to be shocked by the way this family eats?

[lotney]

A friend told me about a woman she knows who has 3 year old twins and a 2 year old. Her husband works away for long periods of time. She doesn't cook while he's away - the children eat freezer food like fish fingers, chicken nuggets etc and she has ready meals. When he's home he cooks, but when he's away they just eat things from the oven for convenience.

I can't begin to imagine what life is like with 3 under 3 but surely preparing fresh food at least occasionally is important for nutrition and learning about food? I find it really odd and a bit sad.

What exactly is wrong with fish fingers??

Im always a bit wtf at these remarks and think, well you wouldnt like my way of cooking then! Fish fingers are a weekly must here, along with sausages and scrambled egg on toast! All served up with some form of veg. Wednesday is meat and 3 veg day as its the day I have time/energy to be faffed with it. We eat our 5 a day, have grains and fruit etc .... Is that really that bad??

gone a bit Pete tong.love that expression
I don't have the sarf Ldn accent for it
would sound too weird in Scottish accent
like Pete tong saying gonnae nae do that

Yes fallen petal it is unacceptable!!
closes door on freezer full of fish fingers and sausages and hides the takeaway menus

OOOOOo tantrums - thanks for pointing that out, Ill not top up the leccy meter this week then and buy some meat I wont be to cook as ill have no leccy

Phew. I thought from the OP that this woman bad mother was feeding her brood frozen stuff direct from the freezer, ie without cooking it! DD likes frozen peas & sweetcorn still frozen and has survived to age 18 so far

can I just say... cauliflower cheese tastes a million times better if you use frozen cauliflower rather than unfrozen.

Frozen veg also has more nutrition than most "fresh" veg which has been sprayed with preservative or sat in a warehouse or on a shop floor for days.

As long as your broccoli is not frozen, then you will be fine, apparently you are silly to think YOU know what you can afford, you must chop broccoli in the dark, that's much more sensible. Personally I prefer heat and light but I'm a crap parent who feeds her kids devils food :(

i often dont cook for my DD, she will have a tin of fish and some peppers, so what?

Well Tantrums, we can pretty much all be crap parents together then!

Mind your own business! You're right , you have no idea what it's like to have 3 under 3. My twins are 3 and baby is just 1. I worked my arse off doing exactly what bloody Annabel Karmel said to do but my babies turned overnight into the world's fussiest eaters. Despite my greatest efforts their diet consists mainly of crap because I would rather they eat anything than starve!

Mums like you just make mums like me feel like shit.

Awww mummyinamuddle (((hugs)))

Just remember that your kids tummys are the same size as their fists - when you look at it that way it doesnt take much to fill - that really helped me put some perspective on my dd who ate nothing but chicken,carrots and cheese (it seemed) from the age of 2 - 6!

Add up the pot of yogurt here & the stick of carrot there & you'll realise that they are getting what they need.

This broccoli war is hilarious but in truth posters were already frothing about frozen vegetables before I asked about the point of frozen broccoli

maryz - do you care to point out in what way - and please quote - have I been judgmental?

I think a lot of people get their knickers in a twist at anyone daring to question the wisdom of their choices.

Don't feel bad mummy it was me she was getting at.

Anyhoo, what does me not having insurance have to do with this?

Broccoli most days??

Do you get a discount for buying in bulk?

Seriously, there's a whole world of vegetables out there- live a little

Marianne you have been judgemental all the way through the thread!

It's not really hilarious,is it. The broccoli wars. More, faintly amusing when it's raining and you're trapped indoors.

You cannot question the wisdom of another's choices if you are vastly removed from their lifestyle and situation.

It's like thinking about making bread? You either do it you don't, its not a hobby for most of us.

I make bread because a bag of flour is 60 pence. That would make over 60 bread rolls.

It achieves very little nutritionally and it certainly doesn't save time. But it saves me money.

My dd literally lived on ham boiled eggs and baked beans for 18 months, as long as food is going in, its all good.
My brother ate everything going when he was small, now he eats pizza...and pizza(he's 32 btw!)

Mummymuddle - I spent 2 years of my life surviving on different form of potato (my mum got very creative!). I was a healthy child and I am a healthy adult. I have grown out of my fussiness and will eat most things now.

DS has been quite fussy at home but at nursery and now school he eats everything he's offered. This is starting to improve the variety he is willing to eat at home. You might find that will help with yours too.

I'm sure your kids are just fine - but just remember it is a phase and there is more to being a good parent than feeding them organic, home cooked meals twice a day!

Marianne, you might want to re read your previous threads if you don't think you are judgmental?!?