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Costco sells this garlic rice/quinoa blend that my DD could eat her body weight in, if I let her. She also loves steamed broccoli and pretty much any fruit. When we so brinner I make scrambled egg cups (I call them Egg Muffins and I think she gets a kick out of the novelty so she gobbles them down). I also buy Kodiak flap jack mix and use all the added protein options...that way she feels like she's getting pancakes for every meal and I'm like haha, tricked you into eating protein!

My 22mo is ultra picky. I would say his favorite food is "air", lol. In terms of healthy things he will reliably eat, he will usually eat brown rice (I buy microwaveable bags for convenience), I add some Earth Balance butter. Meat used to be more reliable but recently he's less into it. He likes sloppy joe meat and pulled chicken I make in the crock pot. He likes noodles of course, so I buy the Protein Plus brand (I think Barilla) which has a lot of protein and fiber and he always eats that well. All veggies are totally hit or miss (95% of the time it's a miss) but sometimes he will eat shredded raw carrots. And of course fruit, blueberries are his faves.

DD is only 15 months, but starting to get really picky. She will eat all fruit, carrots and sweet potatoes, anything with noodles or bread or pretty much any carb, yogurt, cheese, and anything in pouch form. Hit or miss things are eggs, meat (hamburger, fish, and deli meat are usually ok, chicken about 25% of the time, and pork and other types of beef almost never). Won't touch green veggies, but will eat them in pouch form so we cycle those in a lot. Anything new gets the suspicious side-eye, and usually is squished/thrown on the floor a few times before she'll try it, and it might take a few offers before she'll even put it in her mouth.

She inhaled this last night:
https://www.budgetbytes.com/2016/02/pan-fried-sesame-tofu-with-broccoli/

Rice, green beans, TJs furikake rice wth tofu carrots and edamame (idk how healthy that really is), kid friendly pastas he will mostly eat, chicken over any other meat but still hit/miss, he'll usually eat corn, waffles, apples, grapes, strawberries, often bananas, applesauce, goldfish frackers, graham crackers, mac n cheese, usually a few bites of string cheese but not the whole thing, yogurt, Honey Nut Cheerios. There might be more but I can't think of it right now.

@2littlepumpkins: I'll never understand how a person could hate potatoes, lol. Or, any carb for that matter!!!

@pachamama: DD loves really good pasta sauce. Hates the stuff right out of the jar.
So I do crushed tomatoes and then I blend in my magic bullet: zucchini, green pepper, onion, garlic, basil and a little oil and mix the two together.

Let it all simmer for two hours and then right before serving I put some Parmesan.

Honestly the kid practically eats with a spoon on everything! Rice, pasta, bread you name it.

Also loves de constructed sandwiches, fruit, toast with peanut butter and jam (they must be on separate pieces of bread lol) and she likes roast chicken

This is weird to me since DS (19months) doesn't like pasta, but he love spaghetti squash. It doesn't really even matter what I put in it. He loves sweet things and the squash is naturally sweet so we usually have it twice a week in some form or other.

LO loves paella (only time he will eat meat), sweet potato risotto, grilled cheese sandwiches (multi grain bread with cheddar, so fairly healthy), smoothies, berries, bananas, and whole fruits. So an entire peach is yummy. Sliced peaches are gross. Whatever.

His go to daycare lunch is almond butter on bread, peas, berries, yogurt, and cheerios.

For easy food, trader Joe's has peanut butter and jelly bars that he loves. Chobani tots pouches are yummy and healthy,

@Pollywog: My son does the same thing, turning down sliced fruit. For ages we thought he hated bananas, but turns out he just wanted it in one piece *eyeroll*

Foods our 21 month old somewhat reliably eats include frozen bite-sized veggies (butternut squash, peas and carrots, corn), Ritz crackers with peanut butter or cream cheese, Chick-fil-a grilled nuggets (can't fool him with homemade even if he never sees the take out container), meatballs with tomato sauce or BBQ, pasta, potatoes (mashed or fries), pizza, apple sauce, strawberries, blueberries, whole bananas, pouches, yogurt, goldfish, Gerber toddler cereal served cold, and cheese. Scrambled eggs and grilled cheese are hit or miss, but both used to be favorites. He also likes the Little Duck Organics freeze dried apple/mango mix Grandma bought for him, so I'm hoping he will like some of their other mixes as well.

One trick we've found helps a little is condiments. He'd take a spoon straight to a pack of ketchup or BBQ if we'd let him! So we try to keep low sugar options (low sugar BBQ, tzatziki, parmesan cheese, etc) on hand to sprinkle on top of dinner to make it more enticing. Sometimes the flavor combo sounds gross to us, but if it gets him to eat than I'm not going to stop him.