Just been on a school trip and boy,you should have seen the crap that emerged form the lunch boxes....

[moondog]

Fruit Shoots,cheese strings,those cartons of 'meat'(sorry,industrial slurry) and cheese,weird yoghurts that don't need to be refrigerated and have a 'best before' date of 2018.
The healthiest thing was probably a plastic bread sandwich with some sort of processed chicken slice in it.

When I see their little shining faces and strong bodies,exuding energy ,and then see what they are fuelling themselves with,I want to take said cheese strings and garotte their parents.

I've only read your first post moondog but
a) I agree with you and
b) can I assume from the number of posts that this has kicked off? and
c) I bet all the Dairylea feeding mums have swallowed the 'there's no bad food, all food is ok in moderation' line from the processed food industry to which I'd say, er, hydrogenated fat is good for whom, exactly? and
d) wonder if I've got time to read this thread?
Hmmm!

Theshrimp, same as PeachyClair - we get hyper, ADHD-type behaviour. He also reacts to lots of more obvious 'nasty' stuff. He is loads better now after 2 years of avoiding high salicylate stuff most of the time.

what is this salicylite stuff?
I wouldn't give a kid low fat anything.

What then BG????

Ms Good, please be aware that i can inspect and search said lunchbox at any time under the stop and search rules.

Any inconsistencies or illegal products found therein could leave you liable.

HTH

WWW, I can't speak for all Dairylea feeding mums but when I give my sons processed food, the line 'there's no bad food, all food is ok in moderation' is not something I have got from the processed food industry.

I refuse to buy Dairlylea Lunchables as they are expensive and I don't believe they are a nutritional subsititute for a normal packed lunch, but I have nothing against the odd cheese triangle or dipper.

It's not the food industry that's convinced me they are ok. I grew up eating Dairylea, just as I grew up eating cheddar cheese and cottage cheese. I also grew up with the belief that most things are fine in moderation, long before I took any interest in food advertising.

bozza yes my dd does eat all that she has a very healthy appetite and never stops eating!!! and the hospital still concerned she is small for her age!! she is very active though and like some other mums on here i darent give her broccoli!! it has the same effect as a load of e numbers on her!!

breakfast this morning was leftovers from last night bbq as we were both too hungover to do anything else! least im honest!!

nulnulchav

hiya love

do me and yourself a favour
try and space your posts out a bit, I dont really want to read them at the moment as they are so squashed together
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We're a bit sparky for a Wednesday morning, aren't we?

no more than usual

Dairy Lea bashing now... ye Gods! [more rolling of eyes]

i love dairylea
and laughing cow
infact i love cheese

Yes but laughing cow does appear to have a gold earing. Is that okay do you think?

No it is NOT ok.. I am Goggling for the RSPCA's contact details in an another window as we speak!!!

as long it doesnt have burberry hooves i dont mind

Pasta salad is a horrible invention. Nigel Slater will not eat pasta salad, he said so last week. Wholemeal pasta is an even more horrible invention, and a bizarre version of an original food which was not meant to feel like shredded sandpaper.
And as for low-fat mayo...

I honestly think it is verging on neurotic to monitor biscuits to 'one on a Friday' - how relaxing an attitude to food is that? A french or Italian family would think we were mad.

I don't buy cheese strings etc because of the enormous cost and a taste and texture which is inferior to real cheese. But I'm certainly not going anywhere near wholemael pasta, either!

Blu, agree about wholemeal pasta. How disgusting is it! We have enough wholemeal/fibre in our diet from other things like bread, vegetables and sometimes pulses (lentil soup, beans in shepherd's pie etc).

Because of DS1's issues, the things I really have a problem with are over processed stuff. My children have some sweet things every day - plain biscuits, home-made cakes, honey and maple syrup, vanilla yoghurts, plain vanilla ice-cream, pancakes and waffles. They just don't have brightly coloured things and things stuffed with ingredients I don't have in my kitchen cupboard. If I don't recognise an ingredient, it makes me suspicious on behalf of DS1.

Salicylates are natural food chemicals that occur in most fruit and vegetables; they are a way of preventing animals eating the stuff before it is ripe and are higher in unripe and brightly coloured things as a rule. Aspirin is salycilic acid and should be avoided by those sensitive to salicylates.

Low salicylate fruit is peeled pear, veg include cabbage, leeks, green beans, potatoes, swede, peas, garlic, spring onions, beansprouts....

I think most of the people on here who are gestapo like about food are only able to get away with it because they know we will never see them or what they eat/feed their kids so they can be as holy as they like and all impress each other whilst actually eating the same sh**te as the rest of us!

Children shouldn't eat an over-fibrous diet, anyway.

LOL Noddy. I agree. I expect some really are holier than thou.. but that's their problem! The rest of us a human..

I like wholemeal pasta. I think it tastes nicer than white stuff.

youre such a liar greeny so holier than thou

I like brown pasta although arguably not to be considered the same as white pasta.

With a sauce of fetta,griddles courgettes,capers,lemon and thyme or one of tomatoes,capers,peppers,eggplant,olives and chillies.