Kid Friendly- week's end summary

So... as you may have noticed I got through day 2.  After that I kept forgetting to post anything or take the pictures.  So, I'll give you a summary.

Basically, here's what I learned...

First, we did not stick to our menu.  Thursday turned out to be such a crazy hectic day I ended up buying Sophia pizza at Zoe's track meet and then fixing a few chicken nuggets for Sophia later.  After that, everything just got more and more off-track.

2. Zoe and I did not like the "kid-friendly" meals and so I ended up either not eating well or making two dinners.  With the frozen crock pot meals, that wasn't bad, but if I had to actually make two separate dinners that would be a huge hassle.

3.  Sophia did eat better- well, she ate without all of the argument and mostly ate all of her dinner.  I guess for her it will be better to make things she'll eat because while I hate admitting he's right, Dave is definitely right that it's better that she eat rather than not.

4.  I don't know if this has to do with the kid friendly meals or not, but it seemed like it was far too easy to just not eat together as a family.  Part of that was due to none of us being home for dinner at the same time.  But I think because I was less than enthusiastic to have hot dogs or fish sticks I didn't want to eat, same with Zoe.  So we all ended up eating at different times rather than sitting down at the table together.

5. Kid friendly meals are not time consuming.  They're mostly popping things in the microwave which is nice on the time aspect, but I have to wonder about the nutritional value of food that's so processed it only needs a couple of seconds in the microwave to be edible.

Ultimately, my decision is that I'm going to have to fix two dinners- one for me and Zoe, and one kid friendly meal.  Dave is welcome to eat which ever or continue to fix his own dinners when he gets home.  I still want to find some ways to make the kid friendly food less processed and more nutritional.  I have some ideas and I've found some recipes to try.  We'll see.

I still believe that this is a bad plan in the long run because it encourages not trying different flavors and tastes and limits her experience with food.  I can only hope it's not setting her up for an adulthood of missing out on great foods.  How I could possibly have a child that doesn't love food is beyond me.  I love food so much- too much.  Wish me luck on this adventure!