What to do with a picky eater?

Question

My boyfriend is a very very picky eater. I'm afraid that he isn't getting the proper nutrition. He doesn't even like simple vegetables, like he won't eat any green vegtables. I blame his mom because she didn't expose him to more selections. I really don't know what to do because it's a sensitive subject for him and he feels bad that he can't eat more things. He hardly ever talks about it, and when he does he gets upset. I hate to make him upset but I'm just trying to help him. Please help!

Answer 1

My son is the very same way...well almost..mine just doesn't like tryin new things...My son gets alot of variety..it's just that he won't try them...My husband has tried to force him to try them, which only gets us to the point that he gags on what ever he tries...I have found out that by tricking him..which i know it's not right...but that usually works to some extent...u can get him to eat the veggies he needs not wants...try makin him an egg omelet with veggies...or add a veggie to pizza....how about stir fry? or maybe a taco salad ...or grilled chicken salad..dont' use them as a main meal like we would...but offer them with some steak maybe...or make a veggie lasagna along with a salad...How about watchin some football and bringing out the veggies with a coldcut tray...add some dressing and they will try it...specially if they run out of the coldcuts! good luck!

Answer 2

Hmmm. It's harder with adults. You can hide grated carrots in a lot of things, like meatloaf or meatballs, pasta sauce, salads, even cake. The same with grated zucchini. Anytime you use ground beef, you can add some finely chopped mushroom to it, they'll blend right in.
Broccoli or cauliflower can be made enjoyable if you add cheese sauce, even just heated up cheez whiz can do the trick. He may eat more cheese than veggie, it doesn't matter.
Onions can also be disguised in many things (meat, sauce, etc) if you chop them up small enough.
Use the one bite rule. Whatever you make, he must try at least one bite. You never know, he may surprise you both and actually enjoy some of the veggies you prepare! If he just says "I don't like that" before even tasting, you'll never know.

PS: Don't be too hard on the mom, some kids are just really stubborn about food. MY mom did everything imaginable to get my sister to eat her fruits & veggies, but to this day she's extremely picky and won't even touch many things.

Answer 3

You say he can't eat more things, yes he can,but he wont. If he wants to learn to like more things, he can try the same way I use to teach my children to like more things. I would put 2 bites of everything I cooked on their plates, they could eat the 2 bites of the everything and then have as much of anything they wanted or they could refuse to eat the food and get no desert. I had a sister-in-law who allowed her children to eat only what they wanted. She had a son who would eat nothing but meat and bread, absolutely no vegatables, no fruits, and no milk. He accidently got shot (playing around) in the stomach. He almost died not because of the wound, but because he was very maulnutrited. In the hospital, the doctors told his parents that if he did not eat what was on his plate, he would die. He spent over a month in the hospital. I SWEAR THIS IS THE TRUTH. If your boyfriend wants to change he can, he needs to take at least 2 bites of everything you do everything you 2 eat together and the vegatable he likes the most on that plate, he should eat all of it. .

Answer 4

for people like that u put the veges out of eyes view into the food thats so sweet thought that u care about his nutrition so best thing to do is make things with veges hidden in the meal like lasagna u can put a can into cheese ricotta mixture and he will never know what it is its so good tastying the cheese pretty much covers all as well as sauce and noodles. you can make sure he takes vitamins thats important as well u can make stew and have carrots and potatoes and corn hidden in the thick sauce and make it taste so good he would never know how about pizza you can get a pizza thats white with broccoli and or spinach very good and u can get regular with yellow green red peppers and onions and chicken pieces you can make blue berry pancakes so he gets his fruit u can make many pasta meals using sauce that has veges in it like organic tomato sauce or sundried tomato sauce or mushroom or zuchinni you can make meat loaf add onions to the mixture and bread crumbs and cheese and garlic and bbq sauce and he will never know u can make cole slaw thats cabbage dice some carrots and ur good try som burrittos or tacos they have lettuce tomatoes beef cheese salsa and sour cream optional and its got all the necessary food groups in a tortilla

Answer 5

Yes but consider that most people in the world don't have near the variety as the western nations you probably eat a larger variety of foods than most of the people in the world. You may be allergic to some of the foods you don't care for or have a bad memory of how they were prepared the first time you ate them.

Answer 6

If you cannot sneak them in food get some Juice Plus vitamins-Ochard Blend and i think the other is veggie or green blend.

Answer 7

Get him to take a multi vitamin daily and slowly inter due him yo new flavors by offering them one at a time . surprise him with a new dish you make and if he doesn't taste it tell him your feeling are hurt guilt might work good luck.

Answer 8

don't try to help him, unless he asks you. it's going to feel like scolding and judgement no matter how good your intentions, or worse nagging. and blaming his mom will definately get you no where, i hope to God you haven't said that to him, girlfriends always lose the mom battle. eat whatever you want, offer to let him try it, if he doesn't want to drop it. he's an adult, it's his issue, let him deal with it.

Answer 9

Let me give you the best advice you'll get. Find a new boyfriend!! This one's a momma's boy with a temper.

Answer 10

try soup or stew pizza