Need Recipe help!!

July 3, 2001

Hi Everyone!!

I was looking to find a recipe for making burgers using portobello

mushrooms...but they are chopped and mixed with other stuff...I saw a recipe

of this sort not too long ago but can't find it...ugh...any help would be

greatly appreciated...my partner is a pain when it comes to eating

vegetarian meals...and I'd like to find something he would like...and he

likes portobello mushrooms...

Thanks in advance!!

Caroline

July 4, 2001

That sounds like my family when I was growing up. My mother would cook,

& fortunately she was a very good cook, & we would eat it. If we

complained my father would say eat it & say be exceedingly glad you

have anything. And that was the end of it! LOL And because of that my sister

& I grew up to like almost every vegetable there is & would eat

just about anything. Of course she's vegetarian now & I'm working towards

it, but we still like to eat foods from other cultures & experiment.

Vicki

delairen wrote:

> corn...oh the trials and tribulation of feeding

my family.

>

Just a suggestion... Actually, it's for all the people out there

with 'finicky' family members... I'm blessed to have a omnivore

husband who's supportive of my trial & errors in the kitchen,

however, even if he were not, I would not make two seperate meals...

My philosophy is, if you want something else to eat, get up and

make

it yourself! (And then clean it up, too!) And then I also won't

buy

anything I've deemed to be 'yucky junk' anymore either. It's been

my

experience, that sooner or later, children will get hungry enough

to

eat, and that skipping a few meals won't hurt them.

Just my $.02.

Love & Light,

Stephanie

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Kris,

I do want them chopped...want to try and " disguise " them as much as

possible...I'm hoping to get my son to eat them as well...without him

knowing that there are mushrooms in them...LOL...one of the few veggies he

won't eat...but yet my partner will...but won't eat any other veggie but

corn...oh the trials and tribulation of feeding my family.

Thanks!!

Caroline

> You do or don't want them chopped? If not chopped, this one

> if wonderful!

> /message/2998

>

> Kris

July 4, 2001

This is the easiest and we have them a couple of times a month. Wash the

portobello mushrooms and cover with Good Seasons or any other marinade you

want and then just grill it. Put on a roll with some lettuce, etc and

you're done.

Laura

>

>I was looking to find a recipe for making burgers using portobello

>mushrooms...

July 4, 2001

Well shoot, I can't help you then. The only thought that

comes to mind is check your health food store for vegi

burger mixes and try adding finely chopped mushrooms.

I have the same situation, meat eating husband and picky

teenager. Hubby usually cooks hamburgers while I enjoy my

mushrooms. Be very careful. My kid has learned to

microscopicly examine food for " funny stuff " and can find

the most finely chopped onion or mushroom. I'm happy to

report that after a few short years though hubby not only

knows what a zuchini is, but will actually eat some!

Change happens very slowly so give it time. You can always

threaten to serve peanut butter and jelly for dinner! LOL

Kris

--- Caroline <caroline wrote:

> Kris,

>

> I do want them chopped...want to try and " disguise " them

> as much as

> possible...I'm hoping to get my son to eat them as

> well...without him

> knowing that there are mushrooms in them...LOL...one of

> the few veggies he

> won't eat...but yet my partner will...but won't eat any

> other veggie but

> corn...oh the trials and tribulation of feeding my

> family.

>

> Thanks!!

> Caroline

>

> > You do or don't want them chopped? If not chopped, this

> one

> > if wonderful!

> >

>

/message/2998

> >

> > Kris

>

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July 4, 2001

here an idea...put the mushrooms in a food processor

and firm it up with flavoured bread crumbs...

Carolyn

--- kris <kristc99 wrote:

> Well shoot, I can't help you then. The only thought

> that

> comes to mind is check your health food store for

> vegi

> burger mixes and try adding finely chopped

> mushrooms.

>

> I have the same situation, meat eating husband and

> picky

> teenager. Hubby usually cooks hamburgers while I

> enjoy my

> mushrooms. Be very careful. My kid has learned to

> microscopicly examine food for " funny stuff " and can

> find

> the most finely chopped onion or mushroom. I'm happy

> to

> report that after a few short years though hubby not

> only

> knows what a zuchini is, but will actually eat some!

>

> Change happens very slowly so give it time. You can

> always

> threaten to serve peanut butter and jelly for

> dinner! LOL

>

> Kris

>

> --- Caroline <caroline wrote:

> > Kris,

> >

> > I do want them chopped...want to try and

> " disguise " them

> > as much as

> > possible...I'm hoping to get my son to eat them as

> > well...without him

> > knowing that there are mushrooms in

> them...LOL...one of

> > the few veggies he

> > won't eat...but yet my partner will...but won't

> eat any

> > other veggie but

> > corn...oh the trials and tribulation of feeding my

> > family.

