I'm not sure anyone can help me with this but it might help me to vent.
DS 14 is so hard to please in terms of food. I'm beginning to hate putting food on the table and I always used to love cooking.
We're not the most straightforward family. DD and I eat fish but not meat. I don't really eat carbs (although I don't think the kids notice but it makes meals a bit more complex to plan -totally my issue though I accept). DD eats most of the things I cook although has her favourites, as we all do. DH eats anything and is grateful and appreciative - thank goodness for him.
DS is incredibly fussy. He eats meat but is picky about what sort. He gets meat a couple of times a week and I also buy meat for him to put in sandwiches. I don't cook meat but his dad does so he can have it as a roast, with pasta etc. He won't eat anything I would describe as vegetarian - ie he doesn't like pulses, lentils, vegetable based dishes. He'll eat a veg sausage at a push and quorn. He is fussy about fish - will eat a piece of fish pan fried or roasted but hates things in sauces. He loves takeaways of course - pizza and chicken tikka although I am currently cooking a fish korma which he's turned his nose up at.
I just find it so bloody time consuming trying to make a meal we can all sit down and eat. Food is important to me and sitting down sharing meals is something I want us to do. Any suggestions or can you reassure me it's just a phase and his taste buds are maturing?
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Food issues with DS worse now he's a teen than when he was little - please tell me it is a phase
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pollycazalet · 09/07/2014 19:21
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