Has anyone amended the way they feed their children since the Jamie Oliver programme?

[Twiglett]

I must admit that DS has chips and chicken nuggets or fish fingers more than once or twice a week and I've never really been that bothered because he eats shed loads of fruit and veg (and he doesn't eat the chips normally )

but have found myself cooking a lot of fresh food instead and getting him to help me a lot more on the main dinners rather than just the cakes since JO (didn't even watch the programme)

anyone else feel themselves changing a little?

[bundle]

i know suedonim, i'm determined to try it out of curiosity. there is some nice stuff in there though. since i bought it for some reason i've been making pesto like there's no tomorrow.

[Marina]

Gosh that recipe reminds me of the terrifying cooking inflicted by the mum in Elizabeth Jane Howard's novel Getting It Right. She decides to try Chicken Mole, but as she thinks dark chocolate is foreign muck, she puts a half-pound bar of Cadbury's Fruit and Nut in instead . Has Jamie been hit on the head by a flying copy of Heston Blumenthal?

[tigi]

i tried that chicken and banana recipe, and strangely it was nice!

[bundle]

oh good tigi, i was hoping someone would say that.

[piffle]

no
I feel dead smug as I was yelling, YES I KNOW all through the programmes
I am very opinionated about feeding my kids and what is good and what is not...
But I would never reckon to tell anyone unless they asked
which you did

[suedonim]

Bundle, maybe we should make it on the same day then we can come on here and compare notes!

[Janh]

The Telegraph had a close look at chicken nuggets yesterday. Not for the squeamish. Expensive ones just about OK, do not even think about cheap ones (and those are what are provided in school dinners of course).

[thedogmother]

God those chicken nuggets. Vile and disgusting.

I've been gradually changing for quite some time not just because of JO but it's not always easy.

[snafu]

LOL suedonim about buying a JO book - am just waiting for Amazon to deliver Jamie's Dinners! Used to hate him, now think he is a hero. And ds ate homemade chicken casserole tonight (organic freerange chicken, pancetta, puy lentils, leeks, carrots - poncey or what?) for the first time ever - result!

[iota]

Info from the Birdseye website:

Chicken

All of our chicken products are made from the best quality 100% chicken breast meat and we have very strict guidelines to ensure we keep our commitment to quality to our consumers. We don't use mechanically recovered meat or "pumped chicken" - which is injected with a phosphate solution to hold water more effectively. All we add is a marinade to improve its succulence and flavour.


Chopped chicken

Chopped chicken is just what it sounds like - chicken that's chopped. The meat can then be formed into a specific product shape. We always the use the best quality 100% breast meat and blend with other key ingredients to create a specific recipe, for example our Lemon pepper chicken. We don't use mechanically recovered meat.

link here

I'm not an employee - just a mum who has a child who loves chicken nuggets (sigh)