Cream cheese and marmite - daughter loves it. I can't stand marmite.
BBQ / flavored chicken stuff in a wrap with salad ( if they'll eat that bit )
What about satay chicken as an extra to sandwiches - most of the stuff we get has never seen a nut so would be allowed ( our school is peanut free as well )
Lol yes, will, she used to love avacado.
Key meats yes she will do the thin slices of chicken and beef. Cream cheese marmite...'that sounds good' is her reaction! Thanks. The sauced chicken stuff can be hit or miss, we shall keep trying it though. I'd assumed satay would be peanut, how foolish!
Perhaps if it was packaged more like ‘you like [insert sport or activity] don’t you? Well, by eating foods like chicken, eggs and vegetables you will get stronger/faster/better’
I'm nicking this idea. Thanks.
Similar issues in our house, Eldest 10 is a nightmare for being picky. Was fine when she was younger, but as soon as she was old enough to have a say in it took a dislike to most things. She also has a weird one-in, one-out mentality with what she likes, she used to like Ketchup, then she discovered bbq sauce, as they are both sauces and she likes bbq she now doesn't like ketchup. Same thing with baked beans and spaghetti hoops. if we have spaghetti Bolognese she will moan about the sauce but will happily eat a massive bowl of plain dry pasta that will have gone cold after an argument about trying some sauce.
The middle one, opposite issue, doesn't like pizza, sausages, burgers, chips, all the lazy kid food. Offer him free choice of dinner and you're making a shepherds pie...while the nuggets cook for the eldest at the same time.
The one thing that they share a like for is curry, and as others above have mentioned I think it was related to the no pressure of it all, we went to the curry place as we wanted one, thinking they would try a bit of rice and sauce maybe and it seemed to be that having an empty plate in front of them with a load of bread, rice, meat, sauce to choose from on their own terms got them to try, then from there who doesn't like curry?
Youngest is on milk, must do better with this one
She also has a weird one-in, one-out mentality with what she likes
This has just reminded of something that others may find relevant. Eldest (pickiest one) is the fussiest eater I have ever come across. I realised one day that a lot of the time when she says "I don't like that" what she actually means is "I would rather have X" She knows that is a dead end conversation though as the response is always "Well we are having Y", so she changes it to I don't like that"
My grandson (14 months) will happily reject packet baby food, dunk a breadstick into hummous and scoff away followed by a piece of lemon. Remarkable, but he's got there through experimentation and empirical data.
My kids ate the same as the grown ups and we sat down together every night, no telly or radio, just talk. They were encouraged to try things once and were allowed a cake when in France if they asked for it in French. I used to be appalled when they had friends round who'd been allowed to not eat/like this, that and the other and had the cheek to tell you.