> >

> > Thanks!!

> > Caroline

> >

> > > You do or don't want them chopped? If not

> chopped, this

> > one

> > > if wonderful!

> > >

> >

>

/message/2998

> > >

> > > Kris

> >

>

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July 4, 2001

My favourite for a portabello burger; I saute some onions first and

then grill the mushrooms in the same pan. Put the mushroom on a bun

with the onions and a sprinkle of sage. Tastes great topped with asiago

cheese too if you like.

Laura Schauble wrote:

> This is the easiest and we have them a couple of times a month. Wash

> the

> portobello mushrooms and cover with Good Seasons or any other marinade

> you

> want and then just grill it. Put on a roll with some lettuce, etc and

>

> you're done.

>

> Laura

>

> >

> >I was looking to find a recipe for making burgers using portobello

> >mushrooms...

>

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July 4, 2001

I would use a lentil burger recipe and add chopped mushrooms to it. That would be quite yummy. I know I made burgers like that a couple of times but I can't remember where I got the recipe.

Jacqueline

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kris

Wednesday, July 04, 2001 10:08 AM

Re: Re: Need Recipe help!!

Well shoot, I can't help you then. The only thought thatcomes to mind is check your health food store for vegiburger mixes and try adding finely chopped mushrooms. I have the same situation, meat eating husband and pickyteenager. Hubby usually cooks hamburgers while I enjoy mymushrooms. Be very careful. My kid has learned tomicroscopicly examine food for "funny stuff" and can findthe most finely chopped onion or mushroom. I'm happy toreport that after a few short years though hubby not onlyknows what a zuchini is, but will actually eat some! Change happens very slowly so give it time. You can alwaysthreaten to serve peanut butter and jelly for dinner! LOLKris--- Caroline <caroline wrote:> Kris,> > I do want them chopped...want to try and "disguise" them> as much as> possible...I'm hoping to get my son to eat them as> well...without him> knowing that there are mushrooms in them...LOL...one of> the few veggies he> won't eat...but yet my partner will...but won't eat any> other veggie but> corn...oh the trials and tribulation of feeding my> family.> > Thanks!!> Caroline> > > > You do or don't want them chopped? If not chopped, this> one> > if wonderful!> >>/message/2998> >> > Kris> > > Get personalized email addresses from Mailhttp://personal.mail./contact owner: -owner Mail list: Delivered-mailing list List-Un: - no flaming arguing or denigration of others allowedcontact owner with complaints regarding posting/list or anything else. Thank you.please share/comment/inform and mostly enjoy this list

July 4, 2001

Stephanie,

Interesting thought, You might like to hear about my sister. We were raised in a steak and potatoes household. My sister had to eat a little bit of everything that we were having for dinner. Her ENTIRE childhood, every night, she stared for HOURS at a single pea, a tiny piece of meat and a small piece of potato. The amounts would not have been enough to feed a small baby and she refused to eat it. She ate healthy snacks throughout the day, but I still believe she would rather starve than eat what was on her plate at dinner. My poor sister spent much of her childhood alone at the dinner table while her siblings were out playing.

Just a thought that maybe it might be a little hard-lined to make a child eat what they do not like.

Kim

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delairen

Wednesday, July 04, 2001 11:06 AM

Re: Need Recipe help!!

> corn...oh the trials and tribulation of feeding my family.> Just a suggestion... Actually, it's for all the people out there with 'finicky' family members... I'm blessed to have a omnivore husband who's supportive of my trial & errors in the kitchen, however, even if he were not, I would not make two seperate meals... My philosophy is, if you want something else to eat, get up and make it yourself! (And then clean it up, too!) And then I also won't buy anything I've deemed to be 'yucky junk' anymore either. It's been my experience, that sooner or later, children will get hungry enough to eat, and that skipping a few meals won't hurt them. Just my $.02.Love & Light,Stephaniecontact owner: -owner Mail list: Delivered-mailing list List-Un: - no flaming arguing or denigration of others allowedcontact owner with complaints regarding posting/list or anything else. Thank you.please share/comment/inform and mostly enjoy this list

July 4, 2001

> corn...oh the trials and tribulation of feeding my family.

>

Just a suggestion... Actually, it's for all the people out there

with 'finicky' family members... I'm blessed to have a omnivore

husband who's supportive of my trial & errors in the kitchen,

however, even if he were not, I would not make two seperate meals...

My philosophy is, if you want something else to eat, get up and make

it yourself! (And then clean it up, too!) And then I also won't buy

anything I've deemed to be 'yucky junk' anymore either. It's been my

experience, that sooner or later, children will get hungry enough to

eat, and that skipping a few meals won't hurt them.

