Next Week's Meal Plan: 5 Flexible Dinners for Picky Eaters — Next Week's Meal Plan

Some kids are lifelong picky eaters, but most kids have waxing and waning seasons of it. Sometimes it's even day to day. Right now, my 6-year-old refuses cauliflower unless it's mashed. Luckily there's a dinner strategy that we call "deconstructing" that keeps us from cooking separate meals and saving our sanity during picky seasons. Deconstructing dinner allows you to parcel out components of a meal for picky eaters (for example, leave out sauces or spices) so your kids can get a nutritious (but never fussy) meal and you get to eat something you'll enjoy.

Not sure what this strategy looks like in real life? Here's what a week of meals looks like for my family of four when either one of my two children tries to go on a green vegetable strike.

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