(Cover) - EN Showbiz - Salma Hayek "camouflages" vegetables in her daughter's food.

The Puss in Boots actress has revealed her top secrets to keeping her daughter, Valentina Paloma, healthy.

The Mexican actress has to be sneaky when getting her four-year-old to eat her greens.

"I camouflage them. They love pasta [so] I put [them] in tomato sauce," she revealed during a Friday appearance on Rachael Ray Show. "You know what you can hide really well? Aubergine, roast carrots, roast bell peppers [and] you can put a little bit of greens if you put enough of the other stuff."

The brunette beauty admits that her acting skills come in handy when she is fooling Valentina.

Salma knows the smallest hint that she is concealing something will give her away.

"There's got to be no clue that you lied because then she'll find it, like, Aha!'" she said. "You have to really pure [the vegetables]. It's the way to do it."

Although Salma has a heavy schedule she likes to set aside time for her family. She explained that as well as being with her husband Franois-Henri Pinault, she also likes to have periods which are just for her and Valentina.

"We have our dates that it's just her and I, we have to have them," she smiled. "They're always at night, you know, we go to the movies or to dinner just her and I." (C) Cover Media