Recently, Shelly asked me a question which required a creative solution. I thought I'd share it with you:

Dear Missy,

OK, I have a 4 year old boy who is the pickest eater on the
planet!! Since he started eating solid food, I have had the hardest time
getting him to eat anything at all. He can barely handle any meat without
gagging and throwing it up. He hardly eats at all, to tell you the truth.
Bananas, Strawberrys, and Grapes occasionally. He drinks about a gallon of
milk everyday! I give him a liquid vitamin everyday- which is a giant
struggle because it tastes horrid.  He won't do gummy bear vitamins,
chewables, suckers or the like. I have tried it all.  Please help - Any ideas????

Hi Shelly,

You've truly got a tough one here. Here's an idea--how about seeing
if he'll go for a smoothie made out of the things he'll eat now, like
bananas and/or strawberries/and or grapes with a milk base. If he'll go
for that, we can use it to sneak some purees into. For example, if he'll eat red or purple grapes, you could sneak some
purple puree into it (see my website for free purple puree recipe). If
he'll go for a white smoothie, banana/milk for example, you could sneak
either white puree or white bean puree into it (again, free on my
website). And if he goes for strawberry, you could sneak some orange
puree into it.

Whatever you do, start out slowly.

Good luck, and be sure to let me know how it works.

With healthiest regards,

Missy Chase Lapine

The Sneaky Chef