To think this dinner is acceptable?

I'll have to check if it's a tattle one!

I'm not surprised with some of the comments on this thread.

What a bland beige meal to give a toddler!

My (imaginary) 2 year old has just had a bowl of candyfloss, some skittles and an energy drink. Much more colourful and balanced! 🤣

I think it's plenty of food but some vegetables or fruit might have been a good idea. My nearly 3yr old grandson has just eaten a largish portion of fish pie, he ignored most of his carrots and peas, but he had a whole banana and about ten raspberries. He then demanded some raisins... I'm just glad that I'm not responsible for his nappies at the moment!

8 pages on and no further posts from the op ..

Absolutely, if he’s eaten it and not asked for more. My 4 year old asks for cereal for dinner sometimes. I have a bowl of cereal for dinner sometimes. It’s ok not to have a ‘proper’ meal for dinner every night, sometimes we just don’t fancy it. Why doesn’t your husband do all the meal prep next week if he’s so worried ☺️

Also I try to buy the decent fish fingers. Fish fingers aren't necessarily UPF, the more expensive ones are often just fish, breadcrumbs, salt, and some oil. Some of the Birdseye ones aren't ultra-processed. Processed yes but unless you're eating raw fish you're processing it anyway.

I genuinely thought the "milled" gave it away 🤣

Maybe those "braying on about UPF" understand the harm that those kinds of foods are having on people. If they can be avoided mostly from when a child is young, and developing taste, it can only be in their best interest. That should not be sneered at.

Thank you. Can you freeze it?

Organic carrots, I hope!

Did she ask for you to reprogram her?

Anyone else laughing at the people going on like OP just said she gave her toddler a dirty kebab for tea?

It's fine OP.

@namechangeGOT

apologies 🌷

vegetarians are always slated/blamed on here & I misread (under caffeinated, over tired & shit eye sight Spec Savers can't seem to fix!! @OkPedro

Lovely faux innocence there. She was asking about quantities so if there'd been veg too she'd have said so wouldn't she? Say what you mean when you want to be critical and have the courage of your convictions.

I don't know what's worse on this thread, the unbearables braying on about UPF or the posters who can't tell the finely milled carrot breadcrumbs were not a serious suggestion.

And tweezered some micro-greens on as one of his 5-a-day?

Have to agree with most.
Quantity wise (which is what you are asking) no problem.
An occasional tea, amongst other more balanced meals? No problem.
'Typical tea' day after day - not great.

It's not a particularly healthy meal, but the amount is more than I usually manage to get in my similarly aged DC of an evening. I don't know how picky your DC is or what other issues are in there, but sometimes kids eat unhealthy food and sometimes they have weird diet preferences - mostly they work through them in time. We had a week recently where DC just wanted baked beans and fruit smoothies. That was literally all they would put in their mouth other than milk. Currently, they're all about veggie soup and cheese sandwiches. It'll be something else next week.

If you're struggling with meal options for picky DC, a thread in Parenting might get you some inspiration.

^STUPID COMMENT ALERT!!!

Ask the posters who have already commented about the lack of veg or 'why not an actual banana' who is/isn't vegetarian.

@AutumnLeaves24

^ LACK OF READING ABILITY ALERT!!!

I said Vegetation. 😊

No, not spot on. As I said earlier, ask the posters who have already brought up the lack of vegetables.... d put good money on far more meat eaters than vegetarians.

It sounds like that is enough food for a toddlers dinner. Offer him some fruit if he is still wanting to eat more OP. A banana is a good fruit to always have available. You have not asked if the meal was a nutritious meal, which is a totally different thing.

I think it's fine for an occasional dinner on busy nights yes. Mine have fish fingers sometimes. The steam bags of veg are really handy to have in freezer as you can just nuke them for a minute and then ready. We usually do fish fingers, potato wedges, and some carrots and peas from the steam bag.

Mind you, DD2's dinner has been a rice cake, an apple, a banana and some peanut butter as older sister and my DH are out, I've got work to finish and she is knackered after nurser so you're prob doing better than us by virtue of actually serving a meal.

The biggest concern is that you don't know if its acceptable. Do you try to feed him nutritionally balanced meals during the week, or are all "meals" comprised of something frozen, and fried, with carbs. or does he get vegetables and fruit?

Sorry, I'm going to be judgy. This meal has zero fresh/whole foods. All processed food, too much of it sugary (jaffa cakes, and the banana yogurt will have sugar in it too). No, it's not enough, though that isn't what your DH meant.

Substitute fresh fish (coated in breadcrumbs if your toddler is fussy), and potatoes and veg. And a banana and plain unsugared greek yogurt.