Just my $.02.

Love & Light,

Stephanie

July 4, 2001

Stephanie, this is exactely what I do!

Jacqueline

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delairen

Wednesday, July 04, 2001 12:06 PM

Re: Need Recipe help!!

> corn...oh the trials and tribulation of feeding my family.> Just a suggestion... Actually, it's for all the people out there with 'finicky' family members... I'm blessed to have a omnivore husband who's supportive of my trial & errors in the kitchen, however, even if he were not, I would not make two seperate meals... My philosophy is, if you want something else to eat, get up and make it yourself! (And then clean it up, too!) And then I also won't buy anything I've deemed to be 'yucky junk' anymore either. It's been my experience, that sooner or later, children will get hungry enough to eat, and that skipping a few meals won't hurt them. Just my $.02.Love & Light,Stephaniecontact owner: -owner Mail list: Delivered-mailing list List-Un: - no flaming arguing or denigration of others allowedcontact owner with complaints regarding posting/list or anything else. Thank you.please share/comment/inform and mostly enjoy this list

July 4, 2001

Kim, I would not make a child sit alone at the table like that. My kids each have a couple things they do not have to eat but I do not cook special meals. My babysitter cooks a meal for her and her husband and then kid food for her kids. That is just too much work and is not necessary in my book. I have let my kids make a peanut butter sandwich if they really can't eat what we are having.

Jacqueline

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Kim Kurylo

Wednesday, July 04, 2001 11:33 AM

Re: Re: Need Recipe help!!

Stephanie,

Interesting thought, You might like to hear about my sister. We were raised in a steak and potatoes household. My sister had to eat a little bit of everything that we were having for dinner. Her ENTIRE childhood, every night, she stared for HOURS at a single pea, a tiny piece of meat and a small piece of potato. The amounts would not have been enough to feed a small baby and she refused to eat it. She ate healthy snacks throughout the day, but I still believe she would rather starve than eat what was on her plate at dinner. My poor sister spent much of her childhood alone at the dinner table while her siblings were out playing.

Just a thought that maybe it might be a little hard-lined to make a child eat what they do not like.

Kim

-

delairen

Wednesday, July 04, 2001 11:06 AM

Re: Need Recipe help!!

> corn...oh the trials and tribulation of feeding my family.> Just a suggestion... Actually, it's for all the people out there with 'finicky' family members... I'm blessed to have a omnivore husband who's supportive of my trial & errors in the kitchen, however, even if he were not, I would not make two seperate meals... My philosophy is, if you want something else to eat, get up and make it yourself! (And then clean it up, too!) And then I also won't buy anything I've deemed to be 'yucky junk' anymore either. It's been my experience, that sooner or later, children will get hungry enough to eat, and that skipping a few meals won't hurt them. Just my $.02.Love & Light,Stephaniecontact owner: -owner Mail list: Delivered-mailing list List-Un: - no flaming arguing or denigration of others allowedcontact owner with complaints regarding posting/list or anything else. Thank you.please share/comment/inform and mostly enjoy this list

July 4, 2001

, " Kim Kurylo " <kimkurylo> wrote:

> Stephanie,

>

> Interesting thought, You might like to hear about my sister. We

were raised in a steak and potatoes household. My sister had to eat a

little bit of everything that we were having for dinner. Her ENTIRE

childhood, every night, she stared for HOURS at a single pea, a tiny

piece of meat and a small piece of potato. The amounts would not have

been enough to feed a small baby and she refused to eat it. She ate

healthy snacks throughout the day, but I still believe she would

rather starve than eat what was on her plate at dinner. My poor

sister spent much of her childhood alone at the dinner table while

her siblings were out playing.

>

> Just a thought that maybe it might be a little hard-lined to make a

child eat what they do not like.

>

I'm not saying that they have to eat everything, and in fact, when my

daughter shows an EXTREME dislike for something on her plate, I

usually don't make her eat all of it, and if/when I make it again, I

give her a smaller portion. I'll grant you that some children are

more stubborn than others, and there's been a couple of nights during

my child's life where she did spend a couple of hours sitting at the

table staring at a couple of bites of food, however, I think that

it's important for her to realize that she's not always going to be

able to eat exactly what she wants.

I've seen parents where they would ALWAYS make their child something

else for them to eat for dinner. One of my friends once complained

that her child would only eat " Macaroni & Cheese or Peanut Butter &

Jelly Sandwiches " , so that was all she would make that child for

dinner, and I find that disgusting. I think that it's my duty, as a

parent, to provide my daughter with nutritious and wholesome food,

and to insure that she eats it. In almost every experience I've ever

come across, Children LEARN finicky eating patterns. Either by their

parents letting them get away with it, or by not providing them with

a varied enough diet.

