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Hello Kraft Community, we are very excited to share some great news with you. As loyal Kraft Community members we have heard your desire to do more fun things in the community and we are happy to announce in January 2010 we will be making some changes so you can connect and share food ideas in more ways than ever!
We want to let you know we will not be transferring the existing discussions to the new enhanced message boards so if there are discussions that you would like to save please make sure to either print them or copy and paste into a document that you can save to your personal files.
We will remind you again before the transition occurs but wanted to let you in on the exciting news!!
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Re: yummy sides for toddlers
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Jan 20, 2009 4:08 PM
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> I have a wonderful side dish that my family raves. I
> make mashed potatoes then lay one layer down into a
> lightly greased cassarole dish place some shredded
> cheddar cheese with bacon bits, then another layer
> until it totals 3-bake it in the oven until the
> cheese is all melted and the potatoes are crispy
> around the edges with the insides are soft. Works
> best when the mashed potatoes are thick!
Phatmama:
Any guess on calorie count or ideas to make it more healthy? I have kids.
Thanks
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Re: yummy sides for toddlers
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Jan 19, 2009 10:19 PM
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my son will eat things if i have something to dip them in.
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Re: yummy sides for toddlers
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Jan 9, 2009 9:47 AM
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I have a very picky boyfriend and his son -10 yrs- I cook for. Of course if dad doesn't like it neither will his son so I have told him several times if he doesn't like something fine, don't say anything about it and eat it that time and then tell me about it. We have compromised and what I do is I make sure he eats the same as us but the vegs he doesn't like I put less of on his plate. In the last 2 yrs I have noticed that he likes the things he didn't used to like because I cook them different.
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Re: yummy sides for toddlers
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Jan 7, 2009 10:34 PM
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Ellamarie03, welcome to the Message Boards!
Does your son like cheese? I had a period of making all my kids veggies with a cheese sauce to get them to eat them. My grandson has a thing for ranch dressing. He loves anything with either cheese or ranch on them!. If your son drinks juice he is getting most of the nutrients of fruit without eating the fruit itself.
I know your son is young, but having him help with the meals seems to work to get them to try new things. A three he can help by dumping the ingredients in for recipes. Looking at cookbooks with pictures of the recipes might help, too.
Good luck. He will probably start eating more things as long as you keep trying.
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Re: yummy sides for toddlers
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Jan 7, 2009 9:38 PM
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My son is going on 3 in march and he only eats a few things. He is a very picky eater. He loves his corn dogs and mc Donald chicken nuggets when we are out. Pizza he use to eat all the time but that is very rare. Potatoes he will he only if I make them in 2 ways. He eats radma and loves fried rice.
He use to be a good eater when he was in baby food stage. It nose turned orange from eating so many yams and squash. I can not get him to eat vegetables and fruits. He won't go ne chop meat.
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Re: yummy sides for toddlers
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Jan 7, 2009 1:58 PM
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I have a wonderful side dish that my family raves. I make mashed potatoes then lay one layer down into a lightly greased cassarole dish place some shredded cheddar cheese with bacon bits, then another layer until it totals 3-bake it in the oven until the cheese is all melted and the potatoes are crispy around the edges with the insides are soft. Works best when the mashed potatoes are thick!
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Re: yummy sides for toddlers
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Jan 5, 2009 8:18 PM
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Supercalifragilisticexpialadocious (Boiled Beef and Carrots) Send pickles!
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Re: yummy sides for toddlers
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Jan 5, 2009 8:10 PM
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If you want, go to Pickle Lab!
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Re: yummy sides for toddlers
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Dec 30, 2008 8:08 PM
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Just an idea..I have 3 children, ages 15, 10 and 9. Two out of the three are very picky... I have recently found they like the pasta and rice sides that lipton/knorr makes. They have a variety of flavors and they all have been successful as sides so far. Also, my son is very picky about his veggies, I bought a can of squeeze cheese and put them on veggies such as green beans and peas and it has also helped him eat his veggies. I am always looking for healthy easy sides as well. Mashed potaoes can become boring after a while. Although shredded cheese in my mashed potatoes has been a hit around here as well.
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Re: yummy sides for toddlers
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Dec 30, 2008 7:12 PM
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Pretty much the same thing. Offer it and try to get them to take a taste. Who knows they may like it. My grandson has found "new favorite foods" by doing this.  I always allowed the little ones to spit it out if they wanted to - which is a little gross, but it helps to get them to try new foods.
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Re: yummy sides for toddlers
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Dec 30, 2008 6:37 PM
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Any ideas for getting picky teenagers and husbands to try new things?
I agree with the "texture" thing. My husband is very leery of trying "different" things too especially if they are "mushy". I figured it out when he wouldn't eat mashed potatoes but loves baked potatoes, hash browns and french fries.
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Re: yummy sides for toddlers
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Dec 30, 2008 6:28 PM
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I half agree....
I like the idea of mixing veggies into "kid" food such as mac & cheese or spaghetti. However, what I don't agree with is "eventually kids tastes change". I have a 15 year old who will not eat anything that is not a burger, pizza or Oscar Meyer hot dog. I wish we had had these types of online chats when he was young. All of your wonderful ideas would have been a great help to me back then!!!!
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Re: yummy sides for toddlers
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Dec 29, 2008 12:19 AM
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My son of 3 years old going on 4 in two months eats nothing but meat. I have tried baking or cooking the side or vegetable in with meat but it still dont work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!He sees everything! and he loves ketchup, ranch, and mayonnaise!!!!!!!!but only with meat!
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Re: yummy sides for toddlers
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Dec 28, 2008 2:52 PM
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I mix veggies into rice or macaroni & cheese. I don't try to sneak it in b/c my son can spot the colored specks from a mile away! I tell him to take a bite so he can taste that the added peas/green beans/ broccoli/etc. will taste just like the macaroni (or whatever it's added to.) It usually works.
Also, an array of dips helps- ketchup, cheese, ranch, barbecue- may sound gross to you and I, but kids tend to like those sorts of things. Usually, in the act of dipping, my son ensd up taking a few bites of the "offending" veggie.
In then end, just keep trying and eventually kids tastes change.
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Re: yummy sides for toddlers
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Dec 22, 2008 4:41 PM
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> I act like a fool for my daughter and sing the "one
> little, two little three little indians" song except
> change "indian" to "carrot" by the time I make it to
> ten little carrots, she'll usually eat one. and
> usually once she eats one she'll keep eating.
I get the feeling sometimes that kids know more than they let on. "Haha, look what I can make mommy and daddy do. Shh, don't tell them I actually LIKE carrots."
lol 
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