Any ideas of what to mix potatoes with to make a proper lunch? Or anything else that is creamy like that? I do consider myself a decent cook just HORRIBLE at coming up with ideas for my son
Whilst potatoes seem to be a winner for him how about broadening the 'mash' with some variety which have more/different nutrients than white potato? So I'm thinking these things mash well and can be served to replace the mash potato or added to it for an extra veg:
sweet potato
swede
turnip
celeriac
carrot
parsnip
squash (butternut squash)
Things like squash and sweet pot can be baked in the oven (skin on to avoid getting dry/crunchy edges) and will then mash well with little effort.
For proteins:
chicken liver pate (so easy to home make and can be frozen in portions)
lentil pate
cheese and mushroom pate (sound weird but actually tasty)
humus (chickpea dip)
red kidney bean dip
white bean dip...ok any bean dip...tahini or peanut butter can be added to up the protein too
butter bean mash (is that different? just thicker I suppose, can be served in place of mashed potato)
Another lovely dip is baba ghanoush (aubergine/eggplant dip).
Whilst they are all smooth/puree/dip type foods they are also 'real' adult foods too rather than baby food iyswim so everyone could enjoy them.
I see you had a diagnosis from the GP, are you seeing a dietician to help guide you through this? If it was me I'd like some guidance as to how long to continue with the soft foods and when to go for more finger foods. I think my DS was more likely to gag at soft food than hard too (like it mushed in his mouth and moved too far back where as the harder foods he could control in his mouth more easily). He also seemed to gag at this he didn't want/like or when he was full, do you find this has any impact?