I've also found that with repeated exposure, most children will learn

to like new things. Perhaps your sister's problem was that she was

always being offered the same thing? I can't say, but I do believe

that children should eat what is offered to them, unless it makes

them sick.

Love & Light,

Stephanie

July 4, 2001

Caroline I think adults can discuss an issue in a non-threatening way &

I don't think you've stirred things up. We are strong outspoken people

so we have strong opinions & that makes us alike. I haven't spoken

much on the list until now because of all the work hours I put in. I only

cook for me so it's a whole different issue and I'm not a veggie yet but

working on it every day. But I wanted to ask what info. you have about

soy that I haven't read?? I just discovered the Gimme Lean beef substitute

& I love it so now I'm wondering what I don't know? Vicki

Caroline wrote:

Well

in my house...see...I'm the odd man out...so to speak...I'm the only non

meat eater...have been the majority of my life...and growing up my family

always ate meat...and I learned to eat side dishes...well...that is kind

of what I do now...I prepare meals for them...I have been slowly changing

things on them though...adding tofu here and there...disguising it and

they have yet to notice...the same with TVP...no one has been the wiser

yet...my partner has actually said he enjoyed my stuffed shells...which

I pointed out to him AFTER he ate them...that there was no meat in it...there

was cheese though...because I am not a Vegan...just don't eat meat...and

he said he really liked it that way...so I have made that a few more times...when

he showed an interest in portobello mushrooms...I thought I should at least

experiment with them a bit to see if I can't find another meatless meal

to add to the list...and try to add one in at a time...and see if I can

eventually make the majority of our meals meatless...my son loves tofu...I'm

just not too sure about the whole soy issue...with all that has been said

out there...I don't want to go poisoning us either...so I'm a bit hesitant

to go too far with tofu or TVP...but that's another issue altogether...so

as far as fixing meals for the family...that is what I do...I just figure

something else out for me...so any help that will work with my boys would

be more than greatly appreciated!! Didn't

mean to stir up so much controversy!! LOL Caroline

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It can be pretty hard to balance that fine line between feeding your children what they want and need and making them eat what you have prepared. I have one rule, all foods must be tasted once. If they aren't liked, I simply don't ever make it again. (unless of course you are in that toddler stage where they change their mind every 5 minutes about what they like!)

On the advice of my repentant mother, I would indeed fix another meal for my child in order to see that they got good nutrition and were able to participate in and enjoy a family meal.

Kim

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Jacqueline

Wednesday, July 04, 2001 12:47 PM

Re: Re: Need Recipe help!!

Kim, I would not make a child sit alone at the table like that. My kids each have a couple things they do not have to eat but I do not cook special meals. My babysitter cooks a meal for her and her husband and then kid food for her kids. That is just too much work and is not necessary in my book. I have let my kids make a peanut butter sandwich if they really can't eat what we are having.

Jacqueline

-

Kim Kurylo

Wednesday, July 04, 2001 11:33 AM

Re: Re: Need Recipe help!!

Stephanie,

Interesting thought, You might like to hear about my sister. We were raised in a steak and potatoes household. My sister had to eat a little bit of everything that we were having for dinner. Her ENTIRE childhood, every night, she stared for HOURS at a single pea, a tiny piece of meat and a small piece of potato. The amounts would not have been enough to feed a small baby and she refused to eat it. She ate healthy snacks throughout the day, but I still believe she would rather starve than eat what was on her plate at dinner. My poor sister spent much of her childhood alone at the dinner table while her siblings were out playing.

Just a thought that maybe it might be a little hard-lined to make a child eat what they do not like.

Kim

-

delairen

Wednesday, July 04, 2001 11:06 AM

Re: Need Recipe help!!

> corn...oh the trials and tribulation of feeding my family.> Just a suggestion... Actually, it's for all the people out there with 'finicky' family members... I'm blessed to have a omnivore husband who's supportive of my trial & errors in the kitchen, however, even if he were not, I would not make two seperate meals... My philosophy is, if you want something else to eat, get up and make it yourself! (And then clean it up, too!) And then I also won't buy anything I've deemed to be 'yucky junk' anymore either. It's been my experience, that sooner or later, children will get hungry enough to eat, and that skipping a few meals won't hurt them. Just my $.02.Love & Light,Stephaniecontact owner: -owner Mail list: Delivered-mailing list List-Un: - no flaming arguing or denigration of others allowedcontact owner with complaints regarding posting/list or anything else. Thank you.please share/comment/inform and mostly enjoy this list

July 4, 2001

More to add:

Isn't it kind of mean to make something your family doesn't like and then insist that they eat it? Maybe I have misunderstood but including one food that each person likes seems pretty reasonable to me.

