On here and in real life I hear lots people offering the solution of 'I make a pasta sauce with loads of veggies blended in, voila then you know your DC are at least getting a couple of their five a day in'. Genuine question how much actual vegetable nutrient do you think is going into a child eating that sauce. IME a lot of children leave quite a lot of sauce behind and only really eat what's actually costing the pasta. Surely it can't be much?
Disclaimer: this is not a comment AT ALL on fussy eaters and how to feed them. I'm lucky and have not super fussy DC but I'm not stupid enough to think this is anything other than about 10% my doing and 90% good fortune. I'm not criticising people doing it, it's obviously still a perfectly good supper but more musing on whether it really is packing the DC full of vegetables or rather just making us all feel better.