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If you have young children and all eat together for dinner….

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Icmdiba · 12/04/2023 18:49

what do you eat? Thanks (my two are 4 and 6)

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DedicatedFollowerOfFashion84 · 12/04/2023 18:51

I’m not really sure what you mean? Our children just eat whatever we’re having… pasta dishes, chicken/fish/red meat etc and sides. Just normal stuff I guess?

LapinR0se · 12/04/2023 18:51

Mine are 5 and 8 and unfortunately I end up making food for them and food for us…

xnyl · 12/04/2023 18:52

Mine are 3 and 1 (20 months so closer to 2)

Sausage mash veg
Spaghetti bolegnese (kids fave)
Jacket potato and salmon and veg
Cod rice veg
Fish pie
Cottage pie
Stir fry
Lasagne

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Glo1988 · 12/04/2023 18:53

What we have. I don’t make separate meals. Pasta, sausage and mash, pie, chicken fajitas, roast dinner, stir fry, gammon and chips?

Atticus999 · 12/04/2023 18:53

I make a meal Consisting of various “parts”. I put all the parts on the table and let everyone pick what they want!

Dacadactyl · 12/04/2023 18:53

Mine are older now, but they've always just eaten what we have.

SittingNextToIt · 12/04/2023 18:54

Ours are 7 and 3 - and unsure what you mean..

they eat what we eat…

so yesterday was Jerk chicken, wedges, salad
today is a rainy day which means “home food” (for me) which is a chicken curry and rice where I’m from!
weekend it was all sorts - pizza, Thai green curry, biriyani - which is a big hit!

is that not what you’re asking?

Okunevo · 12/04/2023 18:54

DS is a teen now but always ate the same as me as a young child. I mostly cooked chilli, curries, bolognese, soups, one pot plus rice/pasta/bread.

CheeseMcKnees · 12/04/2023 18:54

I cook what ever I want, only avoiding spicy food and an allergy.

Both children have wildly different tastes so I make sure there is always one think someone likes, if they don’t eat much it’s not the end of world, if they try something new happy days.

Hungrycaterpillarsmummy · 12/04/2023 18:54

Tonight we had chicken Curry with rice and broccoli.
Last night we had homemade beef meatballs, mashed potato and peas.

Kids are 3.5 and 16months

Lastminutebride · 12/04/2023 18:55

They eat the same as us. Things like meat, potatoes, veg, curry, stir fry, pasta, spaghetti Bol, chilli, fajitas etc.
if we’re having something massively spicy like chicken in a hot Nando’s sauce I’ll do there’s either plain or a milder sauce.

NancyJoan · 12/04/2023 18:56

Lots and lots of pasta. DS is older, but can’t cope with spices or most vegetables. For years I cooked 2 separate meals, but have given that up now. It means DH and I eat far more carbs than we used to, and gets a bit dull.

Hoolihan · 12/04/2023 18:58

We all have the same meal but tbh it means I hardly ever make meals that I would choose myself, it's always a compromise. We have a lot of boring/bland stuff like sausages/pasta/soup.

astarsheis · 12/04/2023 19:00

We always eat the same, just proper food...and just less of it.
Never cook different food for them and that's probably why they eat everything

Turquoisesilver · 12/04/2023 19:01

It’s an ongoing issue here.

DH hates anything with cream or butter. So that rules out lasagne, chicken korma, macaroni cheese, fish pie.

He enjoys quite heavy meat like steak that I can’t manage. Oh, and pizza.

I end up sorting myself out mostly but it’s difficult and expensive as we end up over reliant on ready prepared meals!

StaringAtTheWater · 12/04/2023 19:02

DH is away so this week I've been eating dinner with the kids (same ages as yours). So far we've had:

  • Roast chicken with sweet potato mash, broccoli and gravy
  • Vietnamese noodle bun with leftover chicken, carrot and cucumber (with fresh chilli, mint and crushed peanuts thrown in just for me - kids won't eat any of those!)
  • Leftover chicken mild fajitas (with Chipotle sauce on top for you)
  • Prawns, peppers, carrot & cauliflower rice (with dollops of harrisa yoghurt mix for me)

Basically somewhat bland safe meals that I can easily add extra spice and favour to in my portion!

