in2grace,
Here is what I posted previously on my girl who is a picky eater. I think the key thing is to find out what is it she don't like abt her food. For my girl is texture. She hates mushy food and likes chewy food but is ok with bland tasting food. For your girl it could be texture or taste or something else, i dunno u hv to try and error lor.
Also, have you tried letting her self feed? Kids at this age mostly want to self feed.
Here are some stuff I feed her for lunch/dinner:
1) Carbo - Rice, Spaghetti, Macaroni, Rice Pasta, Brown Rice Pasta, Kway Tiao, Mee Sua, Bee Hoon
2) Meat - Minced Pork , Shredded Chicken, Fish (Cod and Threadfin)
3) Veg - Brocoli, Carrot, Cauliflower, Asparagus
Other things i do to get food into my girl. I give her a bowl and spoon and put just a few grains of rice or few strands of noodles etc to let her self feed. This way she won't make such a mess and her time will be occupied. And while she is occupied she will guai guai open her mouth and eat. For my girl the other thing is cannot give too big mouthfuls if not she tend to just keep the food in her mouth and then push everything out eventually. So small mouthfuls that she can swallow in one go.
I sometimes use my fingers to feed her too. For some reason she's a lot more willing to open her mouth.
I also trick her by pretending to eat one spoon then tell her it's her turn to eat. So she thinks she's eating the same food mummy is eating
Sometimes I 'tempt' her with whatever I'm eating then when she opens to take a bite, in goes her food.
Sometimes I also let her run around during mealtimes instead of forcing her to sit in the high chair. If I make her sit in her high chair she only eats 1-2 mouthfuls, if i let her run around and play she can finish the whole bowl.
Sometimes, my girl will also reject food for a couple of days but then she will be back to her 'usual' which is not eating much but not total rejection lah. So just observe yr girl and see how it goes the next few days.
You can check with yr PD about multivits which contain lysine. Lysine supposedly helps to boost appetite