Invited for a bbq lunch today. One of the inviting couple popped out to get the saus and burgers this morning so ample opportunity to buy other bits
BBQ for adults and 2 and 6 yr olds consisted of
One plain beef burger in a bun
One plain sausage in a bun
Option of ketchup or no ketchup
Some crisps to nibble
No salad. Not a cherry tomato in sight. No limp shredded iceberg. No cucumber or carrot batons. No pickles, mustard, mayo, fried onions
Nothing else
We met at 10am, went to park, kids had ice creams and shared chips as a snack since bbq was going to be 2pm. We joked about unhealthy snacks, kids living the dream eating just this food. I had no idea lunch wouldn't be a bit healthier
When I asked if there was any fruit I got given about 10 grapes per child
The hosts are very comfortably off, money is not the issue
I'm just dumbfounded this was their planned meal
We offered to bring something, w were told no thanks
We host them here just as much and would make potato salad plus salads, cucumber etc. My DC2 won't eat any veg so we'd also have houmous for his veg content plus piles of berries for nibbles. And crisps
Really interested in how many people think this is an OK lunch for such young kids
For context we had to leave our house early, and we got back home after at 6.30pm, so not much opportunity for us to get healthy food into our kids either end of the day, this meal was the bulk of the days nutrition.
We brought car fruit, and I'm aware noone will get scurvy or die