Well my "style" seems to be rare... or those of you like me are too shy to say it?

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In the past few weeks I have posted on topics such as food, Mc Donald and TV....
Now Am I the only one who always cooks from fresh for her kids (because they enjoy the quality of the food and I like cooking), does not go to McD (they wouldn't like it as there is no way I am buying the "gift") and who thinks they have a far better time playing then watching tele.

I was quite surprised to read that several people (and I am sure thousands more) feel it's a treat to feed your kids occasional junk food... what has our society come to??? For those who have the desire, time and interest to not feed junk, allow much/any tele... is it normal that we are considered the odd ones out, the weird ones? It use to be like this (generations ago), it was the norm... now we're called all sorts of things but made to feel that we are too puritanical.

I am sure some of you are going to take this as a controversial thread, it isn't meant like that I want to know if anyone feels like this too.... I feel very lonely on Mumsnet with my more "puritanic" stance

LOL! The day I start making my own pasta once a week, i'll also make my own clothes and generate my own electricity!

LOL at TC

I also do the planning - the only way to go for me. But TC was just wondering - does Lottie never eat the same as you? DS and DD always eat the same as us, requires some modification to our diet especially as DD is only 10 months but works OK. I never add salt to cooking and will have to worry less about salty food in a couple of months.

Also do not really agree with everything in moderation which is a persistent theme on this thread. Think it is more like most things in moderation but some to be avoided like the plague and its OK for DS to have weetabix everyday!

She does sometimes Bozza yes but she can be quite picky and also as all food has to be transported and cooked by someone else while I'm working then her veg is delivered in a raw state etc.

Also she won't touch pieces of meat etc. But yes if I make pasta the night before she has it for tea the next day etc, it works sometimes.

She's at school for lunch so that always has to be a cold packed lunch.

The salmon and veg thing - she will not, has never eaten salmon, so she didn't get that.

When she was younger she always had exactly what we had but then she just started to refuse stuff and with other people cooking and serving her her food most days I started preparing thing I knew she'd eat while still making sure she has lots of veg and fruit.

It doesn't bother me anyway, as long as we all eat healthy food and we're all happy then that's all that matters really aye, what more can you ask for?

Not having to cook two lots! I understand that your circumstances do affect things. We're the other way round - DS and DD would eat salmon but DH and I wouldn't. I do adapt sometimes for DD and used to make DS frozen peas or fresh brocolli when we were having salad but now he's quite into salad leaves and cucumber.

Haven't read all of this thread as I got bored half way through. I completely agree with what Twiglett said.

My kids tonight are having fish fingers and chips and are currently watching spongebob on TV.

Yesterday they had pasta and veg and my dd spent ages dancing in our lounge to her classical ballet CD, tommorrow no doubt it will be Girls Aloud.

Oh OK Crunchie! Planning makes a huge difference (don't always do it mind you) but I'll tell you what we had tonight and I was in and out of the kitchen in less than 30 minutes, even with 3 different meals (not ideal, I agree though)

ds: pasta with peas, baby sweetcorn, tomato sauce, followed by yoghurts. He had strawberries and a banana on the way home from school and a piece of cake his teacher made and handed out to her class.

dd's supper was lentil hotpot I made yesterday, some egg mayonnaise (boiled egg was made this morning when I did breakfast for ds, I just left hers in longer to hard boil) and 2 yoghurts. The hotpot takes about 40 minutes to cook on the top of the cooker but only takes 5 minutes to prepare so it can be put in a pan and more or less forgotten about. It freezes but all got used before I needed to freeze any of it as dp took some to work for his lunch today too

Dp and I are having a poussin each. The marinade takes 2 minutes to shove in a dish and pour over poussin and I usually do that in the am so it's marinading all day but tonight I did it while I was waiting for ds's pasta to boil. I did extra sweetcorn when I did ds's so dp and I will have that with our poussin later. I could do carrots and broccoli too but I don't want them. If I did they'd take about 4 minutes or something to steam, especially if I boiled the kettle to put in the pan rather than waited for cold water to boil.

I always have fish and veg in the freezer and lots of fruit, veg and cans of things like chickpeas in the cupboard so even if I haven't planned anything it doesn't take long to cook. I don't think much of the stuff I cook takes long really. But yes, I guess it's all longer than 2 minutes in a microwave.

I've been through the recipes in the Annabel Karmel book. Tried cooking from scratch and every kind of healthy snack known to people with toddlers and babies. My ds won't eat them. I have starved this boy for days, even to the point of only giving him water to drink in a vain attempt to get him to eat. He won't. I've cried, shouted, pleaded bargained but just ended up with a plate of cold food and a very unhappy boy. So now I compromise. He gets chicken breast strips or bites (not reformed pieces, proper chicken pieces), oven cooked and oven chips. Even then he eats very little. He only gets fresh fruit juice. His snacks are fromage frais and jammy dodgers. He eats weetabix with a can of pureed fruit in it with milk and I suppliment his vitamins. He's been checked and health visitor is happy with him. He goes every three months.
I try to do the best by my boy on what little he'll eat. I do apologise but having a fussy eater makes it very difficult. I work full time but I home cook virtually everything me and DH eat. I wish he would eat better and seeing threads like this just makes me feel like I'm in the wrong. I am so envious of all of you that have kids who eat well. You've done a great job.

