Originally Posted by graham.shellbell:
I am so so impressed with these menus..now I am not licensed and I have parents that are ok with the basics I do but I have been in such a rut.. y'all would rip me a new one if you could see the stuff my kiddos get. My question is do the kids really eat most of that or does it go to waste?? I have to be careful with my spending for groceries and would hate to waste $$ on things mine won't eat but at the same time I would like my kiddos to eat some of things on the menus I am seeing here. I have kids that get the same things at home that they do here..pizza, nuggets, goldfish, cheese sticks..etc. We seldom do veggies cause no one will eat them.. I usually do banana with breakfast and mixed fruit at lunch and that is about as good as it gets. 
This summer has been tough with most of my younger kids having older siblings so my food bill has been really high but with school starting next week and my preschool porgram starting I would love to also liven up our meals. 
I have to admit I have an advantage most don't about the picky eaters... I only enroll newborns.
I "raise" all my littles from birth on eating this (I puree my own baby foods, too) so I have never really had too many true "dislikes".
I'd just start backwards like you did with new infants...introduce one new veggie at a time to develop a taste for them...
Nan is better than me with food issues.
I just stack the deck of cards in my favor and prevent the problems....
