fussy eaters

[janeyo]

It's actually easy to do...
1-potato
2-potato and carrot
3-potato and carrot and parsnip
4-parnsip and potato
5-carrot and parsnip... etc

You soon get to 200.

[Scottishnewbie]

Hi Janeyo, we have, or should I say HAD 2 very very fussy eaters. About a year ago my son decided to start trying 'stuff' and now he'll eat absolutely anything - he was 12 at the time and now he is about 5 ft 10 inches tall! Mt 10 year old daugther was still the fussiest eater in the WORLD until a couple of months ago! don't ask me what changed, she just decided that if it came out the veggie garden then it was good enough for her! she eats curry, chilli, soup, lasagne, you name it now!

So I'd say dont worry too much, i cuased myself endless grief and it appears all to no avail in the end!

sameas others have said, sneak whatever you can into the bolognaise sauce (grated carrot, onion, courgette, beetroot (?)...the list is endless i imagine.

hope this helps

[janeyo]

Thanks.

He is actually really good at trying everything. He even tried loads of new fish and stuff on holiday... the trouble is he claims not to like any of them! He likes quite strange things, like salamis and squid lol

[OverWyreGrower]

My OH was the ultimate fussy eater when I meet him.

He was 19 and didn't like:
Cheese, and anything with it on - pizza etc
Eggs
Chicken
Any veg apart from potato and onion
Rice
Pasta
Bread that wasn't white

The majority of the above he had NEVER eaten before - not even to try it. His mum was quite a fussy eater and never made stuff using the above. We couldn't go out for a meal anywhere nice

We've been together 11 years and he eats almost everything now (with the exception of broccolli, peas and sprouts)

[tamsin]

It's good he's happy to try stuff, that's the usual problem. Maybe the answer is to experiment a bit more in how they are prepared to make the flavour different in the hope he'll like them more.

For example I don't like raw carrot, except, when it's grated up with apple and honey & mustard dressing to make a salad.

Carrot cake doesn't taste much like cooked carrots either.

When you cook veg in water quite a bit of the nutrients leach out so if you then use that water to make the gravy he gets a dose of vitamins without even having to eat the carrots!

You can also puree them and add them to other things.

I rate cabbage and courgettes pretty low too so you wouldn't get me eating um either lol.

How about sweet potato?