Pasta for dinner

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Husband and I are both Italian. His parents “are off the boat”. My grandparents were too and my parents were born in this country.

We have always had pasta for lunch or dinner.

I was with my kids (girl age 6 and boy 4) and a friend and her kids at a park. I invited them back to our house for lunch.

I made pasta-penne with butter for the kids and vodka sauce for myself and my friend.

She looked at it and said “is this lunch? A bowl of pasta?”

I said yes this is what we usually have. She looked at me oddly and didn’t say anything else and ate.

But what a weird response.

Maybe next time she can host and whip up a meal she thinks is “lunch” after spending the entire morning outside of the house.
Don’t worry about it. Every American household has pasta at least once a week and little kids eat pasta pretty much every other day.

One of my kids hates pasta and never eats it.

Hm, okay? You feel like your one kid is making all the difference here?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How is what she served any different from serving Mac and cheese, or PB&J, or any of a dozen other kid-friendly, easy to prepare meals that someone is likely to have the ingredients for on a last minute basis?

Who goes to someone's house after running into them at the park and expects a freshly prepared, multi-course meal?

Exactly. Honestly I would not be friends with this person anymore. It’s obvious she will be judgy and make unsolicited comments on things you do differently. You want to be far away from these toxic people.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Pasta once in a while is fine, but pasta daily for multiple meals creates fat kids and fatter adults... maybe there is some mitigation if they are in active sports, but that's just kicking the can... not having your kids learn to eat properly nutritious food at an early age is setting them up for "body positivity" as a 300lb+ adult... And even if you are already older and fat, why not set your kids up for a a healthier lifestyle ?

Italians eat pasta nearly every day.

Asians have rice with their dinners most days. They are thin for the most part. Rice is similar to pasta.

True. But Asians also tend to eat lots of protein, beans, produce along with the rice. South Asians usually also have lentils/beans, produce and meat with their rice. So, a balanced diet has carbs, protein, veggies, fat etc.

One single meal served at a playdate depicts how a person's entire life is? It was one meal. Eat it and move on. The hysteria on this thread is insane.

Well, OP decided to host, and it is "poor" fare for serving to guests. She is not living in a cardboard box under a bridge. ALSO, the guest did keep quite after her surprise and ate this slop.

You can eat whatever you want in your own house - plain pasta, rice with salt, dogfood - you just do not serve it to guests. That's all.

No hysteria. Just mocking the OP for eating like it is a crisis and we are living in a place that is being bombed by US. Yes, we are slightly mean on this anonymous thread.

What surprises me are the dysfunctional people on this thread who are doubling down and saying that this was a perfectly acceptable meal.

Well, if that is so, can OP go to the sidewalk and pluck some dandelion leaves and put it with the buttered pasta and make it "guest worthy" like Martha Steward did with her meals when she was in prison?

It is a GOOD thing!!!

Have fun dying alone someday!

Thank you. Dying alone is also a GOOD thing.

People who don't die alone, and instead die in a group are usually being bombed, gassed, gunned down, their plane or ship is going down or they are catching Ebola or Ebola-adjacent germs. No thank you!

I don't accept your curse. Returning back to you. Out of sheer kindness.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pasta once in a while is fine, but pasta daily for multiple meals creates fat kids and fatter adults... maybe there is some mitigation if they are in active sports, but that's just kicking the can... not having your kids learn to eat properly nutritious food at an early age is setting them up for "body positivity" as a 300lb+ adult... And even if you are already older and fat, why not set your kids up for a a healthier lifestyle ?

Italians eat pasta nearly every day.

Asians have rice with their dinners most days. They are thin for the most part. Rice is similar to pasta.

True. But Asians also tend to eat lots of protein, beans, produce along with the rice. South Asians usually also have lentils/beans, produce and meat with their rice. So, a balanced diet has carbs, protein, veggies, fat etc.

One single meal served at a playdate depicts how a person's entire life is? It was one meal. Eat it and move on. The hysteria on this thread is insane.

Well, OP decided to host, and it is "poor" fare for serving to guests. She is not living in a cardboard box under a bridge. ALSO, the guest did keep quite after her surprise and ate this slop.

