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So here's the post about the dinner complainers...
10yo is a very picky eater. She was doing MUCH better, but after she started having panic attacks, she's back to her old ways. If I'm making couscous, for example, I'll leave a bit of everything separate so she can make her own "mix", since I know she won't eat curry or tomatoes. I don't make her a separate meal, just elements of what I'm already cooking. Tonight, I made sloppy joes. I know she doesn't like them and won't eat it, so I reserved some of the ground beef and made her a hamburger patty instead. To be honest, I know hubby doesn't particularly care for them, either, but I've been trying to demonstrate a few things to him such as: paycheck = good food, no paycheck = bad food, and it isn't all about him and what he likes all the time.
He was miffed that I'd made DD a burger and not him b/c I know he doesn't care for sloppy joes. He groused and complained and ate (count them...) FOUR.
Would you have catered to the adult picky eater as well? (btw, DDs doctors all agree that at this point, I need to cater to her some. She lost 15 lbs in 6 weeks when this first started)
The girls and I like Sloppy Joes. Pat does not. I still make them once a month.
When Grace was 5 or 6, she saw a commercial for Manwich on tv and wanted me to make them. Pleaded with me. After I made them, she took one bite and didn't like it because of the texture.
Two years later, in elementary school, she ate them in the cafeteria, and has been eating them ever since.
Sometimes we just eat in in a bowl and skip the bread. Or with rice.
I don't make special meals for anyone anymore. I make it, you eat it. Or after the kitchen has been cleaned, they make a popcorn or something.
My DH eats what I cook. Period. He's learned to like a lot of different things that way. Same here. I'm equal opportunity mean cook. I cook his family recipes that didn't appeal to me, but now I like them.
DH doesn't always like what I cook for supper (like vegetarian food!) but the rule for him is you eat some in front of the kids(even if it's just 1/2 a cup), so they will try it AND when they're sleeping, you can eat what ever you want...
I find that this way, the kids eat what they have and don't ask for what DH is having instead of the nice lentil I'm making!!!
But I don't cook another meal, but I always make sure there is at least one thing they like in their plate!
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DH eats the food I make........or I won't cook for him and he is on his own. I
have one kid, not two so making several meals is not an option. He isn't a fan
of veggies but knows he needs to eat them for DD. I do TRY to make meals
he would like but it doesn't always happen because you can't please everyone.
We have sloppy joe's and I eat them without the bun since I can't eat bread.
It's not his favorite and I just give DD the HB meat without the sauce. Would
I give him the same...nope. There are many times I make a meal that I can't eat
because of my lapband, but I still make the meal for him and DD.
DBF and I are usually on the same page when it comes to food. The only thing that he likes that I won't touch is shrimp. He usually makes it when I'm not home. Otherwise, he actually does most of the cooking, and he is a very good cook!
I usually make at least a couple of things at a time because of allergies and likes/dislikes. There's at least something everyone will eat at each meal.
I'm the picky one around here, and I do most of the cooking. So, the rest of them are usually fine with what I make. Jack doesn't eat beans, so if we're having something with beans, he can either pick them out or have a nutritious snack later.
I'm having a really hard time because my sons are soooo picky. People say, kids will eat what you give them, my oldest son would literally not eat, he'll throw up food (I don't know if it has something to do with sensory integration/autism-- which our school is re-evaluating him for because after being told he didn't have autism, now they think he is somewhere on the specturm). My other son is also very picky (he's also currently being evaluated for autism, and I dont' knwo if it has something to do with that). My youngest will eat what I make on taco night, meatball and spaghetti night, Friday night is pizza night and they both eat it. Some nights my youngest will just eat corn, some nights my oldest will just eat yogurt, some nights I have to give them raisin bran and a banana because they literally won't eat anything I make. If I make beef stew (which DH loves), they won't eat it, and end up eating a healthy cereal--- I hate when they just eat cereal for dinner, but some nights it's just too much to make 3 different meals. I've been getting more healthy chicken fingers/tilapia fillets from Trader Joes, because at least if they won't eat what I'm making it's a better option than the chicken nuggets at the grocery store--- does anyone else deal with this, or did I just screw up in some way when they were really little? I'm so frustrated, I hate dinner time because of this. I've never forced food, I've never picked that as a battle, but I feel so bad that I feel like they don't always eat well. It's been very stressful for me lately. Sorry to rant on your thread, Dawn.
As far as adults, I also have a picky adult. No, I don't make what he doesn't like. He doesn't like lasagna, he doesn't like baked ziti--- doens't really like things with cheese, so I don't make it. But, the kids don't like any of that either, so I'd be cooking for myself. Doesn't make sense. The only thing the Danny likes that DH doesn't is mac and cheese, so I'll usually just make that for Danny's lunch rather than dinner.
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Last edited by Happymommy; 10-05-2008 at 07:05 PM..
Little update...not only did he eat 4 sloppy joes the night I made it, he took 2 more as leftovers for lunch the next day, so apparently it wasn't as bad as he thought...
When the kids were living at home, I cooked one meal. I tried to make sure there was at least one thing everyone would eat. DS1 has never eaten pork/ham/bacon so on those occasions we had pork chops, I would make sure the starch and veggie were things he liked. Other than that my kids are all good eaters. My ex was fussier than the kids, but learned to cope.
My feeling is the same that I grew up with. If you don't like it, there is a jar of peanut butter in the frig. As my father (who did all the cooking) would say, this is not a restaurant and he was not a short order cook.
We never had dessert and I felt if the kids needed to snack later, they could do so on healthy options. They had fruit, cheese and crackers, hummus, peanut butter, etc.
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If he wanted somthing else, he could make it himself 
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He usually makes it when I'm not home. Otherwise, he actually does most of the cooking, and he is a very good cook! 
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