Oh Swoop, I can feel your frustration with this issue through your post -

I think just offering her foods that you know she should be having/recommended is a great idea. That way you are still doing BLS but just guiding her with the goods to try. THere's nothing wrong with that, it's like if a japanese person did BLS, the baby would get lots of rice whereas in a western society, rice would most likely only be a sometimes food. I know you said you don't like feeding sausage etc but what about doing meat based meals with the meat a bit hidden. Maybe that goes against BLS too. My best suggestion would be home made sausage rolls. They are really easy and you just use puff pastry and put whatever you want with the mince. I do spinach, ricotta and mince ones and then roll, cook and we love them. I actually haven't tried them on DD yet..........but I've been thinking about it. You could even make them really fun shapes for her to get more interested/involved.

The whole BLS thing is supposed to be easy, please remember that. Try not to overthink it and trust your DD. The pead might have been surprised by her low weight but with these allergies being diagnosed, I think BLS is even more important now than before as babies tend to know what they can and can't eat instinctively.

Ooohhh and I just had a thought - tonight for dinner we gave DD some taco mince with kidney beans and DH said she picked the kidney beans out and ate them. I think beans are a really good source of protein/iron as well so maybe try that?

You are doing an amazing job.