Really need some help please MNers!
22mo DD has started refusing pretty much all dinners. Her diet has been narrowing for a little while though but we had enough variety in there to get through.
She's never eaten potato (very occasionally in tiny amounts, and offered frequently as it's the basis of most of our meals at home) but has always done well with pasta, sweet potato and rice. She's now started to refuse pasta and sweet potato as well 😭 and I struggle to cook enough rice based meals, especially as it's not something to batch and freeze and it isn't easy to cook in toddler sized amounts.
She's always been quite good with fruit and veg, but is starting to reject more veg now, including baked beans which she's always loved.
She likes fish fingers, but won't eat croquettes/variants of fish that include potato. She's fussy with other meats, sometimes eats nuggets but barely. Used to eat sausages, now won't.
She does like eggs, although only if scrambled with cheese at the moment (she tends to have that for lunch a few times a week so doesn't feel like an option for dinner).
I've also tried kids ready meals (Ella's kitchen etc) which are flatly refused.
We try and eat as a family when we can, but it's hard because of work etc. We serve from the table where possible, so she sees she's eating the same as us. I cook from scratch whenever I can. I hate that my kids eat barely any of my home cooked food (although I know that will come; I was a fussy child, my older DS is fussy-ish but getting better). I just feel so deflated and fast running out of ideas of what to make for her!
Think this is relevant, but we don't offer an alternative if dinner isn't eaten. If either child (or adult 😉) refuse dinner, then dinner is over.
Can anyone suggest any recipes or meal combinations to try? Or any words of wisdom or advice I'm general. I'm open to all suggestions!