To try and reduce waste only put a very small amount in front of the child, also this may help her feel less overwhelmed by foods that she isn't eager to try. If there are just 2 or 3 small spoonfuls of food and you offer her a reward like stickers or a sticker chart then maybe this would be an incentive for her and an easy goal if there are only 2 mouthfuls to get down for that reward. You could gradually increase the amount once her tastebuds adjust to your foods. The foods at home are just multilayered fats, sugar, salt and artificial flavours. No matter how good your cooking is, and I'm sure its great, it will always taste bland in comparisson to all those highly processed foods. You will create an either bigger problem if you give in to her. She won't starve. Eventually she will eat. I had a child barely eat for a good 8-10 weeks. It was infuriating but I persisted and very slowly it got better. I did however ask the parents to keep a food diary for me for a week. I told them it was so I could see what she eats and make something she is familiar with but it was simply so I could get a true understanding of the crap they were feeding her. She was 14months old basically only having pureed chicken and baby cereal together 2 meals a day and was still on a good 4 bottles a day. No wonder she wouldn't eat.