What are you doing for DC lunches- the weekend edition

[FourSeasonsLobelia]

Just that really. I have a very picky DC (aged 15) with sensory issues and who is on medication that affects his appetite. So i have gotten into the habit of chucking anything he will actually eat at him. But I'm out of ideas. So today I am resorting to pretty much what I had growing up in my packed lunches. He does get more vegetables in dinner, before anyone criticises the lack of nutrients, but this is what we have for today;

Ham and cream cheese sandwich
Wagon wheel
Cucumber sticks
Carton of pineapple juice

Would love some issues- particularly what works for DCs who have autism and food issues generally. Sometimes being fed is best. (As you can tell, I'm exhausted with it all)

Sorry if this is a silly comment but can you ask him
what he fancies?

My ds doesn’t have autism but had medical issues so I’d buy whatever he fancied for lunch. There was a lot of repetition like grapes at least 4 days a week but as you said, fed is eat.

Would he and you be happier if he made his own lunch?

What does he say he wants?

Can he not make his own lunch?

What foods does he like?

We quite often have brunch type lunches at the weekend.

The current favourite is eggy bread made with brioche bread and berries.

I sometimes do a fakeaway mcdonalds wrap. Omelette and hash brown with veggie sausages.

Or just a hot sandwich, eggs on toast, that kind of thing.

Hes 15 not 5 though. What does he say he wants?

I have an 18 year old with autism and learning difficulties....he used to have a very limited diet but after years and years of hard work he now eats pretty much everything except anything too spicy.
What we did was build slowly on the safe foods he would eat, offer tiny bits of what we were eating alongside his safe food, involve him in cooking and shopping.
Ds loved crisps....we realised that it was partiality due to the crunch.....raw pepper, carrot, apples also give a crunch do we introduced them slowly.
It takes time and effort and sometimes you end up going backwards........ds would eat plain pasta, we introduced tiny amounts of sauce and it was going well until I slipped up one day and added too much. We went back to plain pasta and had to start again!