Make Your Own Damn Dinner!
I take it very personally when my kids don't want to eat my food. But I have never told them to go make their own.
Still, I'm enjoying a blog from a mom in Austin, Texas, who got tired of having to make separate meals for her kids and told them to Make Their Own Damn Dinner!
Last summer, she began recording every meal she made for herself and her husband, as well as what her kids, ages 8 and 10, made for themselves. The only rule for the kids was that their meal had to have a protein and a fruit or a vegetable.
Her experiment is over, but she still writes about what she has been cooking. Last night I made the roast chicken she recommended, and it was real simple to make and came out juicy.
I like to be adventurous when I cook, but I have restricted that urge because I want my kids to eat my food, not only because it's healthy, but because it's a way of showing them I love them.
How do you handle dinners? Do you make your kids eat what you eat, cook them separate meals, or tell them to Make Their Own Damn Dinner?!?!?!?
Comments
Our kids eat what we eat. It's kind of evolved from: if you don't want to eat it, you don't have to, but you won't be eating anything else - to - you have to at least take a bite to taste - to - if we're having vegetables, it's not just taste, but you must eat at least the portion of vegetables served to you. And no dessert if we don't finish our dinner...
Posted by: Becky | June 21, 2007 11:48 AM