Dinner for my 5 years old....

[TVR1]

I’m hoping I’m doing the right thing.

Breakfast, we do dippy eggs etc but I really like daughter to have something nice for dinner.

I’ve had someone describe this as ‘bland’ just now.

We cooked it together, the broccoli isn’t just the head, we’ve cut it up and arranged it after a couple of dollops of butter.

Chips are cooked in goose fat and finished off on a griddle.

Lamb is cooked in the griddle and rested.

Plate is now clean.


Am I doing something wrong to have this described as bland?

[hyphen]

5 year old? Easy win is to add Ketchup. Or Baked beans/hoops!

[TVR1]

hyphen said:

5 year old? Easy win is to add Ketchup. Or Baked beans/hoops!

Doesn’t like ketchup.

Although, I discovered Heinz Peppa Pig in tomato sauce this morning. Too sweet, she said...

I hoovered them up!

[AlexC1981]

Something feng shui about how you have arranged the food. Makes me feel inner peace.

The only way my mum could get me to eat vegetables when I was little was to have them swimming in gravy.

[CoolHands]

If she ate it, all good!

Could add gravy for moisture

[ATG]

Someone else thinks that's too bland for a 5yr old??? Err, OK. How about let the kids set their own pace? Let them try whatever you're eating or whatever interesting stuff you've got in the fridge. If they like it, great. If they find it too much, congratulate them for giving it a try. So long as they're eating a balanced, healthy diet, who cares?

[anonymous-user]

Kids will eat when they are hungry, no matter what you put in front of them. Like you, I started off with broccoli at 5, now at 16 and 18 they get up at 2pm to eat donuts and pot noodle.

So long as they eat, stop worrying. You have bigger problems ahead.

[essayer]

be grateful - mine just eats pasta and peas

[ClaphamGT3]

Looks splendid - you'll be so glad you persevered with food like that when she's 5 years older and you can take her anywhere to eat.

Don't give in to the whole chicken nuggets/spaghetti hoops/ketchup with everything path of least resistance now and make her a fussy eater with a limited, infantile palette later in life

[Type R Tom]

How does a 5-year-old know the word bland in the correct context?

[LuS1fer]

My son is and always has been incredibly picky.

It's been a voyage of discovery but we've settled on carrots, parsnips, corn, nothing green at all.

He likes potatoes if they are small or roast.

He likes fried eggs, steak, smoked salmon, smoked haddock, roast pork, chicken. Nothing "spicy".

Overall, you just have to find stuff they like and construct a meal around it.

He's 11 now and still won't eat anything green.

[wombleh]

I wouldn’t worry about too bland, ours favourite dinner is plain spaghetti! If they eat it and it’s got some veg then you’re doing fine!

[GT03ROB]

If she ate it there is no problem. At 5 that’s all that matters.

[Douglas Quaid]

Did your kid say it was bland or did you post it up on Facebook for approval?

[Bill]

Bland? Maybe, but it's not like you'd put a big dollop of mustard on the side. That said, my lot would want mayo for the chips or some gravy.

[Cotty]

Couple of drops of tabasco (carefull kids don't cope with chille well), see if he thinks its bland then

[sociopath]

Drier than a gnat's chuff

[grumbledoak]

Douglas Quaid said:

Did your kid say it was bland or did you post it up on Facebook for approval?

^^^ That. Kids don't usually like strong flavours or mysterious things buried under sauces.

Cooking it with them and getting them to eat real food is all that matters.

[Robertj21a]

Chips in goose fat for a 5 year old ?

[ClaphamGT3]

Robertj21a said:

Chips in goose fat for a 5 year old ?

Why on earth not?