Hello, I am new to this forum, I was going to post my favorit comfort food in the comfort food thread, but decided I should stop by here, and say hi first. I love food and I love to cook. I am hoping to do both a little healthier in the New Year. I have one son, 8 yrs old, he loves pizza, mac and cheese, and spaghetti. I am hoping to come up with some new creative ideas to get him to taste some new foods. Any useful threads you could point me to would be most appreciated. I am going to take a look around and see what I can find. This forum looks like it is full of great information!

Welcome to the site! I see you have a typicla 8-year old - pizza, mac and cheese and spaghetti! Does he like meatballs too?? There is a lot you can do with those! How about chicken, hamburger, etc.?

Yes, he is definately a typical 8 year old. It is hard to get him to try anything new, especially if it looks like a fruit or vegetable. He likes chicken, but not hamburger, or meatballs. He does like steak, and pork chops, but nothing fancy. It seemed for a while like every week one of his likes changed to a dislike, now he is just starting to add things back in, and try new things once in a while.

LOL - what a great stage to go through - and it's a rough one on you! Have you tried having him help with the cooking? If he makes something he would most likely eat it! You could try that.

Yes, he loves to "create" his own food, and has some strange combinations. He loves Emeril, so he likes to add a dash of this and a spoon of that to his creations. I let him make loaded nachos a lot. He makes each chip separately with a bit of cheese, some sour cream, salsa, and sometimes other added ingredients. He calls it making his masterpiece. I like to call it his "mess." Since he will try new things this way, and since he enjoys doing it I really don't mind, and usually join in and help him with ideas for his creation.