This post is sponsored by Country Crock. I was selected for this opportunity as a member of Clever Girls Collective, and the content and opinions expressed here are all my own.

I have got two really fun recipe ideas to share with you today but first let’s talk about vegetables. They are extremely good for you and are notoriously difficult to get kids to eat. The trend of hiding vegetables in other food has gotten really big recently I have noticed. That’s better than no vegetables for sure, but wouldn’t it be nice if you didn’t have to hide vegetables from the kids? I bet you can see where I am going with this. Vegetables with Country Crock taste delicious and you don’t need to hide them! I know that I think everything tastes better with Country Crock.

Country Crock and Clare Crespo have come out with a whole digital cookbook on ways to dress up your veggies and present them in fun ways to your families, friends, and most especially your kids. The cookbook is called, “A Very Veggie World” and it has 25 recipes with step by step instructions to turn your veggies into food art. If you have been a reader here for very long, you will probably recognize that I love using food in unique and fun ways. I have never made food art with vegetables before but I might be hooked.

You can see why I jumped at the chance to show you one of the recipes from the cookbook. Well I was supposed to show you one recipe, but I had such a hard time choosing, I made two to show you!

The first one is this eggplant car with zucchini wheels. It is filled with a mixture of eggplant, zucchini, garlic, bell peppers, and of course some Country Crock.

My son thought a vegetable car was pretty cool. No, he didn’t eat that whole thing, I just wanted a cute picture of him with the eggplant car. He thought the spoon was a nice touch. 🙂

The second recipe I made was called, “Pasta full of Posies.” I loved these bell pepper flowers with basil leaves. I thought it looked so cute. The dish was good, although I’ve never had wheat pasta before and I don’t think I will again. You could use these cute flower technique on any pasta salad.

One more “happy kid” shot. I love this little girl. She is such a good eater and she is almost always willing to try new foods. I think she was sent to me to make up for how difficult her older brother can be with food. LOL. She is also a lover of all things pretty, and she loved that there were flowers on her food.

This is only two of the 25 recipes in the cookbook. They all look delicious and I plan to try more of them.  There is one for Hashbrains, which is of course brains made out of hash browns. It is so cute! You can download the cookbook here: http://bit.ly/HqdQ1Q

Country Crock really does make vegetables taste better! We are strictly margarine users at my house and I love Country Crock. Here are a few of the reasons why:

• 70% less saturated fat and 30% fewer calories than butter
• 0g trans fat
• RD(registered dietician) approved
• Recommended in 2010 Dietary Guideline

Country Crock also has the Crock Country Chronicles which is full of recipes, tips and fun ideas for feeding your family. The recipes featured on the website also include the dietary information, which I love. I’ve recently made some big changes to my diet and eating a lot more vegetables is a big part of that. I’m excited to add to my vegetable repertoire. I even just created a Vegetable Pinterest board: http://pinterest.com/cuteasafox/eat-your-vegetables/ I will be adding lots of veggie recipes, so you can follow that if you are interested.

Are you looking for quick and simple tips and recipes to make serving veggies more fun? Download the free Clare Crespo Cookbook here for fun and whimsical recipes your family is sure to love!