Make it fun. Children like meals with familiar foods in different shapes and colors. Use this to get your child to try new and old foods prepared in different ways. Serve a new food with favorite foods to encourage acceptance. Set a good example.
Children are very observant.
Practice what you preach and eat the new food yourself. Let your child explore the new food. However, if you allow your child to look at the food, touch it and smell it, eventually it may end up in his or her mouth. Don't force your child to eat a new food. Also, don't use food as a reward.