Is this a crap dinner?

[mumpatrol]

Currently juggling 3yo and a baby so not sure if I'm coming or going sometimes.
Randomly we were on the topic of dinners today and my friend commented that what my DS1 is having for dinner "isn't very good for him" and "is it just one of those weeks?" She is very into everything organic and made from scratch so I don't know if she's a bit OTT to say it or if she has a point.

He's having red pesto pasta with peas and chicken breast.
Yesterday he had a chicken drumstick with cous cous, tomatoes and carrot sticks (carrots are his favourite).
Tomorrow he's having cottage pie with carrots, onion and cauliflower in with the beef sauce and with sweet potato on top rather than regular potatoes.

Through the day he will snack on stuff like rice cakes, fruit or yogurt. The occasional digestive. His favourite lunchtime snack is buttered toast, cheese, lots of cucumber and will usually ask for either a banana or some other fruit.

AIBU to think it's not too bad?

Well my D.C. are all teenagers, and have been raised on a similar diet...they seem quite healthy, especially compared to their peers.

We have had pizza and ice cream evenings, and organic home made veg soup...and I'd never come to on what other people feed their DC.

Although I did once tell my best friend she should give her DC organic milk

Unless you are completely clueless you are aware your child’s diet is fine and you are just fishing for compliments. What I find amazing is that being a parent is not a new phenomenon and feeding our loved ones goes back since time began, we know what’s good and what’s bad surely, why all the fuss. Picky eaters come from fussy parents. They are not In charge.

Why are you all entertaining this nonsense?

This

The issue is not the food- it is your friend choice.

Did she tilt her head while asking you if it was "one of those weeks"?

Patronising mare

When I had newborn my lot lived off beans and cheese on toast!

God no she sounds totally bizarre, sounds lovely to me! What do her kids eat?!

red pesto, cous cous , sweet potato "Is this bad food"

Mumsnet is such a parallel universe. Or I have doubts about this thread.

Complete tangent here, but I can confirm the mini McFlurry is a much better ratio of ice cream to topping. I may have been out to get one two earlier

My sister is the same with her baby, completely fussy and feeds her only 'real' food which means no tap water (only filtered), gluten, cows milk or cheese & absolutely no sugar besides fruit, no crisps either

Hasn't stopped her from getting sick and costs a bomb at the organic shops and market.

Meanwhile, we all grew up with the cheapest of convenience foods, we all ate our body weight in pot noodle as kids, ate all the full-fat foods and had junk food and ice cream and takeaways and we are all fine. More than fine - apart from the flu once or twice a year!

Hmm it's not too bad. Add some Findus Crispy Pancakes (not the horse meat ones) and fish fingers (battered, not the ones with toxic orange breadcrumbs) for variety.