https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 21 Apr 2026 03:17:38 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-your-go-tos-for-carbsgrains-at-dinner/page/2#post-2577739 Wed, 29 Jun 2016 12:49:45 +0000 SweetiePie 2577739@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@irene: I should have clarified. I usually steam in the microwave 😋 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-your-go-tos-for-carbsgrains-at-dinner#post-2577726 Wed, 29 Jun 2016 12:38:48 +0000 irene 2577726@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SweetiePie: I see! If you steam frozen veggies anyway, what I do is, I have a steamer that fits on top of my pot. I'd cook my pasta in the pot, and put veggies in the steamer and put it on top of the pot, so the steam comes up and steam the veggies in the steamer. One stone kills two birds, and there is no massive cooking in there.... just boiling water and washing the pot afterwards, which you can put in the dishwasher lol. Just a thought :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-your-go-tos-for-carbsgrains-at-dinner#post-2577642 Wed, 29 Jun 2016 11:10:43 +0000 MrsSRS 2577642@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This doesn't help with the mess, but you can batch cook quinoa and rice and freeze in silicone muffin liners. Then when they're frozen just pop out of the liners and store in a gallon ziplock in the freezer. Then it's handy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-your-go-tos-for-carbsgrains-at-dinner#post-2577602 Wed, 29 Jun 2016 10:28:21 +0000 SweetiePie 2577602@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs Green Grass: Seeing so many trader joes references in this thread! We have a couple of them in the city but none are particularly close so I don't venture. Maybe I should try it once. It's just annoying to ride the subway with bags of groceries or to pay $30 round trip for a cab. Hmmm. But I'm really curious now! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-your-go-tos-for-carbsgrains-at-dinner#post-2577287 Tue, 28 Jun 2016 21:39:39 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 2577287@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SweetiePie: I isut read your response about not cooking much. Me neither, I'm horrible. Trader Joe's frozen rice is also really easy and turns out well. And I love their party sized meatballs or "just chicken" for LO. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-your-go-tos-for-carbsgrains-at-dinner#post-2577286 Tue, 28 Jun 2016 21:37:44 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 2577286@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Trader Joe's Multigrain flatbreads. They're like a pita. Definitely no mess! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-your-go-tos-for-carbsgrains-at-dinner#post-2577173 Tue, 28 Jun 2016 18:16:26 +0000 nana87 2577173@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SweetiePie: lol, it's hard! We def eat take out more than we should, but dh is the cook so I rarely am the one responsible for feeding us. We do blue apron so that the meal planning is done for us in part, that helps-- were motivated not to waste the food! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-your-go-tos-for-carbsgrains-at-dinner#post-2577157 Tue, 28 Jun 2016 17:17:26 +0000 SweetiePie 2577157@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@nana87: I know you're a fellow city girl. How do you avoid the temptation to just order in every meal??? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-your-go-tos-for-carbsgrains-at-dinner#post-2577156 Tue, 28 Jun 2016 17:16:52 +0000 SweetiePie 2577156@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@magnoliamama42: those look so good!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-your-go-tos-for-carbsgrains-at-dinner#post-2577138 Tue, 28 Jun 2016 16:33:22 +0000 magnoliamama42 2577138@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 14mo is obsessed with roasted sweet potatoes right now. I use this recipe (but I sub olive oil for coconut oil, because I don't have food-grade coconut oil on hand):<br /> <a href="http://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1013488-coconut-oil-roasted-sweet-potatoes" rel="nofollow">http://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1013488-coconut-oil-roasted-sweet-potatoes</a></p> <p>It's a quick prep. I cook them for 40 minutes, and go easy on the sugar. One batch lasts us the week. She will seriously just shove these in her mouth, one after the other. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-your-go-tos-for-carbsgrains-at-dinner#post-2577125 Tue, 28 Jun 2016 16:15:11 +0000 nana87 2577125@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would eat pasta for every meal except breakfast of it wouldn't make me extremely fat, so pasta is always my go to ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-your-go-tos-for-carbsgrains-at-dinner#post-2577118 Tue, 28 Jun 2016 16:04:16 +0000 caterw 2577118@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You can make big batches of rice, quinoa, mashed potatoes, couscous, and rolls/ cornbread muffins (or any muffins) and freeze them! The grain stuff tastes fine to me microwaved, but breads I leave out to thaw and then put them in the oven for a minute to crisp up. I have never had a lot of success with premade packaged rice/ mashed potatoes, etc- they don't taste right to me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-your-go-tos-for-carbsgrains-at-dinner#post-2577074 Tue, 28 Jun 2016 14:51:35 +0000 gingerbebe 2577074@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SweetiePie: In the Asian section of supermarkets, they usually sell shelf stable microwaveable bowls of sticky rice. Or you can order these from Amazon, same thing:</p> <p><a href="https://amzn.com/B000FIULB0" rel="nofollow">https://amzn.com/B000FIULB0</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-your-go-tos-for-carbsgrains-at-dinner#post-2576721 Tue, 28 Jun 2016 09:52:08 +0000 SweetiePie 2576721@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>These are all great ideas. On my phone so I can't reply to everyone but I've read them and appreciate them. </p> <p>@irene: he definitely likes carbs except potatoes. Little weirdo doesn't like them much. I think it's texture.<br /> I struggle because I always seem to have a protein and a veggie on hand and they are pretty easy to make. I should clarify I don't cook a ton. I don't like it. So I freeze batches of things he likes, like meatballs. And I buy "healthy" frozen items like Plum Organics chicken/veggie/quinoa meatballs.