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Ugh, I feel your pain! Mac and cheese used to be our go to, but all of a sudden, my 25 month old will say "umm. no like this. no like this!" when I give it to her. Slices of cheese, English muffins with pb and any type of berry are usually our best bet. She will always eat crackers as well. And pouches (but even now she will specifically ask for a certain color. No clue how this started!)

If we're having kid-friendly food and my kid is just being ornery at dinner time, I just save her dinner until she wants it. She'll ends up eating it before bed.

If we're having something she really doesn't like after trying a bite, I will give her some combo of things we always have in our house: chicken nuggets, lunch meat turkey, black beans, peas, sweet potatoes, turkey meatball, peanut butter sandwich, or a cheese stick.

She pretty reliably will eat yogurt or frozen waffles.

Egg noodles with butter and parmesan. Or white jasmine rice cooked with coconut oil. Both work every time!!

Fruit. But honestly, if he refuses to eat, I let it be. He's also small and super head strong. I figure he's 2.5 if he is starving he will ask me for something. If not, I'm not fighting him.

Goldfish, quesadillas, pouches (the kind with yogurt that are 100 cal instead of 50-70), ranch dressing on just about anything. Cream added to milk. Bagels with tons of butter or cream cheese.

My oldest has always been like this. At that age, often the only thing she would eat was chopped ham or yogurt. Now (at almost 4), she won't touch ham but she will eat chicken nuggets, fish fingers, sausages or crisps (potato chips). I dread to think how unhealthy her poor body is because she wont take her vitamins either.

My 29 month old will almost always eat fruit too. There are definitely nights where she barely eats dinner but will eat most if not all the fruit.

She sometimes does not like the food I thought was a sure bet! DH tries harder to force her but I'm more relaxed about it. If she's starving later she can eat some pretzels or cheese.

@sorrycharlie: my LOs aren't overly picky but every now and then they refuse a dinner. We usually let it go and just let them have a big cup of milk which they'll nearly always take without fail.

McDonald's french fries.

Ice cream.

Some kind of fruit, depending on if he likes my selection.

Juice.

Plain sticky rice.

E will never refuse a fruit/veggie pouch, fresh fruit (grapes are current favs) or Greek yogurt. Will almost always eat toast as well.

For dinner I can always rely on a veggie and carb. Peas or broccoli or carrots and pasta/rice/couscous. He often won't be too into the meat but usually will eat the veggie and carb.
If he's sick and still refusing that he'll always eat yogurt and goldfish or a fig bar.

Happy baby fiber + protein pouches, bacon. My child has never turned down bacon. Or blueberries, but I don't have those fresh all the time, and she won't eat them frozen reliably.

@Mrs. Microscope: my kid will never turn down frozen blueberries! They're her addiction. Just reminded me. They're so much messier than fresh though! She is purple stained for the day.

Fruit. But I usually just ignore it and when they are hungry enough they'll eat. Mine is about the same age and SUPER strong willed so I'm can totally relate on how frustrating it can be.