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Meal ideas for a fussy 5 year old

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Oncewassmith · 19/09/2021 09:34

Not sure if I've posted this in the right place - but I need help with meal and snack ideas for a fussy five year old with a sweet tooth.

She would happily live off fruit (or chocolate if she could get her hands on it), hummus, porridge with fruit, spaghetti with tomato sauce (which is actually hidden vegetables), sausages, mash potatoes, broccoli, peas, sweetcorn and baked beans

She's just started school so she's having school dinners which I hope will encourage her to try more, and, she encouraged to try everything the rest of us eat but she's just not interested; has anyone got a magic bullet/tactic that will start to open her up to try more foods, or, any good hidden good stuff recipes so I can at least sneak more exciting veg in?

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JaninesEyePatch · 19/09/2021 20:58

We used to do just make something and offer it and they were allowed to leave it as long as they at least tried it. We called it the "no thank you" bite.

Also cutting stuff up small and using cute food picks somehow made things more interesting....

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fellibay-Toothpick-Sandwich-Appetizer-type-20pcs/dp/B07GBTG66T/ref=ascdff_B07GBTG66T/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=375559614872&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=4480999293972172289&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1007326&hvtargid=pla-561395951452&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=76300781905&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=375559614872&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=4480999293972172289&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1007326&hvtargid=pla-561395951452

Doesn't sound like too bad a diet though.....some children only eat chicken nuggets......Wink

Oncewassmith · 20/09/2021 10:04

Sometimes I wish she would at least try chicken nuggets (I make lovely homemade ones)

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