You can eat whatever you want in your own house - plain pasta, rice with salt, dogfood - you just do not serve it to guests. That's all.

No hysteria. Just mocking the OP for eating like it is a crisis and we are living in a place that is being bombed by US. Yes, we are slightly mean on this anonymous thread.

What surprises me are the dysfunctional people on this thread who are doubling down and saying that this was a perfectly acceptable meal.

Well, if that is so, can OP go to the sidewalk and pluck some dandelion leaves and put it with the buttered pasta and make it "guest worthy" like Martha Steward did with her meals when she was in prison?

It is a GOOD thing!!!

Have fun dying alone someday!

Thank you. Dying alone is also a GOOD thing.

People who don't die alone, and instead die in a group are usually being bombed, gassed, gunned down, their plane or ship is going down or they are catching Ebola or Ebola-adjacent germs. No thank you!

I don't accept your curse. Returning back to you. Out of sheer kindness.

Or, even worse, were served pasta after a playdate!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How is what she served any different from serving Mac and cheese, or PB&J, or any of a dozen other kid-friendly, easy to prepare meals that someone is likely to have the ingredients for on a last minute basis?

Who goes to someone's house after running into them at the park and expects a freshly prepared, multi-course meal?

People have said that they would have added some carrot sticks or asked if the kid wanted the sauce or a sprinkle of cheese. That does not amount to a freshly prepared multi-course meal.

Both Mac and cheese and pbj have more than one food group. I would probably still put some grapes or something on the table, but I think those are better meals.

To be clear, I wouldn’t have said anything to any of these meals. If you served my kids pasta with butter they would have eaten it and said thank you. But OP seemed to be asking whether what she served was a common meal. In my house, I almost always serve more than one food group at a meal. That doesn’t mean that every kid eats everything I serve but the foods are there. So, pbj with milk and applesauce, or pasta with a choice of butter or vodka sauce and some cutie oranges. Nothing fancy or time consuming, just some choice. I would hold myself to that standard with guests over too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Husband and I are both Italian. His parents “are off the boat”. My grandparents were too and my parents were born in this country.

We have always had pasta for lunch or dinner.

I was with my kids (girl age 6 and boy 4) and a friend and her kids at a park. I invited them back to our house for lunch.

I made pasta-penne with butter for the kids and vodka sauce for myself and my friend.

She looked at it and said “is this lunch? A bowl of pasta?”

I said yes this is what we usually have. She looked at me oddly and didn’t say anything else and ate.

But what a weird response.

Maybe next time she can host and whip up a meal she thinks is “lunch” after spending the entire morning outside of the house.
Don’t worry about it. Every American household has pasta at least once a week and little kids eat pasta pretty much every other day.

One of my kids hates pasta and never eats it.

Hm, okay? You feel like your one kid is making all the difference here?

Every household? Every kid? Do you always make stupid generalizations about everyone?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Husband and I are both Italian. His parents “are off the boat”. My grandparents were too and my parents were born in this country.

We have always had pasta for lunch or dinner.

I was with my kids (girl age 6 and boy 4) and a friend and her kids at a park. I invited them back to our house for lunch.

I made pasta-penne with butter for the kids and vodka sauce for myself and my friend.

She looked at it and said “is this lunch? A bowl of pasta?”

I said yes this is what we usually have. She looked at me oddly and didn’t say anything else and ate.

But what a weird response.

Maybe next time she can host and whip up a meal she thinks is “lunch” after spending the entire morning outside of the house.
Don’t worry about it. Every American household has pasta at least once a week and little kids eat pasta pretty much every other day.

One of my kids hates pasta and never eats it.

Hm, okay? You feel like your one kid is making all the difference here?

Every household? Every kid? Do you always make stupid generalizations about everyone?

Do you always come here to make stupid comments? A normal person knows exactly what it means. A stupid person, such as you, makes a stupid comment instead.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Husband and I are both Italian. His parents “are off the boat”. My grandparents were too and my parents were born in this country.

We have always had pasta for lunch or dinner.

I was with my kids (girl age 6 and boy 4) and a friend and her kids at a park. I invited them back to our house for lunch.

