Tap Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Tonight, my dds are eating one of their favorites. Plain pasta with garlic salt and olive oil. MMMMM..... flour, water, oil and salt. :blushing: I figure that sometimes, you just gotta let them live a little! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleEJ Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Nutella toast and a cup of tea. When dd gets home from drama she's sometimes too tired for a proper meal. Yes, I allow her to eat this. I love Nutella toast with sliced banana on top. I ate so much of that during my first pregnancy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gil Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Salmon dip and crackers. Rice and ketchup. Scrambled eggs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleEJ Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Sonic? I don't really think that counts as real food. But when soccer practice runs late, well sometimes Sonic it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Kroger brand frozen pizza and in times of great desperation, cereal. Gil, eggs in any form are a completely legitimate dinner food. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 My youngest enjoys a Subway. His sub? A roll with mayonnaise. Yes, I have let him eat a mayonnaise sub. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Nutella on a tortilla (because we are out of bread).... Let's just say I went to the grocery store today. We are back to owning fruits, vegetables, protein..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleEJ Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Ooh, next time I'll make her do that. Fruit = healthy, right ? :) . Totally!!! I also make sure to slather on a bunch of butter before the Nutella. If I am eating this for dinner, it is because I am utterly exhausted and I want to pack in as many calories as I can in the least amount of effort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hen Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 hash-brown casserole, frozen hash-browns, can of cream of mushroom, a huge amount of cheddar cheese, cream cheese, butter. They love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie12345 Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Boxed mac and cheese with hot dogs (sometimes even hot dogs that have nitrates!) on white rolls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truscifi Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Chef BoyRDee beefaroni and canned creamed corn. :leaving: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In2why Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Kraft mac and cheese. I know it is disgusting and a chemical storm, but they like it and it is oh so easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katy Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 This isn't common, but once or twice a year, usually when I have raging PMS and anemia and crave chocolate like crazy, we skip dinner or have a slice of pizza and a junk food movie night. Full on Gilmore Girls style grab $30-40 of junk food and eat & watch movies until we're sleepy. It always involves gummy candy, potato chips, chocolate, and ice cream. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blondeviolin Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 I've been known to feed my kids McDonalds... Also, my 6yo loves basmati rice and soy sauce. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Not really dinner, but I let me kids eat Ramen. They like it, can make it themselves, and it spares me having to come up with something intelligent for lunch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blondeviolin Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 I've been known to feed my kids McDonalds... Also, my 6yo loves basmati rice and soy sauce. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Chex Muddy Buddies Ya'll are a bunch of overachievers. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 candy I have this thing where if my kids get a lot of candy I prefer they just eat it quickly than spread it out. Also, I'd rather them eat the candy and nothing else than force them to eat a regular meal and stuff themselves with candy on top of that. My reasoning might be nutters, but yep, that is how I think. Not saying this is by any means a regular occurrence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerileanne99 Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Last night after swimming lessons I fed my child McDonald's French fries and a single apple slice😠She was utterly thrilled:) We are vegetarian, she is enormously picky, and so something like that is pretty rare...in my defense, I am exhausted! I am 13 weeks pregnant and who knew that five years between pregnancies would make such a huge difference?! Something tells me there will be a few more poor meals in the next few months:( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleEJ Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Isn't butter paleo or something ? I think you should patent the Nutella diet. I must confess that we were snacking on homemade kale chips earlier. I made up for it by giving ds two minute noodles with peas for his lunch... I think the butter has to come from organic, grass-fed, heritage breed cattle, raised in the perfect harmony of the Irish country side in order to be paleo.Or something like that... Oh and it must cost $47.99 per pound. