Fussy eaters at christmas

[Caramelkate]

How flexible are you for fussy eaters? I have 13 for Christmas Day, including a

Vegan
Vegetarian
Fish hater
3 who will only eat chicken nuggets and chips
1 gluten free
1 paleo

I on the other hand am a real foodie, will be doing all the cooking and have lost 3 stone this year so was looking forward to something tasty.

I would love to do everything really fancy, but am thinking a plain roast dinner with side of chips will be my only way forward. My guests will of course all eat fancy pudding, but I really don't have a sweet tooth any more, so am not fussed

What do you compromise on? Or do you please yourself?

Well going by the summer holidays and bonfire night, potato waffles, sweets and chocolate. They refused hot dogs ( which I thought would be a winner).

I have tried to help SIL with this, but her head isn't in the right place at the moment. I just dong want the kids miserable ( and moaning) through dinner. Hopefully they will have filled up on sweets beforehand.

I suppose a tray of brown food wouldn't be too much extra effort thinking about it. As long as I can get my poncey veg!

( and I am not being blasé about my nephews, but Christmas Day isn't the time to deal with it, especially their first year without daddy)

Do loads of pigs in blankets, everyone eats them! ( Well the kids I mean, not the vegan!)

Well I love them so that's a great idea. I could do vegan ones too( I was very proud of vegan bacon sandwiches this morning)!

Des is a very fussy popcorn chicken & fries type eater.

He will eat quorn sausage though

Every Sunday he has a roast dinner with the rest of us. He has a quorn sausage, roast potato, peas & carrots.

I'm afraid I've no patience for fussy eaters if cooking for a crowd.

I cook. Pick what you like out of it.

if you want to bring something simple i will happily pop it on also.

Otherwise tbh I don't really think about it.

You've enough to do, don't drive yourself mad trying to cater for various fads.

You cook, they don't have to eat it. My dm goes on with this with my dsis who used to be a terribly fussy eater and my dm still worries if she doesn't appear to eat. Fgs, she's a grown woman now, what she eats is her business and the same goes for your guests. They must know they're not at home, you're cooking for a crowd, they'll make do and be merry if they're anyways normal!

ps maybe have some nuggets in the freezer, the mum can pop them on if she really thinks it's going to be an issue.

Last year my nieces (9 and 13) managed a (varied to suit them) starter, and then for their main course they each had a single, very small pig in blanket. They managed vanilla icecream for pudding. DS (then 8) had the unamended starter (smoked salmon on salad) followed by turkey and duck and potatoes, roast parsnips, carrots, red cabbage, sprouts and cranberry sauce. And he wanted 2nds of homemade traditional christmas pudding and cream. There was also a vege option for the mains (and starter). And we'd specifically asked what they would eat and tried to have a good range of fairly straightforward food that they could choose from.... I feel your pain!!!

Yes can you suggest roast potatoes and lots of pigs in blankets and see what SIL says.

It's such a shame to let kids get into eating chicken nuggets and nothing else. Once into that bad eating habit it's going to hard work broadening thier food horizons.

But I agree Xmas day is not the day to try