8:30am UK, Wednesday August 24, 2005

A range of vegetable ice creams have been developed by the wife of chef Gordon Ramsay.

Tana Ramsay's Ice Greens come in the unusual flavours of broccoli, carrot, lettuce, pea, tomato and yellow pepper.

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Tana and her desert

She has blended the vegetable with flavourings and cheeses including mascarpone and ricotta.

The mother-of-four hopes her foray into food will tempt children with fussy eating habits.

She said: "Child obesity is a huge problem today.

"One of the best ways to counter this is to make vegetables more attractive to kids."