What she eats .
School days
Breakfast is cereal. I can look at trying healthier/sugar free things.
Lunch if packed lunch : cheese/jam sandwich or home made chicken strips(left over from dinner) some type of yogurt ,(frube,yollies,petit filous) , some type of fruit ( strawberries,watermelon,apple,pear,orange) and 5/6 salty pretzel sticks. That's in her box. Doesn't eat snack at school anymore. In her lunch bag she also has one choc pancake and a bag of hula hoops puft (mostly for emergencies or on club days). These don't always get eaten , sometimes they are still there at the end of the week, or she just ate half the bag of crisps. Same with lunch, sometimes she doesn't eat all of it. The sandwich will be half eaten, or untouched. Chicken left. I insisted she must eat her fruit and yogurt and as much as she can of her sandwich.
School meals : she'll eat the roast , fish, burgers,sausages or cheesy/plain pasta.
Dinners are always hot in winter. It's a variety of chicken pie,fish pie, eggs and chips, homemade chicken strips and mash, cheesy pasta, grilled pork and potatoes, chicken thighs and rice , the cheap plain rustlers burgers (we've tried many others and she doesn't like them- she also won't eat any of the sausages we tried at home), chicken burger/nuggets, battered fish and potato wedges,roast dinner, home made "pizza" which is basically dough,battered egg and a sprinkle of cheese. She likes most fruits.If we get take away it's chicken nuggets/popcorn and chips. Oh and she won't eat just any nuggets from anywhere.Every other week she has a bowl of soup(i can sneak in veg then) and a slice of toast. Any other veg will be carrots and cucumbers. That's about it really. In the summer as it's hot, dinners can be toast ,boiled eggs, cheese and cucumber. Nothing with tomato sauce or any sauces really. Nothing like ham,sausages,salamis.
At weekend breakfast can be toast and yogurt and fruit, or two waffles/pancakes or she'll just have cereal again. Doesn't eat an actual lunch but will snack on yogurt or fruit or bread sticks or a bag of crisps. Dinner similar to what I posted, I try to rotate them.
Plus the sweets I have mentioned and I'll stop buying. She's not a binger though(still has stuff from xmas) and takes her time with it/rations it, but she does eat it regularly even if small amounts. Other snacks are crisps,breadsticks, popcorn, pretzel sticks , savoury snacks mostly.
I know her diet is really crap , probably because I was so happy when she started eating more I didn't actually care what it was, just that she was eating. I also suspect my portion sizes might be very skewed as it was so reassuring to see her eat and enjoy it. Which is why it's the first thing I'm looking to change, especially with foods she really enjoys.
She would probably eat some more veg if i made it (like peas) but I'm not sure that's the way to go. In the soups I mentioned I normally put 1/2 small potatoes, chicken ,carrots,peppers and onions. She likes a bit of seasoning on her food , I mostly use salt ,pepper,thyme,garlic but some mixes (with paprika and other things as well).