I made pasta-penne with butter for the kids and vodka sauce for myself and my friend.

She looked at it and said “is this lunch? A bowl of pasta?”

I said yes this is what we usually have. She looked at me oddly and didn’t say anything else and ate.

But what a weird response.

Maybe next time she can host and whip up a meal she thinks is “lunch” after spending the entire morning outside of the house.
Don’t worry about it. Every American household has pasta at least once a week and little kids eat pasta pretty much every other day.

One of my kids hates pasta and never eats it.

Hm, okay? You feel like your one kid is making all the difference here?

Every household? Every kid? Do you always make stupid generalizations about everyone?

Do you always come here to make stupid comments? A normal person knows exactly what it means. A stupid person, such as you, makes a stupid comment instead.

Sorry you felt called out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Husband and I are both Italian. His parents “are off the boat”. My grandparents were too and my parents were born in this country.

We have always had pasta for lunch or dinner.

I was with my kids (girl age 6 and boy 4) and a friend and her kids at a park. I invited them back to our house for lunch.

I made pasta-penne with butter for the kids and vodka sauce for myself and my friend.

She looked at it and said “is this lunch? A bowl of pasta?”

I said yes this is what we usually have. She looked at me oddly and didn’t say anything else and ate.

But what a weird response.

Maybe next time she can host and whip up a meal she thinks is “lunch” after spending the entire morning outside of the house.
Don’t worry about it. Every American household has pasta at least once a week and little kids eat pasta pretty much every other day.

One of my kids hates pasta and never eats it.

Hm, okay? You feel like your one kid is making all the difference here?

Every household? Every kid? Do you always make stupid generalizations about everyone?

Do you always come here to make stupid comments? A normal person knows exactly what it means. A stupid person, such as you, makes a stupid comment instead.

Sorry you felt called out.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pasta once in a while is fine, but pasta daily for multiple meals creates fat kids and fatter adults... maybe there is some mitigation if they are in active sports, but that's just kicking the can... not having your kids learn to eat properly nutritious food at an early age is setting them up for "body positivity" as a 300lb+ adult... And even if you are already older and fat, why not set your kids up for a a healthier lifestyle ?

Define "multiple meals"? A day, a week?

I mean portion control and moderation? I'm a almost 40 woman with a BMI that's nowhere close to overweight, same with my husband and kids and we eat pasta. I even make pasta. I also sometimes make cheesecake.

Teaching your kid that eating healthy means you never eat carbs or sugar is just setting them up for failure. Teaching balance and moderation is far healthier.

Nothing wrong with making it once in a while, nothing wrong with proper portions of carbs throughout the week. Overindulgence is setting kids up for failure as their eating habits follow them into adulthood - where weight gain is less forgiving. As to your "healthy" BMI, what's you waist seize? There are plenty of "I'm not oevrweigh, my BMI is good" size 14s around.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pasta once in a while is fine, but pasta daily for multiple meals creates fat kids and fatter adults... maybe there is some mitigation if they are in active sports, but that's just kicking the can... not having your kids learn to eat properly nutritious food at an early age is setting them up for "body positivity" as a 300lb+ adult... And even if you are already older and fat, why not set your kids up for a a healthier lifestyle ?

Define "multiple meals"? A day, a week?

I mean portion control and moderation? I'm a almost 40 woman with a BMI that's nowhere close to overweight, same with my husband and kids and we eat pasta. I even make pasta. I also sometimes make cheesecake.

Teaching your kid that eating healthy means you never eat carbs or sugar is just setting them up for failure. Teaching balance and moderation is far healthier.

Nothing wrong with making it once in a while, nothing wrong with proper portions of carbs throughout the week. Overindulgence is setting kids up for failure as their eating habits follow them into adulthood - where weight gain is less forgiving. As to your "healthy" BMI, what's you waist seize? There are plenty of "I'm not oevrweigh, my BMI is good" size 14s around.

You sound controlling

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pasta once in a while is fine, but pasta daily for multiple meals creates fat kids and fatter adults... maybe there is some mitigation if they are in active sports, but that's just kicking the can... not having your kids learn to eat properly nutritious food at an early age is setting them up for "body positivity" as a 300lb+ adult... And even if you are already older and fat, why not set your kids up for a a healthier lifestyle ?

