OH doesn't like veg...

Mrs._Irwin

Some good suggestions here!

Unfortunately he doesn't like eggs soup or cheesey sauces.

He doesn't like stews or casseroles either, but I'm going to persevere with these.

There's a 50p meal thread? I shall have a look at that!

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Put the stews into an oven proof dish, thicken with a little flour, bung a pastry lid on top - hey ho, he has a pie!

Most blokes that like curry think it has to be just chicken breast - change to thigh meat and add cooked potato. Sweetening it a tad also helps to get the takeaway addicts onside.


You could, of course, tell him to stop acting like a two year old and eat the so*ding food you've prepared if he's not going to produce an extra couple of hundred a month out of thin air to pay for meat and chips every day. Then buy and eat cheap wholesome food that you like and leave him to eat jam sandwiches with salt n vinegar crisps, or whatever it is that he was obviously allowed to get away with at home.

I know which one I'd go for - but then again, that may be why I'm single.

Jakesmummy

Wow this sounds like my OH! Im sick of us not all being able to eat a nice meal together! problem is now my 3year old is being just as fussy as him, something i really wanted to avoid......

skiTTish

Just a thought but is he sure he doesnt like veg or just certain ways of cooking it ?
Have you tried red pepper ,onions ,courgette ,cherry toms roated in olive oil and a lil garlic ?
I have to admit im not a fan of boiled/steamed vegbut im a grown up so know i need to eat it sometimes;)

tryingtoruletheworld

I would sit him down, and have a chat. Tell him you are trying to save money and can't afford meat all the time, and that veg is part of a healthy diet which may help him avoid deficiencies and premature death

Then let him make his own decisions and cook his own dinner. He is a grown man and you are not his mother with nothing better to do than pander to his every whim.

boredjellybean

My OH claimed not to like veg for years, but we discovered it more of a textural issue for him, so as long as I dice veg up small to go in spag bol etc he is fine - he also now eats any veg if I have made something in the slow cooker
& has vastly improved on eating veg as a side dish

The only other things I can think of (I used to do this with my OH) would be to make a nice cheap pasta bake type thing & give him some ham,bacon,shredded chicken or tuna to mix in with his

hth

BB

Pssst

He is just being silly.

What man would carry on in such a way?
Tell him there will be no nookie for him until he mends his ways


PS i wonder if we are distant relatives...?

lazy_daisy

Oooh don't blame his Mum! He's an adult and is 100% responsible for his own behaviour - I never blame my Mum for anything I do!
LD x

Bitsy_Beans

I can understand his issue if it's a textural thing. I am afraid I loathe most fruit as I retch at the feel of it in my mouth I love the taste of oranges but that chewy mess you ge left with after all the juice is gone bleugh

I would puree as much veg as possible and add it to spag bol mince within the tomato sauce and hide pureed veg in as many dishes as you can.

skintchick

I agree with those who say to talk to him about it and stop pandering to him!

My OH was fussy when we married. He claimed he 'didn;t like cheese, butter or cream', that he wouldn;t eat creamy sauces, that he hated sauces full stop, that mash was vile, he'd only eat boiled potatoes, that he wanted meat and veg every night, that pasta wasn;t food, that meat needed to be chicken, that he'd only eat chicken breasts not dark meat, it went on and on.

I told him that firstly, if I was to be doing all the cooking he'd eat what he was given or go hungry, that I would respect any real food dislikes but he had to try everything and be honest about whether he liked it or not, so I could see what he would and wouldn;t eat, and that he had to realise we couldn;t afford for him to be so fussy as I'd be spending more than our £50 budget a week.

I took him with me to Tesco and he saw how expensive even cheap meat is.

And I set about trying him on all sorts of stuff - he now eats mash made with milk not butter, loads of sauces, from tomato-based ones to creamy ones I make from a roux with stock, although he has eaten ones made with cream, he eats cheese as long as it's not melted, he eats dark chicken meat in stir fries, etc., he eats pasta dishes and one of them is even a favourite!

basically, I taught him not to be so fussy because I refused to pander to it. And I also pointed out I had no intention of having fussy children so he needed to try things and get ready to set a good example when they came along, which is now imminent.

You don;t say how long you've been with your OH, but it's time for a talk and some action. I don;t believe people who say they don't like veg - it is fussiness plain and simple. There are loads of different veg out there and he can't possibly dislike all of them.

I don;t like peas very much, or carrots, but I eat them in casseroles and if I'm served them I will eat them however they are prepared, because it's a preference, not a real hatred.

I do blame OH's mother as she always pandered to his whims on food, but now I've taught him better Oh yes, and he was 39 when we got together and 41 when we married, so you CAN teach an old dog new tricks! :rotfl: