What do your lo's eat????

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• mamapink

  Apr 25, 2009 1:04PM

  Hi,
  
  My lo loves fruit thankfully but can be a bit picky over veg. I have found if I cook something with a garlic butter sauce (usually salmon) and put some of this on the veg that he will eat it. Also if I roast the carrots so they are really nice and sweet he will eat them more readily.
  
  I think they do go through phases so I wouldn't worry too much. Brendan has never liked jars so I have always had to make my own purees but from about 11 months he has been pretty much eating whatever we have.
  
  Another idea for getting veg in is to do a spag bol with plenty of tomatos etc in it. Good luck! x

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• kkng

  Apr 25, 2009 1:51PM

  At the moment Charlotte will eat anything with mashed potato so I've made a whole variety of pie type meals - cottage pie, chicken, leek & mushroom pie, turkey pie, pork & apple pie, steak & mushroom... all with mashed potato on top. I add a lot of different veg to each one and then whiz it just slightly. She gobbles it up without noticing all the different things she's eating and I know she's getting a balanced diet.

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• xxxxBOOxxxx

  Apr 26, 2009 6:41AM

  Rhys eats a lot of what we have. He loves things like shephards pie and spag bol so like Liz says I always try to add extra bits of veg into them. On the whole though he is a good eater.
  If u know he'll eat ravioli maybe u cd get the ones with veg in or other fillings then at least u know he's having some variety.
  Cause rhys is into feeding himself too at the min I give him tortellini as it's easy to stab with a fork and he loves it. Has all sorts of diff fillings in it and again u can some veg into the sauce for it too x

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• blueybluey

  Apr 27, 2009 5:36AM

  Yea i agree that shepherds pie/spag bol are good ones as you hide veg in them. Also pies and you can get cheese and veg pies from supermarket.
  How about cheese sauce to cover veg too, Elijah loves that. Sometimes he can be fussy but generally is good with fruit/veg.
  Also you could try making jelly and putting tinned fruit such as tangerines/peaches in before it sets or mixing fruit cocktail in with yogurt. x
  Oh, just remembered a good one is risotto you can do it with a stock cube, some mushrooms etc Elijah loves!

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• xxxElxxx

  Apr 27, 2009 6:22AM

  Oakley has gone off mince, which is frustrating.
  
  He likes anything with mash as well. Tend to do salmon and veg / cod and veg / roast chick and veg / coq au vin and veg. And then his other meal is a sandwich and fruit or toast and fruit. I know he's getting a balanced diet with the right amount of all the food groups but he too seems to be getting less adventurous and if it's not all mixed together then he can be v fussy about which bits of the meal he'll eat hence we are still on the mix it altogether with a sauce/gravy.
  
  

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• mummyphoebe

  Apr 27, 2009 9:45AM

  Well he likes fruit oranges apples and bananas mainly occaisionally he will have grapes, but in the last few days he doesnt seem to want any food apart from yogurt, he ate a sausage the other night. i made him sweet potato, parsnip cauliflower, carrotts and cheese then blended it and he had a couple of mouthfulls then didnt want it but will quite happily have two petit filous ??? he wont have things like rice or pasta because of the texture. I am going to try some of the things you have suggested see if that works
  
  thanks for the insparation
  xx
  29+3

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• blueybluey

  Apr 28, 2009 7:01AM

  elijah did the yogurt thing a while back, wouldn't touch other things. I wonder if your little one is teething? Could be that, or perhaps a sore throat? Id just try what you can and dont stress too much, just give what he'll eat for a while and see what happens xx

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