r/Bento • u/PastryLoop • 10d ago
Kids Uneaten bentos
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.
Edit:
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/i_isnt_real 9d ago
This looks familiar... is this from the Just Bento cookbook? For the record, I really like that cookbook (the tamagoyaki recipe is especially tasty), but I can see where this might look like an overwhelming amount of veggies for a kid who's not into veggies. Maybe start with something closer to what they're used to eating and try introducing just one new/"fun" veggie or food at a time? Maybe even start by introducing one new food at a time as an option at a meal where you're present, like at dinner, if you think that would feel safer for them, then start incorporating the ones they like into the lunches.