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Okay I need ideas to feed a 14yr old niece.

We have done the pizza (several times by choice). I have fed spag bol, and salmon with salad ..Salads I do with fruit on them. Curry and rice.

Things to remember
It is hot here and I really don´t want long oven times.
Niece doesn´t eat things that look like meat ie chicken legs or steak
according to Mum she won´t thank you for anything on bread (but I know she will eat a baguette :-D )
She doesn´´t eat tomatoes (uncooked) or mushrooms in any form. oh and the 1 veg that we both eat ( me and OH) she doesn´t which is peas.

I do have plenty more fish and salad ideas ..sea bass, trout and all that but I a looking for different ideas. I will cook veg that I don´t eat but that makes cooking for just the 2 of us awkward.

So ideas please

Oh and niece like any 14yr old is on a diet ! :-0

My grandchildren have always loved meatballs with pasta! Whether they be home made or shop bought, with my own sauce or from a jar, they've always gone down well! :-D

.... sounds just like my son, Uzzi!

Oh, did I mention he's 37? (and a half!)

He'd always settle for cereal, regardless the time of day.

Perhaps your niece will like fries with that?

Good luck. Your mission ......!

Chilli?
Jacket potatoes with something - weight watchers say they are OK if not too large.
Home made (with lean meat) burgers + bun and salad.

Chunky ovenchips - scrub a large potato and halve length ways. Cut each half into 3rds making sure that there is skin on each segment. Par boil or microwave for about 5 mins. Sprinkle with oil and seasoning if liked and place on a hot baking sheet and bake for about 10-15 mins. You could melt cheese on top as a main course light meal, or serve as a vegetable.

Find out who her favourite current popstar is.
Cook what you would normally eat but try and theme it and give it a name that can be related.
BIG cool points for Auntie Uzzi.
At that age, "sophisticated" works too.
Toast is not toast. It is thin strips of evenly yet lightly grilled dough with a light pureed dip harvested from the fruit of the season.
Jam on toast works for me.

If that doesn't go down too well give her dry bread and water for a week and she will soon come round lol

How about Yorkshire Pudding with whipped cream squirted over and topped with strawberry jam?

I think you can buy the small frozen YPs that are heated in four minutes (according to my packet, anyway!)

Barry she is living on Alpen through out the day ..I can´t feed her that at night ! can I ;-)

Geordie meatballs in sauce is a great idea ( I just got to remember how to make decent meatballs lol ) mind I can´t do that tomorrow as she only had spag bol yesterday.

Det I had been giving the chunky chips with bacon and melted cheese a thought but didn´t fancy the oven on too long ....I forget I now have a full size full wattage oven instead of my mini oven where they take 40 mins to crisp up. Now that could be an idea as she does eat a few chips with baguette !

Keep the ideas coming in.

Uzzi you have my sympathy my Granddaughter turned fourteen in May. Last year she would eat anything , especially loved any sort of fish. Now she is so fussy and no longer likes fish. Just ask your niece what she likes to eat.

pmsl @ Errol and Barry
Barry even I couldn´t do that, well not at this time of year.
Erroll if I cooked her what I normally eat at this time of year she will starve. I live on salads and fruit for half the week with the odd bit of tuna thrown in .....(and yes this year I am losing weight ) mind after saying that I am taking her out twice a week and that is my weight gain.

Paula I have asked and she is so sweet and shy she will just say anything. She won´t even tell me when she is hungry so she has cereal and chocolate, yogurts and choc deserts in her own fridge and I have to check if it is getting low so I can replace it. Mind I did have a break through yesterday when she told me she was out of pineapple juice.

Difficult if she is too shy to tell you.

Lasagne
Sausages and jacket
Quiche with salad
Spanish omelette
French omelette

wraps are trendy. salad & whatever wrapped, served with tortilla chips.

Bean chilli, again with nacho's and rice or jacket spud.

My teenage daughter seems to live on Mcdonalds nuggets...not that she liked them when she was a child, which is odd

It's ok I am not feeding her that...she does'nt live with me

All I can say is Good Luck... my g/d is same age we went out for family meal recently and she didn't order a thing!!! No use making a scene as it would have spoilt the evening (17 of us) I blame her ........*** mother .... my son divorced so doesn't get much say in matter :-|

Ann love your choices
quiche to me is ermm
sausages ..good do they come under they look like meat
omelette is brilliant as I can shove everything in it
Lasagna to be honest will heat the house too much for me to cook.

Penny I have to say I think of wraps as a lunch and as I don´t feed her during the day I want to give her a decent meal in the evening

Jax I don´t have a Mc D

Nolls thanks I will get there

Uzzi ask her if she eats sausages. I think what she doesn't eat is meat that looks like the animal eg chicken legs etc, she may well eat sausages. How much longer is she there?

If she eats spag Bol try mince and tomato (Bol type sauce) on jacket potato (done in the microwave)

Hi Ann, when do schools go back ? oh yea I have to have her home by the 4th Sept.
I am loving having her here because every breakthrough is a grin and trust me she is loving scuba lessons, mind I am not sure about her next request ..swimming with sharks ....swerve that !! She already has asked to come out next year and bring a friend or 2 .....ofcourse says me :-D after all is a 15yr old easier than 14 ..the answer is yes if they have friends ...
Next year they cook for themselves end of !!!

sweet n sour sauce with rice..........?

bockwurst...........oops she doesnt like meat.?........with spaghetti?

chicken curry with rice?

:-D lol 15 year old girls in a group hmm! You might spend all your time wondering where she is. Not too shy to ask though so that must be progress. I haven't spoken to her since they came home but I think my granddaughter was supposed to have been swimming with dolphins in Florida on her birthday (she is 11).

Ann niece has just done day 2 of open water scuba today, day 3 and a pass gives her, her PADI cert to dive anywhere in the world. Somebody and it hasn´t been me has told her how much a PADI course is, so of course she now feels beholden ..lol I just laughed and said we know a man who does so we get cheap deals.
But trust me after this she will never abuse our hospitality nor allow her friends. I don´t think she would anyway she is so sweet.

That is lovely Uzzi that she is so lovely. I am sure she realises that she is the luckiest girl alive to have such a generous Aunty. Yes I know how expensive it is from when Grandson number three did it.