What can i feed the fussiest eater in the world?

vivaladiva

Oooooooh, welcome to the fussy kids club! 1 of mine is fussy but getting better (I guess you don't want to know that she's 14 :rotfl: ) and the 8YO is downright impossible :mad:
Have you tried HM versions of takeout food? My lot love Nigella's nuggets (the chicken ones that is!)

Good Luck.

troll35

Sounds familiar our 9 yr old will only eat plain food - no sauces including gravy etc. Everything has to be seperate on his plate - no mixing allowed. However he will eat a variety of meats and a host of veg as long as they are not mixed together in for example stew. I try to give hime the same ingredients as us, just not assembled into the final dish. So tuna pasta bake for him would be plain pasta, tuna and sweetcorn all as seperate items on his plate (no sauce to bind it all together).

When I think back to my childhood I think I was a bit like that too. But way back in the dim and distant 70's we had a far more basic meat and 2 veg diet. We didn't have all the choice that we have today.

newleaf

troll35 wrote:

When I think back to my childhood I think I was a bit like that too. But way back in the dim and distant 70's we had a far more basic meat and 2 veg diet. We didn't have all the choice that we have today.

And in the even dimmer and more distant 60's we got a thick ear and told to get it eaten or else...

vivaladiva

newleaf wrote:

And in the even dimmer and more distant 60's we got a thick ear and told to get it eaten or else...

I remember it well :rotfl:

Rachie_B

i have a fussy 4 yr old though he has gotten better over the past 6 months or so

he has to try everything on his plate or he doesnt get his "green stickers" ( for his reward chart) even if its the tiniest piece

its just showing willing,and very often he finds he really likes certain foods!! eg tuna! now its one of his fave foods

i do ocassionally make separate meals for hubby and myself as we eat much later than the kids,but on the whole we all eat the same meal now

of course there are going to be some foods he just will never like / eat ,just like an adult they will have their likes / dislikes

dont give up,bribe if you have to and praise even the smallest efforts

encourage his involvement in preparing /cooking the family meal ,you may find he will eat something hes helped to make?!

ziggy2004

lol most of my childhood was in the 80s and i got told to clean my plate or have a cheese sandwich which cured my from being a fussy eater as cheese sarnies get pretty boring after a while ( we had veg soup for lunch every day). The again I can't really comment as ds is 18 months and he only turnsup his nose at things you would expect a child to like he refuses mashed potatoes if there is no sauce and threw the potatoewedges (my compromise to chips) on the floor.
x Anne
ps we were also allowed to each name three things that we did not have to eat and other then that it was tough luck ( and no my sister did not get away with green things, yellow thinhs and red things)

recovering_spendaholic

i have two DD's - one is 16 and pronounces everything HM to be "totally rank" and is the fussiest eater I have ever come accross. DD2 is 8 and will eat a much more varied diet and will have a go at most things.

One thing we all (even DD1) like is scouse (stewing steak, carrots, onions, potatoes, stock cube, salt and pepper and thyme all stewed together for about three hours), however if I try and tart it up with celery and swede and such DD1 won't touch it!

Both DD's like HM pizza, and also like filled pitta breads - I use a variety of things - DD1 will only eat tuna and sweetcorn, bacon lettuce and tomato and melted cheese and onion, but DD2 and I like all kinds of fillings - tonight I did scrambled eggs and bacon with chopped fried tomatoes. All of us also like roast dinners but DD1 only eats the meat, potatoes and yorkshire pudding. I find that pasta bakes of any kind are VERY unpopular, but they will eat curry and rice - I tried throwing more veg into the HM curry last week and now DD1 says she won't eat curry unless it's takeaway.

Have you tried spanish omelette? DD2 and I love it but DD1 won't touch it. I also do HM beefburgers with cheese on, with salad and HM oven chips, which goes down okayish.

I don't bother to make any kind of HM puddings as they won't eat them - I just get yoghurts and ice lollies because anything else just gets wasted or I eat enough for three of us and I am fat enough!!!

recovering_spendaholic

My lot love Nigella's nuggets (the chicken ones that is!)

Good Luck.[/QUOTE]
Ooh - how do you do them? DD1 is a real fan of nuggets and I refuse to buy the supermarket ones!

Chell

I'd make sure you are firm with them. SOunds harsh but if they are hungry then they will eat or try something once they realise that you mean business. What types of food do they like whether it be good or bad? Can you slowly adapt those taking small steps. If they don't eat or try their meal then make sure you don't immediately allow them other snack foods insteads.

chaliepud

My kids are paid 50p for every new food they try (has to be a reasonable amount - not very money saving but my 7 yr has improved dramatically since starting this)

I have found "The Dinner Lady" recipe book good for kids meals (written by the lady who inspired Jamie Oliver's school dinners programme) and I have just bought "Nora's dinners", written by the inspirational dinner lady in the same programme. All the recipes in the books are simple, not too fussy and a lot can be adapted to suit your family (I can highly recommend the choc chip cookies in the first book!)

I often make homemade nuggets, either with toasted breadcrumbs mixed with grated cheese or with toasted breadcrumbs mixed with garlic powder and paprika and the usual seasonings. The latter recipe is slightly more popular. The recipes can also be adapted to use with fish, I've used sustainable cod and salmon, planning to try tuna.

HTH

H