£100 to last the whole month

Princess_Lou_II

Fussy to the point of not eating anything if he doesnt like it. No fruit, vegetables of any sort. He will eat raisins. No beans, of any sort. No potato, not even cut into chips. No mixed food - like cottage pies, any thing in a sauce. I really do despair, as he ate fine, until around 18months. Has refused ever since, and it causes me stress as I worry a lot about it.


My older one eats what he is given, though has now started to 'pick' at his plate. My younger one is happy to eat everything - although not overly keen on meat, will still eat it.

suki1964

will he eat the fish sliced into fingers, breaded and fried or baked like fish fingers?

I dont have experience with fussy eaters tbh. My SIL to be is - and I just cook for us as normal and give him fish and chips or something like that out of the freezer. grandson is beginning to pick around his plate as well now as he sees his dad to be get away with it I try not to pamper too much to him and do give him roughly the same as us. Hopefully someone will be along to advise you better then me

Princess_Lou_II

He would eat that - he does actually like fish, so that would be a good meal to him.


I really want to start by planning meals up until Friday, when I can maybe get in a few extra bits that I may need. I like the pie idea for tonight, using the chicken leftovers. I don't have any puff pastry though - so perhaps the lasagne?


I also see that we could have a lovely curry dinner one night, with all the freezer items (samosa / naan / veg curry mix) though have no idea how to make one.

suki1964

Princess_Lou_II wrote: »

He would eat that - he does actually like fish, so that would be a good meal to him.


I really want to start by planning meals up until Friday, when I can maybe get in a few extra bits that I may need. I like the pie idea for tonight, using the chicken leftovers. I don't have any puff pastry though - so perhaps the lasagne?


I also see that we could have a lovely curry dinner one night, with all the freezer items (samosa / naan / veg curry mix) though have no idea how to make one.

No need for puff pastry. If you have flour and butter you can make shortcrust. If not use layered spuds or breadcrumbs. Or dumplings. Or make the pie filling.as such and serve with rice call it chicken stew

Do you have curry spices or pastes? If not then a jar of curry sauce will save the day. Should be less then a £1 and will stretch two or 3 fillets to feed you all

Anne_Marie_2

Sorry, I've not had too much bother with fussy eaters either, apart from DD refusing to eat veg for a while because hubby was fussy with veg. Did my head in. She did eat it disguised though, and loved home made potato croquettes into which I added sweetcorn and peas and some grated cheese, coated them in breadcrumbs or porridge oats, and either cooked them in the oven or shallow fried.
What does the fussy one actually eat, to give us a bit of a clue?

Another couple of ideas for you, veggie stir fry (you could use some left over chicken, or pork cut into strips) with fried or boiled rice, add some garlic, 5 spice powder if you have it and soya sauce.

Quiche made with shortcrust pastry, cheese and onion, broccoli and cheese, roast veg such as onions, tomatoes and pepper.

Princess_Lou_II

So I decide to follow an recipe from the Netmums website today. The chicken pasta bake, with some mushrooms & green beans from the freezer and the leftover chicken from yesterday.

I want to plan dinners for the rest of the week, so that I'm organised and not wasting. Will look though the suggestions. I don't know about lunches though.

Anne_Marie_2

It might help if you give us some ideas what you normally have for lunch, and what your little fussy one will eat. Also whether it has to be for a packed lunch or not will help.

Princess_Lou_II

I need 2 packed lunches, and will be 3 soon. I feed my fussy eater whatever we have - he just doesn't always eat it, or picks at his food.

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at the moment you really don't need a fussy eater.I know this may sound a bit harsh but if its been eaten before then it will be eaten again.One of my DDs when little decided that she didn't like rice even though until the age of 6 she loved it (one of her little friends at school didn't like it ) so I just dished dinner up as usual and when she just picked at it I said OK not a problem off you go you can get down from the table .

Off she went smiling to herself.about an hour or so later her tummy was rumbling and she wanted something to eat.I said no sorry we all eat at the table and we all eat the same if you don't want whats on your plate then you'll just have to wait until the next meal.this went on a short while and it was basically more of a battle of wills than actual dislike of food.I would never force anyone to eat what they genuinely felt ill eating, but sudden dislikes or pickyness is normally down to outside interests.

Don't worry a child will not starve or die if they don't eat for awhile and you are not an evil Mum because you don't dish up what a child wants on its plate Calm and reassurance and
"Of course you can have food ,but it will be food I have stood and cooked for you that I decide is good for you and you have eaten before".

With the state of your financial position you cannot afford to put up with picky children/grown ups at the table. I never shouted at my DD just explained to her that what we had to eat was that, and nothing else so she would just have to go without until the next meal appeared.

Took a day or so to sink in then the plate was nibbled at grudgingly and eventually eaten.


Children are basically small animals who do like to pick and choose but you are the adult and know what they can eat.I grew up with wartime and rationing and pickiness wasn't an option ,just getting enough food on the plate for her children to eat was a hard enough task for my late Mum anyway I ate some really disgusting things at times (tinned Snoek) springs to mind it was some sort of South African tinned fish which tasted appalling, but apparently it had protein in it and was more available to buy than fresh fish.

I can remember eating tripe and onions which was the lining of a cows stomach cooked in milk and that tasted liked a wet blanket and I covered it as much pepper as I could get away with .To this day I am very heavy handed with a pepper pot :):)

But it was a case of eat up or go without.Five-a-day-fruit and veg was unheard of. Meat came usually (if at all possible because of rationing) with cabbage and or carrots. Fruit was usually if you were lucky apples from the local trees or berries from the hedgerows.

I never even saw a banana until I was about 6-7 and as for an Orange they were very few and far between.Why do you think an orange in the stocking pinned to the end of your bed on Christmas Eve was such a treat

My Mum walked miles to find any shops that had dried fruit and this was soaked in cold tea and made into fruit cakes. My aunt sent some tinned pineapple in 1949 and we hadn't a clue what it was.

Children will adapt if you are firm but fair and say OK you don't want to eat whats on the plate then wait until the next meal.They won't fade away I promise you that they may have a few rumbling tummies but they will eat eventually Stay strong,if they have eaten it before they will eat it again.Trust me.

Spendless

How old is the fussy eater? My eldest who is 15 and eats most things now, was faddy when younger. Some of it was a preconception though than a genuine dislike. As he disliked tomatoes, and still isn't keen on them he decided therefore he wouldn't like tomato soup. Now as anyone who has ever eaten a raw tomato and a tin of Heinz will tell you, they're nothing like the same! At a wedding where the soup was a starter and we'd been waiting 5 hours (the venue had double booked!) I told him it was red soup and he ate it. He wasn't old enough to read! I told this story a few months back and got told changing the names of stuff was encouraging 'faddy-ness' but I don't agree, being faddy was already in existence before I tried this tactic. Interestingly the same suggestion came up recently on a programme I saw (eat well for less??)

It might even work on an older child. My 12yo has had porridge for breakfast today, knowing she wouldn't like it plain and having no sugar in, I rooted around for golden syrup, only to discover one of them has taken it into school for cookery lessons and left it there! I did find a small sachet of maple syrup, which DD says she 'doesn't like', but I didn't fetch it to her attention and she clearly didn't look at the label as she finished the bowl!