What can i feed the fussiest eater in the world?

amyandoli

Hello,

Do you like pulses? You could fill out the meat in recipes with these to make things go further. My husband was a very fussy eater when I inherited him of his mum. She fed his potato product (mainly hm chips), meat (mainly sausage) every day, and he'd ahardly tried anything else and was adament he pretty much hated everything. I hide things in his food. Last night his mashed potato was laced with cauliflour and parsnips. To distract him I made him a yorkshire pud to put the 'mash' in, and covered it with gravy. He didnt know and ate it as normal. He hates lentils and quorn mince disagrees with him but loves my lasganes which are 50/50 quorn and lentils, and he shows no sign of disagreement. I suppose that maybe you're the designated cook? Could you lace your food in the same way a bit at a time until you get used to it, and eventually maybe possibly even like it just a bit?

Amy x

squeaky

These threads might help...

Fussy Eaters:
- easy meat recipes to beef up underweight teen
- Hiding vegetables
- Meal ideas for picky kids
- What can I feed the fussiest eater in the world?

belfastgirl23

You could consider having some meat free days It's a LOT cheaper.

newleaf

A slow cooker is great for cooking casseroles with cheaper cuts of meat.

helping_hubby

lipidicman wrote:

a high metabolism?

Scientific studies have shown there is no such thing.

Sorry I'm not a scientist.

He eats a lot, and doesn't put on an ounce of weight.

MrsTinks

Increase his carbs Bread, spuds, pulses he doesn't need fatty foods, he needs slow burning energy food - you both should be able to at healthier and cheaper on that

marvalous

my stepson was also a fussy eater . Since he moved in with me three years ago, I have gotten him to eat so many different things. I am almost a breakthrough with fish.

The trick is to keep limited snacks at the house so that at dinner time the teenage fusspot is hungry. Also another trick is if he does not eat fish or whatever it is, prepare it for everyone else, make it as attractive as possible and give him a boring looking chicken leg or something that looks pretty bland and don't mention it. Pretty soon he will cotton on to the fact that he is missing out on something and come round!

competitionscafe

Wow and I thought I was a bit fussy becasue there are about a dozen things I don't like (would still eat most of them if I was hungry though!)

kittiwoz

lipidicman wrote:

a high metabolism?

Scientific studies have shown there is no such thing.

What about if you've got an overactive thyroid gland? Also don't men metabolise stuff faster than women anyway? I thought that was one of the reasons they can drink more and I'm sure I read they typically lose weight faster if they go on a diet or take up exercise for that reason.

southern_chick

i'd recommend a slow cooker i made a casserole tody with chicken legs and thighs, they cost me £1.59 and its made enough for 4 meals for me and 4 for DD (she's 6), i added half a bottle of red wine and some chicken stock, frozen veg and mushrooms. it was lovely and worked out at about 35p a portion. becuase it cooks for so long you can use much cheaper cuts of meat and it still tastes lovely, you can bulk it out with any veg and potatoes

HTH

SC xx