Guest guest Posted September 2, 2004 Report Share Posted September 2, 2004 , <quintmom@n...> wrote: > I agree with you to a point, Hadass. When you only have one or two kids, > what's the big deal of making something different for them after they have > tasted that which is served for the meal. BUT, when you have five picky > eaters and it's a continual struggle to find something they all want to eat, > then that becomes a problem. Just for the record, while I don't have five kids, I do have three. So I'm not talking about one or two. I prepare a meal for DH and myself, and then I prepare their three plates and put them on the table. There are certain commonalities in the " kid food " (as in, two will eat potatoes, two [different two] will eat noodles, all three will eat rice, etc.), so I'm not making three totally different meals for them. They also don't get to order what they like at the table - I do give some choices *before starting preparation*, but after that they have to stick with what they chose. I am also very hard on asking for something and not eating it. I admit that life is easier when there is overlap between what they eat and what we are eating, but who said life had to be easy? I am not nor do I have the time to be a > restaurant chef and give each person in my family what he or she wants. I > always make sure that there's something familiar in the meal that they like. Are there certain commonalities that you could exploit, as mentioned above? Although it sounds like you are doing that already. > If they don't like any of > what is on the table then there is always PB sandwiches (no J because then > it becomes too much like a sweet treat). If we are having something with > rice or some kind of pasta, I know they'll eat that. No it's not nutritious > but putting nutritional yeast on it (which my kids love to eat on things or > straight) ups the nutrients and I feel much better about it. In my house, there are only brown rice and whole wheat pasta available. Whenever they complain (after they've had the white stuff at somebody else's house), I tell them that when they start eating vegetables, I'll buy white rice and pasta 8-). Hasn't happened yet ... Be well, Hadass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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