I introduced green bean casserole so I could also serve plain green beans for my picky kids. It was rolls and green beans, then turkey, rolls and green beans. Now I also make the mac and cheese, so that’s eaten too. MAYBE, maybe plain boiled potatoes my SIL saves while making mashed potatoes. But potatoes are new so no promises. And they claim they’ll eat apple pie, but I’ve only ever seen them eat the crust and ice cream.

There’s nothing my kids won’t at least try. They are 5 and 9.

Mac n cheese and rolls and green beans.
...plenty of room. for dessert, I presume, bc there's no stopping her there

Oh my goodness, this is my favorite thread of all time on DCUM. Thank you all for being honest. I thought we were the only ones.

My oldest is finally getting better but we did years of feeding therapy and knew that one was an outlier but it’s tough the second one is also picky(but within normal range). They both will eat the rolls, but not if there’s any sesame seeds or anything. Whipped cream and any pie alternative dessert that is chocolate. I often bring some cheese or yogurt so they don’t meltdown. Anyone else have purse crackers in case of emergency?

Anonymous wrote:Love putting in 8 hours of cooking for my kids to eat green beans and canned cranberry that great aunt Martha brings.

only the slow cooker macaroni and cheese - and maybe pie.

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Anonymous wrote: Both will try (3 bites or so) literally everything. They will have a small potions of everything. The only thing my oldest does t like is homemade Mac and cheese, but she will be polite enough to eat a few bites because grandma made it.

There’s not a single food my kids won’t eat at least a few bites of to try it.

That makes me really sad.

It makes you sad that my kids genuinely like to eat and try new food? OK! I guess your little heart will just break when I tell you that my 6yo loves eating sardines and mustard on Saltines with her grandpa.

No, it makes me sad that your child thinks he needs to eat something he doesn't like on a holiday with lots of food choices to please someone else. If your kid wants mustard and sardines then guilting them into eat mac and cheese is as manipulative as forcing sardines and mustard on a kid with different tastes.

I’m the PP you are responding to. My oldest is 10 years old. Her favorite food in the world is good ol’ blue box Kraft Deluxe. She doesn’t actively dislike grandma’s mac and cheese, it’s just…not her favorite. But she gets that grandma made it from scratch, and she gets that eating a few bites is a nice thing to do. She gets Kraft Deluxe for 90% of her mac and cheese yearly experience. It really is OK if she eats a few bites of homemade mac and cheese instead of the boxed kind every now and then.

Are you OK?

Anonymous wrote:Family of 4 finally admits that none of us particularly like traditional Thanksgiving food. We tried for years and the kids mostly ate bread, cheese, and mac and cheese. Now they are teens and initially we were just going to skip the whole thing, but finally decided on a huge pancake brunch instead. I'm actually excited.

We get a ton of dim sum here.

Family of 4 finally admits that none of us particularly like traditional Thanksgiving food. We tried for years and the kids mostly ate bread, cheese, and mac and cheese. Now they are teens and initially we were just going to skip the whole thing, but finally decided on a huge pancake brunch instead. I'm actually excited.

3 year old - rolls, pumpkin pie, maybe corn, maybe potatoes, pickles (dunno, always on my IL’s table)
6 year old - rolls, pumpkin pie, the turkey skin, maybe some turkey, hoping this is the year where she eats potatoes but not holding my breath

Also… sweet potatoes! My MIL covers in a crumble topping and loads of butter. They will both eat that.

One year I was not paying attention and my 2 YO only ate brownies.

My 2yo will eat anything put in front of her, which is tricky at family holiday gatherings since she is severely allergic to eggs and nuts. It is exhausting trying to keep her safe at these events.
My 6yo will eat turkey, green beans, sweet potatoes, and a roll. No dressing or cranberry sauce, and no pumpkin pie. If someone makes a cheesecake this year, she’ll eat that.

Anonymous wrote:For folks that had kids who were picky eaters and are now vacuums, when did that happen?

6 months before high school graduation. No joke. Never tried steak, cheesesteak, eggs, or even Chinese food until then. On his own (I'd long since given up), figured that he had better get used to a variety of foods so that when he went to college he would be able to eat whatever was in the dining hall, or food court with new friends, etc.

a roll and vanilla ice cream for dessert. that's it.

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Anonymous wrote: Both will try (3 bites or so) literally everything. They will have a small potions of everything. The only thing my oldest does t like is homemade Mac and cheese, but she will be polite enough to eat a few bites because grandma made it.

There’s not a single food my kids won’t eat at least a few bites of to try it.

That makes me really sad.

It makes you sad that my kids genuinely like to eat and try new food? OK! I guess your little heart will just break when I tell you that my 6yo loves eating sardines and mustard on Saltines with her grandpa.

No, it makes me sad that your child thinks he needs to eat something he doesn't like on a holiday with lots of food choices to please someone else. If your kid wants mustard and sardines then guilting them into eat mac and cheese is as manipulative as forcing sardines and mustard on a kid with different tastes.

Girl, this makes you sad?! Lol!

My kids eat everything!