The MN food guilt phenomenon

[emkana]

Tonight I am serving my children

Bird's Eye chicken dippers
Bird's Eye fish fingers
McCain Oven chips
Broccoli
Heinz Baked Beanz

I feel that my mind has been twisted so much that I actually feel bad at producing such a "poor" dinner. But that's silly, isn't it? I mean it's 100 % chicken breast (plus batter, 100 % cod (plus batter), potatoes and sunflower oil...

it's a quick tea when you're busy.

nowt wrong w/that.

I found heinz spaghetti hoops in a local supermarket. I bought two tins [£3.00) and served them up to two of my children for supper. After they had got over the idea of "pasta on toast" they ate the lot, seconds and thirds. My dh equates this meal to mild abuse and fears that I have damaged their food tastes for life

I think your supper sounds fine and dandy emkana.

Sounds yummy to me, and not at all crap in my book.

It's got protein, carbohydrate and vegetable, it's fine for when you are too busy to cook. And it is nobody elses business what you feed you kids.

I think..no I know that it is shit.

Yes moondog but really, objectively, what is so bad about that dinner?

K, the pasta on toast I will never get. I understand this is a British thing, and so as such and my kids being the Scots they are, I must accept this.

But I will not embrace this.

Hoops on toast.

This is NOT food.

This is NOT a meal.

Moondog - don't you think, honestly, that the occasional meal like that, does more good than harm - kids bloody happy, emkana done and dusted supper in under half an hour when needed, food groups ticked, odd additive ignored......?

Seriously.

Oops, misread it as the MN food "quilt" phenomenon, which sounded fascinating.

But you are right, it's not that bad. I have to pinch myself sometimes to avoid getting too obsessed with what we eat.

Well,it is highly processed which means that you have about 33 chicken vaginas in each 'dipper' and about 120 fishy arses in each 'finger'

The chickens have led an utterly shit life in a space the size of a piece of A4,fighting for space and wading through their own corrosive shit..

The chips will doubtless be extruded potato matter,thus piped out in a sludge and covered with cheapo cooking oil.

'Beanz' are just plain nasy-full of sugar.

Broccoli is fine.

Of course,I may be wrong. Bird's Eye et al may be lovingly rearing chickens that get to run around and flap their wings.

MacCain may employ jolly matrons who carefully hand slice good potatoes grown in soil and manure as opposed to a festering bath of chemicals.

I doubt it though.

GGG,no problem with quick easy meals-none at all.
This to me means something like cheese on toast or eggy bread.

We did jacket potatoes last night.

Now, as Dd1 is ill, tonight will just be beans on toast for me and DH. He sprinkles grated cheese on his and melts it under the grill and then pours HP sauce on it.

Yuka.

Bet you wish you'd just kept quiet now emkana.

I don't care what you do mate, you crack on but have to say I'd be feeling a bit sick as I served it up having read Moondogs last post!

Do you ever make your own chicken nuggets and fish fingers. It's so quick and easy.

But they'd get more protein from chicken and fish wouldn't they?

I do beans on toast now and then for DD1 but buy themn with less salt and sugar. Are they really that bad?

I mean from the nuggets and fish fingers.

K, moony did make that sound pretty gross.

Especially the chicken vaginas.

Freerange beans are OK, Teecee. Room to roam and all that. If they get to use the muscles in their little legs, the flavour is better.
Not crate-reared beans.

Birds Eye fish fingers contain 100% cod fillet and no preservatives and are low in salt & fat so for a quick supper they are fine. When I am in a rush and don't have time to cook I give ds fish fingers with low sugar (not the ones that contain sweetners) baked beans and a cheesy jacket potato. I can't see much wrong with that.

PMSL at the crate - reared beans and a vision of a field of little baken beans all stretching their legs!

And yes it was the chicken vaginas that got me!

Another quick one is cheese and potato pie with loads of frozen veggies. Whenever I make mash I always make double the amount and chuck a load of veg in and then serve that with baked beans and a can of tuna.

Have to say that I made fish fingers for the first time a little while ago and they were so nice. Having eaten home made I won't buy the ready made ones again. I thought they would be gross as the 'batter; was crushed cornflakes and I added some grated cheese as well but they were YUM.

100% chicken breast and 100% fish fillet would not be arses and vaginas would it? would it? please say no!

I know cheapo nuggets and minced fish type fishfingers would be mechanically recovered and grim - but surely 100% breast meat means just that?

No you don't. Chicken breast means chicken breast. Full stop. Same about the fish. Cod is as free range as you can get. The chickens won't be, but that's primarily and animal welfare issue. And possibly a good marketing opportunity - free range chicken nuggets.
Oven chips are processed in that they are cut up by machines and not your mum, but they are just potatoes and sunflower oil. Your chemical scenario is a fantasy.
Beans are not 'plain nasty' they are a fantastic source of nutrition and fibre. The tomatoes in the source are rich in antioxidants. Sugar is not radioactive thalium.
Broccoli is, of course, brilliant.
And most of all, this is not all the kids eat. It is part of their diet and as such, is fine.