book of meal ideas for child who won't eat mixed-up food?

[hobbeschild]

Does such a book exist? We are eating way too much processed food, to cope with this. I think he has sensory issues and I don't want to make mealtimes stressful.

I've tried using the internet, but it gives me choice anxiety, which cripples me and I don't get started. I would prefer to have in my hand a finite set of things to work through one at a time.

Ideally meals that the family can all eat together. I get that this probably means plopping all the components in the middle and letting people pick what they want. But with my dull imagination that sounds like fajitas every night.

Perhaps it is too basic to write a book about. Just checking...

My DD was the same and hardly ever would eat anything mixed together. One thing she does like is homemade salmon nibbles. Cut a salmon fillet into chicken nugget size pieces, near an egg and dip the salmon bits in the egg then roll in breadcrumbs. He could probably help with this.

Bake them in the oven and serve with homemade potatoe wedges and salad or veg.

I’ll try to think of some more

Variations of a roast dinner ? Meat, vege, potatoes or rice ?
My eldest loved plain food that wasn't mixed he lived on this as a child for a couple of years

Some things can be presented as one, e.g. spag bol can be, for your dc, Bolognese sauce and pasta. Or mince and mash for cottage pie. Just keep the parts separate for him before you combine for the rest of you.
Most meals can be split up, not just fajitas. Sausages, mash, baked beans. Sausage, yorkies, veg instead of toad in the hole. Chicken, wedges, peas/curry, rice, bread.

Thank you. He gags on things that have mixed textures, so things like bolognese, baked beans or curry are not an option (i.e. combined sauce, meat, onions etc.). He does like yorkshires + sausages, okay once in a while, but again it is processed meat.

I don't think it has to be plain, just consistent texture (he likes pepperoni and he likes spicy doritos). In fact he won't eat plain chicken or potatoes - only nuggets and chips.

I think I have to try a bit of "food chaining" to get him from that to grilled chicken and wedges. A book of ideas in this vein would be ideal.