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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Apr 26, 2017 15:50:06 GMT -5
My dad is like that. He declares anything outside of those parameters "nasty" without ever having tried it. Drives me batty, but I don't have to live with him. My BIL is proud of the fact that he doesn't eat vegetables. Well, besides french fries but it never occurs to him that potatoes are vegetables. He said it several times last time he was in town and in front of every small child in the family. I'd guess he weighs 350-400 easily. Hoping every kid became a vegetarian after that.
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Post by swamp on Apr 26, 2017 15:54:19 GMT -5
My BIL is proud of the fact that he doesn't eat vegetables. Well, besides french fries but it never occurs to him that potatoes are vegetables. He said it several times last time he was in town and in front of every small child in the family. I'd guess he weighs 350-400 easily. Hoping every kid became a vegetarian after that. that might convince me to be vegan.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Apr 26, 2017 15:54:25 GMT -5
My BIL is proud of the fact that he doesn't eat vegetables. Well, besides french fries but it never occurs to him that potatoes are vegetables. He said it several times last time he was in town and in front of every small child in the family. I'd guess he weighs 350-400 easily. Hoping every kid became a vegetarian after that. I'd love it but there would have to be some miracle for that to happen. My DD thinks he's a moron. As far as what my kids eat, to borrow an answer from them that I often get when I ask for dinner suggestions: food.
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Post by swamp on Apr 26, 2017 15:55:09 GMT -5
Hoping every kid became a vegetarian after that. I'd love it but there would have to be some miracle for that to happen. My DD thinks he's a moron. As far as what my kids eat, to borrow an answer from them that I often get when I ask for dinner suggestions: food. Your DD appears to be quite observant.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Apr 26, 2017 15:58:43 GMT -5
I'd love it but there would have to be some miracle for that to happen. My DD thinks he's a moron. As far as what my kids eat, to borrow an answer from them that I often get when I ask for dinner suggestions: food. Your DD appears to be quite observant. I taught her well. And kept her out of the middle of all the stupidity as best as I could when she was little. Most of my in laws aren't all that food smart. Or regular smart, but I digress. My other BIL likes about 4 foods and if you invite him over with every intention of feeding him (& he knows it) chances are still good he'll go get something at McD's. I do refuse to cook one of the 4 things he'll eat, so he can take a chance or be a big baby. I won't cater to a grown adult like that.
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Post by swamp on Apr 26, 2017 16:03:09 GMT -5
Your DD appears to be quite observant. I taught her well. And kept her out of the middle of all the stupidity as best as I could when she was little. Most of my in laws aren't all that food smart. Or regular smart, but I digress. My other BIL likes about 4 foods and if you invite him over with every intention of feeding him (& he knows it) chances are still good he'll go get something at McD's. I do refuse to cook one of the 4 things he'll eat, so he can take a chance or be a big baby. I won't cater to a grown adult like that. Fries, burgers, beer, and fried chicken?
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Apr 26, 2017 16:11:01 GMT -5
I taught her well. And kept her out of the middle of all the stupidity as best as I could when she was little. Most of my in laws aren't all that food smart. Or regular smart, but I digress. My other BIL likes about 4 foods and if you invite him over with every intention of feeding him (& he knows it) chances are still good he'll go get something at McD's. I do refuse to cook one of the 4 things he'll eat, so he can take a chance or be a big baby. I won't cater to a grown adult like that. Fries, burgers, beer, and fried chicken? I don't remember anymore, but I'm sure chili and spaghetti are 2 of them. This one doesn't drink (most of them don't oddly) so there's space for something in there with the fried chicken. I'm sure they both have fries and mashed potatoes and mac and cheese very regularly. ETA: I'm sure the "mashed potatoes" are out of a box.
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Post by andi9899 on Apr 26, 2017 16:11:38 GMT -5
My dad is like that. He declares anything outside of those parameters "nasty" without ever having tried it. Drives me batty, but I don't have to live with him. At least DH will try it, but probably won't like it.
His favorite meal is browned hamburger with onions and boiled potatoes, covered with ketchup.
That's disgusting.
