oh and ive been going one step further (lazier) by buying julienne carrots frozen, and frozen bags of brocolli, for those times when i haven't been able to cut up the vegies, or i cant be bothered, and we just have the frozen sort, its not every day, but sometimes once or twice a week.... actually ive been giving the carrots and brocolli to dd too, as its her favorite thing to eat and she eats it twice a day, and its so easy just to pull out a handful and cook them up.