The Best Vegetables for Picky Eaters

The Best Vegetables for Picky Eaters

“My son is extremely picky. He only eats crackers and salad.” Replace “salad” with “french fries” and that’s more like it. Vegetable are notoriously shunned by picky eaters with autism. Some say it’s due to a change in taste buds that protected our toddler ancestors...
Food Texture Aversion: 3 Ways to Help Your Picky Eater

Food Texture Aversion: 3 Ways to Help Your Picky Eater

Sensory food aversions and texture preferences are common barriers to eating a balanced diet for many kids on with autism. Research suggests that anywhere from 30 to over 50% of autistic kids refuse food due to texture. I wasn’t surprised when an autism mom came to me...
Quick and easy gluten-free dairy-free lunch ideas

Quick and easy gluten-free dairy-free lunch ideas

You can never have too many lunch ideas in your arsenal. Many kids with autism eat lunches that are gluten-free, casein/dairy-free, and also nut-free. I recommend that children on the spectrum eat as many real whole foods as possible and limit processed foods with...
Fun Cooking Activities for Extreme Picky Eaters

Fun Cooking Activities for Extreme Picky Eaters

How can you help your picky eater try new foods? One of my favorite techniques to inspire your selective eater want to eat new foods is bringing them into the kitchen and encouraging them to get down and dirty with food. I know as an autism parent your internal alarm...
4 tips to make feeding therapy a success

4 tips to make feeding therapy a success

  A autism mom sent me an email recently asking for some solutions to help her picky eater. Aside from having typical picky eating type issues leading to a limited diet, her biggest challenge is “polite defiance.” She said her 5-year-old boy with autism stopped...