Hi all! Looking for some ideas, for context I'm in asia (but im from the uk) so I find it so hard to find foods that my son will eat without gagging / trying to throw it up here in asia. In the uk it was alot easier, as we have alot of food that isn't pumped with sugar and my son hates sweet dinner foods.
For example he likes uk baked beans. Here they have the US version which to us is like dessert level sweet, so lost that as an option as a side :/
I'd love some ideas from asian/American (where I am they sell alot of American products) mums of children with texture sensitivity. We're working on him chewing properly (he tries to swallow it like a duck). But I'm running iut of ideas :(
Example of thinks he tolerates:
I make veggie soups with rice he dosent mind them (I call it "seasoned rice" lol)
Spaghetti
Sheapards pie provided the beef is super ground up / tiny veg chunks
Hot dog and rice (but this isn't a great option! Not very healthy!)
Stew provided I blend up the beef etc.
I'm really trying to vary his diet and just struggling with ideas :(
Many thanks in advance for your ideas <3
Baked beans from scratch might be a better option than the canned kind. I have a recipe where they are cooked with vienna sausages (similar to hot dogs... you can substitute hot dogs). We sweeten with molasses instead of sugar.
Wanted to update you he liked the beans and Viennas! Thank you for the ideas really helped <3
He might also like beans and spam. We have a toddler who needs high fiber due to a medical condition, so I’m always on the hunt for “beans and (meat of some kind)” recipes.
https://www.spam.com/recipes/best-ever-baked-beans
https://www.bigoven.com/recipe/spam-and-black-beans-with-rice/2661176
Thank you so much for sharing! Given how happy he was with beans and Viennas, I'll definitely give these a go!
Oh he does like Vienna sausages! Do you have a recipie link? :)
https://www.cooks.com/recipe/328eg8o5/nellies-baked-beans-and-vienna-sausage.html
Thank you so much!
Do they have flavoured tuna? My daughter eats rice with a small tin of flavoured tuna (one kind only) it's pretty soft and texture-wise it's not too noticeable.
She also likes egg, plain with a little salt. Either scrambled or in an omelette, cut up into bite sized pieces. She will also eat french toast.
Thank you! Is it like a specific flavour? I'll keep an eye out, but Try plain tuna in the meantime!
French toast and scrambled eggs will be coming up this week thank you _^
My daughter will only eat the tomato and onion flavour and I suppose it's probably the most neutral kind of flavour they have. (Especially if your son is already eating a bit of spaghetti Bolognese or something) I'm Australian and the brand here is John West and they call them "tuna tempters" I think. Basically you can eat it as a snack without having to drain it but I assumed there are similar products everywhere since canned fish is so popular.
He loved the tuna tomato and "adobo" flavours! Tysm for the ideas x