AIBU to think this dinner was not junk food?

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My youngest sister is 15 weeks pregnant with her PFB and I find myself having to bite my tongue constantly with the nonsense she is spouting. All of a sudden she is a child rearing goddess after read half a parenting book, I really wish I could tell her to shut the fuck up and that I’ve managed to get my eldest child to 16 years old without her helpful hints. Her comments about how she would never feed her PFB junk food like I was preparing when I was cooking a quick dinner after activities last night nearly saw me commit murder with a spatula.

The meal in question was tacos, quick easy and nutritious I thought but the way she went on and on about junk and frozen/tinned vegetables being highly processed who knows maybe I am wrong and they are seen as junk? So Mumsnet was my quick Monday night dinner as unhealthy as she made out? We don’t get home until just gone 7:30pm on Mondays and I can get this to the table in 20ish minutes and it’s eaten without complaint by all 3 dc.

250g 5% mince beef
1 tin of kidney beans
1 tin of mixed beans
2 tins of tomatoes
frozen sweetcorn
frozen peppers
frozen sweet potato chunks
2 red onions
1 chilli
1 packet of taco seasoning
taco shells
Each plate had a side salad on consisting of bistro salad leaves out a bag, cucumber, cherry tomatoes, peppers, radishes, celery, grated carrot and spring onion.

I should add she managed 3 taco shells of the highly processed mix without complaint.

I suspect @DotAndCarryOne2 is referring to foods that fall into the UPF category? But I’m sure she’ll correct me if I’m wrong?

Apologies @DotAndCarryOne2 , yes mix up with quote feature and meant to tag @Dotjones in both posts! Similar username 😁

Sounds great- she will learn!! By the time baby is 5 months old she will think she is doing ok if she's served up pie, mash and beans before 8pm

I would just keep saying “yeah we’ll see, speak to me in 5 years”

Of course her child will be eating junk and processed food etc, she just sounds like an armchair critic to me.

Until she actually becomes a parent she’ll never know what it entails.

If you point her towards Mumsnet she'll be serving rice crispies for breakfast in no time.

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Do you just make shit up to beat other women with?
You are so wrong I feel bad for your complete understanding of food.

You’re absolutely right about frozen veg

First: Clearly you are one of the super mums I aspire to be! 😀
I'm off tinned veg etc, but still use tinned beans. The meal sounds great! My only changes would be the taco seasoning and hard taco shells. The packet seasoning is likely too much salt etc. Easy to mix your own. I'd do taco bowls: all the toppings over wild and brown rice, or a soft tortillas. But really, mostly inconsequential. And I just don't like crispy taco shells and eat brown and wild rice blend a lot so I always have a container of prev cooked in the fridge. 🤷‍♀️

I get your sister... first baby, everything new, all the pressure to do things right etc. The rabbit hole of Instagram nurseries, BF/pressure to EBF, BLW, development milestones....it can create a lot of anxiety. 😱😬
Try to help her filter the important bits and reassure her a lot will come naturally. 💖

@Dotjones PLEASE explain to me in detail as to how on God's green EARTH frozen vegetables are even in the same postcode as 'junk' ?!?!

Don't bite your tongue. Tell her.

Joking in relation to the poster saying the meal wasn’t junk food but was very very high in sodium

Ah bless her. Just laugh and let her crack on op. Your tacos sound very healthy. When we have tacos my dd will only put cheese in hers ....I am a parenting failure!

I am sure I was once a smug twat who was never going to let their kids eat suger at some point before I had kids.

If she's really annoying just try a condescending "You'll learn" in her direction to shut her up.

My 15 month old was grown on McDonald’s, subway, Dr Pepper and pizza. He came at 39 weeks via C-Section absolutely fine lol

Well it's not you never got it out the freezer straight in the oven without having to prepare anything.

@Dotjones, you have got to be kidding!

Not junk at all, sounds perfectly balanced and tasty. Just out of interest, what does she think passes as healthy?

@Dotjones

Each plate had a side salad on consisting of bistro salad leaves out a bag junk, radishes junk, celery junk*

What the actual fuck?!?! So because green salad leaves are placed into a plastic bag they're suddenly "junk food"

And what the fuck makes you think Radishes and celery are junk food?!?!?!?!?' You do realise these are both plants don't you?!?!?!

Wth is wrong with people nowadays? Everything is junk, snacks kill you, fruit is evil, frozen veggies are out to get us and so are the tinned ones.
OP your dinner sounds delicious. I have a chilli in my slowcooker atm and I can't wait for it to be ready!
Next time, tell her to bring her own food if she is not happy with yours!

Just saving this recipe. Yum.

Oh op thank you for posting, the replies have really made me giggle. Your meal was really good, very healthy. And love the frozen chunk idea - stealing that!

YANBU. To be honest, you’d be doing her a favour by telling her the truth- she knows nothing, yet. If she carries on spouting this nonsense she’ll alienate friends far and wide.

Also, if your food was junk why was she eating it? Next time she speaks out of turn give her what for.

Why are radishes junk? And salad? I know Dot was trolling but I feel like I need an answer, even a made up one.

Wait til her toddler only eats pizza and chocolate, she won't be so smug then.

I always thought my child would only play with wooden Montessori toys, wear organic clothes and eat lots of homemade healthy food. She lives off pesto pasta and yoghurt and has lots of noisy plastic toys 😆

I reckon @Dotjones AKA @DotAndCarryOne2 has been on the

Dotjones post - junk
This thread - not junk