Define "multiple meals"? A day, a week?

I mean portion control and moderation? I'm a almost 40 woman with a BMI that's nowhere close to overweight, same with my husband and kids and we eat pasta. I even make pasta. I also sometimes make cheesecake.

Teaching your kid that eating healthy means you never eat carbs or sugar is just setting them up for failure. Teaching balance and moderation is far healthier.

Nothing wrong with making it once in a while, nothing wrong with proper portions of carbs throughout the week. Overindulgence is setting kids up for failure as their eating habits follow them into adulthood - where weight gain is less forgiving. As to your "healthy" BMI, what's you waist seize? There are plenty of "I'm not oevrweigh, my BMI is good" size 14s around.

Well I expected that, but I'm a size 4. I do weight training and spin class multiple times a week. You picked a dumb person to try to fat shame.

And there's absolutely no indication anyone on this discussion is overfeeding their kids pasta. The "oh no, carbs are evil" people are just giving their kids eating disorders.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pasta once in a while is fine, but pasta daily for multiple meals creates fat kids and fatter adults... maybe there is some mitigation if they are in active sports, but that's just kicking the can... not having your kids learn to eat properly nutritious food at an early age is setting them up for "body positivity" as a 300lb+ adult... And even if you are already older and fat, why not set your kids up for a a healthier lifestyle ?

Define "multiple meals"? A day, a week?

I mean portion control and moderation? I'm a almost 40 woman with a BMI that's nowhere close to overweight, same with my husband and kids and we eat pasta. I even make pasta. I also sometimes make cheesecake.

Teaching your kid that eating healthy means you never eat carbs or sugar is just setting them up for failure. Teaching balance and moderation is far healthier.

Nothing wrong with making it once in a while, nothing wrong with proper portions of carbs throughout the week. Overindulgence is setting kids up for failure as their eating habits follow them into adulthood - where weight gain is less forgiving. As to your "healthy" BMI, what's you waist seize? There are plenty of "I'm not oevrweigh, my BMI is good" size 14s around.

Well I expected that, but I'm a size 4. I do weight training and spin class multiple times a week. You picked a dumb person to try to fat shame.

And there's absolutely no indication anyone on this discussion is overfeeding their kids pasta. The "oh no, carbs are evil" people are just giving their kids eating disorders.

yes you are dumb

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s weird to not offer a salad or vegetable or fruit.

Eh, mostly I'll air fry some broccoli or green beans to go with my pasta but I don't consider it lazy not serve it - especially with kids. Our families are both Italian too, and I could eat pasta every day.]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pasta once in a while is fine, but pasta daily for multiple meals creates fat kids and fatter adults... maybe there is some mitigation if they are in active sports, but that's just kicking the can... not having your kids learn to eat properly nutritious food at an early age is setting them up for "body positivity" as a 300lb+ adult... And even if you are already older and fat, why not set your kids up for a a healthier lifestyle ?

Define "multiple meals"? A day, a week?

I mean portion control and moderation? I'm a almost 40 woman with a BMI that's nowhere close to overweight, same with my husband and kids and we eat pasta. I even make pasta. I also sometimes make cheesecake.

Teaching your kid that eating healthy means you never eat carbs or sugar is just setting them up for failure. Teaching balance and moderation is far healthier.

Nothing wrong with making it once in a while, nothing wrong with proper portions of carbs throughout the week. Overindulgence is setting kids up for failure as their eating habits follow them into adulthood - where weight gain is less forgiving. As to your "healthy" BMI, what's you waist seize? There are plenty of "I'm not oevrweigh, my BMI is good" size 14s around.

Well I expected that, but I'm a size 4. I do weight training and spin class multiple times a week. You picked a dumb person to try to fat shame.

And there's absolutely no indication anyone on this discussion is overfeeding their kids pasta. The "oh no, carbs are evil" people are just giving their kids eating disorders.

yes you are dumb

"Boo, you don't follow my narrative that anyone who doesn't make themselves miserable with orthorexia is obese. I'm going to resort to childish insults!"