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Post by HoneyBBQ on Apr 26, 2017 16:25:36 GMT -5
We just don't have ccokies/chips/junk in the house. I do 90% of the grocery shopping so none of that stuff would ever get to our house. Maybe that makes it easier.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2017 16:47:58 GMT -5
I swear some of it is body chemistry and even personality- I have 4 siblings and one brother is a meat- and-potatoes guy. Most of his adult life, he brought PB&J sandwiches to work for lunch. When he traveled to Asia on business, SIL would include cellophane-wrapped peanut-butter-and-cheese cracker sandwiches when she packed his bags. The other four of us eat pretty much anything. DH wouldn't eat mushrooms and i know some people have problems with certain textures- lumpy mashed potatoes, etc. My own son was always pretty good with food- he ate a lot of canned/processed growing up because the Ex couldn't stand the mess or smells of cooking and would complain up and down the whole time I made anything. Now both he and I are enthusiastic cooks and pretty much clean eaters. DGD is an interesting little character. DS and DDIL were VERY conservative about introducing her to junky foods. I've always made sure to ask before offering her any (luckily she can't spell yet!). She's 3 now and eats almost everything- mushrooms, vegetables, yogurt, etc.- very easy to take her to a good restaurant and share what we order with her unless it's too spicy. Her main "dislike" is soup. She's OK with a fork and spoon but really prefers eating with her hands. Being Grandma, I get a bit of a break and if I take her out and bring her home with Chee-tos or pizza on her breath, they're OK with that. What's interesting is that even though she loves the junky stuff, she doesn't scarf it down- she eats it as slowly and delicately as anything else and doesn't go overboard on quantity. I don't think she's had anything fizzy except for club soda-I let her have some of mine when she was a year old (parents said it was OK) and she looked positively bewildered when she encountered the bubbles but then reached for more. We're all different! Oh, and we make big batches and then freeze them because of course they're safe from being eaten quickly when they're in the freezer. We once lived in a rented house with a deep freeze and Mom would make dozens and dozens of cookies and freeze what we didn't eat right away. Somehow the inventory always shrank.
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Apr 26, 2017 17:08:54 GMT -5
We just don't have ccokies/chips/junk in the house. I do 90% of the grocery shopping so none of that stuff would ever get to our house. Maybe that makes it easier. that's about 90% of the solution, in my opinion.
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Post by swamp on Apr 26, 2017 17:12:12 GMT -5
We just don't have ccokies/chips/junk in the house. I do 90% of the grocery shopping so none of that stuff would ever get to our house. Maybe that makes it easier. that's about 90% of the solution, in my opinion. He goes to the store too. I can't stop him from buying it.
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Apr 26, 2017 17:13:59 GMT -5
that's about 90% of the solution, in my opinion. He goes to the store too. I can't stop him from buying it. I meant for kids not eating crap and snacks, not your dh. Sorry Swamp.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2017 17:54:12 GMT -5
He goes to the store too. I can't stop him from buying it. Yep. My brother never had a cavity and then when my parents let him drive himself back and forth to basketball practice he started buying a bag of candy on the way home. It had an immediate effect on his dental health. Mom was a great baker- she tapered off when it was just her and Dad since they didn't need the fat or the calories, but still made cookies at Christmas and pies with one of my nieces for family gatherings. Now I marvel that we managed to stay normal weight and healthy when there was nearly always fresh cake or cookies in the house, but we were very active, we had to share among 5 kids, and Mom didn't use preservatives, high-fructose corn syrup, whey protein and unpronounceable chemicals in her baking.
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Post by whoisjohngalt on Apr 26, 2017 17:59:48 GMT -5
I don't buy junk but a lot of times I wish I did bc my kids seem to be hungry ALL.THE.TIME and it would be soooo easy to give them a bag of pretzels or chips or crackers.
They don't like dips for the most part and I am running out of snack food ideas.
