Would u let your kid eat this 3-4x per week?

[Anonymous]

DD is 10, almost 11. Generally not picky but definitely has preferences. She has started wanting quesadillas repeatedly and to be honest they’re super easy and I think healthy but it feels wrong to let her eat the same thing over and over.
We use WG tortillas, inside is WG rice, black beans, shredded cheese. She usually has tomato’s and cucumber or tomatoes and Avacado with it….. thoughts?
Right now she has them about twice a week but definitely asks more often.

[Anonymous]

It’s fine

[Anonymous]

I would be thrilled if my kid ate quesadillas with black beans and avocado on wg tortilla 5 days a week!

[Anonymous]

All over the world people have historically eaten consistent diets day in and day out. As long as the meal itself is balanced it’s fine.

[Anonymous]

Sounds wonderful. She'll move on to other foods eventually (or not, but either way it's not a problem).

[Anonymous]

Is she eating this while everyone else is eating something else? Then it would be a hard no. There is one thing served for dinner every night in our house. Take it or leave it. I would be willing to work quesadillas into the rotation more frequently if it was my DD's favorite but I wouldn't cook it in addition to another meal.

[Anonymous]

Seems healthy enough but at 10, I would teach her to make them herself if she wants them on days the family is eating something different.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would be thrilled if my kid ate quesadillas with black beans and avocado on wg tortilla 5 days a week!

+1, I was expecting it to be some kind of super-processed kid food, like frozen chicken nuggets or box Mac and cheese, or some kind of meal replacement like kind bars for dinner or something.

Which, by the way, I also would not judge, but as the parent of a picky eater, I'd probably have some advice on how to work towards more nutritious variety. But quesadillas with fresh ingredients and plenty of veggies? Yes, I would 100% let me kid eat this 3-4x a week. At one point my picky eater was getting most of her fruits and vegetables from daily smoothies. The same smoothy, every day, for months, because it was pretty much the only nutritious thing I could get her to eat (the rest of her diet was basically pasta and bread because she would not eat any other food served to her). It was fine, I was really glad to have something loaded with protein and vitamins and nutrients that I could give her and she'd happily eat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is she eating this while everyone else is eating something else? Then it would be a hard no. There is one thing served for dinner every night in our house. Take it or leave it. I would be willing to work quesadillas into the rotation more frequently if it was my DD's favorite but I wouldn't cook it in addition to another meal.

OP here, no, I had weight loss surgery a couple years ago so don’t eat much , I do sit with her while she eats. I sometimes have a piece of the quesadilla or I’ll put the black beans in a salad.

[Anonymous]

So is it just you and DD? Are you modeling healthy eating for her?

[Anonymous]

Spouse works at night so just me and DD for dinner. On my work days ( twice a week) we have a sitter. I try to do something ahead of time she can just heat up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is she eating this while everyone else is eating something else? Then it would be a hard no. There is one thing served for dinner every night in our house. Take it or leave it. I would be willing to work quesadillas into the rotation more frequently if it was my DD's favorite but I wouldn't cook it in addition to another meal.

OP here, no, I had weight loss surgery a couple years ago so don’t eat much , I do sit with her while she eats. I sometimes have a piece of the quesadilla or I’ll put the black beans in a salad.

Sounds good to me, and to the point about OP not making a different meal for a kid, it sounds like OPs diet would not be appropriate for a child.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is she eating this while everyone else is eating something else? Then it would be a hard no. There is one thing served for dinner every night in our house. Take it or leave it. I would be willing to work quesadillas into the rotation more frequently if it was my DD's favorite but I wouldn't cook it in addition to another meal.

OP here, no, I had weight loss surgery a couple years ago so don’t eat much , I do sit with her while she eats. I sometimes have a piece of the quesadilla or I’ll put the black beans in a salad.

Sounds good to me, and to the point about OP not making a different meal for a kid, it sounds like OPs diet would not be appropriate for a child.

I agree and it sounds like OP is okay with incorporating the quesadilla fixings into her meal so it sounds like a good choice all around.

[Anonymous]

Think of it this way, rice, beans, avocado, tortillas and Tomatoes are staple foods for millions of kids in Latin America. They/we eat that several times a week. There’s nothing unhealthy about what you are feeding your child.

[Anonymous]

OP here, thanks guys. I feel better about it now.