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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids (5 and 2) are picky eaters. And I've gotten in a rut trying to feed them because they would both rather starve than try new foods. Trust me, we've tried enforcing the "this is what's for the meal" and we rarely win that battle ([b]many hungry tummies at bedtime before we gave that up). [/b]We've tried just putting new things on the plate and say we'd like them to try a new food (we've even bribed) - nada. Doctor always says as long as they are getting some veggies and protein and eating enough, we're good for now. But like... are we? The big kid is 5 now. I try to follow and read nutritionists like @kidseatincolor on Instagram and none of the tips are helping me - like swapping out favored food for similar ones in color/flavor. I hate serving the same things week after week and DH is getting tired too. And I use to love cooking.

What they'll eat:

broccoli, peas, maybe green beans, not really carrots
pasta, white bread, white rice, maybe corn
egg whites, maybe chicken, maybe ground pork or beef, bologna
most fruits

Got forbid we mix these in any way with one another. God forbid there's a SAUCE on anything or alongside it. Ketchup is verboten in my household apparently, as is salad dressing or other dip-friendly ideas. I can't bake a casserole (DH hates these) and while I rely heavily on protein-based pastas, it's getting old. And we have to avoid doing the same things they are eating in preschool which is difficult (basically a variation of the above).

Please give me what worked for you if you had severely picky eaters. I don't want to have white-foods-only kids.[/quote]

This (bolded) is where you lost, OP. Yes, there will be some hard nights and "hungry bellies." They won't starve. But if you keep giving in and being a short order cook every time they complain, you're going to raise picky eaters. By definition.[/quote]

Sorry, disagree, making your kid go to bed hungry, or any other kind of corporal punishment for not eating, is how you raise kids who are anxious about food.  That anxiety is not going to improve their eating.  They might comply out of fear but they aren't going to come to love variety.

Ellyn Satter is the way to go.  [/quote]

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