Ever hear this, “I’m starving!” 15 minutes before dinner? Well, take it as a compliment. The smell of food is driving them to want to eat…NOW! So set out a colorful “community” plate of vegetables for them to munch on before dinner and watch them gobble them up. 

“Just put the vegetable in a competition it can actually win,” said Mann on a recent episode of the Inquiring Minds podcast.

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