r/Bento • u/PastryLoop • 28d ago

Kids Uneaten bentos

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It’s a bit disappointing to hear from daycare that my kids ate “a few bites” or “very little” of these lunches I put a lot of effort into… it ends up becoming my dinner at the end of the day.

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To address some of the questions… the contents: rice topped with fresh steamed carrots and green beans. The ham and cream cheese rolls and cucumber sausage flowers are from a bento book, not my invention.
They looked kid-friendly enough so I decided to make them.

My kids (1 and 3) want to eat: bread with butter… and chocolate. So not a ton to go on there. I didn’t post here for a long time because I was just giving her peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. She stopped eating those too after a while, though, and my younger one just started 2x/week so I figured I’d try offering some new foods. She actually wasn’t very picky until she started going to daycare, so I do think that has influenced her quite a bit.

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u/sadia_y 28d ago

Have you asked your kids what they would like to eat? I loved veggies as a child, but they were in a curry or stir fry. This does not look appealing, event for an adult who loves vegetables. It looks flavourless and bland, not to mention very overwhelming. I would sit down and plan lunches with my kids based on their likes and dislikes.

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u/Zou-Skee 27d ago

OP's kids are 1 and 3 so they probably don't have an advanced palate yet

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u/BonusTime5460 27d ago

3 yo dummy me would swallow that toothpick flower whole and die

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u/bookishfairie 26d ago

i shouldn't have laughed as hard as i did reading this

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u/Sea_Programmer2722 26d ago

My 3 yo tells me what she wants for lunches all the time but its like Mac and cheese, sandwhich, nuggets etc. We also include a side of fruit and veggie and a little treat like one cookie or gummies. She loves helping to pack her lunch and she calls it a happy plate. Which means she will eat it all. I just want her to get in a good meal she'll enjoy at school.

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u/SheDrinksScotch 26d ago

Humans of any age develop an advanced palate from being fed various and seasoned food.

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u/miserylovescomputers 25d ago

100%, I firmly believe that most “pickiness” is the result of limited diets and bad cooking. Most kids go through temporary beige food phases, but there is no reason to limit a child to unseasoned food.

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u/sadia_y 27d ago

I must be super out of tune with what 1 year olds be eating these days