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How about starting her off with home made pasta since she’ll eat canned?  Add vegetables— don’t hide them. Keep putting more variety in front of her.  I love making pasta with garlic, onions, fresh basil and a variety of vegetables and chicken or shrimp. If you see my last post about ravioli— you can stuff many great things in a ravioli and just use jarred sauce (get good quality all natural with low sugar count).  Soups are also good.  So if she doesn’t eat all the vegetables they are there—she is exposed to them & she’ll get some of their nutrients in the broth. Keep the fries away. 

Model for her; you should have her eat what you eat now.  Just cut it into small pieces and give her much smaller portions. 

Don’t give in to the tantrums— you’re the adult you have the control over what is purchased and prepared— and know what’s better for her.  You wouldn’t give in if she wanted to stick a cigarette in her mouth.  I know it sounds like a crazy analogy, but one cigarette isn’t going to hurt it’s the long term effects that are detrimental.  Same with unhealthy foods.  The major health issues people are having from bad eating habits can kill.

If you read some of my past posts I don’t give in to the whining and very rarely will I give different foods from what we’re serving.  I make my sons sit at the dinner table and tell them that’s what we’re having, ignoring the complaints as best I can.  Usually they come around to try it… then eat it.  On a rare occasion I have made a salad or given my son roasted beets but I keep the alternative healthy.  Won’t give them something sweet including yogurt until they’ve eaten more vegetable based food.  And yes, they’ve gone to bed hungry a couple of times because I’ve refused to give in— when I know they would like it but they would just prefer I served them something else.  I know they won’t starve from skipping one meal (they usually have a bigger breakfast) and it reinforces that I mean what I say.  

Keep strong and remember what you are doing is for your daughter’s long term health.