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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Question for the "make separate meals" crowd: what kinds of dinners are you making for the adults?

M-Th I make one dinner that everyone eats.  The thing is, I don't really have the time or energy to make the kind of meals that my kids/*most* kids wouldn't like.  It's kid-friendly bc kid-friendly is quick and easy -- simple pasta dishes, simple protein + starch + veg, simple make your own tacos, etc.  (Not "kid food", but kid friendly.)

Friday we get pizza or go out.

Then on the weekends DH and I cook more elaborate, adventurous, spicy, etc. dinners and kids usually get separate kid food.

Works for us.

What are you adults whose kids eat separate kid food eating during the week??[/quote]

I am glad this works for you but the way you are cooking would bore me really fast. I like spicy food. I like trying new recipes and experimenting with ingredients. If I had kids who were really adventurous eaters, I'd be thrilled! We'd love to serve our kids spicy curries and sushi and steak with different sauces and whatever veggie I come home from the Asian grocer with. But we have pretty standard kids with standard tastes, and they don't like any of that stuff.

What you describe as your family dinners are what I serve my kids (simple pastas, simple proteins with veggie sides, we do make your own rice bowls instead of tacos but same idea, etc.). It's healthy and balanced. But it's generally just not how I like to eat. I eat with them maybe once a week.[/quote]

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