to think there's nothing wrong with hoops on buttered toast for lunch?

[OstentatiousBreastfeeder]

It's not great, wholesome nutritious food is it. But it's nice, and comforting, and the weather's shit outside and they like it! And it's hardly a bucket of KFC.

Well, DH disagrees, and has just had a huff at me on the phone because I'm 'feeding the children crap all the time'

He's been on a health kick for the past month - homemade raw muesli for breakfast, the works. This has prompted a few discussions about the family's eating habits as a whole recently and he feels we could all do better. I agreed, and we've been reigning in the sugar, adding more veg etc.

But apparently these devil-hoops and the shepherd's pie I made for dinner last night are just a couple of examples of how I'm not really listening to his concerns. I don't really understand how a plate of homemade shepherd's pie and a pile of fresh veg doesn't constitute as at the very least wholesome food, but maybe I'm dead wrong.

So AIBU in thinking a can of spaghetti hoops on some buttered toast is the food of Gods?, along with a varied and healthy diet (aside from the plainly unhealthy shepherd's pie ), is perfectly fine, and that he needs to unbunch his Y-fronts?

Oh and bananas. He eats tons of them as if they are the elixir of youth.

I like bananas sometimes but only ripe ones. He would always eat those first and leave the green ones so I couldn't have one.

He said that he was just being tidy and kept forgetting that I'd leave bananas to get ripe.

We once had an enormous row over the last perfect speckled banana that I was saving and he'd gobbled without thinking.

It doesn't happen any more.

yanbu hoops on toast is fine for lunch, its what they eat over a few days that counts , if their diet is normally pretty healthy , veg , fruit, meat, fish and dairy then occasional sweets, crisps and hoops is no problem, and your husband is wrong about the shepherds pie , it's an almost perfectly balanced meal containing all food groups, kids need plenty of fat in their diet my kids eat a mixture of everything and they are slim and healthy , mash is the food of the gods LTB

Loving limited period and her laminated sheets!!

The Italians call dippy bread 'fare la scarpetta' which means 'to make the little shoe'.

It's not manners for the finest establishment but is perfectly okay elsewhere and positively encouraged to mop up every bit.

Amazing what's acceptable when it happens in foodie cultures, isn't it?

Op, I'm guessing for all your DHs 'healthy' eating it clearly isn't improving his mood if he's so nasty about what you feed your family. Has a doctor or dietician told him to make drastic changes to his diet? Are you, DH and the DC very overweight? If not, there is no need to follow what he says.

I can't see any problem with the shepherd's pie as that's a perfectly balanced, healthy meal. Hoops on toast is fine as an occasional treat and it's delicious

Did he eat the Sherperds Pie ?

Would your children eat beans on toast instead? Pretty similar but much more nutritionally balanced, spaghetti hoops have pretty much no nutritional value, you would probably be better off with kfc in terms of nutrients!

I think we're pretty healthy eaters round here - porridge and fruit every morning, loads of fish, veg, etc, but we've been having some fun this summer hols with saying #summerholidays #whattheheck #eatwhatyouwantwhenyouwant

It cracks DS up cos I am a) really old and b) a bit of a healthy food bore.

They have to learn how to eat a bit of stodge in moderation - and DS does notice when he eats too much of something junky that he feels a bit sick.
My sister and I used to love a baked potato with hoops, now there's a double carb from heaven.

I was under the impression that spuds are the main source of vit C in the UK diet.

Full of micronutrients.

Your DH would have an apoplectic fit at the Winter Mansion fare. I've just had a builders tea and crisp sandwich on white bread for my main meal.

I've never liked spaghetti hoops, but have fond childhood memories of ravioli on toast. Would I feed it to DD? Probably not. I'd prefer to give her beans on toast, as it is more nutritious.

I don't get his problem with shepherd's pie.

Thanks OP. Thanks a lot. I have had to send OH out for the ingredients for Cottage Pie now.

Tell your DH he can come here and make it himself

I'd be telling him he can do all the cooking from now on and watch as DCs turn their noses up in disgust

Well I don't know about you lot but I've had to go hunting for spaghetti hoops now as I really fancy them after this thread!

To the people who are saying that this sort of food is crap, shocking, dire etc etc I'd love to hear what you think of me. I have three children, the oldest two have a brilliant diet ie plenty of fruits and vegetables, lean meats, fish, wholewheats, whole grains etc etc and then there's my youngest child.

My ds has additional needs (ADHD/Gdd) and will, and does refuse 95%+ of the food I serve up, he's sensitive to textures and tastes and prefers to eat sloppy or crunchy foods. He lives on tinned meatballs, tinned ravioli, tomato soup, crackers and houmas, peanut butter on toast, cereals, the odd bit of fruit but absolutely no vegetables! I know it's not the same thing as someone who purposely chooses not to cook their children healthy food but just look it from my point of view and maybe you will realise that spaghetti bloody hoops aren't the work of the devil!

You just KNOW some hipster entrepreneur in That There London is setting up a Hoops On Buttered Toast emporium as we speak, don't you?

Jumping Thru Hoops
Hoop La La's
Land of Hoops & Glory
Cock A Hoops
Holà Hoops

Many vitamins are fat soluble. You need some fat in your diet in order to absorb vitamins, especially children, unless, of course they are obese, in which case they are eating too much fat!

Also, children shouldn't be eating loads of completely wholemeal bread, because it fills their stomachs with too much fibre, so they don't eat anything else. So there!

emmau123 would your DS eat tinned fruit/ vegetables? They count as your 5 a day, so carrots, potatoes, mushrooms, pears and peaches are softer. It must be difficult to cater for someone with sensory issues. Getting any food in must seem like a triumph

I'm Gene Hunt. Your DCI. And it's 1973. Nearly dinner time. I'm 'aving hoops.

If it's good enough for Gene Hunt then it's ok by me.

Nah he didn't eat it, had his own stuff he made. He's doing this 'clean eating' because he thinks he has some sort of IBS type thing, he's lovely and lean and toned and doesn't need to lose weight. We're all healthy weights.

He's apologised for being arsey on the phone and said he'll lighten up a bit. All good in the hood.

Apols to all of you currently eating hoops on toast and/or shepherd's pie due to the power of suggestion emanating from this thread

Ugne's looks hideoso!

I want to know what he thinks you should be serving up, apart from raw muesli obviously

wrong thread!

enjoy your hoops y'all!

If he has such an issue get him to cook! What a diva!

Emma my DS is similar with food. He's an ex prem who struggles to put on weight. He eats about five things including none of the things I would like him to eat. I have to give him a multi vitamin and let him get on with it. I can't make him eat. His diet would horrify many posters on this thread!

Jesus. I was brought up on spaghetti/beans/ravioli/Postman Pat shapes/cheese on toast pretty much EVERY lunchtime throughout my primary school life (and it wasn't butter on the toast, but Stork or similar) giving my age away! and I survived... Hell, I've even gone on to reproduce and occasionally feed my own DC the very same for their lunch, because they enjoy it and it's hardly like I'm shovelling heroin down their necks!