Aibu to refuse dd fruit?

[Paperyfish]

Dd (9) adores fruit. She doesn’t have much of an appetite for savoury stuff though. Today she had a cereal bar after school before art club then risotto at 5.30. I believe it to be a reasonable size portion - her 7 yo brother ate the lot. As usual she scraped about a third of it in the bin claiming not to be hungry.I said if she bins her dinner there won’t be any late night snacks as I’m sick of wasting food. I let her have the planned dessert (melon)as I always planned to serve it and I don’t want to make dessert in to a reward. Anyway, now she is after an apple, more melon, some raisins…and I’ve said no. Aibu? I have offered some of the left over risotto or some shredded wheat or a plain yogurt ( as I worried she was honestly hungry)which have been turned down. She just wants fruit. I know fruit is healthy and all… but she needs balance and wastes other foods. I feel mean denying her fruit though.

Agree with this. Honestly OP, if you can afford it then don't worry about it. Fruit is full of vitamins, minerals and fibre, and even some carbs and protein. It won't do her any harm and will do her lots of good. Processed cereal like shredded wheat really isn't better.

If you can afford it then count your lucky stars that it's fruit and not chocolate/sweets/crisps that she is craving.

My daughter does this. She will leave her dinner (eats half of it) and then wants fruit all evening. I obviously let her have some fruit but o think it's just snacking and a bad habit. So make her something more substantial later in the evening like crackers and cheese and grapes or toast or even just a hard boiled egg. Otherwise she will eat all the grapes and berries in the fridge

We don’t have pudding on weekdays at all since they get it at school and my DD is sugar obsessed. With DD’s dinner my rule is eat as much or as little as you please but there isn’t anything else.

How is risotto just carbs! ours certainly isnt!

Thanks all! Some great ideas.
The risotto in question wasn’t just carbs! Had quorn and tomatoes and Parmesan too.
Will let her serve her own portion of tea later ( cottage pie and carrots and kale tonight) and offer some carrot sticks after pudding (kiwis and raspberries with yogurt ) if additional fruit requested.

I made risotto yesterday on the back of this thread . Plenty of veg in it too - delicious!

@IndecentCakes

I'd just let her get on with it. Couldn't get worked up about fruit.

Likewise.