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Post by MJ2.0 on Apr 26, 2017 18:13:56 GMT -5
I do buy things like Goldfish, Multigrain tortilla chips and pretzels for packed lunches. I did get DS little thermos so I can pack him leftovers as lunch. Tonight there aren't any, so he will probably get a cheese stick, deli ham, pretzels/Goldfish and fruit for lunch tomorrow. And yes I'm a bad mommy and pack juice for DS, but I only get the reduced sugar kind. I know no juice is better, but besides OJ he only gets juice in his lunch. At home it's milk or water.
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Post by quince on Apr 26, 2017 18:21:45 GMT -5
Ooh. Animal crackers. We get the Costco containers of animal crackers. He asks for six when he gets in the car in the afternoon. I bought Cheetos for J once, had some in a plastic bag for a picnic, and he thought they were baby carrots and asked for them repeatedly. He still liked them when he found out they were Cheetos, but I bought carrots next time.
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Post by mcsangel2 on Apr 26, 2017 19:25:51 GMT -5
I could totally eat pizza every day, <sigh> but I don't. I limit it to once a week. I grew up on frozen Totinos pizzas and mac and cheese. My mom would fill the freezer with those Party Pizzas and I'd make myself dinner. When my mom went back to work when I was 10 (night shift at the hospital), it was on my dad to make dinner. Kraft mac and cheese and (kinda burnt) ground round.
I am 100% with you on the party pizzas. They were a staple when I was in high school. Ah, the memories.
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Post by Poptart on Apr 26, 2017 21:16:17 GMT -5
My boyfriend did not eat fast food until he was a teenager, his folks are super clean eaters, to the point that when he was a baby they made him his own baby food rather than buying it. My boyfriend is still super good about eating vegetables- he is not a chip or fast food guy but he has a sweet tooth and a slight soda addiction :/
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Post by Lizard Queen on Apr 26, 2017 21:31:48 GMT -5
Well my plan was to pick up a rotisserie chicken for dinner. Then I realized DS's coach might want the kids to show up 1/2 hour early to warm up like they did on Saturday. Then I realized there isn't a whole lot of time between 4:30, and 5:30. Then I remembered this thread, and that Mickey D's was an option....
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Post by whoisjohngalt on Apr 26, 2017 22:37:39 GMT -5
I do buy things like Goldfish, Multigrain tortilla chips and pretzels for packed lunches. I did get DS little thermos so I can pack him leftovers as lunch. Tonight there aren't any, so he will probably get a cheese stick, deli ham, pretzels/Goldfish and fruit for lunch tomorrow. And yes I'm a bad mommy and pack juice for DS, but I only get the reduced sugar kind. I know no juice is better, but besides OJ he only gets juice in his lunch. At home it's milk or water. I am a very cheap mommy. 6 cavities on 2 kids!!! And insurance didn't cover any of that gas stuff! And dentist was doing one cavity at a time, so I had to pay OOP for gas 6 times!!! I don't know if it was bc of juice or not, but no way in hell I am taking chances. I also feel that since I am not working and not packing their daily lunches, I should be able to do without crackers and pretzels, but I am sooooo out of ideas!!
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Post by whoisjohngalt on Apr 26, 2017 22:38:49 GMT -5
Well my plan was to pick up a rotisserie chicken for dinner. Then I realized DS's coach might want the kids to show up 1/2 hour early to warm up like they did on Saturday. Then I realized there isn't a whole lot of time between 4:30, and 5:30. Then I remembered this thread, and that Mickey D's was an option.... You just made me laugh out loud, literally.
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Apr 26, 2017 22:50:38 GMT -5
Well my plan was to pick up a rotisserie chicken for dinner. Then I realized DS's coach might want the kids to show up 1/2 hour early to warm up like they did on Saturday. Then I realized there isn't a whole lot of time between 4:30, and 5:30. Then I remembered this thread, and that Mickey D's was an option.... we ended up tossing frozen pizza in the oven.
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Post by andi9899 on Apr 26, 2017 22:51:20 GMT -5
I don't buy junk but a lot of times I wish I did bc my kids seem to be hungry ALL.THE.TIME and it would be soooo easy to give them a bag of pretzels or chips or crackers. They don't like dips for the most part and I am running out of snack food ideas. Veggies, string cheese, fruit, wheat thins, dried fruit, I'm sure I'll think of more later.
