https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 24 May 2026 14:23:44 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-fun-whats-the-latest-surprising-food-your-kid-ate#post-2920043 Tue, 27 Oct 2020 09:04:30 +0000 JennyPenny 2920043@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@caitcat: I feel like we're in the same boat.</p> <p>My 3yo DS2 will eat anything, so in that sense nothing he eats surprises me. They had carrot curry soup at school recently which would have been new flavors for him, but I wasn't surprised to see in his report that he ate it all.</p> <p>My 6yo DS1 eats almost nothing. I think the last thing he ate that surprised me was that he willingly tried a bite of a french fry a few months ago, but said he didn't like it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-fun-whats-the-latest-surprising-food-your-kid-ate#post-2920042 Tue, 27 Oct 2020 08:53:59 +0000 Mrs. Carrot 2920042@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 7 year old is thankfully not picky, but she has strong feelings about spicy food. We ordered Indian food from a new place yesterday, and got her her typical order, chicken tikka, and my husband ordered it mild as he always does. Well, this place's definition of mild was spicy even for me, and I can handle spicy pretty well. I decided to give it to her anyway and not say anything. Lo and behold, she ate it all and asked for more! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-fun-whats-the-latest-surprising-food-your-kid-ate#post-2920039 Tue, 27 Oct 2020 07:20:19 +0000 caitcat 2920039@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My three year old eats almost anything...last night, she ate sauteed spinach and asked for seconds. </p> <p>Meanwhile, my five year old eats about ten foods (total) and is going through a phase where she only wants mac and cheese as leftovers and just lukewarm so that it isn't "all melty and saucy." </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-fun-whats-the-latest-surprising-food-your-kid-ate#post-2920038 Tue, 27 Oct 2020 07:07:47 +0000 Mommy Finger 2920038@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS1 is usually a pretty awesome eater but we were even surprised when he loved the raw ahi tuna from an app that DH and I ordered. He also loves the liverwurst sausage on crackers that DH eats that come on, no. Yet the kid doesn't like tomato sauce on his spaghetti. Can't win them all.</p> <p>DS2, on the other hand, told me that taste and texture of a cinnamon muffin yesterday was unnecessary. Honestly, I was just happy he tried it. He's the one that my parents regularly tell me is payback. I deserve it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-fun-whats-the-latest-surprising-food-your-kid-ate#post-2920037 Mon, 26 Oct 2020 22:01:12 +0000 winter_wonder 2920037@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD isn't super adventurous with her eating, but the girl loves havarti dill cheese!!</p> <p>@lady baltimore: Neither DD or DH eat soup, ugh. I want to make it all the time now that it's getting chilly out! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-fun-whats-the-latest-surprising-food-your-kid-ate#post-2920036 Mon, 26 Oct 2020 21:23:27 +0000 ALV91711 2920036@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 2 year old loves olives. Yesterday he asked for and ate garlic stuffed green olives. He wanted more! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-fun-whats-the-latest-surprising-food-your-kid-ate#post-2920034 Mon, 26 Oct 2020 19:33:48 +0000 lady baltimore 2920034@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Panera is not exactly haute cuisine, but my four-year-old did order soup &amp; salad last night instead of mac &amp; cheese! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-fun-whats-the-latest-surprising-food-your-kid-ate#post-2920033 Mon, 26 Oct 2020 19:20:45 +0000 DillonLion 2920033@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 15 month old ate bok choy tonight! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-fun-whats-the-latest-surprising-food-your-kid-ate#post-2920021 Mon, 26 Oct 2020 14:16:39 +0000 PinkElephant 2920021@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My four year old requested salmon &amp; broccoli for her birthday dinner (rather than pizza, burgers, or other junkier options).</p> <p>Her six year old sister has recently been stealing my portion of asparagus at dinner! She's also a big fan of gyoza (so, similar to pot stickers) and xiao long bao/soup dumplings. </p> <p>But my eight year old wants to eat, like, nothing but "kid food". I think the most adventurous thing she eats willingly now is green salad with Italian dressing (and I'd better not try to sneak a tomato in there). