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Ideas for ARFID teenager

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BlackCatFanClub · 08/12/2025 18:20

DD is autistic and has a fairly limited diet. We are trying things but it’s incredibly difficult as nothing can have ‘chunks’ and she’s funny about meat.

She currently eats pasta with sauce I make and blend, chicken tenders, sausage roll, beans, soup, various potato things - chips/mash/fries/baked. She loves cheese and rolls. She’ll eat eggy bread sometimes.
We’ve been trying some different pasta sauces and it hasn’t been successful, gnocchi which she thought was okay. We’re going to try our own katsu curry this week, with breaded chicken and then a sauce (all separate). I’m going to try a plain risotto and quesadillas again, maybe see if I can put peppers in that.
i did make a veggie chilli from blended sauce and then kidney beans in it (she likes those) but wasn’t impressed.

Im struggling to think of other things that don’t include visible veg or any meat.
To add to the problem she is also coeliac so we can’t just pick things up to try.
She didn’t use to want to try new things but now she will so want to keep going.

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clinellwipe · 09/12/2025 12:54

Oh sorry just saw your comment that she’s not keen on quorn! Hopefully it’s helpful to someone else

ChristmasMantleStatue · 09/12/2025 12:54

WhenLifeGivesYouTangerines · 09/12/2025 12:51

Most teens with autism know like sushi - weird isn’t it? Of all the things to eat cold fish and cold rice

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Isn't it strange!!

Mine absolutely loves it. To the point that he used £28 of his own birthday money on a Yo Sushi blow out. It was all nigiri. (Without wasabi tbf).

WhenLifeGivesYouTangerines · 09/12/2025 12:55

Katsu Chicken

rice based most thing..

I know you said no fish but I find boneless fillets go down well. Salmon, mackerel especially,

stewed meat with the veg cooked separately.

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ChristmasMantleStatue · 09/12/2025 12:56

Leafywool · 09/12/2025 12:52

My autistic dd loves sushi and ramen too but I can’t get her to eat a bog standard sandwich or a jacket potato 🤣

This!!!

ChristmasMantleStatue · 09/12/2025 12:56

And forget about baked beans. Anything in 'tins' is disgusting apparently. He's eat sweet corn on the cob and frozen but not out of a tin.

Sassylovesbooks · 09/12/2025 13:50

Have you tried sweet potato, once cooked it can be mashed down or blended. Mixing it with carrots or swede. Not all children like vegetables, and as your daughter has a restrictive diet, it may be a massive no.

HarryVanderspeigle · 09/12/2025 18:12

Rice noodles are great if she will try those. They were never designed to have gluten in, so doesn't have to have fillers to make up for the loss. You can get raven flavour kits that are gf. Tesco have one. Avoid the itsu broth, as that has wheat in. If she gets used to the flavours of ramen, it might help unlock other Asian dishes.

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