DCUM pearl-clutch dinners

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Anonymous wrote:My kids LOVE Vienna sausages and crackers. Beat that.

Not weird, especially because it’s not you eating it but your kids. As a kid I’d poke at them with a straw and then suck the sausage out.

Where are you from and how old are you? Is this a southern thing? Are they like Spam?

NP and glad you asked this as I, too, am not sure what vienna sausages are (nor do I get why sausages are a “pearl clutch” meal).

Vienna sausages are a cross between a mini hot dog and spam. They are basically highly processed hot dogs that come in a spam type can and can be eaten cold. Not bad fried and added to Mac and cheese or baked beans either. When you pull them out they’d be in kind of a weird gelatinous mixture that sticks to them. Good with ritz crackers and sliced processed cheese food, preferably Velveeta if it was in budget that week. Haven’t eaten any in years but maybe I’ll pick up a can next time I’m at the store. Apparently they come in fancy flavors now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pasta with “meat sauce” using a big jar of Prego and some ground beef.

What's wrong with that? I use pizza sauce from Trader Joe's to make meat sauce.

[Anonymous]

Fish sticks! My kids LOVE them!!

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Picked up chipotle.

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We had takeout, but this seems like a good place to say that sometimes my kids want corn AND potatoes at the same meal, and I provide it.

Oh, and I have a recipe for a 3-bean casserole that is ridiculously sweet and my kids love it. I serve it with ham, and we spend the rest of the evening drinking water because of the sodium.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids LOVE Vienna sausages and crackers. Beat that.

Not weird, especially because it’s not you eating it but your kids. As a kid I’d poke at them with a straw and then suck the sausage out.

Where are you from and how old are you? Is this a southern thing? Are they like Spam?

NP and glad you asked this as I, too, am not sure what vienna sausages are (nor do I get why sausages are a “pearl clutch” meal).

Vienna sausages are a cross between a mini hot dog and spam. They are basically highly processed hot dogs that come in a spam type can and can be eaten cold. Not bad fried and added to Mac and cheese or baked beans either. When you pull them out they’d be in kind of a weird gelatinous mixture that sticks to them. Good with ritz crackers and sliced processed cheese food, preferably Velveeta if it was in budget that week. Haven’t eaten any in years but maybe I’ll pick up a can next time I’m at the store. Apparently they come in fancy flavors now.

This made me gag. C’mon people, you can’t seriously enjoy eating this?

[Anonymous]

This thread makes me nostalgic .... and ill.

[Anonymous]

Hot dogs and fruit.
Chicken nuggets and broccoli.
Mac n cheese from a box with fruit.
“Picnic” dinner—put out some deli meat, with cheese, bread or crackers on the side. Lay out mini carrots or more fruit.
Frozen pizza.

I have one kid who likes steak so I cook a small one for him and serve it with veg. I can do chicken wings in the air fryer.

I do more pasta in the cold weather. But the above is the weekly rotation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread makes me nostalgic .... and ill.

The things we loved as children often have that effect.

It does help me calm down when my kids love something that is, to put it mildly, a little low in nutritional value. I used to spend my allowance on Pixie Stix, and they have no appeal now.

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Tonight we are having refried beans (from a can) with tortilla chips and cherry tomatoes. Usually I’d add avocados but the grocery store was out when I shopped this week. It’s quick and easy and my meat-hating kid will eat tons of beans so it’s staple.

Also: toast with peanut butter and jam, box Mac and cheese with frozen peas thrown in, canned tomato soup with oyster crackers and string cheese (sometimes I’m too lazy to actually make grilled cheese sandwiches sorry not sorry), 10c ramen pack with green onions and eggs/tofu/bonito flakes thrown in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pasta with “meat sauce” using a big jar of Prego and some ground beef.

What's wrong with that? I use pizza sauce from Trader Joe's to make meat sauce.

+1, I consider this a totally legit dinner, especially if I throw in some chopped spinach. Although I use Rao's sauce bc YUM

[Anonymous]

Every morning for breakfast I eat a large handful of Haribo gummy worms and 16 oz of black coffee. I'm 54 y.o.

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I'm pretty bad these days. 1yo eats anything but my 4yo is so picky. Some of my go-to dinners that would probably horrify DCUM (and/or my ped):

Peanut butter and jam sandwiches w/side of carrot sticks

Boxed mac n cheese with frozen peas

Hot dogs with a side of a clementine and one of the green HappyBaby pouches (lol)

Frozen dinosaur chicken nuggets with a side of...frozen Dr Praeger's dinosaur spinach nuggets

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Serving takeout. Someone on DCUM was upset her friend was hosting her and dared to serve "to go" food.

If you're coming to my house on a weeknight for dinner, you're getting takeout.

[Anonymous]

funny OP, I served my family Velvet grilled cheese sandwiches for dinner last night too. DH was running late and it's so easy just to quickly make a fresh one for him later without any mess. Same with quesadillas, another staple around here.