If presented with red pepper, broccoli, rice, and a protein, he'll eat at least some of the rice, at least one of the peppers, and maybe the broccoli. If the protein is tofu, he won't take a bite without a struggle. If the protein is a hot dog, he'll eat it no problem, and will eat it first.
That meal is probably the most 'challenging' one in our rotation. It's not really representative. A typical week of dinners at our house might be: turkey burgers with apple slices (never a problem but it was at one time); grilled cheese and soup (refuses the soup and sometimes the sandwich); breaded whitefish, maple sugar-glazed baby carrots, and green beans (he gets fish sticks and he'll eat at least one; he's been starting to accept a small piece of homemade breaded fish; usually eats all the carrots; green beans a no-go); homemade chicken caesar salad (DS gets a marinated chicken sandwich on pretzel bread; he loves the bread but resists the 'Italian chicken'); tofu stir-fry (mentioned above); and one dinner that's either leftovers or dinner brought by my husband's parents--that usually means cheese pizza for DS.