We don't do Maccie D's - smell makes me want to throw up and nearest one is about 5 miles away. We do go to the local Frituur though, once in a blue moon. I try and cook what I can for my DDs but they do sometimes (about once a week) have pizza or fish fingers. It doesn't kill them.

Crunchie - I work full time, DH works part time and tonight he had made thai curry with some chicken.... I came home at 8PM.
As others say - planning helps a great deal and making larger portions does too!

I had 11 (yes, honestly!!!) kiddies for dinner tonight, (each child had a friend each to invite, and I also invited a left out sibling), and then had some extremely bad news. It came at a time when it would have proved impossible for me to send the kiddies home, and so I had to soldier on and feed them, while running away and hiding for a small sob. I thankfully had some easy food to give them, as my plan of what to cook required more concentration than I could muster. They all had mini roasties (pre-frozen), sweetcorn (tinned), baked beans, mini sauages, and birds-eye nuggets. I thank God that none are too fussy to turn their noses up, and in all honesty, after the news I got it put all this food snobbery into perspective.

I want happy kiddies who eat what I give them with minimum fuss and maximum enjoyment. Yes, idealy it would always be freshly prepared and additive free, but there are much much worse things in this world that can and do happen to children than feeding them convenience foods.

I have had a laugh n giggle on this thread, and I still stand by what I have said, but I just wish that everybody in the world could love their kiddies as much as we all do here.

What I have learnt since joining mums-net is that on the whole, all any of us try to do is the best for our children in whatever way possible for our lifestyles.

Just please all of you try to remember this......

All we want is a happy healthy child that is with us every day to brighten our lives....what we feed them to help that process doesn't matter a jot!!!!!

Unfortuneatly we don't have many routines in our house as dh works sometimes and doesn't at others. When dh is not working in theory he gives the kids supper/tea and I try to have a selection of food in the freezer (shepherds pie etc) pasta, and eggs etc. However he is always forgetting (!) to do supper in time, so when I get home, the kids ar starving at 6.15 and we try to start bedtime at 7.15. They are going hyer as he has fed them a load of snacks, but no real food (!) and I have to throw together something in less than 15 mins. At other times when he is working they eat elsewhere in the evening, so it is easier.

I do try and at least 75% of food is cooked from scratch, but I blame DH!!

Unfortuneatly we don't have many routines in our house as dh works sometimes and doesn't at others. When dh is not working in theory he gives the kids supper/tea and I try to have a selection of food in the freezer (shepherds pie etc) pasta, and eggs etc. However he is always forgetting (!) to do supper in time, so when I get home, the kids ar starving at 6.15 and we try to start bedtime at 7.15. They are going hyer as he has fed them a load of snacks, but no real food (!) and I have to throw together something in less than 15 mins. At other times when he is working they eat elsewhere in the evening, so it is easier.

I do try and at least 75% of food is cooked from scratch, but I blame DH!!

Unfortuneatly we don't have many routines in our house as dh works sometimes and doesn't at others. When dh is not working in theory he gives the kids supper/tea and I try to have a selection of food in the freezer (shepherds pie etc) pasta, and eggs etc. However he is always forgetting (!) to do supper in time, so when I get home, the kids ar starving at 6.15 and we try to start bedtime at 7.15. They are going hyer as he has fed them a load of snacks, but no real food (!) and I have to throw together something in less than 15 mins. At other times when he is working they eat elsewhere in the evening, so it is easier.

I do try and at least 75% of food is cooked from scratch, but I blame DH!!

Ks, I don't think I said live and let live re McDonalds did I? I probably said take your kids there if you want to but I won't take mine!

my baby watches baby enstein loads! its impossible for me to entertain her 24/7 and she loves it

dh likes mcds junk food etc i prefer whole organic fresh stuff we r both extremes so baby wil get the balance of both i hope - home cooked meals with treats - hopefully just occasionally!

Do you check for best before dates though?

I like the odd McDs. We are having Dominos Pizza tonight . I did make a veggie curry and chapatis from scratch last night, though

I think a healthy balance means not being overly precious about food, I'm afraid, OP. I have encountered one mum who brings her own food to kids parties. I find that utterly bizarre.

My kids eat home-cooked food most days but the odd bit of food just for taste's sake rather than nutritional value. Life is about experiencing all sorts of tastes. I wouldnt ban my children from eating anything, I just encourage them to make good choices by the food I cook at home.

My kids watch telly every day and DS is on his DS or PS3 shitloads...but they are also both very sporty, avid readers, get lots of outings and trips places and have many hobbies. Dont overthink things!

Zombie alert! OP is from 2005 ;)