<br /> Veggies are easy because frozen or fresh I can just steam and he loves all veggies.<br /> Grains/carbs seem to stump me because I don't always have them on hand. So I'm just trying to get ideas from all of you of things I can make every few days and reheat or freeze and reheat :-) Plus the ones he likes are so messy and annoying but I do them because he likes them. I thought maybe there was something I just wasn't thinking of! And there are!<br /> Everyone has been raving about the instant pot on the "products that live up to hype" thread and it's making me wonder if that could make life easier. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-your-go-tos-for-carbsgrains-at-dinner#post-2576628 Tue, 28 Jun 2016 08:47:07 +0000 Mrs. Pickles 2576628@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@gingerbebe: thanks for that idea of rolling the rice into balls!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-your-go-tos-for-carbsgrains-at-dinner#post-2576574 Tue, 28 Jun 2016 08:20:13 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2576574@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My youngest will eat carbs like bread, rolls, pasta and roasted potatoes (cut into wedges/cubes). My oldest though just simply doesn't really like carbs except rice. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-your-go-tos-for-carbsgrains-at-dinner#post-2576569 Tue, 28 Jun 2016 08:12:47 +0000 cascademom 2576569@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Couscous (my almost 4 year old's favorite), quick pasta sides (Knorr's). I stockpile these. Target used to carry frozen rice. I would buy lots of them. With veggies, I buy the Target steam bags. It makes getting dinner on the table faster. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-your-go-tos-for-carbsgrains-at-dinner#post-2576547 Tue, 28 Jun 2016 07:56:24 +0000 yoursilverlining 2576547@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Does it have to be a grain? There's plenty of carbs in potatoes, corn, peas, sweet potatoes, etc. </p> <p>LO will eat basically any carb, including just plain bread or tortillas with dinner. </p> <p>Our favorite grains are faro, quinoa, winterberries and white rice. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-your-go-tos-for-carbsgrains-at-dinner#post-2576517 Tue, 28 Jun 2016 07:27:30 +0000 Alivoo01 2576517@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Rice or potatoes </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-your-go-tos-for-carbsgrains-at-dinner#post-2576486 Tue, 28 Jun 2016 05:12:19 +0000 lamariniere 2576486@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Quinoa, spelt pasta spirals, brown rice, baguette, home made biscuits. To a lesser extent: potatoes (mashed or roasted). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-your-go-tos-for-carbsgrains-at-dinner#post-2576429 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 21:15:57 +0000 Mrsbells 2576429@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>rice and pasta are my staples </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-your-go-tos-for-carbsgrains-at-dinner#post-2576428 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 21:15:06 +0000 irene 2576428@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>various shapes of pasta (fusilli, macaroni, cartwheels, bowties, shells, just so many choices and so much fun!), noodles, brown rice, corn on the cob, and maybe couscous sometimes. My biggest struggle is with protein! Why do you struggle with carbs? Your LO doesn't like carbs? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-your-go-tos-for-carbsgrains-at-dinner#post-2576420 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 20:52:50 +0000 Mrs. Bee 2576420@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>almost always rice since we have it in the rice cooker. but charlie also likes couscous and they love roasted sweet potatoes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-your-go-tos-for-carbsgrains-at-dinner#post-2576413 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 20:37:33 +0000 ElbieKay 2576413@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Quinoa, pasta, jasmine rice, corn on the cob, roasted baby potatoes.</p> <p>Tonight's dinner was grated zucchini and jarred tomato sauce tossed with diced "andouille" chicken sausage and bow tie pasta topped with Parmesan cheese. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-your-go-tos-for-carbsgrains-at-dinner#post-2576409 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 20:27:18 +0000 daniellemybelle 2576409@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Rice, pasta, rolls, garlic bread, potatoes. DH won't eat anything "adventurous" like quinoa! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-your-go-tos-for-carbsgrains-at-dinner#post-2576403 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 20:10:23 +0000 SweetCaroline 2576403@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Perogies, cheesy orzo, potatoes prepared various ways </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-your-go-tos-for-carbsgrains-at-dinner#post-2576397 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 19:51:39 +0000 catlady 2576397@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Pasta, rice, or quinoa usually, occasionally something like a wrap or tortilla, or potatoes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-your-go-tos-for-carbsgrains-at-dinner#post-2576396 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 19:47:21 +0000 Anagram 2576396@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>lately, my LOs have been eating a lot of rice, quinoa, butternut squash, sweet potato, white potatoes, and wheat flour string hoppers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-your-go-tos-for-carbsgrains-at-dinner#post-2576394 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 19:45:24 +0000 erinbaderin 2576394@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Rice (sometimes brown, sometimes Uncle Ben's garlic and butter or the 90 second packets) or Lipton's sidekicks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-your-go-tos-for-carbsgrains-at-dinner#post-2576389 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 19:38:30 +0000 youboots 2576389@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>White rice, gf spaghetti with mizithra, mashed potatoes, potato salad. </p>