PICKY 2 YR OLD!!

Hey guys! New here, but need your help! My 2 year old is at this point refusing all vegetables and most meats smh. Loves pasta and fruit. I commute over an hour to and from work so don't have a lot of time. Any suggestions on quick, healthy well rounded dinners that he may actually eat?!?!

Ainsley Welch

Not sure about dinners but try making a chocolate zucchini cake. The recipe I use is by Dylan Hollis on tiktok/YouTube. There's more zucchini than flour in it, and you don't even taste it. The zucchini helps keep it moist.

Jessica Nelson

You can also sneak different vegetable purees into pasta sauces and other things:)

Ainsley Welch

Ooh that's smart! Good thinking!

April Maxwell

Two year olds get picky but are unlikely to hurt themselves refusing food. Sometimes its because thier teeth hurt that they get picky (maybe still teething?). I agree pasta sauce is a great place to hide veggies. Sometimes it helps to ask the child which veggie they want. Or putting cheese sauce on the veggies. Not sure if they are rejecting the taste or the texture and those would be worked around differently from eachother or if they are just following the instant gratification monkey to pasta and fruit because they make us feel good.

April Maxwell

Smoothies are another way to hide a lot of veggies. Found this on Eating Well Vegetable smoothies for kids and picky eaters For kids and picky eaters who tend to avoid vegetables on the plate, smoothies are a great option. Fruit covers up the veg flavor, with no extra sugar needed. Volume-wise, you can easily sneak about half a serving of vegetables into a glass. Most of our vegetable smoothies call for 1 cup of greens. For other vegetables, you can usually add 1/2 cup, and in some cases 1 cup. Try pairing fruits and vegetables of similar colors for vibrant, monochromatic smoothies: beets with berries, mango with carrot, and green grapes with spinach. The similar hues also make the veg even less noticeable.

April Maxwell

Also found this great list! My kids were very picky and they would have eaten at least half this list. Also, kids get more food than we realize, they have tiny bellies and breads, pastas and cereals are fortified with a lot of vitamins. Most parents are worried thier two year old isn't getting enough to eat or enough variety, but they are usually doing great. https://www.yummytoddlerfood.com/50-easy-toddler-meals/

Ainsley Welch

The recipe technically calls it bread.

Ainsley Welch

Found the video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTLS5hh2u/