What liver did you eat?

OP here, a belated thank you to everyone who posted recipes, tips, encouragement. I have put a couple of them into place.

one new item: quinoa with pesto. They love pasta with pesto, so it went over okay, after the requisite wrinkled noses and sighs.

I did a very mild moroccan chicken that went okay as well, if not a favorite.

one of my kid eats lots of salad, so there's that, and they both eat a couple veggies regularly and all fruit.


I'll keep trying--and I'm going to try that soup recipe that the mom with a 2, 4 and newborn took time she really doesn't have to post (thank you!!!!!!!! so generous).


I have tried the 'go to bed' hungry but DH is not in agreement. So one banana is always available as a pre-bedtime snack. anything more than that and its something from dinner.

its nice to hear from people whose kids became less picky with time. I remember eating escargot at 4 (we lived in europe) and well, basically eating what was served--except liver. I refused that and remember a big battle, because I refused very little. I took a tiny bite and threw up.

Stop trying so hard, OP. You're making a battle when you don't need to.

Introduce new foods at the same time as the old stand-bys. Encourage a bite, but don't respond if they don't like it or say, "Yuck." Don't take it personally.

BTW, my really adventurous eater hated casseroles and only recently started eating mac n cheese. So start simple.

Also buy a cook book like Pretend Soup and get them involved in cooking. Make it fun!

OP, do you know how to cook good food? Because if you're the person who boils lettuce by itself without any seasonings, I feel sorry for your kid. But if you're a good cook, keep trying and don't give in.

"You must be the change you want to see in the world"
- Mahatma Gandhi
(Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi)

I just checked out the book "Dinner: The Playbook" by Jenny Rosenstrach. I didn't read most if it, but the recipes I have tried are easily adapted to our picky eaters- a good way to gently expand their horizons. We also deconstruct a lot of meals. My kids don't like vegetables mixed into things but will eat them separate. It can be a pain to cook that way, but it gets them to eat things they would otherwise reject.