Food

[Seren]

just a quick rant about food and meals

I'm a lapse veggie, trying to become veggie again
D#1 was veggie up to May this year, Dh meat eater very very fussy won't eat veg, Ds#2 grazes and won't sit down to eat a meal and is fussy, Dd well I'm waiting to see how she turns out. to help with budgeting we are meal planning each week and Dh helps. Tonight is fish pie, so I've made it without peas and sweetcorn which I would normally add cos Dh won't eat them, told him oh I've just made fish pie and left out the peas and sweetcorn, and he says "fish pie, oh I don't really like that", I'm really fed up cos I made pork meatballs the other day and he said last night don't make them again, I don't really like them. i only made them as he ate them last time. Why when I'm doing the list for the week doesn't he say what he will and won't eat. Part of the reason why I started eating meat/fish was to make it easier for the whole family, why should I when he won't make any effort


I can list on one hand the meals he likes and will eat
Chicken and chips
steak and chips
tex mex chicken, plain no veg no sour cream
cottage pie and carrots
he will eat pasta at a push.

he never eats fruit


sorry i said quick, I could go on and on and on, he is so unadaptable with food and I'm a good cook too, he has given all his bad habits to me, I won't let this happen, this ship aint going down without a fight

[Jess85]

Aww hun... don't know what to suggest other than let him cook his own meals and see how he doesn't like things then! Men can be a right pain... luckily my DP will eat almost anything edible (lets hope my casserole turns out ok later rofl)
You should eat the healthy stuff and leave him to eat what he wants - that way you are eating what you want and still being healthy...
sorry about the rubbish advice but I hope you sort it out xxx

[smirnoff]

tbh i am veggie.. ds isnt but doesnt eat many veg, dd is mostly veggie adn baby dd is dairy allergy... dp same as ds. I cook 1 main meal for the ids just with different amounts of stuff on plates, then dp tends to cook for himself if he wants lots of yukky dead stuff and i do mine!
if he wants something different make him cook it himself!! I do!!

[lizzie]

Know the feeling

we have a set menu and if one person does'nt like it tuff , they have to try it first before they moan

DS2 won't eat veg salad fruit , spag bol ,eggs beans , pasta etc so he has to try it if it becomes a real battle then he leaves it

DS4 has high sensory issues so only eats jam buttys

DS3 has to be watched as he eats untill he's sick

so battle in this house at meal times

[Seren]

Know the feeling

we have a set menu and if one person does'nt like it tuff , they have to try it first before they moan

DS2 won't eat veg salad fruit , spag bol ,eggs beans , pasta etc so he has to try it if it becomes a real battle then he leaves it

DS4 has high sensory issues so only eats jam buttys

DS3 has to be watched as he eats untill he's sick

so battle in this house at meal times

phew lizzie worse than here then.

Dh is ok about cooking his own food, but it makes for very expensive meals if we all eat differently, I'm being a bit careful with food budget as its coming up to the summer hols

[Sarah]

I cook one meal for all of us and if they don't eat it they go hungry. I started doing all that faffing about when the children were young but when there were 5 of us I just couldn't do it anymore. It wasn't long before they all started eating whatever was put in front of them without making a fuss! If they genuinely don't like anything I don't make them eat it or avoid cooking it but on the whole they just get on with it because they know that the alternative is a big fat nothing!

[ruthie]

Dh, dd and myself all sit down together to mainly veggie meals as I'm vegetarian but sometimes they I cook for them and then do mine separately. Sd eats Go ahead bars, nutrigrain bars(Strawberry only, special K bars (peach & Apricot only, Special K cereal (Peach & Apricot only), dry bread and veggie (pretend) chicken slices, nothing else no fruit, no veg. Sd claims to be vegan, personally I think she's just dam awkward:ac39: , oh and she never sits down with us to eat!!

[Jess85]

I'll be doing the same as you Snowfairy, though with just the one child who eats anything lol and DP the same, I shouldn't have any trouble lol

[Tinkabell]

When I first got married dh was a pie and chips man, ate nothing else when he was at home. If I said I was cooking something different it was "oh, I don't like that". His fav saying was I cannot stand cauliflower cheese, I served it to him one meal, did not tell him what he was eating and he said that was lovely what was it. You can imagine the huge grin I had on my face when I said cauliflower cheese.

So now dh gets what he is given, if he does not like what I cook he knows where the kitchen is. The only thing I do not cook for him is liver as he cannot stand that, but that is like marmite you either love it or hate it.

[Seren]

When I first got married dh was a pie and chips man, ate nothing else when he was at home. If I said I was cooking something different it was "oh, I don't like that". His fav saying was I cannot stand cauliflower cheese, I served it to him one meal, did not tell him what he was eating and he said that was lovely what was it. You can imagine the huge grin I had on my face when I said cauliflower cheese.

So now dh gets what he is given, if he does not like what I cook he knows where the kitchen is. The only thing I do not cook for him is liver as he cannot stand that, but that is like marmite you either love it or hate it.

heehee, I've done things like that, not told him whats in it and he has been fine.

You will not believe it, he ate it and said he liked it, knock me down with a feather, I've prepared a meal that the whole family liked and ate.

This is an historic moment and must go down in history verily I say it is a day of rejoicing and should be declared a public holiday :hysterica :hysterica