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Josiegirl 10:55 AM 01-15-2016
As a rule, do the kids in your care eat them or not?
I'd love to find some tried and true recipes that most kids would eat but it seems that any food that touches any other food can be out of the question.
I can serve plain meat, plain noodles(blah) and they'll eat 'em up. But if I put sauce into the equation, forget it.
So are there recipes they'll eat for you?
I'd love to find some tried and true recipes that most kids would eat but it seems that any food that touches any other food can be out of the question.
I can serve plain meat, plain noodles(blah) and they'll eat 'em up. But if I put sauce into the equation, forget it.
So are there recipes they'll eat for you?
Thriftylady 11:01 AM 01-15-2016
I serve them. Some go over better than others. Have you tried tator tot casserole? That is usually a hit here.
Cat Herder 11:20 AM 01-15-2016
Mine will eat anything rotini, ziti, angel hair, bowtie or shells.
Alfredo, pesto and roasted garlic tomato sauce are your friends.
I premix.chop pasta dishes well (black bean chili mac, chicken broccoli alfredo, baked beef, tomato and carrot ziti, refried beans, salsa and rice, etc), separate into personal sized bowls then top with shredded cheese, reheat to melt cheese.
Soups/stews are served over rice in the aforementioned bowls. Shredded cheese trick works here as well.
Additional Veggies and fruits served on the side in their own dishes.
No touching... 
If they see the veggies served on the side they generally do not go snooping through the "pasta sauce" looking for them. 
Alfredo, pesto and roasted garlic tomato sauce are your friends.
I premix.chop pasta dishes well (black bean chili mac, chicken broccoli alfredo, baked beef, tomato and carrot ziti, refried beans, salsa and rice, etc), separate into personal sized bowls then top with shredded cheese, reheat to melt cheese.
Soups/stews are served over rice in the aforementioned bowls. Shredded cheese trick works here as well.
Additional Veggies and fruits served on the side in their own dishes.
No touching... If they see the veggies served on the side they generally do not go snooping through the "pasta sauce" looking for them.
AmyKidsCo 06:38 PM 01-19-2016
My kids prefer their food separated, although they'll eat chicken noodle and tomato soups.
When I serve spaghetti with meat sauce most of them put the sauce NEXT TO the pasta and eat it separately with their spoons.
Come to think of it, when I serve sandwiches they pull them apart and eat the bread and filling separately too.
When I serve spaghetti with meat sauce most of them put the sauce NEXT TO the pasta and eat it separately with their spoons.
Come to think of it, when I serve sandwiches they pull them apart and eat the bread and filling separately too.
nothingwithoutjoy 09:58 AM 01-20-2016
Casseroles almost no one will touch.
Soups are a success. Favorites are tomato, black bean, split pea, or potato (we're vegetarian).
Soups are a success. Favorites are tomato, black bean, split pea, or potato (we're vegetarian).
Mom2Two 11:06 AM 01-27-2016
Fruit/yogurt/milk smoothies work great for some kids with a straw cup, but apart fAfter trying different things, I just do non-messy, finger food. I only let the less messy kids have liquidy food like yogurt and then only if it works for the whole group who is there at the time. Sometimes I wonder if I'm doing the right thing, but I hate having to clean up sloppy mess, and then it also means giving younger kids something different.
So here we do a lot of crackers/dry cereal, cheese/ham/eggs, and chopped fruit and I give the kids forks and spoons if they're two-ish or older.
I think I must be a bit on the strict side. If they even get weird with crackers, I tell them they have to have cheerios instead if they start making tons of crumbs by playing with their crackers by gnawing or anything.
So here we do a lot of crackers/dry cereal, cheese/ham/eggs, and chopped fruit and I give the kids forks and spoons if they're two-ish or older.
I think I must be a bit on the strict side. If they even get weird with crackers, I tell them they have to have cheerios instead if they start making tons of crumbs by playing with their crackers by gnawing or anything.
Play Care 04:31 AM 08-22-2016
Originally Posted by Josiegirl:
As a rule, do the kids in your care eat them or not?
I'd love to find some tried and true recipes that most kids would eat but it seems that any food that touches any other food can be out of the question.
I can serve plain meat, plain noodles(blah) and they'll eat 'em up. But if I put sauce into the equation, forget it.
So are there recipes they'll eat for you?
Same hereAs a rule, do the kids in your care eat them or not?
I'd love to find some tried and true recipes that most kids would eat but it seems that any food that touches any other food can be out of the question.
I can serve plain meat, plain noodles(blah) and they'll eat 'em up. But if I put sauce into the equation, forget it.
So are there recipes they'll eat for you?
It's a bummer because I actually love to cook and my skills are wasted
I've often thought in winter it would be so nice to have a homemade beef stew going on the stove or in the slow cooker all morning and be able to serve it to hungry, appreciative kids for lunch ....
thrivingchildcarecom 05:15 PM 08-22-2016
It's so funny you should ask. I just tried this recipe https://www.keyingredient.com/recipe...dle-casserole/ and the kids loved it. I got them to eat way more than when I make tuna melts. LOL!
Baby Beluga 09:54 AM 08-23-2016
Originally Posted by thrivingchildcarecom:
It's so funny you should ask. I just tried this recipe https://www.keyingredient.com/recipe...dle-casserole/ and the kids loved it. I got them to eat way more than when I make tuna melts. LOL!
Hmm. I don't eat seafood, but I am wondering how this would be with shredded chicken in place of the tuna?It's so funny you should ask. I just tried this recipe https://www.keyingredient.com/recipe...dle-casserole/ and the kids loved it. I got them to eat way more than when I make tuna melts. LOL!
Josiegirl 03:22 PM 08-23-2016
Originally Posted by Baby Beluga:
Hmm. I don't eat seafood, but I am wondering how this would be with shredded chicken in place of the tuna?
I'll bet it would be good with chicken! I'd like it but there again, my dcks wouldn't even try it because the foods aren't separate. Most of my dcks won't try unfamiliar foods, especially those with sauce, or peas. Hmm. I don't eat seafood, but I am wondering how this would be with shredded chicken in place of the tuna?
Now if it was plain bland noodles, they'd want seconds. Yuck
Unregistered 05:28 PM 08-24-2016
Homemade potato soup
Homemade chicken/rice
Homemade cheesy broccoli
Are favorites
Homemade chicken/rice
Homemade cheesy broccoli
Are favorites
sharlan 11:32 AM 08-30-2016
Not one of mine will eat a casserole. I love casseroles, but never get them because my dh and grandson won't eat them either.
Soups, forget that one too!
Mine like everything separate, no mixing except for spaghetti.
Soups, forget that one too!
Mine like everything separate, no mixing except for spaghetti.