[blparent] meals and snacks

Mon Aug 29 16:16:04 UTC 2011

The starving kids thing doesn't hold water with me because tobe blunt, it isn't my problem. Making my kid eat more or something different won't resolve the starving kids issue. So it's an irrivealant argument.

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From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
Sent: Monday, August 29, 2011 11:52 AM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] meals and snacks

I agree completely, Rebecca.  I don't believe in forcking a kid to eat 
something, but I also don't believe in making completely separate meals. 
I'm not a short order cook.  So if one of the kids doesn't want what's 
served, there are a couple of healthy choices available that evening, but no 
sweets or desserts.  My mom tried to make me sit at the table once till I 
ate what was on my plate--she gave up at midnight, and if she hadn't, I 
probably would still be sitting there, even though the house I grew up in 
has new owners now!

As far as the line about starving children, my answer as a kid was that Fed 
Ex guaranteed delivery anywhere in the world in 24 hours.  (I never said I 
was always a good kid.)  I'll try never to use that line because it's been 
sprung on kids for decades, maybe longer, and I doubt if it's ever gotten 
one of them to eat anything.

Jo Elizabeth

"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself--nameless, unreasoning, 
unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into 
advance."--Franklin D. Roosevelt

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From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)" <REBECCA.PICKRELL at tasc.com>
Sent: Monday, August 29, 2011 9:04 AM
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] meals and snacks

> News flash, Nicky, your parents don't care about starving kids, they just 
> didn't want to make a separate meal for you:)
> Nothing wrong with that, I'm just calling this one differently.
>
> Not sure what exactly you want with this post, do you mean dinner ideas 
> for everybody or quick meals for your son.
>
> At our house, our daughter is welcome to whatever we're having. If she 
> doesn't like it, she can have a couple options that require minimum 
> effert.
> I'm not big into getting kids to eat stuff they don't like. It seems 
> almost cruel being that our individual sense of smell and taste are so 
> unique. Also texture matters too and so do associations between food and 
> events.  Also, some foods are just harder to eat and less pleasant.
>
>    I also subscribe to the theory that a healthy body will do what it 
> needs to do.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
> Behalf Of Nikki
> Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2011 5:56 PM
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] meals and snacks
>
>    Yes. Mainly dinner ideas, thank you.
> I want to stay away from processed foods if possible, like Hamburger, Tuna
> Helper, those Betty Crocker meals in a box, etc.
> My parents have said "you eat what is put in front of you or don't eat at
> all" because you're lucky to even have food. There are starving children 
> out
> there that don't get anything to eat.
> Besides, you should introduce different kinds of foods.
>
> For a long time my son hated peas until my dad made a dish where you can't
> even taste them.
> He still doesn't like sweet bell peppers, white potatoes, just to name a
> few.
> He has grown to tolerate summer squash.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Jo Elizabeth Pinto
> Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2011 4:25 PM
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] meals and snacks
>
> It's kind of a broad question because it depends on what you and your 
> family
> like to eat.  I often give Sarah cheese slices as a snack, or cut up fruit
> such as grapes and strawberries.  She loves bananas, which she now eats
> whole, "like a monkey."  Raisins, cereal bars or dry cereal, whole grain
> crackers, dried fruit such as prunes or apricots, and fruit leather are 
> all
> good options.
>
> One meal that I make if I'm in a big hurry is a casserole that starts out
> with a box of macaroni and cheese, which you cook as you usually 
> would--boil
> the pasta for about 10 mintes and drain, add the powdered cheese mix and
> stir in.  Then I add a can of cream of mushroom soup and some canned or
> frozen vegetables, usually peas or peas and carrots.  The casserole can be
> made with ground beef that has been browned and drained of grease, but the
> really nice, easy thing about it is that if you don't have time to bother
> with cooking meat, you can plunk a couple of chicken pieces or pork chops 
> on
> top of the macaroni mixture in an 8 by 8 inch square pan and bake the 
> whole
> thing for about 45 minutes, or till the meat is done.  Or you can mix in
> tuna and bake for 30 minutes or so, till hot.
>
> Another easy recipe that involves baking is to pour a half a cup of 
> uncooked
> rice into a baking pan, then add a cup of water or milk and a can of cream
> of mushroom soup.  Stir the mixture together, add some canned or frozen
> veggies if you want, or some canned mushrooms.  Lay chicken pieces on top 
> of
> the rice mixture and bake, covered with aluminum foil, about an hour or 
> till
> rice is tender and chicken is done.
>
> Other people will have more ideas, I'm sure.  But I hope those easy 
> recipes
> are a place to start.  You could also try using dinner kits such as Tuna
> Helper, which are fairly filling and easy to make.  For directions, check
> out www.directionsforme.org
> .  Anjelina posted  the site to the list a little while back, and it's
> handy.  There are canned meals such as Le Choi Chinese food or stew or 
> chili
> that just have to be heated up, and jarred spaghetti sauces and frozen
> meatballs that are easy to put together.  Just heat the meatballs in the
> sauce, boil up some spaghetti, and dinner's done.
>
> Bran also posted an accessible family recipe site.  It's
> www.mealmakeovermoms.com.  I haven't had a chance to explore it too much,
> but it looks accessible.
>
> Good luck,
> Jo Elizabeth
>
> "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself--nameless, unreasoning,
> unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into
> advance."--Franklin D. Roosevelt
>
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> From: "Nikki" <daizies304 at comcast.net>
> Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2011 1:34 PM
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> Subject: Re: [blparent] meals and snacks
>
>>    well, both.
>>
>> -----Original Message----- 
>> From: Jo Elizabeth Pinto
>> Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2011 1:35 PM
>> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] meals and snacks
>>
>> Ideas for which?
>>
>> Jo Elizabeth
>>
>> "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself--nameless, unreasoning,
>> unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into
>> advance."--Franklin D. Roosevelt
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "Nikki" <daizies304 at comcast.net>
>> Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2011 12:18 PM
>> To: <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: [blparent] meals and snacks
>>
>>>    Hi all.
>>> I know this is probably not the list to be talking about food, but it
>>> concerns kids.
>>> I’m wondering if any of you have any quick and easy ideas to share, that
>>> I could try?
>>> I’m not talking big and elaborate. Just simple.
>>> Thanks.
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