Kim

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Jacqueline

Wednesday, July 04, 2001 12:47 PM

Re: Re: Need Recipe help!!

Kim, I would not make a child sit alone at the table like that. My kids each have a couple things they do not have to eat but I do not cook special meals. My babysitter cooks a meal for her and her husband and then kid food for her kids. That is just too much work and is not necessary in my book. I have let my kids make a peanut butter sandwich if they really can't eat what we are having.

Jacqueline

-

Kim Kurylo

Wednesday, July 04, 2001 11:33 AM

Re: Re: Need Recipe help!!

Stephanie,

Interesting thought, You might like to hear about my sister. We were raised in a steak and potatoes household. My sister had to eat a little bit of everything that we were having for dinner. Her ENTIRE childhood, every night, she stared for HOURS at a single pea, a tiny piece of meat and a small piece of potato. The amounts would not have been enough to feed a small baby and she refused to eat it. She ate healthy snacks throughout the day, but I still believe she would rather starve than eat what was on her plate at dinner. My poor sister spent much of her childhood alone at the dinner table while her siblings were out playing.

Just a thought that maybe it might be a little hard-lined to make a child eat what they do not like.

Kim

-

delairen

Wednesday, July 04, 2001 11:06 AM

Re: Need Recipe help!!

> corn...oh the trials and tribulation of feeding my family.> Just a suggestion... Actually, it's for all the people out there with 'finicky' family members... I'm blessed to have a omnivore husband who's supportive of my trial & errors in the kitchen, however, even if he were not, I would not make two seperate meals... My philosophy is, if you want something else to eat, get up and make it yourself! (And then clean it up, too!) And then I also won't buy anything I've deemed to be 'yucky junk' anymore either. It's been my experience, that sooner or later, children will get hungry enough to eat, and that skipping a few meals won't hurt them. Just my $.02.Love & Light,Stephaniecontact owner: -owner Mail list: Delivered-mailing list List-Un: - no flaming arguing or denigration of others allowedcontact owner with complaints regarding posting/list or anything else. Thank you.please share/comment/inform and mostly enjoy this list

July 4, 2001

I agree. Life is way too short to fuss over something as ridiculous as food. I mean will the world end if the family members eat different things? There have been many nights where I tried a new recipe the kids didn't like so they opted to eat cereal instead. I can't see torturing the whole family over what is supposed to be a wholesome and bonding act like eating a meal together.

Our dinner time rules are:

1. Don't eat til everyone is settled and someone said the blessing (this gets the kids focused on what we are doing).

2. No TV.

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, " Kim Kurylo " <kimkurylo> wrote:

> More to add:

> Isn't it kind of mean to make something your family doesn't like

and then insist that they eat it? Maybe I have misunderstood but

including one food that each person likes seems pretty reasonable to

me.

>

> Kim

I don't think so. But then, I'm of the opinion that if they want to

cook dinner, fine. But if I cook, then they eat what I make. I do ask

for opinions/suggestions from time to time, but since I'm cooking, it

basicly boils down to what I want to make. Of course, this only

applies to adults and/or older children. My child eats what she is

served (Or goes hungry). If she truly doesn't like something, I don't

serve it again, or atleast, don't serve her very much of it. But I

will not cater to each and every person, if I did that, I'd probably

go stark raving mad. This isn't Burger King, and they can't have it

their way all the time.

Love & Light,

Stephanie

July 4, 2001

At our house we have a saying for the kids (2 girls) when they say " I don't

like that! "

We say, " We try things at the Laws' house! "

And now when one or the other of them won't eat you hear a little voice

saying to the other little voise, 'We try things at the Laws' house!

-

<delairen

Thursday, July 05, 2001 5:02 AM

Re: Need Recipe help!!

> , " Kim Kurylo " <kimkurylo> wrote:

> > Stephanie,

> >

> > Interesting thought, You might like to hear about my sister. We

> were raised in a steak and potatoes household. My sister had to eat a

> little bit of everything that we were having for dinner. Her ENTIRE

> childhood, every night, she stared for HOURS at a single pea, a tiny

> piece of meat and a small piece of potato. The amounts would not have

> been enough to feed a small baby and she refused to eat it. She ate

> healthy snacks throughout the day, but I still believe she would

> rather starve than eat what was on her plate at dinner. My poor

> sister spent much of her childhood alone at the dinner table while

> her siblings were out playing.

> >

> > Just a thought that maybe it might be a little hard-lined to make a

> child eat what they do not like.