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Post by Sharon on Apr 26, 2017 23:01:05 GMT -5
I don't buy junk but a lot of times I wish I did bc my kids seem to be hungry ALL.THE.TIME and it would be soooo easy to give them a bag of pretzels or chips or crackers. They don't like dips for the most part and I am running out of snack food ideas. Veggies, string cheese, fruit, wheat thins, dried fruit, I'm sure I'll think of more later. In addition to andi9899 suggestions DD loved carrot sticks, green pepper slices, jicama, Cherry tomatoes. If it is cleaned and ready to go in the fridge then it would get eaten. Dried Apricots and craisins are a favorite for dried fruit.
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Post by whoisjohngalt on Apr 26, 2017 23:10:56 GMT -5
I don't buy junk but a lot of times I wish I did bc my kids seem to be hungry ALL.THE.TIME and it would be soooo easy to give them a bag of pretzels or chips or crackers. They don't like dips for the most part and I am running out of snack food ideas. Veggies, string cheese, fruit, wheat thins, dried fruit, I'm sure I'll think of more later. Yep, we do all of that, except wheat thins. Yes! think of more stuff!!
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Post by saveinla on Apr 26, 2017 23:53:52 GMT -5
Check out the Sargento balanced snacks combinations and see if you can do a mix like that - those are good combos - cheese cubes with nuts and dried fruit or some chocolate etc.
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Post by zibazinski on Apr 27, 2017 4:19:20 GMT -5
I don't buy junk but a lot of times I wish I did bc my kids seem to be hungry ALL.THE.TIME and it would be soooo easy to give them a bag of pretzels or chips or crackers. They don't like dips for the most part and I am running out of snack food ideas. Veggies, string cheese, fruit, wheat thins, dried fruit, I'm sure I'll think of more later. Not dried fruit. Sticks to teeth. Also make sure it's just fruit no added sugar or you might as well eat fruit roll ups
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Apr 27, 2017 5:55:14 GMT -5
Check out the Sargento balanced snacks combinations and see if you can do a mix like that - those are good combos - cheese cubes with nuts and dried fruit or some chocolate etc. there is at least one other company besides Sargento doing these too.
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Post by lurkyloo on Apr 27, 2017 6:16:19 GMT -5
DS pretty much won't eat veggies (except corn) unless they're mixed in with something else. So I do broccoli-cheddar mini quiches and fried rice regularly (Trader Joe's has a pretty good veggie-to-rice ratio and good variety). Breakfast is eggs, wheat toast, or oatmeal, sometimes with bacon, occasionally pancakes or waffles with syrup. Dinner is a rotation among fried rice, quiches, taco/brown rice/cheese, spaghetti (homemade marinara), rice pilaf, or mac and cheese; most of those have grilled chicken thrown in. I rotate whole wheat pasta and the regular stuff, since the regular stuff is enriched. Occasionally I'll throw in corn or peas. Lunch is yogurt, banana, a tub of strawberries/blueberries/raspberries, and an entree from leftover dinner. Or sometimes a turkey and cheese sandwich on whole wheat. Crackers and string cheese are popular, and sometimes he gets pineapple or watermelon or grapes, or cereal or granola bars. I honestly don't worry too much about fat levels-ya gotta get calories from somewhere. And I should worry more about salt probably. I'd like to reduce the carbohydrate level, but I tend to run out of energy before I get as far as implementing it. I don't prohibit him from drinking juice, but I don't buy it for him either He'll occasionally demand some of our cola but doesn't get a lot of it...cookies or chocolate are occasional, but he'll rarely eat more than a whole cookie or two pieces of chocolate. I just about decked my coworker when I was complaining about how much DS hates to go to sleep and coworker told me there's a ton of sugar in milk and maybe that's my problem. He's right, there is. I'm still not willing to cut back on milk. We're terrible role models. DH is proud that he will eat corn and salad and no other form of veggies. I like veggies but wind up not eating official dinner most nights. Not at all sure I had an official lunch yesterday either
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