What are some good recipes to try for children who are picky eaters?

Question

My son is very picky and my daughter is about half as picky. Please tell me some recipe ideas that have helped you or someone you know to satisfy another picky child.

Things my son likes:
Pasta, pizza, cereal, junk food (of course), fruit, and hot dogs. A lot of what he eats is not very good for him and I am trying to implement some changes for all of us, but it is difficult with him being so picky.

Things he doesn't like:

Chicken, ground beef, and vegetables

Thanks for any help you can give.

Answer 1

here's a site you can check out..this link is specifically for "picky eaters"...there's also some other recipies on the site....Just do some fun things with them..my boys are Very picky...I do animal pancakes, banana splits (made with "dora" yogurt instead of ice cream) and granola cereal on top,..just have to be creative sometimes

Answer 2

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Answer 3

What sometimes works is to have the kids help to cook the meal. If they've actually participated in the preparation, they're more involved and excited and will sometimes -- not always, but sometimes -- end up trying and liking what they've fixed. Try something simple and fun. Since your son likes pasta, you could try some kind of a noodle casserole. You say he doesn't like chicken, but would he be willing to try "white meat" from a can, mixed with the pasta? (So often kids decide that they don't like something before they really know what it tastes like, only to discover much later that they actually love it! Sometimes it only takes a different method of preparation.) Does he like olives? He could dump in a can of sliced olives and help mix it up. There are lots of possible combinations.
It's a frustrating problem and I wish you luck.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

hi, my son, a picky eatter to all he would eat is crisip, chips, sweets and choc, nething else, very hard at tea times! since he started school, i tryed to make food fun, let him help me cook tea, so he can see what i am doing and using, schools give out stars for the healthier pack lunch, so now he likes pasta and chicken, and even trys vegetables.
so put a chart up on ur wall, and all the different/new food ur kids have tryed give the a gold star and at the end of the if they done well, and tryed lots of different thing (ate all there tea up) buy then a small gift!!!

Answer 6

ok depends on how young they are to get them to change but try chicken fillets with mango chutney and apricot, its great with children because of the sweet and sour taste.
2 chicken breats off the bone and skinned
Sauce
i tablespoon apricot jam
i table spoon mano chutney
3 tablespoons mayonnaise
i teaspoon worcestershre sauce
i tablespoon lemon juice

mix all the ingredients together for the sauce. put the chicken into a small ovenproof dish, pour over the sauce and cover the dish with tin foil. Bake in an oven gas mark 4 for 30 minutes

Answer 7

I think that because your son likes pasta its a really good start. If you want to get some more vegetables into him a good idea is to make a tomato sauce with some other finely chopped or blended vegetables in. He'll hardly notice the other vegetables. Also a good idea is to involve him with the cooking as much as you can, get him to help you chop vegetables (not with a sharp knife of course) let him give the pasta a bit of a stir and let him get his hands into cake or bread mixture and have a bit of a go at it. He's more likely to eat something he's 'helped' make himself.

Answer 8

The book Playing With Your Food is fun for kids. You make animals out of vegetables. Try to make the food more interesting. peanut butter on celery with raisins is called Ants on a Log-find something that he likes and make it out of food.Chicken can be ground up and made into cupcake shapes and the icing can be strained carrots. Same with ground beef-meatloaf is more fun if made in muffin cups and mashed potatoes as the icing with shredded carrots as hair on top of the meatloaf cupcake. Funny shaped pasta in soup. Good luck!

Answer 9

"Combos" (combinations) worked well for me. You make a forkful composed of 90% of something they like and 10% of something they don't. Like a pea completely surrounded with mashed potato. I read somewhere that if the tongue is exposed to a little bit of something often enough, it eventually grows accustomed to the taste.

You could also try anything with ketchup.

As for recipes: pies, pizza, quiche, stew - anything with all the bits mixed up, but keep the bits small so it's not obvious what they are.

Soup never works for me, though.

Answer 10

well my son is fussier than yours....his into the whole sandwich phase...either cheese and cucumber or peanut butter and honey..and thats for breaky lunch and dinner..the joys of motherhood..
but seeing that your little man likes pizza how about cutting up some vegies make a base put tomato sauce base and then let him put the ham cheese and vegies on top....then he can eat that himself....
my friend has had success with this one....hope it helps....but remember they will grow out of it so dont stress too much...i give my boy a multi vitamin daily for my own piece of mind...