Anonymous wrote:I'm pretty bad these days. 1yo eats anything but my 4yo is so picky. Some of my go-to dinners that would probably horrify DCUM (and/or my ped):

Peanut butter and jam sandwiches w/side of carrot sticks

Boxed mac n cheese with frozen peas

Hot dogs with a side of a clementine and one of the green HappyBaby pouches (lol)

Frozen dinosaur chicken nuggets with a side of...frozen Dr Praeger's dinosaur spinach nuggets

When I feed my kids Dino nuggets, I also make them for myself, but I put them in a flour tortilla with ranch dressing and butter lettuce.

Let’s see- I make a huge batch of homemade Mac and cheese but add a whole head of steamed cauliflower to the pan and call it healthy.

Homemade meatballs in some jarred tomato sauce plus a loaf of take and bake garlic bread is also a staple. You cannot beat the take and bake. It’s better than homemade…at least with my breadmaking skills it is.

Fried egg cooked in butter, white rice, soy sauce and furikake. Easy peasy lemon squeezy. <-- In asian families, this is the equivalent of cereal for dinner.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ll go first: tonight I made gooey grilled cheese sandwiches with Velveeta. Some on white bread, some on rye, some with tomatoes, some without. And canned tomato soup, and a phone-in salad.

Whaddaya got, DCUM? What dinners do you make that DCUM Would NEVER?

That’s not food. I’m not a pearl clutcher but why eat like that? You could get a nice sour dough and havarti with lots of butter. At least it’s actual food.

As for myself, homemade pizza.

Your mom.

No! I think I’ve just been ruined living in Los Angeles. I don’t know anyone who eats like this and I’m also not American. I have found this thread so interesting and had to Google some of the foods. I just didn’t understand why you wouldn’t want real cheese?!!! America has good cheese!!!

I don’t get it either. I never eat like this- it is disgusting. There is plenty of good real food to be found. If I don’t feel like actually cooking I’ll make something super simple like scrambled eggs. I don’t understand why we are celebrating loving garbage food. But a lot of people really love garbage food I guess- hence the obesity epidemic

I'm actually surprised it took this long for the sanctimonious holier than thou people to join this thread. Thanks for ruining what was a lot of fun.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ll go first: tonight I made gooey grilled cheese sandwiches with Velveeta. Some on white bread, some on rye, some with tomatoes, some without. And canned tomato soup, and a phone-in salad.

Whaddaya got, DCUM? What dinners do you make that DCUM Would NEVER?

That’s not food. I’m not a pearl clutcher but why eat like that? You could get a nice sour dough and havarti with lots of butter. At least it’s actual food.

As for myself, homemade pizza.

Your mom.

No! I think I’ve just been ruined living in Los Angeles. I don’t know anyone who eats like this and I’m also not American. I have found this thread so interesting and had to Google some of the foods. I just didn’t understand why you wouldn’t want real cheese?!!! America has good cheese!!!

You don't belong in this thread, go away.

Anonymous wrote:Boxed mac n cheese made in the instant pot is a lifesaver.

Pls explain

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Anonymous wrote:I get the two pound pack of asparagus from Costco and my family can polish the whole thing off in one sitting. And my family is two adults and two kids under 8.

That seems highly gauche as everyone knows no more than 3 spears per person.

I just spit out my coffee!

Thanks, pP

Was starting to think no one would appreciate my family's asparagus gluttony

Be careful of stinky pee. Gotta love that little asparagus side effect!!

That is the sole reason I don’t eat asparagus.

I’m the PP-funnily enough, my 2 older kids eat it, if only because I played up that aspect of eating it. Gross humor for the win!

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Anonymous wrote:I get the two pound pack of asparagus from Costco and my family can polish the whole thing off in one sitting. And my family is two adults and two kids under 8.

That seems highly gauche as everyone knows no more than 3 spears per person.

I just spit out my coffee!

Thanks, pP

Was starting to think no one would appreciate my family's asparagus gluttony

Be careful of stinky pee. Gotta love that little asparagus side effect!!

That is the sole reason I don’t eat asparagus.

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Anonymous wrote:I get the two pound pack of asparagus from Costco and my family can polish the whole thing off in one sitting. And my family is two adults and two kids under 8.

That seems highly gauche as everyone knows no more than 3 spears per person.

I'm with PP. I get the Costco bag and we eat it all. I can fill my plate. 3 spears only for those under 12 that have an aversion to veggies.

I was raised on WW and Deal A Meal "recipes", which created quite a niche collection of childhood comfort foods (think lots of hollowed out vegetables filled with cottage cheese). But because I was denied a lot of other typical 80s classics, those are my go-to choices, things like Chef Boyardee or Hamburger Helper. I don't feed my family stuff like that but if I'm eating alone, it's all about boxes, cans, and so much sodium.