Crunchingleaf · 12/04/2023 19:04

our 17 month old has what we have so pasta, rice, noodles, curry, roast, fish, potatoes, veg, stir fry, lasagne, bolognaise, enchiladas, curry (mild and different types) etc. I also have a teenager and have no intention of cooking multiple dinners, but I often cook a couple different veg to suit everyone.

nomorespaghetti · 12/04/2023 19:08

Mine are 7 and 4. We have:
Pasta bake
Tuna pasta bake
Spag bol
Tofu Tacos
Roast chicken
Veggie chilli
… on an endless rotation

LienD · 12/04/2023 19:10

1 meal for all of us. Today shaksuka with ciabatta. Yesterday spirelli pasta with bacon, peas and creamy sauce, Monday a filling soup with bread on the side

pbdr · 12/04/2023 19:11

Our 18 month old mostly just has what we have for dinner. So typically things like curry/pasta bake/chilli/bolognese/meat or fish with potatoes and veg/ fajitas/ steak pie with veg/ sausages, mash and peas/ homemade burgers with salad etc.
She doesn't always eat everything, occasionally she'll eat nothing. That's fine, she doesn't need to eat anything she doesn't want. But I don't make her pizza/chicken nuggets instead if she's refused to eat, she's no fool and she'd very quickly catch on if that was an option she could access just by refusing her proper food.

SittingNextToIt · 12/04/2023 19:11

I also must say whilst we all eat the same - including significantly spicy food - I am a chilli monster and always sit down with multiple chillies, homemade garlic chilli concoctions and failing all - chilli pickle (!) and chilli powder and sometimes even chopped garlic and limes to add to what ever I am eating!

Beginningless · 12/04/2023 19:13

We all eat the same, 7yr old eats almost anything and 4yr old fussy one will have a modified version. Ie tonight veggie chili tacos, fussy one has tacos and rice with some grated carrot and cucumber while the rest of us have the chili. Same last night with spag Bol, wee one has plain pasta with veggies on side that she will eat. I do get bored with the range of meals that will work for all though.

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Hoolihan · 12/04/2023 18:58

We all have the same meal but tbh it means I hardly ever make meals that I would choose myself, it's always a compromise. We have a lot of boring/bland stuff like sausages/pasta/soup.

This is me too. I like spice but don't use it much these days because DS doesn't like it. We eat the same food but it's more child friendly than I would eat if it was just me.

Hubblebubble · 12/04/2023 19:19

Usually same as me. If I'm having something spicy I'll do him a simple pesto pasta which he loves.

WhoHidTheCoffee · 12/04/2023 19:20

We have some meals we all eat at weekends/on days when one of us is at home with DC2 (like pizza, sausages, spaghetti bolognese, some with modified versions for DC1) and then separate meals the kids won’t eat.

I never assumed I would be a person who made two meals and “pandered to fussiness” until I had DC1, who was the kind to wail with hunger while refusing what was on offer. His weight was always at the lower end of the centiles and the only advice I had when I explained the situation at his one year review was that I “just have to make him eat”. Not quite sure how. He refused to eat anything I cooked from scratch - and I do mean anything, and very mainstream meals - for over a year.

We now strongly suspect he is ND and I think he may have ARFID - certainly, many of his eating patterns would fit ARFID, but he does eat from all the main food groups so we are much luckier than some. But it has taken all the pleasure out of mealtimes for me.

DC2 is not like this but has become fussier as he got older and is now refusing much of my cooking as well. So the majority of evenings, they have something earlier and we eat together later. This isn’t how I wanted to do food as a family at all, but for us at the moment, it’s the least stressful way of handling mealtimes.

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