Main meals - do your kids eat what you do?

tiamai_d

Emily_Hall08 wrote: »

That's what we have and it's fine! To be honest if it was in the kitchen I wouldn't like sitting at it so much, because I don't like the kitchen!

PLUS, if it was in the kitchen you would sit eating your dinner looking at the dishes!!

It has worked out better than I thought t would and I wish I had doen it years ago, the kids eat better sitting at a table than sitting with dinner on their laps.

Actually looking at new houses right now and debating, dining kitchen or dining lounge???

Oh, and we have a dog who is shut in the kitchen while we eat....

Spendless

oystercatcher wrote: »

When we booked our wedding reception a few years ago we had a set menu consisting of either chicken or salmon and all the extras, there was a starter and dessert etc etc . There were 25 adults and 3 children. The wedding organiser kept on and on...what are the children going to have ? She couldn't seem to grasp the fact that they were having the same as everyone else !!

I couldn't invite my family to a wedding and then feed their children on chicken nuggets and beans. This wedding organiser in a fairly posh hotel seemed to think that was the norm !

The children came , they ate the same as everyone else and were fine. They're not a different species after all.

Oystercatcher

We were invited to a wedding this year. The reception was held at a posh hotel and the kids meal was chicken nuggest and chips with baked beans. The brides sister told us that the kids meals had cost £9.50 a head.:eek: My 5yo was quite happy with the kids meal so were all the other children except my 8yo son, who asked if he could have the roast beef dinner instead. They were able to do this as my FIL hadn't been able to attend at the last minute.

To answer the question do we all eat the same and at the same time- it depends, hubby is sometimes home late or working away and there's no pattern to this. DS goes to cubs so needs to eat earlier on that day than hubby gets in from work. We like fajitas and hotter curries and the kids don't. DH doesn't like lasagne, so I tend to work various different meal choices into the days when we wouldn't be eating together anyway.

bulchy

We all eat together as much as we can, I work twighlight shift and the OH does 3 x 12 hour night shifts, so theres only 4 main meals that we can realistically eat together, some times less. I always prepare meals they can re-heat when they want them, the kids eat together, oh takes his to work to eat.On the nights that the oh and 2 kids (18 and 14 years) eat together, they will have something I dont like (usually something with prawns as I hate them) but we mostly all eat the same meals. I'm lucky that my kids will eat almost anything put in front of them, and they love there veggies and roast dinners, as long as I dont go over board and cook too many 'dinners' in one week. We always eat at the table as well, the kids cant believe it when there friends say they eat in front of the tv.
I was once amazed when we went round the oh's sisters house one christmas day and they had eaten there christmas dinner in front of the tv, the kids were both under10 year old (ours and hers), and my 2 thought it was shocking, as they love the whole setting the table all posh etc. I'm glad there like this, its the way me and the oh were brought up and hasnt done us any harm.

Sue

foreversomeday

My mum has a dining table in her (small) living room and is definitely nothing like Pauline from Eastenders!!

We don't have room in our living room for a dining table... I made OH get the old scabby table out of the garage to put in the kitchen though and he is promising to clean it up before LO starts on solids as I am fed up of sitting in front of the telly :rotfl:

He's not old enough yet for me to answer the poll but I don't see why he shouldn't eat what we do. Like someone else said why make more washing up? I don't cook different meals for my OH, unless we are having a ready meals/leftovers night. I am looking forward to LO starting to eat proper food though as I love fish but OH hates it and I never feel like cooking two separate meals for one. He can have pizza as I am allergic to cheese!

katiekittykat

Well i have no children - but when i was a child my mum fed my brother and I the same meal that she would be eating with my dad - if we didn't eat it like it it was tough as we wouldn't be made anything else - therefore we usualy ate it.

Never did us any harm as now neither my brother or i are fussy eaters.

superstarjeans

Just wondered what OH stands for? Can you tell I'm new...?!

galvanizersbaby

superstarjeans wrote: »

Just wondered what OH stands for? Can you tell I'm new...?!

It's 'other half' Superstar

I usually cook a variation of what I'm having for my 2 children during the working week and then we will all have the same or similar Sat and then roast on Sunday as we all like that.
My DD (4 years) and I lean more towards strong flavours (i.e. mousaka, curry, chinese, pasta) etc.. where my DS (6 years) prefers meat and 2 veg - however he is a dustbin and will eat anything but if we are having something particularly flavoursome I tend to grill him a chicken breast and microwave a potato while I am cooking our curry.

I don't really see the point in forcing mine to eat food they don't like but then again in my son's case there really isn't much he won't eat so no need.
My DD doesn't like mushrooms but eats most veg - it's never really bothered me tbh - she eats well so I am happy for her not to have the things she really doesn't like as long as she tries first.:D

Poppy9

Emily_Hall08 wrote: »

Try suggesting they make/help you make something new? They'll soon get ideas.

OH "cooked" today his speciality - toasted cheese sandwiches:D

OH can only make egg sarnies, beans or cheese on toast and toasted sarnies. His toasted sarnies are the best though and I bought him a new 4 sandwich maker a couple of weeks ago. We were all tired after arriving home from holiday in the early hours this morning and the only fresh food we had was a loaf of bread and some cheese so sarnies it was in front of the TV watching Britannia High in our PJs!

DD doesn't like cooking at all. As a young child she loved making cakes but now she just turns up to lick the bowl and test the results!

Only me and DD for a meal tomorrow night as OH working so while composing my shopping list asked DD if there is anything special she fancied after a week of eating out. Reply: mmmmmmmmmmmmh no!

elainew

Get your kids cooking. My 4 year old dd is brilliant at chopping veg--and yes i give her a sharp knife ( with supervision). She loves helping and is able to assist now in the kitchen.
I think half the battle with kids is they presume food comes out of the freezer and not that potatoes actually come out of the soil, meat is from an animal etc.
My dd is a fab eater--her favourites being asparagus and green beans and i think its due to her helping us cook.

tarajayne

My kids always eat what we eat, and are always willing to try anything new. If they try and and don't like it no problem. I work in a school though and you would be horrified at some of the diets. The packed lunches some kids have are awful. Choc spread sandwiches, crisps and 3 choc bars. Real brain food!!!