what do you feed kids for lunch on playdates?
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Anonymous
| Frozen pizza |
Anonymous
| I've got a place around the corner that sells juices and empanadas-sometimes we do that and the kids seem to think it's a treat. |
Anonymous
| Kodiak cakes are disgusting. |
Anonymous
| Sunbutter and jelly, chicken nuggets, turkey sandwich, grilled cheese, scrambled eggs, cereal. Plenty of fruit. Some will eat cut up veggies with ranch. |
Anonymous
| I work with chefs and food writers and, for what it's worth, I'm pretty sure they would rather eat pb&j than a Kodiak pancake. There might even be some nutritionists who agree. |
Anonymous
OP served the kids two very processed meals, one of which was drenched in sugar and the other of which was frozen pizza. I don’t think either of those things magically prevent picky eating. I am not against some processed meals, but feeling superior because your kids eat them is weird. |
Anonymous
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I used to host all the time and always at least offered a meal or at least appetizers.
I always offer fruit. Chicken nuggets, pizza bites, pizza, meatballs, Mac and cheese type foods are on stand by. I personally don’t like these foods much. We are Asian American. I also have dumplings, rice, tofu, can stir fry veggies or noodles. Most of our non Asian guests and Asian guests prefer the Asian appetizers. |
Anonymous
Gross. I’d totally judge anyone who fed my kids McDonalds on a play date. OP is misguided but well-intentioned, so no judgment from me there. |
Anonymous
| Plan turkey or ham sandwich, scrambled eggs, a Dutch baby, PB sandwich, grilled cheese, fruit veggies. If they don’t like those, they can have pretzels and a cheese stick and fruit |
Anonymous
This is a myth that smug parents of adventurous eaters like to tell themselves. I have 2 kids. My first would eat anything. My 2nd was extremely picky. It was not because we served him "kid food." In fact, he would eat only one variety of chicken nugget and no other, would not eat pasta in any form (so no mac and cheese), would not eat peanut butter, would not eat pizza. Etc etc. At home, we had foods he would eat, but if he wasn't served those foods prepared in the way we made them, he just wouldn't eat. And before someone says, "he'll eat when he gets hungry," let me add that he was 75th percentile for height and 3rd percentile for weight as a toddler/preschooler. So. (FWIW, we could also never get him to take a bottle as a baby, and he was extremely slow to take to solids.) He's now 18 and still a picky eater. Still doesn't like pasta in any form. It's the mushy texture apparently. So, when he went on playdates years ago, I always tried to schedule them when they didn't overlap a meal. Or I would feed him before he went and tell the hosts that he had already eaten. My best friend who hosted him sometimes knew what she was in for, lol, and she actually kept his brand of nuggets in her freezer even though she didn't often serve mistress to her own kids. |
Anonymous
| THEM. Not "mistress" |
Anonymous
So you serve frozen veggie pizza, but feel very superior to children who prefer frozen cheese pizza? Ok, crazy lady. |
Anonymous
| Yesterday’s playdate was frozen chicken fingers, cucumber, apple |
Anonymous
| LOL you're not hosting a dinner party! Like others have said, put out a few trays of cheese, dips, fruit, crackers, etc. Let the kids serve themselves if they are hungry. |
Anonymous
| Kodiak pancakes are NASTY. |