Insp. by Pizza thread... kids eating weird

[SleepyMom]

I thought of this while posting on the "what do you like on your pizza thread".

I was making supper one night and my brother called, as we were chatting youngest DD came into the kitchen and saw what I was making for supper. She said something to the effect of "noooooo, not that again I hate that, you make it on purpose because you know I don't like it" She's only a little overdramatic

My brother was laughing and asked what I was making and commented it must be meatloaf for her to respond like that. I told him it was homemade pizza and if I HAD been making meatloaf she would have been thrilled, she loves meatloaf. He couldn't believe she hated homemade pizza that badly, but likes meatloaf. She will ask me to make meatloaf, but when I am making homemade pizza I just make her pasta because I know she won't eat it.

So, what are some foods that your kids like that aren't normally kid foods and is there anything that they won't eat even though most other kids love it?

 

[mickeyboat]

Hannah will try almost anything. Some things she likes are fried mushrooms and garden salads. She is like her mom - she loves rice pilaf and cheesy potatoes.

Emily likes almost any kind of soup and any kind of meat. She loves pork, and many meals the meat is all she eats. Last night we went to a Japanese steakhouse for dinner. She ate all her soup and mine, all her steak and almost all her rice (she's 5).

Denae

 

[Good Ol Gal]

my 5yo has loved green beans and salads forever! He is one weird kiddo

my 6yo loves meat, meat, meat. he piles his plate with whatever meat we're having and won't touch the veggies at all.

 

[slo]

I could go on and on and on and on with this thread

My 7yr old will eat:
cherry tomatoes like candy
suck on lemons
loves meatloaf!!
loves fishsticks
Mandarin oranges like candy


She will not eat:
any type of fruitsnack
most poptarts
most sweet cereal
most sweetened granola bars
tacos
lasagna


I could go on and on but I just don't have time to list them all Now when it comes to my 2yr old - HOLY COW, she doesn't eat anything!!!

 

[Amy]

Oh geez, the food issue. I HATE cooking for my family because no matter what I make, somebody doesn't like it.

DS16
allergic to nuts (a whole 'nother set of challenges)
LOVES pizza
LOVES chicken/turkey
HATES hot dogs and hamburgers
tolerates other beef/steak dishes
HATES seafood

DS14
LOVES hot dogs/burgers
LOVES beef/steak
LOVES seafood
HATES chicken/turkey

DH will eat anything as long as he doesn't have to cook it

Me - the only thing I absolutely hate is peas

We actually have 2 nights each week when nobody complains - one is leftover/I don't care/make your own dinner night and the other is frozen dinner night. Those are the only 2 nights when nobody complains about what I cook!

 

[mommaU4]

Ugh, my kids are the worst eaters!! Picky as can be. I wish they would eat non-kid foods once in awhile but no such luck.

My girls do something that is kinda weird. They put applesauce on everything. They put it on their PB&J sandwiches and their pizza. Yuck!

And heaven forbid they should all like the same foods. We can't even go to one fast food place!! It's Wendy's for DS, Taco Bell for DD9, Burger King for the twins.

 

[Micca]

My kids were always picking (just like DW). They wouldn't eat tacos, any veggies except potatoes, and nothing that ever lived in water.

 

[DisneyAddict_M]

My dd5 doesn't like french fries all that much. (weird to me, since I'm addicted to them. )

 

[elgerber]

My dd hates pizza too, and it always shocks people! It makes birthday parties hard for her, because most kids parties seem to involve pizza. She has tried to like it, but she just can't. She must get it from Grandpa, my dad won't eat pizza either.

 

[DisneyAddict_M]

I just remembered something. My 4 year old niece hates pizza too. She always gets a green salad instead. She loves the stuff.

 

[Sparx]

I don't knwo what I won't eat that most people like, but I know what I like that most people won't eat. I LOVE onions. I can eat a raw onion like an apple. But I won't eat onion rings. They are just nasty. They are soft and squishy and everything. uggh. makes me cringe. Its a texture thing. Onions should not be cooked.

 

[Brianne]

My kids love artichokes. I didn't realize how rare/odd that might be until I had to explain what an artichoke was to a young check-out gal at Publix after she accidently got poked by one of the thorns on a leaf while bagging them. I guess I could've warned her first, but I had figured she had encountered them before?!

 

[tiggger1]

my 2 1/2 year old loves Broccoli and greek salads. she eats her broccoli so well that I buy it in bulk frozen and heat it up with almost every meal. yesterday she asked for it in her cereal but I said no to that one

 

[disykat]

My son hates pizza too.

 

[Sonya]

DS will not eat hot dogs or baked potatoes or bananas. I love them! However he will eat:
curry
coconut rice
anything mexican
anything spicy
almost any fruit

I swear I didn't eat much spicy food while prego, but I did eat Taco Bell every week. Now he loves it as much as me!