My dd is a vegetarian like me, although I have always had an open mind to her eating meat and offered it to her occasionally since she was a baby - she has never wanted to eat it though.
Tje problem is, she doesn't really eat vegetables either. When she was a baby she would eat pretty much all vegetables when they were steamed and mushed up, but as she got to be a toddler she got fussier and fussier and that trend seems to be continuing.
For instance, when she was about 2, she would eat baked potatoes with tuna and sweetcorn, or baked beans and cheese, then she went off the tuna, then the baked beans, then the cheese, until when she was about 4 she would only eat plain baked potato with butter, now she is 5.5 and she won't eat potatoes at all!
This has happened with loads of stuff, I tell myself she will get better with time but it seems to be going the other way. Now when it comes to hot meals she will only eat fish fingers and chips, or macoroni tossed in butter with garlic bread and tomatoes - or pizza but only if it's from Pizza Hut. She will not entertain the idea of eating any other meals which is bloody frustrating. She won't eat any cooked veg at all - but will eat carrots and green beans raw. She eats a lot of fruit which is one good thing.
Her already limited diet is getting more and more limited and I cannot get her to try new foods for love nor money, it's like she is actually petrified at the idea, and if I do persuade her to have a tiny nibble she just pulls a face without even waiting to see what it tastes like and says she doesn't like it. I have always been quite chilled out with her over it as I don't want to turn mealtimes into a battle but I am beginning to worry that she is going to end up seriously unhealthy if she does not have a more varied diet.
Sorry for the long ramble. Help!