My problem is not so much that any one dc is particularly fussy, but they all have strong dislikes (to the point of vomiting!) with certain foods. That happen to be different for each dc. So DD will eat most things except peas, beans, lentils, radishes and celery. DS1 will eat anything that doesn't have tomatoes or mayonnaise in (Which is fucking difficult, but he eats EVERYTHING else you put in front of him), and DS2 (asd) won't eat cheese, rice or cous cous.
If you can find cheap meals where I can cook ONE meal for everyone, bearing these hates in mind, please tell me. I seem to be spending at least £130-£150 a week on shopping. Though that does include nappies, and cleaning stuff, and bathcare stuff. And the 2 of my dc that have asd seem to have super-keen senses. I tried decanting supermarket brand cereal into the big name brand box one night when the dc were in bed. The next morning, both DD and DS2 said "Yuck this has gone off, it's disgusting, I can't eat that". They CAN TELL. Damn and blast asd super-senses.
We don't HAVE little local shops to use, my estate is new, and built 'around' a supermarket over the last 30 years. The closest butchers is a 45 minute, £3.50 min (plus £2.20 for each dc if they're home), bus journey away in the town centre.
Oh - and none of them like porridge, but will eat muesli with yoghurt (never with milk
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