To give my DDs this for dinner? Pic attached

[EverythingsEasy]

I know it’s nothing bad on their plate but it’s not a hot meal and i don’t know much about nutrition. I know there is obviously veg, whole meal bread which i know is better. Then tuna which I’m sure is healthy and olives etc.

My DDs love this sort of meal with lots of different things on their plate and ask me to give them this often but I feel lazy giving them something that hardly requires any prep.

Is this nutritious enough for an evening meal?

YABU - I shouldn’t be giving them that for dinner

YANBU - it’s perfectly fine

We call it nibbly tea in our house, and it's everyone's favourite! Perfectly fine, OP, kids are happy and fed, it's a break from cooking for you!

It's fine , plenty of nutrition in that and the temperature doesn't matter.

My kids had half a tin of tomato soup and a bit of white bread tonight. I usually feed them decent food but we were late home and they like it. Not even slightly concerned about it.

@ArtemisOfOrtygia

"I'm sorry, but tinned tuna and processed meat is not healthy in any way, shape or form"

What utter bollocks you're spouting. You're making it sound like the OP is feeding her children polystyrene and pebbles for their dinner.

Why isn' tinned tuna at all healthy 'in any way shape or form' in your opinion?

That looks so good to me right now. I’m clearly craving/lacking nutrients

Tinned tuna is usually high in mercury, and processed meat is full of chemicals. I didn't think I'd have to explain why processed meat is shit, lol.

In my opinion, feeding your children a shit diet of carbs and processed meat is indeed child abuse. It's parents' responsibility to educate themselves on true nutrition, and feed their children food that are actually healthy for them. No wonder the Brits are getting increasingly fat, mentally ill and unhealthy. If this is what is considered a healthy and balanced diet in the UK, you are deluded.

Also, if we even entertain the idea that tinned tuna and processed meat is healthy, there's barely anything of it on the pictured plate. It's like one tablespoon of tuna (mixed with mayo and corn, mind you, so only half a tablespoon of tuna in reality) and one thin slice of meat. How is that going to fill your children up, honestly?

This is such a classic mumsnet post:

OP - is this perfectly normal, reasonably healthy and balanced meal OK for my DC?

Replies:

-it’s ok but couldn’t you add some chia seeds and spouted greens?

yes my child gets food like that, once a month but it’s ok as they eat lentils and kale the rest of the time

-I fed that to my DC once, when I was fresh out of quinoa and organic veg box didn’t show up

If you was really concerned about you wouldn't put it on here

in any way, shape or form

Off topic, but I hate this phrase. It’s not healthy ‘in any way’ would suffice. ‘Shape’ and ‘form’ add nothing to your point.

@ArtemisOfOrtygia

Well, I guess you are right, there must be poisonous level's of Mercury in tinned Tina, because it's been banned world-wide as it's a health risk, and provides zero nutritional.....

Oh wait ....
You're mental

I wouldn’t say poisonous but there is definite guidance to eat tuna in moderation due to high levels of mercury.

But it doesn't mean that tinned tuna has zero nutritional value

We call that 'platter' in our house. V popular and I reckon reasonably healthy.

That’s true.

Meals like that were (actually still are, she’s now 17!) dd’s favourite.

We used to call them ‘bitser plate’ which she misheard when young and promptly named ‘bits of plate’. It’s still known as bits of plate now 😁

Better than hot chicken nuggets and chips!