I have a four year old who is not picky and never has been. She will eat anything, or at least try it. Asparagus, artichokes, weird looking fruit, strange unfamiliar sauces, sushi, she's just very adventurous about food.
I totally agree with getting your children involved. We've done containers with tomatoes, bell peppers, banana peppers, mint, basil, strawberries (aka the easy stuff) for the past few years - cheap and easy - and she will eat them all right off the plant. I let her choose and weigh vegetables at the store. Anything that can be eaten with her hands or dipped into something, she's all over it. Peas or edamame (the only way I'll let her have soy) in the pod? DONE. I let her dip in things like hummus, or yogurt (I still buy YoBaby as it's the least fake stuff she'll eat) for fruit.
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So yesterday we had steel oats with cut stawberries and 2 out of 3 didn't eat it. This morning I made egg whites with cut tomatoes and yellow pepper with cheese and 2 out of 3 didn't eat that either.
I don't know what your kids normally eat, but egg whites are pretty bland. Did you cook the tomatoes and yellow peppers first? Was it an omlette? I think you have to be realistic and make changes slowly or at least meet them where they are and add a few new things here and there. Or make better versions of the stuff they're used to so things are a bit familiar.
My daughter has tried steel cut oats and isn't a fan - she will eat it with maybe a bit of peanut butter or yogurt or fruit mixed in, but I think the texture puts her off. She does like oatmeal. The first few times I let her "help" (pick which fruit goes on, I cut it, she drops in the pot) and she loves anything she "cooks." Now she knows she likes it so she doesn't always help (I've also let her help me make baked oatmeal and she likes that. It's more cakey in texture so it's like a treat and you can make a lot and just reheat all week) but she still eats.
She also likes eggs in the basket - cut a hole in a piece of whole wheat bread (use a small cup, kids can make the hole), heat some butter in a skillet (doesn't take a lot), put the bread and circle in the skillet and break the egg in the hole. I leave the center just runny enough to dip and she loves it. Soft boiled eggs in egg cups with whole wheat to dip, also a big hit. Poached eggs are popular. She likes whole wheat or oatmeal pancakes. You can cook a little cut fruit with a little sugar or honey instead of syrup. Make a lot at one time, put them in the freezer, heat them up through the week.
For lunch, we do a big pot of vegetable soup (again, she can help put stuff in or tell me which are her favorites so she's invested) and reheat all week. Sometimes we do sandwiches. If she didn't have eggs for breakfast, she might have a boiled egg with lunch. If she had bread with breakfast, I'll probably just give her lean meat and some cheese without bread. I got some really cute plates with compartments and she helps me pick what goes in them. I might give her a boiled egg, a few grapes, some cherry tomatoes, a piece of cheese, and like 12 cheddar bunnies (she loves them and if I took them away altogether, she would really miss them) or half a PB and honey sandwich, an apple, etc.
She can eat what's there or not. I don't encourage or discourage or "one more bite." Some days she eats it all, some days she eats the grapes and the bunnies and that's it. If she asks for food within the next hour, I refer her to her lunch. After that we have whatever I planned for snack (yogurt or fruit, usually. SOMETIMES she gets an all natural granola bar or fruit leather type thing because she likes those, those are her junk, and everyone has a junky thing they love).
If I ate like I feed my daughter, I'd be one healthy mama!
I just keep looking for ideas. I try to be realistic about what she actually LIKES and introduce new things at dinner, when we all eat together.