All great ideas, and ones I use -- another thing is to get them active in the preparation of the veggies. My son is difficult, but I find he eats them if he's the one that prepares them. For instance, broccoli is his friend if he helped get it ready and helped by stirring the stir-fry. He loves green beans if I let him crush the garlic and saute it a few minutes(supervised!) before adding in the green beans and heating them through, etc. Of course, a really young one can't use the stove..but there's ways to get them involved
