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Vegetarian food ideas for child with ASD

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Duvet1 · 23/11/2022 19:53

I'm desperately looking for ideas for lunches, dinners and savoury snacks for a vegetarian child who has ASD so is very restricted with eating (think bland and really simple foods). My DC has about 3 different dinners they eat at the minute but is now starting to go off them and I'm running out of ideas for alternatives. DC doesn't know what they want to eat instead and needs me to help with suggestions. They are starting to go without eating if they don't fancy the usual foods so any ideas are welcome.

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Duvet1 · 23/11/2022 22:29

Thank you, some ideas to definitely try.

Mine doesn't eat sandwhiches/bread either, wraps only.

@ArseInTheCoOpWindow wish mine would eat pasta with those sort of additions would make life slightly easier but it is mainly plan dry pasta and cheese. I will def give the spag bol with quinoa a try.

@HarvestThyme I always forget about halloumi, luckily it's something that is liked so I will make sure I do more halloumi dishes.

@RosieRiveting oooo I reckon cheese quesadillas will be a hit, thank you.

@Escapefromcolditz we haven't tried gnocchi before so I will add that to the shopping list to try next week.

@AliasGrape I will give savoury muffins a go as we haven't tried those yet. I also forgot DC likes noodles so I will definitely plan some more noodle meals.

@Luluthecat freezer food is a bit hit and miss here, sometimes tolerated other times not as it has a freezer taste.

@Wavingnotdrown1ng I haven't tried blending and puréeing things into sauces since they were a lot younger, I might try again now they are older.

Thankfully DC will eat yoghurt, cereal and some different fruits so that's good and sweet items are not an issue but it's the savoury side that is harder. The only veg they eat is sweetcorn or raw carrots sometimes, they don't like most sauces/dips, not a fan of bread or eggs, potatoes items like chips are ok some of the time but not a huge fan, doesn't like spicy food or even mildly spicy, a lot of the veggie food is a no.

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ArseInTheCoOpWindow · 24/11/2022 14:56

Spinach and ricotta lasagne is another bland mush. Dd loves it

kateandme · 24/11/2022 19:15

Id akso let them no if they ever feel offa meal rhen itsctotally ok to have a bowl of cereal at any time.
This was very much a safe food for ours and at least they were having something.and it really isn't a bad meal at all.
Have you tried pinwheel wraps
Does he do pastry.could he manage pot pies or pastys
Wedges
Sweet corn fritters or carrot fritters

Get him involved in cooking too.enjoying it often gets them tasting or wanting it more.

Veggie sausages in his pasta

Nut cutlets

Stir fry noodles

Wrap enchiladas

Pseudonymminymie · 24/11/2022 20:38

Waitrose do seitan pieces and steaks in a coating. I'm vegan and eat these at least once a week, they're really nice. I also like vegan Pukka pies, but they are similar to the meat versions ( minced beef and onion and chicken and mushroom). Before I was vegan I was veggie, and their cheese ( and leek I think?) pie was lovely too.

Pseudonymminymie · 24/11/2022 20:45

Also, scrambled tofu? Maybe in a wrap or with chips? Just crumble some firm tofu with a fork, add herbs and turmeric ( which I guess you could leave out), I add nutritional yeast but I'm sure cheese would work, at the last minute, and cook in a pan with a bit of water or milk for a few minutes. You could try adding veggies to that, even if just sweetcorn.

Wavingnotdrown1ng · 26/11/2022 09:56

Also, DD got a lot better with food when she learnt to cook things herself without supervision. With ASD, controlling the variables and OCD-related behaviours and thoughts are often in play so having total control is helpful.Obviously, better at the weekend and with an older child but worth a thought, depending on the age-ranges. Also, watching YouTube speeded up cooking videos became a special interest and she got lots of acceptable - to - her ideas from there.

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