> >

>

> I'm not saying that they have to eat everything, and in fact, when my

> daughter shows an EXTREME dislike for something on her plate, I

> usually don't make her eat all of it, and if/when I make it again, I

> give her a smaller portion. I'll grant you that some children are

> more stubborn than others, and there's been a couple of nights during

> my child's life where she did spend a couple of hours sitting at the

> table staring at a couple of bites of food, however, I think that

> it's important for her to realize that she's not always going to be

> able to eat exactly what she wants.

>

> I've seen parents where they would ALWAYS make their child something

> else for them to eat for dinner. One of my friends once complained

> that her child would only eat " Macaroni & Cheese or Peanut Butter &

> Jelly Sandwiches " , so that was all she would make that child for

> dinner, and I find that disgusting. I think that it's my duty, as a

> parent, to provide my daughter with nutritious and wholesome food,

> and to insure that she eats it. In almost every experience I've ever

> come across, Children LEARN finicky eating patterns. Either by their

> parents letting them get away with it, or by not providing them with

> a varied enough diet.

>

> I've also found that with repeated exposure, most children will learn

> to like new things. Perhaps your sister's problem was that she was

> always being offered the same thing? I can't say, but I do believe

> that children should eat what is offered to them, unless it makes

> them sick.

>

> Love & Light,

> Stephanie

>

> contact owner: -owner

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July 4, 2001

Well in my house...see...I'm the odd man out...so to speak...I'm the only non meat eater...have been the majority of my life...and growing up my family always ate meat...and I learned to eat side dishes...well...that is kind of what I do now...I prepare meals for them...I have been slowly changing things on them though...adding tofu here and there...disguising it and they have yet to notice...the same with TVP...no one has been the wiser yet...my partner has actually said he enjoyed my stuffed shells...which I pointed out to him AFTER he ate them...that there was no meat in it...there was cheese though...because I am not a Vegan...just don't eat meat...and he said he really liked it that way...so I have made that a few more times...when he showed an interest in portobello mushrooms...I thought I should at least experiment with them a bit to see if I can't find another meatless meal to add to the list...and try to add one in at a time...and see if I can eventually make the majority of our meals meatless...my son loves tofu...I'm just not too sure about the whole soy issue...with all that has been said out there...I don't want to go poisoning us either...so I'm a bit hesitant to go too far with tofu or TVP...but that's another issue altogether...so as far as fixing meals for the family...that is what I do...I just figure something else out for me...so any help that will work with my boys would be more than greatly appreciated!!

Didn't mean to stir up so much controversy!! LOL

Caroline

July 5, 2001

I have a food allergic child (wheat, corn, tomatoes, peanuts, chocolate, tuna, vinegar) and am on several lists. One post I saw was a study that showed that children need to try a food as many as seven times before they "learn to like it." Then sometimes they love that food.

In our house, you have to at least try everything put on your plate (we have different foods on plates because of food allergy).

I also cook once a week for our food allergic child and menu plan a week in advance so he gets a food comparable to what the rest of us are eating.

BTW, my mom was a revolutionary. She wrote a book on nutrition and vitamins in the '50's but couldn't get it published because all the mainstream publishers thought it was quackery back then!! She once told me a story about my sister who wouldn't eat avocados. My mom just gave her a little bit at each meal and by the end of the week, my sister loved them. That was how we were raised, and we are always ready to try new things.

July 5, 2001

I was very interested to see all the different opinions on this topic, and had quite a discussion with my husband last night about it. He was raised in a family where you ate everything that was put on your plate, even if it meant sitting at the table for hours. I find this very sad....I guess I was lucky enough to like most of the stuff my mom made us, but we were not forced to eat anything (even the veggies). We ate a lot of meat and potatoes, or stews with veggies, and I guess that was good enough in my mom's opinion. Needless to say, my husband and I sometimes have disagreements on feeding our 20 month old son. He doesn't think it's right to make anyone sit until they're done, but he's a lot more pushy about getting him to eat than me. I think that the more you push, the more stubborn they get. However, I don't think that the person cooking the meals should be catering to everyone at the meal. If you don't like what we're having; don't eat, simple. (As long as you provide a meal with several choices for them - side dishes or whatever).

Anyhow, what I really wanted to ask was if anyone has advice for picky eaters. I forget who it was that said that kids become picky eaters because we let them, but it definately made me think. I really don't want to make my son any pickier, but I'm also worried that he won't eat anything at all if I wait for him to eat the really good stuff (he is VERY stubborn). And since he's so young I really can't have a conversation with him asking him to at least TRY one bite of something to see if he'll like it. Most stuff he won't even put in his mouth. Breakfast time he has cereal, lunch is toast with PB or jam, and supper is the real challenge. He goes through spurts, now he likes cheese again, sometimes chicken fingers (which I'm not too happy about because of all the grease, but I think it's better than nothing), and he also likes the baby fruits in a jar - that's about it. My doctor has said several times not to worry, that's how kids this age are, and just let them eat whatever they want. So........., I would appreciate any advice from those who have had this problem. Thanks!!

