Any supper ideas I didn't think of??

amother

↑ OP ↓

Tue, Oct 29 2024, 3:56 pm

amother Marigold wrote:

Avocado on a rice cake
Fruit smoothies?
Almond flour pancakes?
French toast? (Don't see why you can't serve eggs in different forms more than once a week...)

I would do French toast but bread is given every day for lunch...

amother

Cyclamen ↓

Tue, Oct 29 2024, 3:57 pm

You need to get more food into their diets this is not safe long term they are not eating anything with proper nutrition. Living on pizza and noodles is not safe.

amother

↑ Melon ↓

Tue, Oct 29 2024, 3:57 pm

amother OP wrote:

I actually tried this tonight. Dc refused meatballs so I told him I'll give it to him mixed with noodles and he still wouldn't touch it.

That's not what she said at all.

One bite of meatballs, and then a plate of plain noodles.

Over time he will acquire a taste for food he tastes. That don't happen if he never tastes anything he thinks he doesn't like.

amother

↑ Marigold ↓

Tue, Oct 29 2024, 4:00 pm

amother Melon wrote:

I'm a big believe in serving food, regardless of whether it will be eaten.

So I will serve meatballs and rice. And encourage kids to eat half of one meatball, and they'll fill up on rice.

Also. You can't nix all chicken and meat unless you're being stubborn and unreasonable.

Schnitzel
Stir fry
Grilled on charcoal grill

Meatballs
Overnight baked roast
Pepper steak

If they eat fish sticks, would they eat breaded fried tilapia?

I wouldn't be ok with it either. I agree that nixing every variation can't possibly be a taste thing. With my kids who are like this, there's an anxiety/ocd component going on.

amother

↑ Cyclamen ↓

Tue, Oct 29 2024, 4:01 pm

I do one bite protein one bite carbs. If a kid refuses they don’t get the carbs until they agree. I also got the game plates when it was bad they had to finish it to get the treat at the end. Play story tapes, give them things to color, distract them so they don’t focus so much on what they are eating. There are a million methods but you need to choose one and get them to eat proper food. I’ll link the plates. https://www.amazon.com/Fred-DI.....ln=73

amother

RosePink

Tue, Oct 29 2024, 4:01 pm

We do veggie tacos (rice, beans, cheese, veggies etc) and the kids get to pick what to put in as long as they pick 1 veg and 1 protein.

Would they go for meat pizza?

amother

DarkYellow

Tue, Oct 29 2024, 4:08 pm

You need to try again with the meat/chicken. There are a lot of ways to eat them without tasting so much, or adding fun stuff in-like sloppy joes with taco shells, chicken nuggets drenched in ketchup or dip of their choice, deli roll, meat pizza, shnitzel in Frosted Flakes

ra_mom

Tue, Oct 29 2024, 4:20 pm

Cheese stuffed potatoes
Cheese stuffed peppers
Mac n Cheese
Cheese pancakes
Cheese latkes
Grilled cheese
Quesadillas
French toast
Yogurt
Cheese lokshen kugel
Mozzarella sticks
Cream cheese & lox
Quiche
Avocado toasts

amother

Ebony

Tue, Oct 29 2024, 4:21 pm

Some little kids supper ideas:

rice and tuna casserole

eggs in whole wheat pita

almond flour pancakes

french toast (whole wheat)

sushi salad (rice, kani, avocado, cucumber)

tacos with ground meat

Maybe your kids can cultivate a taste for:
shnitzel, meatballs, hamburgers

Now I have teenagers too, so really hard to please everyone.

amother

↑ Wheat

Tue, Oct 29 2024, 4:30 pm

amother Melon wrote:

Yes this is what I meant.
He’ll go to sleep hungry one night he’ll go to sleep hungry the second maybe the 3rd and 4th as well but then he’ll just eat the tiny bite of meat and get on with his night. It’s not fun to sleep hungry. You’ll get there one day baby steps

amother

Steelblue

Tue, Oct 29 2024, 4:34 pm

amother Marigold wrote:

I wouldn't be ok with it either. I agree that nixing every variation can't possibly be a taste thing. With my kids who are like this, there's an anxiety/ocd component going on.

I have kids like this. How did you help them?

yamz

Tue, Oct 29 2024, 4:38 pm

You don't mention whether or not your kids would eat any vegetables. Cut up cucumber and pepper strips? Roasted broccoli?
Can also do breakfast for dinner - pancakes and fruit. Maybe even cottage cheese pancakes.
Fish sticks and French fries with the above mentioned cut up veggies.
Homemade pizza ( you can use pita) with vegetables on top.

Mainly, you may want to consider cooking and serving the food with no drama. Serve whatever you want to serve. What they eat is up to them. Don't comment on their choices! Eventually they will probably decide to eat some of things you serve. It will take a few months. But as long as you follow this consistently, it has a good chance of success.

amother

Rose ↓

Tue, Oct 29 2024, 4:41 pm

amother Cyclamen wrote:

You need to get more food into their diets this is not safe long term they are not eating anything with proper nutrition. Living on pizza and noodles is not safe.

Lol. I lived on noodle and pizza growing up. I had very sensitive taste buds and gagged easily from most foods. My mom gave me a multivitamin that I was willing to rake sometimes and I grew into a healthy adult who eats most foods.

amother

Razzmatazz

Tue, Oct 29 2024, 4:43 pm

I learned about a life enhancing system
Called food chaining . There is a book I don’t remember the name. But the idea is to take a food the child likes and make slight variations until the child is willing to eat more styles. For example if my son likes fialkoffs pizza I’d then try another brand, then ww pizza then pizza bagels.. then white pizza … I don’t think we need to accept such tiny approved food lists. In my experience it can be a control thing.

amother

↑ Rose

Tue, Oct 29 2024, 4:45 pm

French toast, cheesey quiche, cottage cheese pancakes, regular pancakes, fish sticks, peanut butter sandwich, bagels and cream cheese, cheese and crackers, yogurt in an ice cream cone, quesadillas, baked potato with cheese on top.

amother

Wandflower

Tue, Oct 29 2024, 4:46 pm

Spiced roasted chickpeas
Hummus
Falafel
Lentil patties
Split pea soup
Cream of chicken soup
Quinoa with sauce and cheese
Red lentil pasta from wellbees.com is surprisingly amazing

honey36

Tue, Oct 29 2024, 4:48 pm

Oatmeal?

I agree you should continue trying ways to get kids to eat chicken and meat. My kids don't either love it, but I've figured out ways to make it work. For e.g. they don't like shnitzel but they will eat it very fresh straight from the frying pan.

Some kids only eat it with ketchup. Some won't touch ketchup. some will only eat pargiyot straight of the grill. Some hate any kind of sauce. Some only will eat it drowned in sauce. Some will only eat it if it's cut in tiny pieces... have you tried all these variations?

amother

Starflower ↓

Tue, Oct 29 2024, 4:59 pm

Please don’t force.

I recommend Ellyn Satter’s book.
How to get your kid to eat.

Couscous
Rice
Rice pilaf
Orzo
Hash browns