Dips for fussy eaters — even those who don’t eat them!

Dips are a great way to support fussy eaters to eat new foods. In fact, many feeding therapists use them to help children taste new foods when they work with them one-on-one.

If your child is hesitant about tasting new foods a dip can help as:

i) It provides a familiar taste

ii) It is a known texture

iii) It can mask the initial flavour or texture of a new food (making the first taste easier)

iv) It can help with the more bitter flavours of vegetables

Dips are also a great way to increase variety and even add in extra fruits or vegetables to the diet. They are often too the first step to accepting sauces.

But what if you have a child who doesn’t like dips?

Fussy eaters who don’t eat dips (or to extend the number eaten)

There are no magical answers to resolving picky eating. If there were, I’d be a multi-millionaire 😉

Most strategies involve us, as the parents, having a relaxed but determined approach with lots of structure and even more repetition. The same applies to teaching a child to accept dips — which is also the gateway to sauces!