Comments on: Turkey alternatives for the picky eater

By: dedoughboy

dedoughboy — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 07:05:40 +0000

Thanks for sharing all your recipes. One thing I miss here in Malaysia is all the processed foods you folks in America have. Our’s are rather different and you’d never see bacon on the package label if it was real or not unless of course it was in the non-Muslim food section. I’ve tried finding this product in the Expat stores, (Tesco, etc) but it’s just not available. I’ve had to even resort to making my own style of English muffins out of desperation.

By: mike

mike — Tue, 31 May 2011 19:56:43 +0000

Picky eaters are the result of parents who cave into their kids too fast. You have to make them try things about 6 times before they even know if they like it or not, otherwise it’s just a way of them controlling you. They will come around and eat if they get hungry enough, I never heard of a 3, 4, 5 year old, etc. starving themselves to death, have you? My kids were not given choices when they first started eating and we very rarely had any problems, they now love every vegetable we put in front of them and will try anything we make. Good luck and stay strong, you are the parent, they are the child.

By: Jane

Jane — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 10:26:33 +0000

My 10-yr old son is very picky too. He has a texture issue and cannot handle certain foods. His pediatrician says that he will eat what he wants and that he is growing fine and not to worry about it. At one point, his main source of food was toast and peanut butter; breakfast, lunch and dinner. Now, its cereal…thankfully, he likes his shredded wheat so he gets some goodness from it.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 00:37:01 +0000

I have a very, very picky 7 year old..It is quite frustrating being that she is my youngest of four and the three boys eat well. She doesn’t eat veggies, fruit, bread, milk or “real” meat. The only meat she will eat is frozen or fast food nuggets or hot dogs and the only dairy she has is vanilla ice cream or gogurt. I have tried to bribe her but it just won’t work. I am more concerned about her having clogged arteries because she likes plain pasta w/ butter and romano cheese, french fries (at home I bake them) waffles and homefries. I recently tried a new recipe that I was so excited it worked!! I prepared a box of brownies as the recipe called for and I opened a can of black beans. I realized that the beans would show up in the brownies because they are grey on the inside. I decided to put the beans in the blender and made like a paste and added it to the mixture. To my surprise, She LOVED IT!! and so did the other kids. I even tested it out on some of the neighbors kids and all the parents were impressed. I also like to buy babyfood and put it in her pancakes. Although many baby foods have a taste she will not eat I have gotten away with butternut squash, pears and applesauce. One more recipe that worked..I asked her to make homemade chocolate chip muffins with me and I showed her a bag of white and chocolate chips and had her add them to the bowl. When my daughter was not looking, I diced up some green zucchini, very small and added to the mixture. When the muffins were done and she took a bite., she DID see the little pieces of zucchini and I reminded her that we put in vanilla chips and that must be what it is.. Well, once again she ate them and was very happy.. I know it is very frustrating to deal with a picky eater…But maybe together we can sneak some healthy food in there too!! Best of luck and I hope these ideas can help some of you..

By: Carrie

Carrie — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 15:14:05 +0000

I think it is very irresponsable of people who have been fortunate enough to not have encountered picky eating issues to point the blame finger at the parents of a child with eating issues. I have been struggling with a picky eater since he was 15 months old (he is now almost 5). I have participated in every program available in our area and nothing has helped. I now have an occupational therapist coming to our house to our house to assist us with our son at meal time. I come to sites like these to get new ideas for meal time and to some how relate to other parents in my situation. So for the parents out there that feel they need to judge and play the blame game, consider yourself lucky that you don’t struggle everyday (at least 3 times a day) with something that you would think would just come naturally to your child and leaves you feeling like you are a failure as a parent.

By: jess

jess — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 14:41:34 +0000

i am not a picky eater but have a 4 year old autistic child that is.he is extremly restrictive to what he will eat.does anyone have any recipes that mask friuts and vegetables so i can help balance his diet more.

By: Tamara

Tamara — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 01:41:18 +0000

does anybody have any recipes I can try on my 4 year old very picky eater grandson. Thanks,

By: Kristy

Kristy — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 02:28:35 +0000

My daughter will be turning 3 soon and everyone comments on how well she eats fruits and veggies, my secret to her was offering the veggie without anything else on her plate once that was gone she could have the rest, she can now have a full plata and ALWAYS eats her veggie first without me even needing to tell her. Dr. Oz said your child will take 12 times to get use to the taste of a food. Keep offering and likes others have said give them a number they have to eat and stick to it. Rachael Ray has wonderful dishes to hide the veggies even for picky adults! Eventually you as the adult will get use to them.

By: Brenda

Brenda — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 18:26:35 +0000

I agree with Linda. Picky eaters are only made worse by their parents. My kids know if they don’t like the veggie served they at least have to eat 1 piece for each year old they are. My 4 year old has to eat 4 beans or 4 pieces of broccoli or carrots or whatever we are having. She has actually gotten to like more and more of the veggies. I have done this with all 4 of my kids and they have become really good eaters are the years have gone by. Never make them a seperate meal because they don’t like what is served. You only encourage the behavior!!!!

By: Angela

Angela — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 14:30:04 +0000

I need help! I have a 6yr who’s diet consist of peanut butter and cheese. He eats no animal meat, limited dairy (cheese and milk), no pasta, no rice, no vegetables, and limited fruit (apples slices (no applesauce) and red grapes). However, if it consists of 90% junk food (chips, candy, cereal, those darn gummy products), he will try anything without hesitation. Sometimes I think he has a six sense for junk food. Any need suggestions?