Scheer Family <scheer Thursday, July 05, 2001 8:37 AM Re: Need Recipe help!!

I have a food allergic child (wheat, corn, tomatoes, peanuts, chocolate, tuna, vinegar) and am on several lists. One post I saw was a study that showed that children need to try a food as many as seven times before they " learn to like it. " Then sometimes they love that food.

In our house, you have to at least try everything put on your plate (we have different foods on plates because of food allergy).

I also cook once a week for our food allergic child and menu plan a week in advance so he gets a food comparable to what the rest of us are eating.

BTW, my mom was a revolutionary. She wrote a book on nutrition and vitamins in the '50's but couldn't get it published because all the mainstream publishers thought it was quackery back then!! She once told me a story about my sister who wouldn't eat avocados. My mom just gave her a little bit at each meal and by the end of the week, my sister loved them. That was how we were raised, and we are always ready to try new things.contact owner: -owner Mail list: Delivered-mailing list List-Un: - no flaming arguing or denigration of others allowedcontact owner with complaints regarding posting/list or anything else. Thank you.please share/comment/inform and mostly enjoy this list

July 5, 2001

When my kids were that age I didn't worry about meals too much. I cooked the meal and they ate as much and what they wanted (there is no arguing/negotiating with kids at that age). If they didn't eat much at the meal I just made sure they had a nutritious snack later that they would eat. I didn't make a different meal though and tried to keep the dinner and snack quite separate. If all the foods you offer are nutritious it doesn't matter so much how much a child eats at one meal. Toddlers tend to be grazers anyway. Another thing I did was to put the plate on a kid size table after we were finished eating and sometimes she would come back and eat some more. I think some kids just find it hard to sit for an entire meal. I would let her get down play and then come back and finish. My son was completely different and would sit and eat everything offered to him. You can save the "sit at the table" manners for when they are a little older. Both of my children now sit politely through the whole meal and for the most part eat whatever I cook.

Jacqueline

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The Andersons

Thursday, July 05, 2001 1:09 PM

Re: Re: Need Recipe help!!

I was very interested to see all the different opinions on this topic, and had quite a discussion with my husband last night about it. He was raised in a family where you ate everything that was put on your plate, even if it meant sitting at the table for hours. I find this very sad....I guess I was lucky enough to like most of the stuff my mom made us, but we were not forced to eat anything (even the veggies). We ate a lot of meat and potatoes, or stews with veggies, and I guess that was good enough in my mom's opinion. Needless to say, my husband and I sometimes have disagreements on feeding our 20 month old son. He doesn't think it's right to make anyone sit until they're done, but he's a lot more pushy about getting him to eat than me. I think that the more you push, the more stubborn they get. However, I don't think that the person cooking the meals should be catering to everyone at the meal. If you don't like what we're having; don't eat, simple. (As long as you provide a meal with several choices for them - side dishes or whatever).

Anyhow, what I really wanted to ask was if anyone has advice for picky eaters. I forget who it was that said that kids become picky eaters because we let them, but it definately made me think. I really don't want to make my son any pickier, but I'm also worried that he won't eat anything at all if I wait for him to eat the really good stuff (he is VERY stubborn). And since he's so young I really can't have a conversation with him asking him to at least TRY one bite of something to see if he'll like it. Most stuff he won't even put in his mouth. Breakfast time he has cereal, lunch is toast with PB or jam, and supper is the real challenge. He goes through spurts, now he likes cheese again, sometimes chicken fingers (which I'm not too happy about because of all the grease, but I think it's better than nothing), and he also likes the baby fruits in a jar - that's about it. My doctor has said several times not to worry, that's how kids this age are, and just let them eat whatever they want. So........., I would appreciate any advice from those who have had this problem. Thanks!!

Scheer Family <scheer Thursday, July 05, 2001 8:37 AM Re: Need Recipe help!!

I have a food allergic child (wheat, corn, tomatoes, peanuts, chocolate, tuna, vinegar) and am on several lists. One post I saw was a study that showed that children need to try a food as many as seven times before they "learn to like it." Then sometimes they love that food.

In our house, you have to at least try everything put on your plate (we have different foods on plates because of food allergy).

I also cook once a week for our food allergic child and menu plan a week in advance so he gets a food comparable to what the rest of us are eating.

