While I'd like to say that the boys will eat anything you put in front of them, they won't, and none of us like mushrooms very much.
Apples, Fuji preferably, one boy prefers them sliced, the other whole.
Red seedless grapes, only red, only seedless
Pears
Cheese pizza (boys), veggie pizza (grown ups) but not mushrooms, as noted above, and not green peppers, because cooked green peppers are gross and they make everything around them taste like cooked green peppers
Anything in the black beans/ rice/ cheese genre
Fixings for grilled cheese (damn you, public school breakfasts, for introducing my child to American processed cheese food product) or peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. One child now eats pickle and lettuce sandwiches.
Blueberries, but really only the frozen ones, preferably wild, because while my children are American cheese eaters, they do know that the smaller, wild blueberries are delicious, while large cutlivated blueberries are flavorless blobs
Strawberries, in season. (See blueberries, re: flavorless blobs)
Carrots, sometimes with ranch dressing sometimes without.
Peas, straight from the freezer is fine.
French fries with gallons of ketchup, tater tots and home-baked potato wedges are also acceptable.
Egg and cheese sandwiches, sometimes. Sometimes they'll just eat half of one and the rest will sit there on the plate congealing as the children scamper off to do something else until they are brought, sighing and rolling their eyes, back to the table to dispose of their plates and leftovers properly.
French toast/pancakes/waffles with real maple syrup, or that stuff called breakfast syrup. These items may be served at any time of day. In my house, French toast is what's for dinner when I don't know what's for dinner.
Boxed cereal, which I wish I would rely on less often, especially during the school year, when they often have cereal for second breakfast at school.
Oatmeal, usually with blueberries and honey.
Dill pickles
Almost any corn or potato based item that can be called a chip.
Toast, preferably with butter and jam or apple butter.
Red seedless grapes, only red, only seedless
Pears
Cheese pizza (boys), veggie pizza (grown ups) but not mushrooms, as noted above, and not green peppers, because cooked green peppers are gross and they make everything around them taste like cooked green peppers
Anything in the black beans/ rice/ cheese genre
Fixings for grilled cheese (damn you, public school breakfasts, for introducing my child to American processed cheese food product) or peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. One child now eats pickle and lettuce sandwiches.
Blueberries, but really only the frozen ones, preferably wild, because while my children are American cheese eaters, they do know that the smaller, wild blueberries are delicious, while large cutlivated blueberries are flavorless blobs
Strawberries, in season. (See blueberries, re: flavorless blobs)
Carrots, sometimes with ranch dressing sometimes without.
Peas, straight from the freezer is fine.
French fries with gallons of ketchup, tater tots and home-baked potato wedges are also acceptable.
Egg and cheese sandwiches, sometimes. Sometimes they'll just eat half of one and the rest will sit there on the plate congealing as the children scamper off to do something else until they are brought, sighing and rolling their eyes, back to the table to dispose of their plates and leftovers properly.
French toast/pancakes/waffles with real maple syrup, or that stuff called breakfast syrup. These items may be served at any time of day. In my house, French toast is what's for dinner when I don't know what's for dinner.
Boxed cereal, which I wish I would rely on less often, especially during the school year, when they often have cereal for second breakfast at school.
Oatmeal, usually with blueberries and honey.
Dill pickles
Almost any corn or potato based item that can be called a chip.
Toast, preferably with butter and jam or apple butter.
This sounds a lot like what one childin my family will eat, too. All told, it's not an entirely unhealthy list; it's just kind of a pain when you like diversity
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