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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No. They've always eaten what we make/give them. Never had any food issues. I don't expect them to sample one of everything over holidays. They eat, and stop once they're full. [/quote]

My question is whether you're choosing what they eat at the holidays, or you're making an exception and allowing them to choose.

I'm asking because I have a family member who believes this -- that kids should eat what's put in front of them, which I understand in her home, but she's not an adventurous cook, so he kids are used to food being familiar.   As we plan Christmas dinner, she keeps objecting to foods because she thinks her kids won't like it and she feels like it's mean to expect them to have to eat food they don't like at Christmas.

I'm trying to find a middle ground between unhappy kids, and the rest of us not having to eat foods that are "little kid friendly".[/quote]

That’s tough.  My policy is that they eat what is offered rather than some different thing.  E.g., if we are having veggie korma, naan and yogurt, they can’t have pb&j, and they have to at least try everything together, but I also will have some veggies on the side without the sauce and if they end up eating a tiny bit of korma and some plain veggies and rice and yogurt, then that’s fine.

At Thanksgiving, I would let them choose what goes on their plate, with the limitation that I expect them to have a few bites of some kind of protein and some kind of veggie.  In practice that would be a little bit of turkey, some green beans, some masked potatoes, several rolls and half a can of olives each. ;)

So my green beans would be simple, mashed potatoes simple and everything else I can go to town experimenting with.

Maybe a compromise would be to have super kid-friendly appetizers so they can fill up on that and then she can make an exception without blowing her normal rules?  Like if the appetizers were “dinner” for the kids and then they were free to eat whatever looked good at the main event?[/quote]

OP here,

I serve more like you, although I don't make my kids try things.  So, if we're having veggie korma, naan, and yogurt, and rice, and my kid ate just rice with yogurt, then I'd be OK with that.  She just wouldn't serve veggie korma because it's not "kid friendly".

I will think about the appetizer solution.  [/quote]

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