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-fun-whats-the-latest-surprising-food-your-kid-ate#post-2920020 Mon, 26 Oct 2020 14:13:34 +0000 Corduroy 2920020@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 7 year old was begging for tofu recently. It's not something I buy regularly so I was surprised and asked her what made her think of tofu? After quite a discussion I figured out she meant steamed pork buns/char siu bao. I'm glad I figured that one out because she would not be pleased if I had presented her with a block of tofu. She was happy with the char siu bao.</p> <p>DS has been pretty adventurous lately mainly to show up DD. Last night he ate some of the Hungarian paprika chicken stew I made. Not that adventurous but it looked and smelled different than the dishes I usually make. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-fun-whats-the-latest-surprising-food-your-kid-ate#post-2920016 Mon, 26 Oct 2020 12:58:54 +0000 KT326 2920016@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My kids love brie and crackers. They will not eat cheddar and crackers, but give them some brie and they devour it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-fun-whats-the-latest-surprising-food-your-kid-ate#post-2920014 Mon, 26 Oct 2020 12:47:07 +0000 LadyDi 2920014@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For my oldest, also potstickers! I was surprised that he really likes them and I keep a bag on hand all of the time now. My two year old ate an entire slice of pizza last night and I was thrilled. He’s super picky and only eats a handful of things so when we have pizza I can usually only get him to eat a bite or two. Last night was a whole slice with zero crying, whining, or yelling (from either of us). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-fun-whats-the-latest-surprising-food-your-kid-ate#post-2920013 Mon, 26 Oct 2020 12:44:51 +0000 foodiebee 2920013@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Potstickers sound so good! What brand did you buy?</p> <p>My 16mo DS is actually not a terribly picky eater—right now at least—but he doesn't eat meat (his choice). People are always surprised when he wants tofu, but he loves it! This is probably not terribly surprising or as fun as crickets, but it's all I could think of. :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-fun-whats-the-latest-surprising-food-your-kid-ate#post-2920012 Mon, 26 Oct 2020 12:41:36 +0000 jhd 2920012@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@codeitall: that’s so exciting!!</p> <p>My oldest ate a plain hot dog on a bun this week and DH and I were celebrating!! That may seem silly, but he’s struggled with textures and combining foods.</p> <p>Our youngest (2) got to go with me to the grocery store quickly last week and all he wanted was red bell peppers, tomatoes, and avocados.</p> <p>ETA not particularly shocking choices but we are at least raising veggie lovers! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-fun-whats-the-latest-surprising-food-your-kid-ate#post-2920011 Mon, 26 Oct 2020 12:35:41 +0000 erinbaderin 2920011@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not so recent, but last winter my 3 and 5 year olds tried dried crickets at an agricultural fair, and my then three-year-old went back for seconds. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-fun-whats-the-latest-surprising-food-your-kid-ate#post-2920009 Mon, 26 Oct 2020 12:23:19 +0000 codeitall 2920009@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Because I need a little lighthearted conversation this Monday :)</p> <p>I indulged with my work promotion last week and tried out a subscription box of nurture life. My ultra picky texture-eater with a milk-allergy 5 year old ate a salmon patty on a pretzel bun (all of it!) and later he ate potstickers!</p> <p>So I bought a whole bag of potstickers and we ate it last night as a family meal with everyone eating the same thing! I wasn't a short-order cook! Hallelujah!</p> <p>What have your kids eaten recently that has surprised you? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bento-box-that-actually-dries-in-the-dishwasher#post-2842389 Wed, 29 Aug 2018 13:04:24 +0000 Mrsbells 2842389@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Jennibenni: yeah i think most plastic specifically says top rack only. There are some exceptions but we just keep it all on the top </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bento-box-that-actually-dries-in-the-dishwasher#post-2842251 Tue, 28 Aug 2018 21:36:18 +0000 Hypatia 2842251@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Iced Tea: That’s so frustrating! I don’t know why new appliances sometimes seem worse at stuff like this. I don’t have any experience with stainless, but it does seem like it would work better. Just make sure it’s high quality. I had a metal strainer that rusted from water getting trapped in the lip, and the rust dribbled down and permanently stained my white plates. