Foods You Know They will Eat...
All these food threads and my extreme desire to save $$ and stop wasting food lead me to ask this question. I did a search and found a few posts here and there but not too much.
What are the foods you know your dcks will eat? Here is my list so far. I'm just getting tired of trying to come up with new, healthy meals and then no one touches it. So I'm going to get some staples that I know they will eat, get the healthier versions of those foods and go from there. I'm just looking for some other sure fire meals that you've had success with. Turkey Dogs Tater Tots Mac & Cheese Quesadillas Pepperoni Pizza Cheese Pizza Chicken Nuggets Ham Grilled Cheese Strawberries Grapes Bananas Honeydew Watermelon Applesauce Corn Green Beans Yogurt |
That's a great list! All of my kids and dcks love:
string cheese pb sandwiches (no allergies here) vegetable soup and biscuits apples w/peanut butter "Breakfast for lunch" - scrambled eggs, toast, hashbrowns and fruit I'd love to hear other ideas too! |
well because its monday, all they like is junk food.
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]Breakfast for lunch is the favorite-pancakes/waffles/french toast & sausage chicken nuggets fish sticks mac-n-cheese quesadilla's (bean&cheese) grilled cheese pizza they make themselves fish sticks jelly sandwiches turkey meatballs pasta w/ tomato sauce (they love bowtie the best!) chicken and rice turkey or chicken ( cooked leftovers) FRUITS applesauce apples pears straawberries blueberries kiwi manderin oranges oranges bananas raisins peaches plums VEGGIES corn-esp on the cob (not really a veggie, i know) broccoli green beans mashed potatos sweet potatoes carrots KETCHUP its own food group because my kids will eat almost anything if they can dip it it ketchup:lol: |
Originally Posted by momofsix: HAHAHA!!! :lol::lol::lol: That's for sure! You could add ranch dressing to that "food group" here! Great ideas everyone! |
Didn't see Spaghetti O's. My 2 year old wouldn't know what to do without them. (the other 3 are babies)
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Originally Posted by tmcp2001: |
The one everyone of my dck's love is ground beef with a can of baked beans, I just cook the ground beef, and dump in a can of baked beans, and they love it, thats my most popular, that and turkey sloppy joes, healthy with turkey,
I do black bean quesadillas, I make them with red peppers black beans and onion, and I rip up spinach and add it in also, most of my kids eat this. Salmon patties, most of my kids like this, and trader joes sells salmon and tuna with no sodium added, so I use that and its healthy chicken nuggets obviously I like the foster farms chicken corn dogs their my personal favorite I do alot with honey, I do peanut butter and honey sandwiches, its so naturally sweet the kids love it, and honey is very nutritious, its a super food. Steamed sweet potatoes with cinnamon sprinkled on top, are a hit here, and again healthy I like just taking turkey or ham lunch meat, and serving that cold with steamed veggies, and a roll or piece of bread with a little butter and fruit. Tuna noodle casserole |
Originally Posted by momofsix: |
so I just went through all of the things everyone has listed in this thread and I can't see much of anything that all my kids will eat.
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Originally Posted by Jewels: |
Originally Posted by sbschildcare: |
I don't have many kids right now
4 total (includes my dd) I can get all of them to eat chicken nuggets and mac and cheese those are the only things everyone will eat. so if I make quesadillas - (which 2 will eat but the other 2 won't touch) I make the sides something the others will eat. an average week chick nuggets, french fries, corn, pears peanut butter & jelly sandwhiches, apples, yogurt mac & cheese, peas, pears grilled cheese, carrots, peaches hot dogs, baked beans, appleasauce Not one of those dishes will everyone eat all of those choices (except my dd) |
Here is my weekly menu that starts over every week and they all eat everything but I do only have 2 dc kids and my own 3 but 2 of mine are in school except in the Summer
Breakfest- Monday- Milk, waffles, strawberries Tuesday- Milk, pancakes, sausage Wednesday- Milk, french toast sticks, and apple sticks Thurday- Milk, egg, toast Friday- Milk, cereal, bannana Lunch- Monday- Milk, spaghetti, meatballs, mixed fruit Tuesday- Milk, Mac n cheese, peas, pears Wednesday- Milk, hot dogs, green beans, Diced peaches Thursday- Milk, chicken nuggets, corn, mandrin oranges Friday- Milk, diced ham, diced cheese, crackers, applesauce Snack- Monday- Applejuice, Goldfish crackers Tuesday- Applejuice, Popcorn Wednesday- Applejuice, Sugar free pudding cup Thursday- Applejuice, Graham crackers Friday- Applejuice,Sugar free popcycles |
My daughters are now both in their late 20's. All this talk of kids eating/not eating, made me think of what they ate growing up. I can remember for YEARS, every meal had mac and cheese, corn and green beans along with the meat. Both girls would eat mac and cheese, one would eat corn and the other green beans. If my DH And I wanted anything else, I cooked it for us.
My kids did have a lot of burgers, nuggets and fries too. However, today, (and when they were younger) they are both healthy and happy. And both eat various types of veggies today. Btw, unlike most of you on here with young children, my kids are grown and I am much older (50's). |
My kids eat anything, but I get them at 6 weeks and they learn our eating style from then on. Wehave everything from sushi (cooked for the daycare children) to potroast.
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food program won't let me serve the same thing every day - or I would
Funny thing is.. when parents start packing their lunches in january - i bet it is the same lunch every day..LOL |
Originally Posted by sbschildcare: |
My dck's favorites with all of them is
HM tuna casserole frito boats (frito or grain chips/topped with vegetarian chili and cheese) Pizza subs Mini Weiner wraps-( low-fat croissants, cut each triange in half, cut hot dog into 3's wrap hot dog in coissant with cheese bake.) Ketchup is used here for everything too:lol::lol: |
I had a DCK two years ago that was here three days per week. The parents packed lunch for him. EVERY day (because they told me he ate this at home too) he ate a package of crackers (6 in a package, but he'd only eat half) a single serving of peaches, and a yoohoo drink box. He wouldn't eat any snack at all except popcorn. I saw the Mom a while back and she says he's still eating this same thing every day. :eek:
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I had a 2 yr old dcb last year and his parents said all he would eat at home was chicken noodle soup. Within a few months I was able to get him to eat a few new things (I never serve chick noodle soup) but to this day she said that's about all he'll eat at home still oh and jerky:eek:
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One thing that I didn't see on here that my kids love is TACOS/NACHOS! Another thing that my kids love here and has become a staple is Noodles and Peas! LOL Buttered noodles (I use Penne), mix in some peas and sprinkle with parmesan cheese, I serve meat on the side or sometimes add some ground hamburger right in with it! They love it!! They also enjoy Tator tot hotdish, I mix the veggies right in to it. They love spaghetti bake, in which I usually mix in cut up carrots and they don't even know they are in there and melt mozzerella cheese over and sprinkle with parmesan again I use Penne noodles! Less messy! :D I guess I don't have picky eaters compared to alot, I really only have 1 child I struggle with and he just turned one, his parents in fact just told me the other day that he WON'T drink milk at home anymore, only juice! :lol: Really he is 1, I told them to quit buying juice and only have milk as an option and see what happens! :rolleyes:! I just keep introducing and they eventually learn to eat it and like it!
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