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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Monday - Chili, cornbread
Tuesday - Out (fundraiser for kids’ school at Chipotle)
Wednesday - Slow cooker veggie lasagna
Thursday - Popovers
Friday - Homemade pizza

I usually do crockpot once/week, and then either popovers or pancakes once/week.  Often one of the other nights is pasta and the other is a leftover from a previous crockpot night.[/quote]

Are popovers the whole meal?[/quote]

Yup.  It’s on the lighter side, but it’s fine for now since our kids are little still.  It’s not what I’d made once they’re teens. :)[/quote]

A popover is the meal?[/quote]

I'm having trouble with the popover too - please share more.  Like the airy, hollow tall buns?  Do you put cheese or herbs or something in the batter?  Or stuff them with something?  Really having a hard time picturing this as a meal, and want to know more.  [/quote]

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How can this be a meal?

That's like saying a flour tortilla is a meal.

I need more information, please.[/quote]

I don't know... [b]One (or two?!) of those with butter and jam would be freaking delicious for a light supper! [/b]They look scrumptious![/quote]

Exactly.  Where did I say each person was allotted a single popover?  DH and I usually each eat three, our older two (8 and 6) eat two, and the three year old eats one.  We eat them with butter and have a few different kinds of jam available.  The whole family *loves* popover night.  Yeah, it's on the lighter side, so what?  It's milk, eggs, flour.  It's fine.

(also, thanks, PP :) )[/quote]

I’m not the previous poster but I guess it works because your children are such light eaters. My six year old would eat probably at least  6 and my 4 year old at least 3 and they’re both slim.[/quote]

I don't consider my kids particularly light eaters.  Some meals they eat a lot, others, not so much.  If your kids regularly eat that amount of food, they sound like very heavy eaters.  DH and I are not small people, and we can be satisfied with three each.

Also, to the other PP, why is it so hard to imagine people eating a light dinner?  I eat plenty and don't diet, but I don't need every meal to be substantial, either.  If I know we're having these for dinner, I'll have a slightly bigger afternoon snack.[/quote]

PP here.

Come on, folks...

How many people just loooove breakfast for dinner?? Not my favorite, but plenty of people get into this. Popovers are not substantially different than pancakes, in reality.

And, why do meals always have to be so prescriptive? Dinner [b]has[/b][i] to be a certain amount of a certain type of food?

To be honest, I think this type of set expectation creates inflexibility and lack of creativity which doesn't serve us when we are encountered with some type of challenge at mealtime...[/quote]

I loooove breakfast for dinner.  But I wouldn't serve just one breakfast food for dinner and call it a meal.  A typical breakfast for dinner here might have pancakes and eggs and fruit.  Something similar with popovers would be amazing.

I'm also someone who would happily eat just popovers for dinner, but I don't feed my kids that way.  I always offer them a meal with protein and produce at a minimum.  Because I don't think I can judge when it's a day when they're not very hungry and ready for a light meal, or when they're craving protein.  So, I don't make that decision for them.  [/quote]

Good for you.  If my kids eat the popovers--always served with whole milk, which adds protein and fat--and tell me they're still hungry, I'll give them something else.  It's not that hard.  Please stop implying that those of us who don't do a heavy protein dinner are somehow depriving or otherwise harming are children.

I completely agree with the earlier PP who noted that insisting that every meal have specific requirements is overly rigid.  If my kids' favorite dinner is popovers, their favorite breakfast is leftover Thai takeout.  Should I not serve that because it's a dinner food?  Variety in food matters, but that can be achieved at a broad level.  I don't think that level of micro-management of food is healthy.[/quote]

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