Rubbish diet

[Rosebud2005]

I need help to encourage my 14 year old to eat better but I also need help for my own cooking skills. I’m not bad but I feel as though I hardly feeds him at times. What do yours eat in a day and do they have favourites? He’s unbelievably fussy

Mine weren’t too fussy when younger but they are now (13 and 17)
Some things that have helped:
I ask my older one what she would like to cook and we have had surprising suggestions of things that we can get quite a lot of veg in - soup, veggie cottage pie. (Canned greeen lentils in place of beef).
If not on a strict budget mine like “luxury” fruit for example mango, pineapple. They particularly like pre-prepped supermarket fruit.
They also like tinned fruit or those little pots (peaches)
I combine healthy things (home made veg soup) with less healthy favourites (garlic bread)
I make crumbles with lots of fruit.
Jacket potatoes with various toppings and pepper etc chopped up

Typical day (13 year old)
Eats breakfast on way or arrival at school. Usually something like a brioche (not healthy I know)
Fairly typical packed lunch. Tomorrow it is a pitta bread filled with hummus. Separate carrot sticks and cucumber. Dried or fresh fruit (apples, raisins, grapes). Usually one other item might be crisps, yogurt, fruit pot. Bottle of water plus sugar free drink e.g. Capri sun or a smoothie.
Typical dinners on school night (they were veggie but now eat some meat):
Veggie cottage pie (I cook extra at weekend)
Jacket potato with cheese and beans
Cheese omelette with things like cherry tomatoes and chopped pepper.
Pesto pasta with broccoli and peas cooked with the pasta near the end of cooking time. Topped with soft cheese or grated cheese.
Tuna pasta - hot pasta, stir in tuna, mayo and sweetcorn - I think it’s like cat food but they love it!
Fish fingers or breaded chicken home made potato wedges any veg they currently tolerate e.g. peas.

Onepieceoflolipop .. I wish he was as healthy as yours

(I didn’t mention all the sweets and Pepsi and other stuff they buy...)