There are plenty of picky eater-proof recipes on the internet…allegedly. As kid-friendly as someone says a meal is, it really comes down to the individual eater. Maybe your daughter suddenly doesn’t like pasta anymore (today, at least), or your son went from adoring spinach to loathing it overnight. It can be hard to keep up with kids’ likes and dislikes at the dinner table.

To make the task easier for you, a handful of our editors tested 11 popular kid-friendly side dishes on their children to see which ones were hits and which ones were skips. As much as PureWow stands by its extensive recipe collection, some were surprisingly adored—and disliked—by the testers. Read on for their honest feedback and original photos, along with a few of our favorite products for serving, storing and preparing kid-friendly side dishes.

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