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bento-box-that-actually-dries-in-the-dishwasher#post-2842240 Tue, 28 Aug 2018 20:26:54 +0000 Iced Tea 2842240@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Hypatia: Yes, our dishwasher is a new Bosch with options for dispensing more or less rinse aid. I even tried max rinse aid, but that just made things oily without making the plastic dry. A lot of our plastic stuff has lips or crevices that trap water no matter what, and drying cycles just don't get plastic hot enough to evaporate all that. </p> <p>I just ordered a stainless steel one to try. I also have a glass one on my list if this doesn't work. I'm positive the glass would dry well, I'm just concerned about the weight of it since my kids are so young. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bento-box-that-actually-dries-in-the-dishwasher#post-2842238 Tue, 28 Aug 2018 20:10:49 +0000 Hypatia 2842238@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: Yep! Don't feel bad, it's not really talked about a lot. Fill the reservoir until it's full (mine has a little plastic gage that rises as it is filled), make sure you screw the lid back on tight. It definitely helps get the dishes dryer and have less water spots. </p> <p>And like others say, putting them on the top rack, slightly angle to help the water drain, and cracking the door after the heat cycle is complete all help too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bento-box-that-actually-dries-in-the-dishwasher#post-2842216 Tue, 28 Aug 2018 17:18:57 +0000 Jennibenni 2842216@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I’ve never put plastic on the bottom because I always thought it was only dishwasher safe on the top? I’ve just always assumed it was a universal rule. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bento-box-that-actually-dries-in-the-dishwasher#post-2842213 Tue, 28 Aug 2018 16:25:10 +0000 Mrsbells 2842213@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Lahela017: yeah we don't put any plastic on the bottom rack for that reason. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bento-box-that-actually-dries-in-the-dishwasher#post-2842193 Tue, 28 Aug 2018 14:23:42 +0000 Lahela017 2842193@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just open the door and pull the racks out and let them air dry for a couple hours before I put them back in the cabinets. Be careful with heated dry. If your washer gets really hot it might melt the plastic on the bottom rack. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bento-box-that-actually-dries-in-the-dishwasher#post-2842191 Tue, 28 Aug 2018 14:05:49 +0000 gotkimchi 2842191@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What really helps me is full jet dry + cracking the door when it’s done, then everything evaporates and gets really dry </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bento-box-that-actually-dries-in-the-dishwasher#post-2842187 Tue, 28 Aug 2018 13:57:07 +0000 Jennibenni 2842187@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: It does help. But I make sure my jet dry is full, use hot wash and heated dry, and all my plastic stuff still comes out wet so... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bento-box-that-actually-dries-in-the-dishwasher#post-2842186 Tue, 28 Aug 2018 13:56:31 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2842186@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I switched to a divided tupperware container.</p> <p>The bentgo one was the worst! No rinse aid in the world could get that dry the way it was shaped. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bento-box-that-actually-dries-in-the-dishwasher#post-2842169 Tue, 28 Aug 2018 12:45:26 +0000 Foodnerd81 2842169@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrsbells: @Hypatia: I feel like a complete idiot. Hey Dry helps the stupid plastic things get dry?! Every time we unload the dishwasher we have a full drying rack of plastic dishes and bowls. But i have never used a rinse aid. Is that what it’s for? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bento-box-that-actually-dries-in-the-dishwasher#post-2842165 Tue, 28 Aug 2018 12:20:44 +0000 Mrsbells 2842165@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah with a rinse aid plus using the setting for heated dry we usually get things pretty dry unless we don't stack them in correctly </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bento-box-that-actually-dries-in-the-dishwasher#post-2842095 Mon, 27 Aug 2018 22:35:01 +0000 Hypatia 2842095@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Are you sure you're using enough Jet Dry in your washer? It won't get them totally dry, but it puts it pretty close for me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bento-box-that-actually-dries-in-the-dishwasher#post-2842092 Mon, 27 Aug 2018 21:30:17 +0000 bhbee 2842092@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had some and they got a lot more dry, but not totally dry ... I think maybe some drops around the edges of the dividers inside. It drives me crazy too with plastic! Seems like there’s always something air drying on the counter. </p>