Does anyone else have dc that won't eat rice?

[Soph the vet]

I think rice comprises at least 50% of our meals not to mention the majority of the world eats it in some form. My dds will not touch the stuff no matter what kind, plain or spiced up, etc. My ds will eat anything put in front of him. The only time my oldest dd will eat rice is in creamy chicken wild rice soup. I just don't get it. I crave rice cooked in various ways all the time. Maybe I should have an only rice week....:glare:.

[Mom2legomaniacs]

Mine do not care for it a great deal either. I did fix some brown rice recently with a meal that they did eat and I was shocked. I can't remember the rest of the meal, but I do know that they gobbled up that rice! Oh wait, I think I did some chicken in the crockpot and simply put a can of cream of mushroom soup over it. They used the gravy on the rice. Normally I fix noodles for them. This time I did not.

 

I personally can't do rice often so we use noodles or couscous more.

[C_l_e_0..Q_c]

My dd won't eat rice, but my DS will... Neither will eat couscous. Sigh..

[Pamela H in Texas]

I hate white rice. I put up with it cuz we were poor but I hated every moment of it. My son hated it too. We use brown now and I like that. :)

[Parabola]

Not only will my ds not eat rice, but he won't eat bread either.

Grains are a thing of contention at my house.

[mooooom]

he also has/had texture issues. He will eat other grains though.

[Whisperlily]

My kids won't eat rice... except DD10. DH loves it, and I can eat it, but it's not something we serve here very often.

 

We do love couscous, and I love Kashi's 7-grain Pilaf. :)

[Rhesa]

Well, this is a timely thread! I've been so frustrated with my ds for not eating rice. It doesn't matter how I fix it, he won't eat it.

 

And my daughter wants nothing to do with potatoes unless they're fried.

 

I hate food battles.:glare:

[Emily in FL]

The rest of us love rice. I can be frustrating for me because it is one of the few things that my ds with allergies can eat with us. Sometimes I make rice anyway and then feel bad because dh has less to eat than everyone else. He does at least tolerate flavored rice. I prefer plain white rice, especially with gravy. Some foods just go better with rice IMO. I find that I don't prepare those foods very often because I don't want to eat them with anything else.

[Emmy]

1 of my older 3 will not eat rice but he's super picky about everything. I hope he will try it sometime but I have my doubts. He will go hungry before he eats something he doesn't want. I hate that! :(

[GailV]

Mine don't like rice. They'll eat a little if they're desperate. They also like rice cakes, oddly enough, so I guess it's a texture issue.

[chickenpatty]

LOL, the only way we ever ate it when I was a kid was with butter and sugar on it. :ack2: And it was the bagged, instant stuff.

 

Now, I love it in any form (well, not with butter and sugar). Only half of my kids like it, and that's usually with soy sauce or something like that on it.

[Txmom]

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[kat19]

eat rice if it's at a Chinese place but not at home.. Go figure :D

[Crissy]

Gosh, I'm so glad my boys like rice. It was nearly the ONLY thing they ate when we were in China last year.

Not adventurous, my guys, when it comes to their food.

[mom42terrificgirls]

yes, my dd will not eat rice of any kind or pasta of any kind except for spaghetti. therefore we do not do casseroles around here. i do brown rice once a week.

[Plaid Dad]

My dd won't touch it. Then again, she pretty much only eats pasta, bread, and cheese, plus occasional forays into yogurt and strawberries. ::sigh::

[Sorbie]

I have a child that won't eat white rice unless it has ketchup on it. :ack2: But then he is fine eating fried rice with sprouts and other veggies in it. Go figure.

[Jolash]

My ds loves rice; yellow, brown, white, in casseroles or out. But he will not touch any kind of pasta except spaghetti!

[Jean in Newcastle]

Ds10 does not like my rice (he does like the rice at the Chinese restaurant). We eat rice alot (Dh is Filipino). This child eats too many carbs at snacktime - having a low carb dinner is not a bad thing!

[Peela]

One loves it, the other doesn't like it but will tolerate it.

Both strongly dislike potatoes.

How can one actually dislike such a major food?

So, the only major carb they both eat is pasta. And I think pasta is junk food.

[Soph the vet]

I am so encouraged to find that I am not alone! I keep telling the dc that we may end up living somewhere where rice is the main staple or that with grocery prices increasing that rice will be ever more present on the dinner plate....but nothing seems to change their minds.