Darmeen Cheung wrote: I know what you mean. My son doesn't like the texture of meat either. I have to chop them up finely and mix them with other stuff like veggies, cheese, or yogurt so he doesn't feel the texture that much. Even with a spaghetti bolognese sauce, I have to use a hand blender to blend the sauce finely so that he doesn't feel the texture of the ground beef. He actually really like spaghetti if the sauce is fine and smooth. If I give him a meatball he would spit it out.

Hope this helps!

hi there,

have you tried grain protein? Grains such as Quinoa and millet have tones of good proteins, and is gluten free. With quinoa you can even find quinao flour and use it in baking.

I do a bolognese sauce as well with beef, turkey, chicken (sometimes altogether) and tons of veggies (eggplant, zucchini, red peppers, onions, shitake mushrooms, celery, etc) and then puree it a bit so it's smaller chunks of meat.  Add some pastina (small pasta) and you have an almost complete meal.  My daughter eats this frequently during the week.

I also use chicken or turkey or fish and make little nuggets using panko breading.  I know, I know, it's fried food but once or twice a month isn't going to hurt and because I use sunflower oil and no salt, it's not as bad as buying fast food.

Lastly, my daughter will eat meat if it's strongly seasoned with herbs.  Think shawarma.  It's tiny, shredded pieces of meat with parsley and tzaziki sauce...homemade.