Trying to keep my boys’ food likes and dislikes straight:
Eggs:
Boy 1: Scrambled and over light, but not egg salad, deviled eggs, or hard-boiled. The smell of hard-boiled or deviled eggs in the refrigerator will make him feel like throwing up.
Boy 2: All eggs, all day. Can eat a dozen deviled eggs standing in front of the open refrigerator.
Boy 3: Likes over light, but will only dip toast in it. Will not eat the egg after dipping, because it makes him feel like throwing up. No scrambled in a pan, but will eat scrambled egg in a restaurant breakfast sandwich. No egg salad, no hard-boiled, no deviled, no how.
Steak:
Boy 1: Medium rare to rare. Bloody, please.
Boy 2: Medium well to medium. Tinge of blood is ok, but don’t overdo it.
Boy 3: Medium to well. Barely pink. Bloody steak makes him want to throw up.
Milk:
Boy 1: Chocolate milk all day. Dark, lots of chocolate. Hershey’s syrup. No plain, that will make him want to throw up. Almond is good, too.
Boy 2: Regular milk, please. No almond, that makes him want to throw up.
Boy 3: Chocolate milk, please, light. Nesquik powder. No plain, makes him want to throw up.
Bread:
Boy 1: White toast with eggs and for grilled cheese. Whole grain with chicken salad.
Boy 2: Whole grain for sandwiches. White with eggs and blt’s.
Boy 3: White, all day. No whole grain, makes him want to throw up.
Mayo:
Boy 1: Not too much, makes him want to throw up.
Boy 2: Extra mayo, lay it on thick, please.
Boy 3: No mayo, just the smell makes him want to throw up.
Grated cheese:
Boy 1: Thanks, that’s enough.
Boy 2: Whoa, too much, you trying to make me throw up?
Boy 3: Never enough. MORE!
Pasta:
Boy 1: Alfredo is good, but not with chicken, that makes him want to throw up.
Boy 2: Any kind but the kind with ricotta. Ricotta makes him want to throw up. No lasagna or ravioli. Meatballs are good.
Boy 3: Angel hair is favorite, with butter or ala vodka or rosa. No meatballs, that makes him want to throw up.
Yogurt:
Boy 1: Vanilla, strawberry, banana. Granola good in it. No fruit in it.
Boy 2: Vanilla only. Granola good in it. No fruit.
Boy 3: Vanilla and banana, no granola or fruit, are you trying to make me throw up?
Salads:
Boy 1: Greens, egg, chicken, purple onion, blue cheese- Cobb is favorite, but no tomato- tomato makes him want to throw up.
Boy 2: Greens, chicken, balsamic, crunchy stuff- no egg, that makes him want to throw up.
Boy 3: No salad of any kind, salads make him really want to throw up.
Avo:
Boy 1: Yes to guacamole and avo on sandwiches and in salads, not on toast, that makes him want to throw up.
Boy 2: Yes to avocado in any way.
Boy 3: Guac ok, no avo any other way, cause, well, the throw up thing.
Cereal:
Boy 1: Cinnamon Toast Crunch.
Boy 2: Cinnamon Toast Crunch.
Boy 3: Cinnamon Toast Crunch.
Pancakes/waffles/donuts:
Boy 1: No.
Boy 2: No.
Boy 3: Keep ‘em comin’.
Drinks:
Boy 1: Chocolate milk, water, cranberry, orange, Gatorade, Arnold Palmers. No soda.
Boy 2: Water, lemonade, fresh juices. No soda.
Boy 3: Water, juices, all sodas.
My grocery bill makes me want to throw up