Blogs for picky and fussy eaters
Download video recipe here Home-made crackers I spend a fair bit of time developing recipes that tick boxes for fussy eaters. They are often a little unusual as my key parameters to take into account are things like texture, look and mouth-feel. Taste though, is also always important. This home-made cracker recipe is one I […]
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How to help a slow eater, especially a picky one! One common complaint about picky eaters is that they eat too slowly. Often mind-numbingly, the food could evaporate more quickly, slowly. Children eating very slowly is very, very frustrating. Especially when we are tired, we are busy and often because we have other places to
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Parents Centre magazine, Kiwiparent I wrote an article for the Feb/Mar edition of Kiwiparent magazine that is published and distributed by Parents Centre NZ. I’m a bit behind the 8 ball in posting it up, but I’ve been consumed with other priorities! This was written as a piece to help parents of under 5’s get
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Children cooking Helen was jumping for joy. Her 8-year-old daughter, a long-term fussy eater, had a limited range of foods she ate and had just bitten into a burger. This was huge! Lily had never eaten any sort of mince before so Helen couldn’t believe her eyes. Lily had started helping in the kitchen and
Why make changes to food? I know this is a crazy time, but it’s also a rare opportunity. Aside from parents who are both working full time from home, with young children, many people have unprecedented amounts of time. Even if working, there are no commutes, no pick-ups or drops offs and no external activities.
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Routines Last week I wrote about routines. This week I’m going to write about routines again 😊 There are a few reasons why so please hear me out. I was running the second part of my parent workshop for a family today. In just a few days they have seen a real improvement in how
Is it my fault my child is picky? I always ask parents why they think their child struggles to eat. Many give me a list of all the things they feel they have done wrong. Others really struggle to give an answer as food has just always seemed so challenging for their child. So, is
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Hit a wall with picky eating? Have you exhausted yourself and all the alternatives with your fussy eater but still seem stuck in the same patterns? Then let’s gift you a 6 step plan, the proven way to gently move a picky eater from their favourite foods to new foods. Step 1 Get in touch.
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How to hide foods for picky eaters No.1 – don’t No.2 – don’t No.3 – still not a good idea! Picky eaters and hiding food There has been a story doing the rounds on social media about Donald Trump having his cauliflower hidden in mash as he’s unable to eat vegetables. On a local radio
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When I speak to parents of picky eaters, the worry that their child is iron deficient is often front of mind. Not eating meat is common for young children. It’s a lot of chewing for very little reward. This is also part of the reason nuggets are so popular, the meat just mushes in the
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Trying everything but nothing working with a picky eater This is probably the most common frustration for parents with a picky eater. Are parents just lazy? There is a common misconception that parents of fussy eaters are just lazy and let their children “get away” with eating whatever. But, in my experience it is generally
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our son asks for something and then won’t eat it my daughter likes a food and then refuses to eat it the next day we always have the same nuggets but all of a sudden my son says they are different and won’t eat them I cooked my daughter’s favourite meal and she said it
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