Five Tips to Get Picky Eaters to Eat

It is sometimes hard to be frugal when someone in your house refuses to eat what you put in front of them, or at the least, complains throughout the meal about how much they don’t care for beans. Your picky eater may be your kids, your husband, or even yourself.

Food preferences change over time so it is important to realize that what may not have been touched a year ago may be the best thing ever now. Use these tips to help get your picky eater to try new foods.

* Slowly introduce new foods. Give a small amount with the regular foods you know they like. For instance, instead of giving green beans as the only side, add a small amount of green beans with the corn you know they will eat.
* No drinking at first. Don’t give a picky eater a drink until they have eaten over half the meal so that they don’t fill up on liquid.
* Just ask them. Asking the picky eater what they like may surprise you. My husband says he doesn’t like vegetables but he actually likes green beans, corn, broccoli, and carrots. That’s enough of a variety for me to get food on the table.
* Find out how they like things cooked. Some picky eaters will eat raw veggies all day long but won’t touch the cooked versions. As long as their getting their vegetables, let them eat them any way they want.
* Have the picky eater help with the meal. Often, especially with children, the picky eater is more apt to try something new if they helped cook it up.

Try these tips on your picky eater and you just may find the types of food you can serve growing by leaps and bounds.