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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]i am only cooking for two, but we have several days we are not home for dinner.  i usually get a couple things ready in the fridge on sunday or monday and make things from that during the week when we are home.

for instance i might have a pound of cooked chicken.  i can add some to a salad, make gyros or add some to a pasta.  my husband doesn't care what we eat and i don't care enough to make a big effort.  we always have something to eat.

if i had kids here i wouldn't have them eating chicken nuggets every night, though.  i would cook actual food.[/quote]

Hahahaha, I want this poster to have known ds and then come back and post in a few years.

We cook "actual food" almost every day, because that's what we eat. We have a picky eater who eats maybe 10% of what we eat. I always have stuff like chicken nuggets, peanut butter for toast, simple cheddar cheese, apple sauce, etc. Because it's incredibly rare that the picky eater will be willing to eat enough of the "actual food" we eat to not be hungry.

Last week I made this delicious pasta with an arugula and pistachio pesto that I thought was super kid friendly -- I made it because I wanted a spring pasta but also because I thought farfalle with a green sauce would be appealing.

Not one bite. We heated up chicken nuggets and frozen peas both nights we ate it. Oh well. At least I enjoyed it.[/quote]

I wouldn’t heat up chicken nuggets and peas for him.  He can heat up his own nuggets and peas if that’s the alternative.

I phave a rule that you can always go and make yourself a peanut butter and jelly sandwich if you don’t like what we are having for dinner.  I showed all of my kids how to make it as early as they could, and I kept everything where they could reach it.  They all went through about a week of eating PB&J every night when they were about four, and then never again.  It’s too much hassle.  [/quote]

Congratulations? Your kids probably hate you, FYI.[/quote]

Dude.   I’m just telling you to sit with your husband and eat the delicious dinner you made.  Teach your kids how to microwave their own nuggets if that’s what they want!

And yes, my kids do hate me about 30% of the time, but that is because they are teenagers.  Yours will too. 
 But we still sit around the dinner table and talk for an hour or so every night.  
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The reason your kids likely hate you is that you read a perfectly normal story about a poster making a healthy meal for her kids and one of them totally rejecting it and having chicken nuggets instead, and decided to criticize her for not making the kid heat up the chicken nuggets himself.

For all you know, the kid in question is 4, and even if he's not, it's actually fine for the adults to do it. The PP wasn't complaining about hearing up the nuggets, just disappointed her kid wouldn't eat the meal she prepared and thought was very tasty.

Also nuggets taste a lot better heated in the oven. Like a million times better [/quote]

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