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packed lunch/meal planning, at wits end with fussy eater

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RedButtonhole · 28/02/2015 10:06

DS is a very fussy eater, I am lucky in that he enjoys veg but getting protein into him is a bigger struggle. I really worry about him eating processed meat but he really wont eat anything else- no fish, no eggs (even in french toast or omlette) and no "plain" meat like chunks of chicken or beef. He wont eat lentils or beans either and wont touch potato or sweet potato.

Basically he will have sausages, square sausage or breaded chicken. I've even tried breading my own chicken in the hope that would be healthier but he wont touch it.

This is my meal plan for him for the week, its not very exciting but he should eat it. Does anyone have any thoughts? He is such an active wee thing but really struggles with concentrating and focus and i want to try and help this by improving his diet.

Breakfast is always a choice of cereal- I try to keep this to plain rice krispies as he likes them and they are not full of sugar, wholemeal toast with butter, jam or chocolate spread (doesnt like peanut butter), fruit and milk to drink. We generally dont have time for cooked breakfast in the week.

Morning snack at school is packet of breadsticks, piece of fruit or pack of those yoghurt covered dried fruit "sweets" or he gets 30p for the snack shop where he usually chooses a cup of cheerios with milk.

Lunch
Pasta with a homemade tomato sauce, chopped raw pepper
Breadsticks, cheese, cucumber
Cold breaded chicken nuggets, chopped peppers

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RedButtonhole · 01/03/2015 23:05

He wont entertain peanut butter
Might be able to persuade him with couscous, but I'm not sure myself how to prepare it for him, will look up some recipes
Def not soup or bovril, not sure about marmite, can't stand the stuff myself so have never bought it for him, might have to give it a try!

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