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie12345 Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 candy I have this thing where if my kids get a lot of candy I prefer they just eat it quickly than spread it out. Also, I'd rather them eat the candy and nothing else than force them to eat a regular meal and stuff themselves with candy on top of that. My reasoning might be nutters, but yep, that is how I think. Not saying this is by any means a regular occurrence. We've never done candy for dinner, but I have the same basic philosophy. The quicker the candy is eaten, the sooner it's gone. It wins me coolness points and relieves me of days of begging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiMi 4under3 Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Sugary cereal with milk. Anything they can quickly make themselves like frozen waffles with whipped cream. Chips and hummus come to mind, also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocelotmom Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Not counting the occasional fast food treat meal... Hot dogs are our go-to lazy food. And usually not the hoity-toity natural type unless they were on clearance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplemom Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Potted meat mixed with mayo on white bread was the least healthy dinner I ate growing up. I ate it often. Anything fast food is my least healthy go to for a quick non-real food meal for my kids. This is a couple times/month on average. (except it is every night when they visit grandma for a few days without me twice/year.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 pie or cake, ice cream optional frozen pizza cereal and popcorn--got this idea from a friend who says this is their typical Sunday "dinner" french fries and frosty from Wendy's--we actually haven't done this in quite awhile rice with gravy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umsami Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Sometimes, maybe once/year, we go and get a big ice cream cone, shake, or sundae for dinner. Kids can have "real food" when they get home, but it's totally up to them. DD hates McDonald's protein entries and french fries so will get a strawberry milk shake. Sometimes she'll snag some apple dippers, but not always. Kraft mac-n-cheese…the bright orange kind. Sometimes I'll serve it with something green (broccoli, peas, etc.)…but sometimes that's it. Or we'll do an orange dinner and have carrots and ranch too. I don't consider noodles with garlic, butter/olive oil, and parmesan unhealthy. We can do so much worse. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucyStoner Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Pie. One time earlier this year I did fish sticks, dino bites and tater tots for my sons and my niece and nephew. We needed something fast and had a little of each of those. That was a weird meal for a weird day. Plain pasta? That's a standard for my picky eater. Like as in at least 2x a week that is what he eats (with fruit, raw carrots and sometimes olives on the side). He might deign to try a meat ball or bit of chicken or fish that is in everyone else's sauce/dish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneStepAtATime Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Does butter and sugar on a heated tortilla count? Oh that was me, not the kids...hmmm...how about the night DH let the kids eat Fruity Pebbles and drink canned, super sweet, fake lemonade for dinner...? :ack2: Does that count? (and by the way I have no issues with cereal for dinner...but is there anything in Fruity Pebbles you can actually live on besides the food coloring and sugar?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagne Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Regularly? Toast waffles. White toast, cut up in little pieces and drenched in syrup. Or Pop-Tarts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audrey Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Kraft dinner. Don't quote this. I will need to come back and delete my shame later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Florida Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 When my kids were younger, we used to consider French fries and fruit a meal sometimes. Or mashed potatoes and fruit. I'm not proud of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Anyone serving a "bad" dinner which includes any type of fruit or vegetable is automatically exempt from the Dinner Hall of Shame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arctic Bunny Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Anyone serving a "bad" dinner which includes any type of fruit or vegetable is automatically exempt from the Dinner Hall of Shame. Hear, hear! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truscifi Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Chex Muddy Buddies Ya'll are a bunch of overachievers. ;) Nah. Brotherman can open the cans by himself, and he holds them while Babyman sits on the table and they take turns. Or they would if I ever allowed such a thing. Which of course I never would. Certainly not. :w00t: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daffodil Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Pancakes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cammie Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Nutella on a tortilla (because we are out of bread).... Let's just say I went to the grocery store today. We are back to owning fruits, vegetables, protein..... We eat nutella on chapatis all the time...it really goes with anything! