I wondered what others gave their grandchildren to eat?
Once in a while isn't problem, but when you feed them every week it can be a challenge not to just dole out the same old thing!
My older grandson, 6, is here for lunch and tea once a week in the school holidays. In term time it is mostly food left by his mum at his house for me to give him for tea, but he does come here after school sometimes. He is so easy to feed. A vegetarian who dislikes eggs, all he wants are cheese sandwiches with lots of cucumber , red pepper and carrot sticks on the side for lunch, and spinach and ricotta tortellini for tea. He would have tortellini every night if his mum would let him!
My 9 year old granddaughter is fairly easy to feed, but dislikes cheese
She will eat a non-too-cheesy pizza though, and I do grate and hide cheese into pasta dishes and her beloved tuna sandwiches! She likes egg or ham sandwiches too, and most main meals.
Her 2 year old brother, some of you may remember was very fussy eater, although is a lot better now. He eats cheese or cheese spread sandwiches or a mini pizza for lunch when with me. Other sandwiches would be viewed with suspicion and rejected
For his main meal he likes pasta, and like his cousin, tortellini (if in the right mood!) He likes fish fingers, sausages to a lesser extent , those smiley face potato things, and baked beans. He will eat the odd pea or bit of carrot!
I have GS2 here for lunch and both of them for tea, each Friday. Sometime I do fish fingers etc for him while giving GD something more healthy, and often I do a pasta dish for them both. I am thinking of doing sausage and mash for them both (and us too) this Friday, with baked beans for GS as he probably won't eat any vegetables. He may not eat mash either, but loves Yorkshire puddings so I will do those too!
Do you vary the food you offer your GC, or just give them the same thing which you know they like?
Once in a while isn't problem, but when you feed them every week it can be a challenge not to just dole out the same old thing!
My older grandson, 6, is here for lunch and tea once a week in the school holidays. In term time it is mostly food left by his mum at his house for me to give him for tea, but he does come here after school sometimes. He is so easy to feed. A vegetarian who dislikes eggs, all he wants are cheese sandwiches with lots of cucumber , red pepper and carrot sticks on the side for lunch, and spinach and ricotta tortellini for tea. He would have tortellini every night if his mum would let him!
My 9 year old granddaughter is fairly easy to feed, but dislikes cheese
She will eat a non-too-cheesy pizza though, and I do grate and hide cheese into pasta dishes and her beloved tuna sandwiches! She likes egg or ham sandwiches too, and most main meals.Her 2 year old brother, some of you may remember was very fussy eater, although is a lot better now. He eats cheese or cheese spread sandwiches or a mini pizza for lunch when with me. Other sandwiches would be viewed with suspicion and rejected
For his main meal he likes pasta, and like his cousin, tortellini (if in the right mood!) He likes fish fingers, sausages to a lesser extent , those smiley face potato things, and baked beans. He will eat the odd pea or bit of carrot!
I have GS2 here for lunch and both of them for tea, each Friday. Sometime I do fish fingers etc for him while giving GD something more healthy, and often I do a pasta dish for them both. I am thinking of doing sausage and mash for them both (and us too) this Friday, with baked beans for GS as he probably won't eat any vegetables. He may not eat mash either, but loves Yorkshire puddings so I will do those too!
Do you vary the food you offer your GC, or just give them the same thing which you know they like?
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