My nephew who is 4yrs old is coming for tea and an overnight stay tonight and we are having roasted lamb, mash & veg for our evening meal. Nephew is a notoriously picky eater and lives on alphabet chips, fish fingers and beans and refuses to try anything else.
My two, aged 5 and 2 eat most of what's put in front of them so im really thankful for that but put it down to liking lots of different foods ourselves.
Im feeling a bit anxious ahead. I dont really want to make a seperate meal for my nephew as my two won't eat theirs then and tbh im pregnant and cant be doing with faffing in the kitchen all afternoon. Also id like to try at least with tempting him with something different as his mum and dad are by their own admission very unadventurous and eat a lot of frozen stuff like pizza etc but i also dont want to get him stressed either.
Its not my job to expand his tastes really is it? So my question is really do i go against the grain and cook him his usual or do i leave him to it to eat or leave the meal we are all having?
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TheBreastmilksOnMe · 21/09/2013 15:20
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