What is/was your menu for children?

I had one child at wedding. I gave her a separate card in the family invite asking what her favourite foods were with a place to write / draw. She filled it in with her mum... That's what she had!!

I don't believe you have raised little snobs... If you have then my grandparents, mum and sister must have done the same.

My 7 and 5 year old nephews would prefer the same as the adults and at the end of the day they are people too just little ones so why should they be forced to eat from a different menu when they are used to eating the same food as the adults when they are at home.

You know, I don't think my stepson has had chicken nuggets in his life. He gets mac-and-cheese from a box at his dad's, and otherwise, it's exactly what the grown-ups are eating all the way. Occasionally we portion his off from ours during the cooking process because partner and I like more spice than he does, and that's as far as "kids food" goes with us. If he doesn't like the main course- and it happens occasionally, new recipes fail- he's welcome to make himself a peanut butter sandwich or fill up on salad and bread. He usually opts for the salad option.

However, my partner and I are both food snobs, she more so than I am; she winces every time I buy bread from a shop rather than making it myself. However, a lot of it is actually because of our medical training. Partner's a cardiothoracic surgeon, and spends her days dealing with clogged arteries in people who are far, far too young for them. Diets of cheap, shitty, processed food are usually to blame. I'm a GP and seeing kids with rickets and scurvy is, sadly, not unusual. After days like that, you want to go home and eat all the vegetables in the world. Of course, an occasional crappy meal won't kill them (and goodness me, I have a terrible fondness for crisps that probably isn't good for me either), but nutrition is something that I spend a huge amount of time talking to people about and so I get rather up on my high horse about it all.

I'd rather have a 9 year old food snob on my hands than one who only eats bland, processed kiddie food.

Here here- I wish you could have a word with my step children's mum. She actually can't identify what various kinds of vegetables are.

The venue gave me the option of 1/2 portion of the adults' meal or a something-and-chips meal. I just asked each Mum what their children would like.

My 2 and 4 year old nieces would have preferred the main option, my SIL thought that gravy was too risky with their ivory dresses so went for sausage, chips and peas.