So DH has just told me that the DCs diet today has been rubbish. I disagree what do you think?

[Virgil]

Ok so it's not exactly going to win awards for healthy day of the year but I genuinely don't think what they've eaten today is too bad.

Two Weetabix with raisins (and sugar)
Slice toast with marmite
Strawberry and banana smoothie

Lunch spaghetti bolognese which had mushrooms peppers onions, tomatoes in it as well as beef mince and some lentils and herbs
Muller fruit corner for pudding
Water to Drink

Large lemon curd cupcake at movie time (plus a lick of the bowl each)

Ham roll with crisps and grapes, another lemon cupcake and a glass of milk

It's not that bad is it?

Fish fingers. Beef burgers. Sausages. Bacon. Beans. Chips.

Yes, yes, yes, yes, my DCs eat all of that.

So do I!

So now we've reached the point where people just say they feed their children healthy food on one post and then prove they actually don't in another post?

And also the competitive 'I feed my children the most crap and they are the healthiest children ever' boasts have begun.

Yawn.

Sorry, where were the boasts?

We have fish fingers, nothing beats a good fish finger sarnie occasionally

We eat everything (except offal and that's because of my own squeamishness rather than health reasons) in moderation in chez'tits and we're not on the cusp of morbid obesity or death or malnutrition as far as I can see.

bythemoonlight

Also, no one is saying they feed their cihldren the most crap????

Do you really go through peoples posts trying to find inconsistencies?

*children

Actually I reserve all the crap for myself, for their benefit of course.

bythemoonlight - who are you talking about? There is nothing unhealthy about fish fingers, or sausages, or a burger or chips, provided that they are eaten as part of a balanced diet.

Who exactly are you referring to bythemoonlight

I for one have said previously my DCs eat a varied diet, that includes stuff like cake and burgers occasionally,as have a lot of people

i dont see competitive bragging about a crap diet, i see people saying its variety that counts and that can include burgers, fish fingers etc, infact we may have fishfinger sandwiches today, food of the gods

its about balance, sausages, burgers, chips etc every night would be crap, but in a week where you have say a pasta based meal one night, casserole, potatos and veg another, then a night with burgers and chips and then another night you have quiche and salad and new potatos etc. it all evens out.

anwyay if we are going for crap meal medals, we had chicken breasts (lefotover from another meal) in buns with salad AND those potato things shaped like letters, they were on offer and ds4 is OBSESSED with letters, so he and his brothers had a ball at dinner time seeing what words they could spell, oh the hilarity at spelling 'bum' and 'poo' with their dinner

does the crap food get ofset by the fact they ds4 was learning his phonics and the others were practising their spelling and seeing who could spell the longerst word with ther crap processed potato?....

they had casserole the other night and are having a butternut squash curry tonight, so i am not bothered that they had crap processed potato, they also had chicken and lots of salad and it all balances out :)

Exactly 5madthings balance, variety, is a healthy diet IMHO.

I think instead of judging on one day you need to take it as a whole IYSWIM
We ate a shed loads of chocolate brownies last night :) but had a healthy dinner.
The DCs had chicken burgers for lunch today, as they were out but had porridge and a fruit smoothie for breakfast.
It's not about one day, it's about a whole healthy lifestyle, balanced diet, treats and activity.

And I love the idea of learning phonics with Potato letters

I have never understood the logic that a cooked meal is inherently 'better' than an uncooked one. Surely it's the ingredients themselves that count?

My children eat occasional rubbish. In fact if I am honest, they eat more than I would like but at times like this when I am on nightshift they will get more frozen/ convenience food than usual.

It's not a big deal. They eat plenty of 'healthy' food too, and fruit and veg, far more than I ever did growing up in the 70's.

yes phonics are very important to ds4, he starts school in sept so its all a good fun way of learning, and he is very proud to be able to spell poo and bum, i can only hope his teacher is appreciative when he starts school

and i agree its all about balance, we dont demonise particular foods in our house they know they need a bit of everything to be healthy and it all helps them grown and have energy, thankfully mine are good eaters, they have all had their picky moments but the one thing i wont do is make food into a battle, they are offered a wide variety of healthy food and allowed treats as well. they know they cant eat cakes and biscuits all day but they do have some days when they eat more than is ideal, esp when away visiting relatives, but then other days when they dont eat any cakes, biscuits at all and it all balances out in the end.

they say dont look at what your child eats in a day but look at a whole weeks worth of food, its all about common sense. :)

bugger forgot i had name changed for another thead, i am crap at alters!

And I also think some adults forget what it's like to be a kid. Sweeties are one of life's small pleasures as a child, as is a nice bit of cake or eating chips at the seaside or enjoying hot square sausage with granny and grandpa.

"I have never understood the logic that a cooked meal is inherently 'better' than an uncooked one. Surely it's the ingredients themselves that count?"

There are issues to do with the complexity of flavours of cooked food that make it more physiologically satisfying than raw food - so you are less likely to get food cravings or need to snack later.

This has just become the world most anal food thread.

Bonjour, exactly which bit of the brain are you referring to when you talk about physiologically (psychologically?) satisfying? Lots of brain study here and this is the first time I have ever heard this theory...

If anyone thinks any person in this thread feeds their kid a crap diet they need to get real.

Not one person has said they don't give a varied diet, which INCLUDES things such as burgers chips a cake etc occasionally.

I am digesting that Bonsoir... I think I would feel more 'satisfied' after a bowl of soup than a salad with similar ingredients. That is an interesting idea!

It is certainly "received wisdom" in France that a cooked meal is going to be more physiologically satisfying than a raw one. Everyone "knows" this to be true.

It makes sense to me, anyway. DP is on a diet and I am dutifully making him homemade vegetable soup every evening. We also have a little starter (melon) and a dessert (apricots poached with vanilla pods and served with a little yoghurt) in order to make him feel as if he has had a proper meal!

It's fine, nothing wrong with it.

It is not good to treat active children like fat old men anyway. they need calories and fat.

There are also sometimes specific cases where food is more beneficial cooked. For people looking to consume more lycopene, recommended for prostate cancer patients, tomatoes contain it but the lycopene content is higher when they're cooked, eg tomato pasta sauces (or even pizza topping ) would be better for that purpose than raw tomatoes. I would guess that with different foods and different aims it could change.

Bonsoir are you Samantha brick?