Aunt

So. What is it that you guys feed your kids? Up until 9 months ago my fridge contained lean quizine, a half bottle of chardonnay and some expired cocktail olives. Perhaps the ingredients for a tuna salad and cup a soup. This was fine because I would live off food others cooked (restaurants, my sister and mother)

Obviously I have enough of a clue to know you cant feed children in such a fashion so try to shop like a sensible adult but am the world's worst cook. As we are getting sick of pasta, tacos and just raw veges with dip type of meals and cant just call for pizza every other night I thought I would do a little comparison. How much on average to you guys eat out or order in? how do you keep variety in your kids diet? Do you have any standbys for when their friends come over? Also what do you serve their friends parents? One mom actually baked cookies when I picked my niece up. Is this common or is she a super parent? I am curious. Curious and as you may have gathered a little neurotic

Kaytee

Well my daughter is much younger so as far as quick easy meals for her, she does a gerber graduate but for the other stuff its similar. I don't cook a lot right now as our oven is broke so for baking I use the toast er oven (it's a super nice one and we cook almost everything in it that we did in the stove, except pot roast, turkeys that kinda stuff, it's just not big enough. So lets see easy meals:

Spaghetti (put some carrots in it if you feel you need more veggies in your diet)
backed chicken is supper easy, just get a marinade if you are not good at seasoning, the stick it in the fridge the night before of if you are in a hurry, even 15 minutes is fine, then just bake it.
Chili is much easier then some people think, I cna give you recipees if you want.
shake and bake on pork chops is good
bake pork chops and a can of cream of mushroom soup together for about an hour is yummy, then have mashed potatoes and corn (one of hubbys faves)

foods for when friends come over:
Tostinos pizza pockets, or english muffin pizzas are easy and the kids can make it themselves. Fruit salad is yummy and healthy

as far as the friend's mom making cookies, thats a super mom, lol nah she probably just had some and thought it would be nice. It would not be expected from most kids I am sure

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fallon

tacos are fun and easy...we do whole wheat soft shells
meatloaf is easy and kids usually love it
I love my crock pot for pot roast and other meals when the day will be very busy
we do breakfast for dinner too, that's fun

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Teresa

We almost never eat out, and we only order in once or twice a month. We have chicken, steak, pork chops, ribs, roasts, pasta, soups, stews.....I have a HUGE collection of cookbooks and am always trying something new. When the friends come over, they are welcome to any of the snacks we have here at that time. When parents pick up children, there usually aren't any snacks offered, as it's usually just a quick beep of the horn and the child runs out to the car. LOL

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jenilouise

Allrecipes.com is a great site. Sometimes if I am feeling uninspired I'll go there and just type in chicken and voila- every chicken recipe I could think of. I feed my kids chicken, steak, sausages, pasta, tons of veggies, casseroles, rice, meatloaf. I have a collection of cookbooks. I keep pudding, string cheese, bagels, fresh veggies and fruits on hand for the kids and their friends. With cooking after you get some practice in you'll get better I promise.

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he.loves.her

Hi. I'm a young dad and basically I have no idea what I'm doing. What should I be feeding my daughter? She's alergic to gluten... So that's hard I guess. Basically I don't know what I should be feeding her. She's 17 months now.

fallon

here's a site with some gluten free recipes maybe something there can help

http://www.csaceliacs.org/recipes.php

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he.loves.her

Thanks!

fallon

you are very welcome...do you need help with ideas as to what she might like?

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he.loves.her

Yeah. I have no idea what she'd actually eat.