BTW, my mom was a revolutionary. She wrote a book on nutrition and vitamins in the '50's but couldn't get it published because all the mainstream publishers thought it was quackery back then!! She once told me a story about my sister who wouldn't eat avocados. My mom just gave her a little bit at each meal and by the end of the week, my sister loved them. That was how we were raised, and we are always ready to try new things.contact owner: -owner Mail list: Delivered-mailing list List-Un: - no flaming arguing or denigration of others allowedcontact owner with complaints regarding posting/list or anything else. Thank you.please share/comment/inform and mostly enjoy this list

July 5, 2001

I am not in this situation yet, and hope it won't be to painful when it happens to me But my friend had this problem with her children. What she did was cook them something separate, but also offered them some of their food. She asked them to try one bite of something new. They were pretty cooperative, sometimes they wouldn't but most of the time they would. Her kids are now grown up (18 & 15) and they will try anything (even stuff they know they don't like). I hope this helps you out. I wouldn't worry about it to much, and any other advice people give to you I will be putting my databank, so when the time comes with my daughter I can have some ammo too

Thank you

Judie

The Andersons [afamily]Thursday, July 05, 2001 12:09 PM Subject: Re: Re: Need Recipe help!!

I was very interested to see all the different opinions on this topic, and had quite a discussion with my husband last night about it. He was raised in a family where you ate everything that was put on your plate, even if it meant sitting at the table for hours. I find this very sad....I guess I was lucky enough to like most of the stuff my mom made us, but we were not forced to eat anything (even the veggies). We ate a lot of meat and potatoes, or stews with veggies, and I guess that was good enough in my mom's opinion. Needless to say, my husband and I sometimes have disagreements on feeding our 20 month old son. He doesn't think it's right to make anyone sit until they're done, but he's a lot more pushy about getting him to eat than me. I think that the more you push, the more stubborn they get. However, I don't think that the person cooking the meals should be catering to everyone at the meal. If you don't like what we're having; don't eat, simple. (As long as you provide a meal with several choices for them - side dishes or whatever).

Anyhow, what I really wanted to ask was if anyone has advice for picky eaters. I forget who it was that said that kids become picky eaters because we let them, but it definately made me think. I really don't want to make my son any pickier, but I'm also worried that he won't eat anything at all if I wait for him to eat the really good stuff (he is VERY stubborn). And since he's so young I really can't have a conversation with him asking him to at least TRY one bite of something to see if he'll like it. Most stuff he won't even put in his mouth. Breakfast time he has cereal, lunch is toast with PB or jam, and supper is the real challenge. He goes through spurts, now he likes cheese again, sometimes chicken fingers (which I'm not too happy about because of all the grease, but I think it's better than nothing), and he also likes the baby fruits in a jar - that's about it. My doctor has said several times not to worry, that's how kids this age are, and just let them eat whatever they want. So........., I would appreciate any advice from those who have had this problem. Thanks!!

Scheer Family <scheer Thursday, July 05, 2001 8:37 AM Re: Need Recipe help!!

I have a food allergic child (wheat, corn, tomatoes, peanuts, chocolate, tuna, vinegar) and am on several lists. One post I saw was a study that showed that children need to try a food as many as seven times before they "learn to like it." Then sometimes they love that food.

In our house, you have to at least try everything put on your plate (we have different foods on plates because of food allergy).

I also cook once a week for our food allergic child and menu plan a week in advance so he gets a food comparable to what the rest of us are eating.

BTW, my mom was a revolutionary. She wrote a book on nutrition and vitamins in the '50's but couldn't get it published because all the mainstream publishers thought it was quackery back then!! She once told me a story about my sister who wouldn't eat avocados. My mom just gave her a little bit at each meal and by the end of the week, my sister loved them. That was how we were raised, and we are always ready to try new things.contact owner: -owner Mail list: Delivered-mailing list List-Un: - no flaming arguing or denigration of others allowedcontact owner with complaints regarding posting/list or anything else. Thank you.please share/comment/inform and mostly enjoy this list

July 5, 2001

Thanks for the reply - how old is your daughter? Funny you should say " hope it won't be too painful " because most people I talk to say that it's no big deal and don't worry about it. Which I know is true, but it's still very difficult. I really don't like to cook anyway and have always gotten by on snacking or eating very lightly. So all of a sudden I have a vegetarian husband and a really picky eater! It's hard enough trying to find things to do with tofu or TVP (since I had never even tried it before I met him), but I also have to try to feed a little guy who won't even try stuff! Ugh! So it is very frustrating, even though I try not to let it show because I really want supper time to be peaceful and relaxed. Well, I'm sure he'll grow out of it - I just need to remind myself that every now and then.

Thanks again.

Pat

Jeff & Judie Cummings <jmc Thursday, July 05, 2001 10:22 AMRE: Re: Need Recipe help!!