 8-year-old son's tolerance of vegetables. He called it "veggie boot camp." His son called it torture. The approach was simple. Every lunch and dinner he prepared at least three vegetables. Of those, his son needed to select and consume two of them.

Related Content

Roasted Balsamic Cherry Tomatoes