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DS eats pretty much the same as yours, plus/minus a few things you listed. I feel like our saving grace is he will eat avocado toast! I have switched all of the carb things to whole grain when possible. We always put the meat and veg on his plate but he never eats it. And we always offer new things but he never eats it. He use to eat really well as a young toddler. Our Dr. at his 3yr check up just said keep offering and putting the stuff on his plate. She said if we can get some pouches in that have vegies that would be great. But she wasn't overly concerned and said its just part of their showing control. He seems to be adding a couple things in very slowly. Mostly green things cause that is his favorite color. So over the last 5 months we have added green apple, green grapes, and he has eaten a couple cuties thanks to the babysitter. These are still not something he will eat daily but maybe once a week. But protein forget it not happening.

My 2 y/o dd is about the same but to make matters worse she is allergic to peanuts so I can’t count on pbj as a source of her protein and she might have some other allergies that haven’t been confirmed yet.
She’s all about carbs and fruits but I try to shred up chicken as fine as I can with kitchen shears and stuff a little of it in quesadillas. If I put too much she will notice and say meat and not eat it. She will eat chicken nuggets and fish sticks but I feel terrible giving it to her but then again she needs some Protein.
The veggies we can rely on her eating are edamame beans and corn. Sometimes I can get away with putting peas in quesadillas too.
She will eat plain pasta that I dish out from chicken veggie noodle soup so I guess there’s some broth with a minuscule amount of nutrients.
And she also eats the Gerber baby raviolis maybe once a week or two weeks which I know is so processed but again where else will she get protein and iron.
Sometimes she’ll also eat smushed up very finely teriyaki salmon mixed in rice. And sometimes I can mix in some sunbutter in her oatmeal. I try to make her a healthier French toast at home so she gets some eggs in the bread but she won’t eat scrambled eggs but that might be due to her egg white allergy.

Following! No advice as I'm struggling with this right now with my 2 year old. Basically the only source of protein she'll eat is cheese...

Maybe try making a smoothie and throw some veggies, fruit and protein powder in? My 2 year old loves quinoa, have you tried that? It has a decent amount of protein too.

@gingerbebe: this is such a great idea! I’m going to try it!

My almost 3 year old also went through this phase. I’ve tried to just stick to offering healthy options and she is starting to come around. She will eat peas, green beans & broccoli now so I always keep some frozen vegs that I can microwave. She also stopped eating eggs. She has yogurt and fruit for breakfast, and a pb&j for lunch pretty much every day, and then eats with us for dinner.

Smoothies are a great idea. She loves them and I can sneak all kinds of greens and protein powder in there, she drinks it right up.

Yep. My 3.5 yo still is like this. We did Early Intervention for sensory therapy to try to help with his diet. We met with limited success, he still won't combine textures (except syrup and pb) and refuses most wet things. He actually prefers veggies to fruit.

But carbs carbs carbs win the day for him, so we've transitioned to making whole wheat items and getting dried veggies he can snack on. Basically if he likes it, I try to find a way to make it healthier

Second others that if they're hungry and you leave fruit and veggies out they'll eat it eventually

@maddyz: We got the Rubbermaid chip and dip platter from Walmart. Its like $4 but it has a lid, which is the gamechanger. I can load it up and then put it back in the fridge if they don't finish it. I use really easy food to put in the tray - baby carrots, Persian cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, string cheese or Babybels, turkey pepperoni, blueberries, apple slices, clementines - anything I can just huck in there usually is what wins out. I generally fill the center well with a carb or a crunchy thing (we've been transitioning to having all-natural pork rinds in there half the time over say, pretzels) to kinda lure them in. I find having lots of colors and textures really just makes them happy. I have also taken to just bringing the leftovers in the platter to the living room to nosh on during their little bit of TV time before bath and they have been finishing the dang thing off the last 3 nights!

@codeitall: YES! That was another gamechanger for DS1 - last year we planted a garden based on things he could pick and eat right away. So we planted super sweet cherry tomatoes, peas, green beans, cucumbers, and strawberries. He NEVER ate any of the veggies beforehand, but would stand there eating raw green beans and peas! He still doesn't like tomatoes (I think its just a personal preference), but he kept trying them over and over before spitting them out because he WANTED to like them, yanno? So we did the same this year and planted 3 raised beds of the same veggies hoping for DS2 to follow suit.