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[quote=Anonymous]One of my kids is the exact same way.  He actually ate nearly everything as a toddler, but then around 4 started developing new likes and dislikes, and mixed-up food definitely fell in the "dislike" camp.  Frustrating, since I thought we had the picky-eater thing licked by then.

Some of our favorites:

Well, your steak/salmon/broccoli/cucumbers is very common at our house too.

I like making fajitas or tacos, where he can eat each component separately and the rest of us can assemble our own.

Prepare the steak in different ways, just to introduce some variety.  Grilled with simple seasonings one night.  Sliced and stir-fried with teriyaki marinade another night.  Make beef stroganoff, but serve three separate platters: pasta, stir-fried steak, and mushrooms in sauce (my kid would have a scoop of pasta and a scoop of steak, but ignore the mushroom sauce; the rest of us would take a scoop of pasta, top with sauce, and mix in a scoop of steak).  Roast beef, sliced thin, serve gravy on the side if others like it. 
Meatballs cooked in just a bit of tomato sauce; I serve with brown rice and vegetables on the side.  And, surprisingly, he loves meatloaf.

Other kinds of seafood?  Mine loves salmon and cod and  scallops, but dislikes shrimp and tuna and tilapia. YMMV.

Entree salads.  He usually spends a minute scooting everything into individual piles on his plate and then eating them one at a time.  Whatever works...

I serve a simple salad with nearly every dinner.  If he balks at whatever cooked vegetable is served, he at least eats the salad.[/quote]

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