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?

Fine to me.

DS (7) has had:

breakfast
rice crispies with full fat milk, cheese string, apple

AM snack
apple, yoghurt, cake

lunch
toast, ham, cucumber, grapes, apple,

dinner
noodles, frankfurters, peas, brocolli
more cake - mum made some and gave them to him!
apple, chocolate mousse

he's also had some sweets today

How old are the dcs? If not babies then I'm not sure what's wrong. that sandwiches are not a meal - they are in my house! Mine have eaten...

• weetabix, fruit juice, toast with peanut butter for breakfast
• ham sandwiches, grapes, homemade cookies for lunch
• crackers and cheese, apples, bananas and biscuits for snacks
• homemade spaghetti bolognaise and rice pudding for dinner.

A bit more sugar and less veg than I would have liked today too, but ds1 took it upon himself to make the ham sandwiches for himself and ds2 for lunch and I was so touched that I couldn't argue (he NEVER does that) and we had friends round, hence the biscuits. It will balance out on other days, they rode their bikes / scooters all afternoon and ds1 had a swimming lesson so IMO the exercise makes up for it.

What does dh think they should have eaten?

Ok, I have just asked dh what ours had today (I was working).

Weetabix for breakfast.

Wraps with home made tuna mayo, tomatoes & cucumber for lunch.

Salmon with curry paste on top, baked in oven, corn on cob, broad beans (yuck, but we have a glut) for dinner.

Strawberries with ice cream for pud.

Water to drink.

Many, many tomatoes over course of the day - they constantly pilfer them from greenhouse.

Sounds a bit angelic. They had Krispy Kremes yesterday!

So that novack can calculate the cake/coke Sugar levels (handily ignoring the caffeine issue with the coke!) and so that others can also join me in my bad parenting habits here is my really easy lemon curd cupcake recipe:

125g butter
150g plain flour
125g sugar
3 eggs
1 tsp baking powder
Zest of 1 lemon

Bung the lot in the magi mix and blitz. Makes 15. Cook for 15 mins at 180

Lemon curd (makes two jars)

Melt 200g sugar and 100g butter in a Bain marie. Add 3 beaten eggs and 1 extra yolk and stir for about ten to fifteen minutes. Remove from heat and stir occasionally as it cools, pour into jars.

Each cupcake had top sliced off butterfly cake style and a heaped teaspoon of lemon curd put into each one. Used about half a jar.

Now I want another one and that really would be a bad diet day!

I think there are too many puddings and no real fruit. Not many veg either. And too much bread and pasta.

Fine for one day, but not very good for everyday, IMO.

Not too bad but I'd suggest less sugar and more veg.

Today my DC - 4 and 1 - each had:

Half a bagel with peanut butter, half an apple, handful of grapes

Macaroni cheese with peas and broccoli

Shared a milkshake and a few chips at the park

Homemade bean and veg soup with half a cheese toastie.

The one year old had a yoghurt and small bottle of milk too.

Mine had;
Cereal with milk, OJ

Wrap with houmus , roast chicken and crispy bacon. Few squares chocolate. Apple. Fruit juice and water.
Home made Lasagne, J2O.
Milk.

She is 7 and is not overweight.
Doesn't sound very different to yours OP.

My dad is a dentist. I was not allowed much sugar. Once I was at secondary school I walked to school every day and spent my bus fare on sweets. Mainly pear drops. I aquired my first filling. Moderation in all things, I would say.

There was real fruit. They had banana and strawberry smoothie (in blender from
Fresh) they had grapes with the sandwiches and they had raisins. Veg wise there were tomatoes mushrooms onions and peppers in the bolognese.

TantrumsAndOlympicGoldBalloons Telling dd1 that some foods are unhealthy is not the same as telling her some foods are bad.

There is a difference.

Bad means we shouldn't eat it .. ever. I do not say this.

Unhealthy means we eat it in moderation.

Oh wow, Virgil.
I'm making lemon curd cup-cakes tomorrow.

I think you are right op, your husband sounds like he doesn't want anyone else having treat foods seeing as he has chosen to be on a diet/healthy eating plan at the moment.

I wouldn't worry about it at all. Of course you are not going to make cakes with your children and then only let them have one!

There are some posters on mn who seem to think children should permanently be on fat/sugar etc free diets, but of course they are growing children and don't have the same dietary requirements as a 40 odd with high cholesterol.

40 odd year old!

Oops the lemon curd also has 4 lemons in it (zest and juice). Otherwise it would be just... Curd?

Schrodinger I make it four lots of veg and four lots of fruit! That sound v good to me! What is wrong with that!!!

Hmmm yummy Curd cakes!!!,

It depends OP; was it "naice" ham?

Looks like a balanced diet to me. You are all missing that the DC only had a lick each of the cakebowl. OP, I am presuming you scoffed the rest? If not, you have let the side down.

it sounds good to me, I wish my little one would eat all that, she has been poorly and does not eat much these days

Mine are teens and have had

weetabix x 2 with milk

egg sarnies with salad and granary bread
slice of madiera cake and an apple

steak,leeks,green beans ,baked pot
a flat peach.
water to drink.

Am I missing something? They ate raisins, strawberry and banana, mushrooms, peppers, onions and tomatoes, then grapes. Plus lemon in the cakes.

And people don't think they had enough fruit?

Really?

I forgot the compote type fruit in Fruit Corner also.

Ps : they both felt a bit off colour today - 1 headache and 1 period pain otherwise they would be inhaling food !

Missorinoco I have to admit I did have rather more of the bowl than they did - only in the interests of good parenting of course

I assume since your all talking about cupcakes and thinking that tomatoes are a vegetable and not the fruit that they are and many seem to think that a mushroom is a vegetable also which is most certainly isn't then you are all americans in which case forget I even made a comment. Sounds like a normal diet for you.

Age 1 and 2

Cup of milk in am when awake
Breakfast - porridge ( boring plain no topping but that's how they like)
Am snack- rarely have but today banana each
Lunch- houmous and roast veg pitta bread ( 1/2 each), 1/2 avocado, grapes, mixed nuts
Pm snack- watermelon and oat crackers with philli
Dinner- beef casserole ( with potatoes/ bunch of veggies), Greek yogurt for desert

I would also say too much sugar, but op said one off so not end I the world. Everyone here seems to give something sweet/ deserting after every meal ( smoothie/ yogurt at every meal/ ice cream), usually only give something after main dinner in eve.

Novack wow nasty!