Humans of Brighter Bites (January 2017, 2 of 3)

“My little ones – macaroni and cheese, peanut butter and jelly. If I bake some chicken or bake some pork steaks or spaghetti, my stepson will not eat it. Peanut butter and jelly – that’s what he eats every day for lunch. He don’t eat the school cafeteria food. I give him a piece of chicken and he says, ‘Uh! That’s gross!’ He’ll pull the cheese off the pizza and just put the toppings back on, and then he’ll eat the pizza. But when I first met his mom, he used to eat everything. His favorite was sausage and beans. He don’t even eat that anymore. But he’ll go into McDonald’s. He’ll eat a hamburger from McDonald’s. Everybody eats hamburgers from McDonald’s.”

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