I always try and get my daughter to eat before any milk or juice. She loves fruit and yogurt and eats that everyday. Try new things and do not be afraid too. I found my daughter LOVES lightly spicy food, so I give it too her, of course I have watched her reaction to everything I give her new. I keep sugar snacks to a minimum, but I do let her have some. She really likes the all natural juice frozen bars and I even make my own with fruit juice in ice cube trays, you can add fruit to jello as well. She eats and loves chicken and spaghetti with meat sauce.....Keep trying things, and good luck

I always make a variety of things for my kids. They seem to eat better if they have to power to pick out what they are goig to eat. I always have fresh friut, veggies crakers, cheese, salads... well every thing right on hand. Then I make a dish with a little of each. When I started to do that with my son and the kids I babysit, They were eating a whole lot more. I got that tip from super nanny lol ;)

I was having trouble getting any type of vegetable into my son for a while. I watched an episode of Oprah with Dr. Oz as her guest. He's the guy that helps people start a healthy lifestyle.

Dr. Oz shared the recipe for his "green drink" that he has every morning. It's:
2 handfuls raw spinach leaves
1 stick celery
1 medium cucumber (I peel it but leave the seeds)
1 apple (minus the seeds and skin)
The juice from 1 lemon
4oz water
and I think he added a pinch of ginger root.
Stick it all in the blender and blend well.

My son absolutely loves this. I find that the celery taste can be a little overpowering so I usually only add 1/2 stick. You can also mix and match other fruits and veggies in there. I love it with pears and bananas.

Im lucky that my son loves fruit and veg, however he goes through stages where he will just prefere his milk, try finger foods rather than full meals, things like fruit pieces, cheese, ham, crackers, toast, sandwhiches....get cutters and make shapes with them, my son loves start sandwhiches. Let her help you prepare the food, make encourage her to eat more becasue she has helped, make it colourful as possible, and viriaty, kids tend to love one food one day ad hate it the next, let her explore food. But she wont go hungry, so dont worry about that, she will eat when she wants and needs to, just keep offering things.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE Sneaky Chef. I have also picked up Deceptively Delicious but generally use the SC recipes more. It's kid friendly food with veggies in them. Something I need for my 2.5 yr old as she won't touch reg veggies but loves her spaghetti (which has sweet potato and carrots along with Flaxseed meal in it!!!!) Also I use the whole wheat pasta blend. They get used to what we feed them and really at 2 they don't always eat as much as you think they should. Remember a serving size for them is the size of their fist. That's pretty small and their stomach isn't much bigger. Just try to keep offering healthy choices instead of sugary ones and I know Dr OZ has said that it can take 3 months to get over the salt and sugar addiction. Good luck.

my daughter likes mac and cheesse, grilled cheese, fruit, veggies, sweet potatoes, hotdogs,corn dogs, ravioli, and kind of pasta over in spagetti sause, cheese sause or lasngna.
Crackers,
She sometimes is so hard to get to eat also.Even the things she loves!!!
It is there age and part of growing up and being interested in other things around them!

I make it a game with my daughter.... I will act like I am going to eat it the she'll want it.. or I will let her feed me and she usually lets me feed her something.... My daughter also wouldnt eat anything until I gave her adult spoons and forks... she refused to use the child kind

My son went through a phase when he would rather drink milk and filled up on it. My pediatrician said it's important to offer the food first. Now I don't even get out the milk until he's eaten a decent amount.

It also helps to offer the least favorite foods first, when the child is hungriest. I don't even have crackers out until my little guy has eaten a balance of other things.

While I don't make a battle out of it, I do make an effort to balance what he eats. If I want him to try his chicken but he wants a cracker, I tell him he will get a cracker when he's eaten two bites of chicken. It's important to say WHEN not IF ("if" makes it a battle). Of course then you have to stick to it. If he doesn't try the chicken, he doesn't get the cracker. I don't think it's ever come to that. I often repeat the terms to him, but he usually takes the two bites and gets the cracker.

Another idea: Offer cut fruit or veggies with dip (yogurt with fruit, ranch with veg). If the food might be a tough sell, I offer a dip with it and most of the time, my son eats it right up. It's food and play together.

Keep in mind that toddler portion sizes are quite small so she may be getting enough even though it does't look like much.

Good luck!