Instant mash are my weakness.

I Love instant mash to , however I'm going to start making baked potatoes, and small red potatoes and now Ill be making sweet potatoes real soon for the holidays. Cookie

Perhaps I should clarify.. We do have instant mashed potatoes in the house but that box will probably be there a month or two from now. It is an "emergency side". You know, when there is barely enough time to cook anything, it will suffice. However, for my wife, it used to be a staple in the diet. That and mac n cheese.. I have changed that, and am working on a few more things too.

My husband's brother and his two kids make me want to kick them in the tush they are so picky.
Last dinner we had together their granny had a table full of food and here she comes with a bowl of pizza bites because the 14 and 10 year old wont eat anything else. At the family reunion Jons Dad had to pack food they would eat in a cooler because they wouldnt eat anything that was there. They had tons of wonderful food at that get together. When I cook the holiday meals I make what I want and dont even try and cater to them. I figure their papaw will cover them like he did at the reunion. They only pick at their meal before heading for the desserts anyway.

I agree, I really don't get it. She brings them pizza bites because "they won't eat anything else"?? That poor woman after making all that good homemade food and these kids are really missing out on a culinary heritage by insisting on that ridiculous food. I remember my grandmothers cooking so fondly it's probably part of the reason I started cooking myself. I seriously don't understand. How did parents ever raise children before junk food? Since so many kids will only eat junk food did they just die out back in the day because cheetos hadn't been invented yet?