My kids like generally home-made foods and they eat what we make - but they also have some specific fast foods too.

- Poori, aloo and semolina halwa
- Chicken biryani
- Cauliflower or potato paranthas with kerryland butter and mango lassi
- Dosa stuffed with potatos and peas, served with spiced coconut chutney
- Veggi and cheese quesadilla
- Sunken burrito - both bean and chicken
- Penang curry with rice, Tom yum soup, chicken satay, Tod mun
- Fried fish, hush puppies

- Maifun noodles, egg fuyong with gravy, singapore noodles with shrimp, Gen Tso's chicken, eggplant in garlic sauce (local chinese restaurant)
- Sushi assortment from local sushi place
- Chicken kebabs from local kebab place
- Olive Garden's stuffed chicken marsala with zuppa toscana soup.
- $pizza or ledo's pizza.
- ChickfilA chicken burger with fries and peach shake

- BBQ ribs, beans and cole slaw- made by DH
- Veggi burger with all fixings, spicy corn - made by DH
- Prawn curry, pork/chicken vindaloo, rice - made by DH

My kids always love breakfast for dinner. Pancakes or French toast, bacon or scrambled eggs, fresh fruit. They’ll eat a parfait of yogurt, fruit and granola any time of day.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tacos are always a win with my kids and their friends

I am realizing I’ve never seen my kids eat tacos. Maybe quesadillas?

weird

Sushi

At home my daughters like to roll their own veggie sushi (I’m not confident enough to use fish) Avocado, carrots, cucumbers, tofu all make great fillings and it’s a fun “activity” type meal. We have wasabi and soy sauce for dipping.

Tacos

Make your own pizza (get dough from Trafer Joes and have the girls assemble it with their favorite toppings.)

Why not take the girls shopping and let them pick out food? See if they want to go to Costco or hmart or Whole Foods or Trader Joe’s.
People are so different. My kids wouldn’t eat much of what’s been suggested. I mean, maybe the Alfredo but only if sauce made with cashews or avocado.

Anonymous wrote:My teen Dads favorite homemade meal is probably homemade Alfredo with bow tie pasta. 2nd favorite is pesto chicken pizza I make on naan bread.
But you need to ask them. Do they have phones? Can you ask them directly if your brother won’t give you a straight answer?

Yeah, I'm thinking what would people feed me, if they went on DCUM and asked what 40 year old women like lol. It's so personal.

My teen Dads favorite homemade meal is probably homemade Alfredo with bow tie pasta. 2nd favorite is pesto chicken pizza I make on naan bread.
But you need to ask them. Do they have phones? Can you ask them directly if your brother won’t give you a straight answer?

Mine probably likes best meals like stuffed shells, lasagna, pasta with vodka sauce (all with garlic bread and caesar salad), or taco or burrito bowls (we call it DIY Chipotle night).

Pasta Carbonara
Pesto pasta
Fish n' chips
Steak
Fish Tacos
Chicken Schwarma
Chicken Caesar Salad

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Definitely ask them! What kinds of things would you like when you visit? Breakfast? Snacks? Drinks?

The chances DCUM will give you a better answer is small.

This. My teen daughter's fave meal is sushi and more sushi. Sashimi, oysters? Yes please. Also steak. Lobster, mussels. Not scallops so much.
My son likes mac and cheese and chick nuggs.

It's going to be very personal.

But universally they all want to go out for a disgusting bubble tea or smoothies or chik-fil-a/raising canes- so I agree with PPs on that!

Mine hates chil fil a! Smoothies or açaí bowls or sushi yes. And steak. Agree on the make your own anything.
Those frozen Mac and cheese balls from Trader Joe’s also seem wildly popular.

This is so mid dependent and area dependent. Are they from LA or KC?

Anonymous wrote:Definitely ask them! What kinds of things would you like when you visit? Breakfast? Snacks? Drinks?

The chances DCUM will give you a better answer is small.

This. My teen daughter's fave meal is sushi and more sushi. Sashimi, oysters? Yes please. Also steak. Lobster, mussels. Not scallops so much.
My son likes mac and cheese and chick nuggs.

It's going to be very personal.

But universally they all want to go out for a disgusting bubble tea or smoothies or chik-fil-a/raising canes- so I agree with PPs on that!

Mine love make-your-own concept dinners like:
Make your own grilled cheese bar with different cheeses and spreads and pickles and salami etc as options;
Make your own chipotle style bowls with rice, salad, chicken, beans, tortilla chips, guacamole, different kinds of salsa;
Make your own Cava style bowls (same as above except middle eastern option- feta, olives, chick peas, tomato cucumber salad, etc)

Penne vodka is weirdly popular with this age group. We took my kids friends out to dinner for her birthday and they basically all got this and it wasn’t even an Italian restaurant.

But mine loves—
Spaghetti with meatballs
Assemble your own tacos (grilled meat)
Sushi

Tacos
Dumplings like soup ones from Trader joes
Anything pasta
Make your own pizza