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milovany Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Corn dogs. Some nights that's our dinner. One box of doggies and dinner's done .... it's probably the most processed, unhealthy thing we eat for a meal. I do try and put some redeeming value to it by serving it with cole slaw (our version is just cabbage, mayo and garlic salt) so there's that, but yeah. Corn doggies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Rarely but when in a pinch, I let my kids eat anything they want to make with bread, along with some token fruit and maybe some milk or yogurt. Miss A prefers cinnamon toast and barely acknowledges the presence of the fruit. :P Today we had to go to 3 different places after school (2 doc visits and soccer practice). They had Doritos for their after-school snack, chicken nuggets and apple slices between doc visits, and leftover birthday cake after we got home. One of them also ate some watermelon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathnerd Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Sunflower seed butter sandwiches for lunch a lot of the time (in my defense, I use wholegrain bread and Agave sweetener and serve it with yoghurt and fruit). And that is DS's favorite sandwich. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewingmama Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 At my house the lower the rate of nutrition in a meal the closer it is to shopping day LOL My kids are terribly picky eaters ...one is just picky with a will of iron and one has actual medical issues. After 8 years of battles...if my kids eat anything I call it healthy lol. We eat a lot of hotdogs... i don't think you can get nitrate free in Australia..I just ignore that. chicken nuggets...with nothing else. Plain rice...cause they hate sauce. DD eats Ramen every day for lunch and I celebrate because that is a step up in cuisine for her. DS2 eats peanut butter toast for breakfast, PB sandwiches for lunch and PB crackers for snack MOST DAYS...wont eat anything else. PB is good right? I let my kids eat candy for dinner one night ( it was a kids birthday and they weren't real hungry for dinner) .which caused a storm of vomiting ...won't do that again LOL. DD has a sensitive stomach and DS has blood sugar issues ...so now I try not to let sugar be a main feature in our meals. LOL Whenever I give my kids a garbage meal I always justify it by thinking..."well this is better then what the starving kids in Africa eat". I know..terrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twolittleboys Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Potato chips Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creekland Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 One thing? You limit this to one thing? Which is worse, el cheapo frozen pizzas, pop tarts, McDonald's, boxed mac & cheese, hot dogs, ramens, or various sorts of potato chips? We had an assortment of choices for "quick" coupled with "who cares about health today!" Even when we go out we have options. We're just as likely to do pizza buffets or poutine (if in Canada) as anything with a remotely healthy aspect to it. I'm not of the belief that humans need to eat healthy diets all the time. We have our share of healthy, of course, but then there are those "other" times. No regrets! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 I always stick a bowl of carrot sticks next to the frozen pizza so I don't know if I'm allowed to post. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gentlemommy Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 For breakfast once a 3x a year we have Birthday pancakes-with whipped cream, sprinkles, chocolate chips, and a cherry. Yikes. Talk about a sugar high! Lunch or dinner 1-2 a month- Hot dogs or frozen pizza from Costco. Chik-fil-a. I usually give them a vegetable on the side to make me feel better lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MFG Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 A friend use to eat cheese curls and jellybeans when she was by herself for dinner. She said it was healthy because it had all the colors. In a pinch we have had Twizzlers for lunch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Strawberry Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 When I'm pregnant, which I am now, food is not my friend, and cooking ends badly. So we eat a lot of terrible foods that I would never serve otherwise. Regulars on my menu:Hot dogs-the bad ones Velveeta-Rotel type nachos-I try to dress them up with lettuce, olives, fresh tomatoes, etc, but there is no making up for the nasty chemical cheese Boxed mac n cheese Pasta with canned sauceFrozen dinners Veggie burgers cold cereal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kewb Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Banana splits for dinner Popcorn for dinner French fries for dinner Hot dogs full of nitrates with boxes macaroni and cheese The occasional fast food. On your birthday you have the treat of choice for breakfast. Cake, ice cream, pudding pie, anything goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creekland Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 On your birthday you have the treat of choice for breakfast. Cake, ice cream, pudding pie, anything goes. Same here for birthdays. Their choice for the meal and cake (or equivalent as one loves Key Lime Pie). I can't recall anyone choosing a healthy option to date. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne in CA Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 The least healthy thing I let my kids eat are McDonald's smoothies. Yes, I know they are just a concoction of chemicals and not real food, but dd is a vegetarian and it is hard for her to find fast food that is not french fries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trilliums Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 goldfish crackers Now that my kids are teens though, i have to say they are voracious eaters and they have to have a filling meal for dinner of they are foraging for food before they fall asleep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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