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Liam refused to eat peas or carrots for almost a year. I thought I had tried everything and was getting so desperate for him to eat easy-to-cook vegetables. He then suggested mashing the whole lot together and putting cheese on top, and he loves it! It looks disgusting, but I don’t care if he eats it.

Pick ‘n’ mix. This kind of meal often fools the most stubborn eaters into consuming rather a lot. Put lots of different foods on plates and in small bowls, and let them help themselves. Anything from grated cheese, cherry tomatoes, corn on the cob, chicken drumsticks, cups with breadsticks in, little bowls of pasta or couscous will do. Your kitchen will look like a Harvester, but that’s the appeal for children: it looks more interesting and is more fun to eat than a meal handed to them on a plate.

Fry me a rainbow. Actually, don’t fry me anything, but grill or roast me a rainbow and I’ll be happy. If their dinner has lots of (natural) colour in it, kids find it much more appealing, and it’s healthier too. Yellow sweet corn, red tomatoes, green broccoli, orange peppers—try anything that looks vibrant and you might find yourself serving them seconds.