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FirstMate
My lil cowboy
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Dinner sides...
The bane of my existence.
What do you make as sides for dinner that your kids will eat? I'm good for mac and cheese and butter noodles but looking to expand my children's discerning palate. 
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Posted 6/5/23 4:08 PM  |
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PitterPatter11
Baby Boy is Here!
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Momma <3
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Dinner sides...
My 9 year old likes rice mixes like Near East Long Grain and Wild Rice. He also like potatoes cut into wedges and baked.
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| Posted 6/5/23 4:41 PM |
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nycbuslady
LIF Adult
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Dinner sides...
We stick to the basics:
-broccoli
-mashed potatos
-corn on the cob (in the summer)
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| Posted 6/6/23 7:15 AM |
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OhBoyorGirl
LIF Adult
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Re: Dinner sides...
They like those frozen broccoli or cauliflower and cheese tots.
Pierogies
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| Posted 6/6/23 7:42 AM |
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Re: Dinner sides...
Packaged noodles and rice. Egg noodles. Mac and Cheese. Mashed, Baked Potatoes, french fries. Sweet Potatoes. Pasta Salad.
Corn, green beans, peas, carrots, mixed veggies, broccoli, cauliflower.
Sometimes watermelon or a fruit.
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| Posted 6/6/23 7:54 AM |
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Deeluvsvinny
DONE
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Whatever
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Dinner sides...
My DD is 13 and has a much better palate now, but when I was trying to expand it, I started with things she liked...so she likes avocado- I would add that salads, so she'd try it. Dip veggies in any dressing/sauce she liked (if I made string beans, she used to dip in Italian or ranch dressing) She loved Caesar salad because of the croutons and cheese- so we had that a lot...then she evolved into liking a lot of salads. sprinkling parm cheese on veggies worked too. it takes time and it's not always going to be a win, especially not the first time. She liked couscous, so I'd a small amount of veggies to it, then a little more the next time, etc. Shredded zucchini into pasta dishes and now she loves zucchini. Same with Spinach, add fresh spinach to pasta and now she loves it. Also, Veggies I thought she would like, were not the ones she did- I kept trying peas bc to me, they are sweet, she hated (and still hates) them, but loves red, yellow and orange peppers, cauliflower, spinach..
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| Posted 6/6/23 9:21 AM |
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NervousNell
Just another chapter in life..
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..being a mommy and being a wife!
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Re: Dinner sides...
Other than fries, I got nothing.
My DD eats about 5 things- all which can be found on a children's menu in any restaurant.
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| Posted 6/6/23 9:47 AM |
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busymomonli
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Dinner sides...
We tend to eat a lot of rice. White rice, flavored rice, brown rice. We also do noodles, salad, and fries. Recently I have been making quinoa and couscous as well. And then we have a veggie usually as well.
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| Posted 6/7/23 6:50 AM |
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EricaAlt
LIF Adult
Member since 7/08 22665 total posts
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Erica
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Re: Dinner sides...
frozen broccoli or string beans I steam
baked potato and I'll put light sour cream and cheese they can add on top
rice (they love cheesy rice or broccoli cheese rice best)
corn
beans
french fries
and of course pasta
It's kinda boring, but at least they eat it
Of course it depends on what I'm making too
Message edited 6/7/2023 9:59:38 AM.
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| Posted 6/7/23 7:44 AM |
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