With the holiday’s coming up there are hurdles we all have to overcome, whether it is a gift we are buying, where we are going for the holiday’s, who is coming over, and more importantly sometimes it is the food, meaning— how do we deal with picky eaters or how do ourselves deal with meals we don’t really want or care for. 

A picky eater is defined as a person who as an adversity to a wide variety of foods.  A picky eater can be unwilling to try new foods, or even eat any food that contains a small amount of food that they do not like. For instance, I love raw vegetables, but if you cook them even the slightest, I cannot or will not eat it or any food that contains cooked vegetables.

A picky eater can mostly be associated with children, however adults are just as picky as kids nowadays, so instead of looking at children for the purpose of this post, we are going to look at adults. So how do you deal with at during the holidays? 

First go into the holidays knowing that you will never be able to please everyone, whether you are hosting or if you are the picky eater going elsewhere.  

For Thanksgiving for example, I don’t really eat much of any of the foods, mostly I never acquired a taste for it.  However, in the recent years, we’ve stayed home and didn’t host anyone, so we came up with our own meal that includes more foods that I am willing to eat, but not missing out on cooking the “traditional” meal for my husband.  If we have gone somewhere, I only would stick to eating the foods I know and like, and when we get home, I would eat something else and/or we offer to bring one dish and I make sure it’s something I can eat plenty of.  The point is it good to feed the picky eater around the main event.

Now, here is the thing, if we are hosting the event, I would consider what others restrictions are, by that I at least figure out the severe aversions (my husband can’t stand the taste of mustard – and that’s putting it nicely) and allergies, and I would stick to just that because like I said you can’t please everyone. I would also allow the option of whoever is coming to bring a side dish of their choice (as long as they keep allergies in mind), again this allows if they are picky to have something available that they will eat. And I would also be honest with my guests too that this may not be a “traditional” meal, but its our version of one.

More importantly, one of the worst things you can do is, try to guilt or force someone to eat something that they do not want to do because they are a picky eater.   It’s the holiday’s the last thing is you wanting to start a feud over food, enjoy your time with your friends and families.

Next post from me will be on Friday after Thanksgiving, it’s going to be another special edition for the holiday, What to do with the holiday leftovers?