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Senior Cook
I have the Ultimate Teen Picky Eater in my family - my 15 year old daughter. I have looked at countless magazine articles on recipes for picky eaters, and have bought tons of recipe books full of 'Family meals that ALL the family will love'....she hasn't liked a single new thing that I've persuaded her to try in the past 12 years...no kidding!!
It's getting to be a problem - I am very concerned about good nutrition but just haven't the time to cook 2 separate meals a night - so she ends up eating frozen mac & cheese, Lean Pockets, or Pizza most nights. To make matters worse, she goes vegetarian every few months (but won't eat most vegetables!).
If any of you can come up with some ideas, I would be eternally grateful, because I'm just about at my wits end!!
Things she will eat:
Mashed potatoes
Corn on the cob
Raw Carrots
Peas (sometimes)
Macaroni & Cheese
Pizza sauce
Pizza
Pepperoni (when she's not vegetarian)
Pepperoni Lean Pockets (")
Pepperoni or Cheese Pizza (no veggies).
Cheese sandwiches (no veggies)
Tuna sandwiches (no veggies)
Grapes
Kiwi Fruit
Apple juice
Chef Boyardee Tinned Pasta
Cream of Tomato Soup (the ONLY soup she will eat).
Turkey Hot-Dogs (when not vegetarian)
Chicken Kiev (")
Fries
Salt & Vinegar Potato Chips (no other flavour)
Ice-cream
Yogurt (as long as it doesn't have bits in it)
Cheese
Cheese omelet
Pasta
Things she hates:
Rice
Cous-cous
Anything Mexican
Onions
Mushrooms
Peppers (Bell and other peppers)
Tomatoes (unless it's Pizza sauce or ketchup)
Beef
Chicken (unless it's in nugget form)
Turkey
Ham
Anything with 'bits' in it
Anything with veggies in it
Anything Indian
Anything Chinese
Seafood & Fish (apart from Canned Tuna)
Any sort of casserole (because it has veggies and bits in it)
There is heart disease in my family and so I am concerned about her eating too much saturated fat/cholesterol. I try and use low-fat cheese, but I'd still like to cut down on the cheesy things she likes....but it's hard to find another healthy protein source when she's in a vegetarian phase and won't eat chicken or other lean meat.
Recipe ideas that I can cook in bulk and then freeze portions for her would be great! Any ideas???
Paint.
It's getting to be a problem - I am very concerned about good nutrition but just haven't the time to cook 2 separate meals a night - so she ends up eating frozen mac & cheese, Lean Pockets, or Pizza most nights. To make matters worse, she goes vegetarian every few months (but won't eat most vegetables!).
If any of you can come up with some ideas, I would be eternally grateful, because I'm just about at my wits end!!
Things she will eat:
Mashed potatoes
Corn on the cob
Raw Carrots
Peas (sometimes)
Macaroni & Cheese
Pizza sauce
Pizza
Pepperoni (when she's not vegetarian)
Pepperoni Lean Pockets (")
Pepperoni or Cheese Pizza (no veggies).
Cheese sandwiches (no veggies)
Tuna sandwiches (no veggies)
Grapes
Kiwi Fruit
Apple juice
Chef Boyardee Tinned Pasta
Cream of Tomato Soup (the ONLY soup she will eat).
Turkey Hot-Dogs (when not vegetarian)
Chicken Kiev (")
Fries
Salt & Vinegar Potato Chips (no other flavour)
Ice-cream
Yogurt (as long as it doesn't have bits in it)
Cheese
Cheese omelet
Pasta
Things she hates:
Rice
Cous-cous
Anything Mexican
Onions
Mushrooms
Peppers (Bell and other peppers)
Tomatoes (unless it's Pizza sauce or ketchup)
Beef
Chicken (unless it's in nugget form)
Turkey
Ham
Anything with 'bits' in it
Anything with veggies in it
Anything Indian
Anything Chinese
Seafood & Fish (apart from Canned Tuna)
Any sort of casserole (because it has veggies and bits in it)
There is heart disease in my family and so I am concerned about her eating too much saturated fat/cholesterol. I try and use low-fat cheese, but I'd still like to cut down on the cheesy things she likes....but it's hard to find another healthy protein source when she's in a vegetarian phase and won't eat chicken or other lean meat.
Recipe ideas that I can cook in bulk and then freeze portions for her would be great! Any ideas???
Paint.