OH sabotage of batch cooking!

celyn90

I must admit this drives me to distraction too

In the past I have go round it by saying exactly what I want the leftovers for, then, if they went missing I simply wouldn't cook! And if it was the meat that went, I'd just cook vegan food for a week
:rotfl::rotfl:

Harder when you have kids though

Freezer is the way forward - I used to use memorygirls trick too; cook for four, serve two then as I was serving stick the remaining two portions into plastic boxes - straight in the freezer after dinner. If it's cold meat - throw it into a marinade or prepare it. He might think twice if it's covered in raw garlic and chilli

Jevvers

Make him cook dinner for a week.

luxor4t

Dish up whatever is left as the next meal & offer bread & marg to make up the missing meat. Any complaints say 'Dad /you ate the rest'.

Little Sis has this problem with her OH & son, this was her solution. She keeps the chocolate biscuits etc in the ironing basket as it is the last place on this earth he would willingly go.
My OH seems quite saintly in comparison, he just clears the fruit bowl - daily!

judy_

I had the problem of my children fridge raiding, was driving me bonkers having to keep going shopping to replace food, so I put a small fridge at the top of my cellar stairs and a padlock on the cellar door. I now only have food they can eat in the main fridge in the kitchen. Works a treat
My children would even eat all the pasta during the night, so that is also locked away and I buy them small packets of noodles for their midnight feasts.

ChocClare

I do sympathise!

We once had a couple to stay with us for the weekend (who we've always nicknamed "the fatties" - our best friends, I hasten to add) and I had planned a huge buffet for Saturday evening's supper - we had a selection of cheeses, cold meats, quiches, garlic prawns - the sort of thing you could sit and pick at while watching a video. Me and DH had to go out for an hour on Saturday afternoon AFTER WE HAD HAD THE MOTHER OF ALL LUNCHES and left them in the house. When I went to open the fridge to make supper, there was half a camembert left and that was it. We had to have a Chinese takeaway. They had taken a tray of food and eaten it in the hour we were gone.

That was twenty years ago and I still like to remind them of it occasionally :rotfl:

Mine go for the line of least resistance with food. Something that needs zero preparation and can be eaten straight from the fridge. Look in your fridge and anything that meets that description, HIDE STRAIGHT AWAY!!!!

Jevvers

Gawd this thread is scaring me, mine are only 3 and 1 - I have all this to come!

charlies-aunt

I agree that freezing stuff is definately the best strategy!

My DD's were sweet little chicks when young but they've grown up into a pair of gannets!! Just like their dear dad! :rotfl:

Courgette

Thought it was just me and my mum who had to hide food :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

smileyt_2

My foster son does this - I'll cook four portions and serve two for an evening's meal (he has more than half as he is a growing lad, all 6ft 3" of him!). Two portions will go in the freezer.

The next morning I will come downstairs to find he's been up in the night and scoffed the two extra portions! He just raids the freezer and sticks whatever he can find in the microwave! I suppose at least he is voting with his feet and saying that my cooking is edible but I could live without that compliment :rotfl:

Hmmm .... maybe I need to put a padlock on the microwave ....

do_it_today!

Minxy_Bella wrote: »

Just to say that I feel your pain - my OH and kids do exactly the same to me too. It drives me bonkers - especially as the OH can eat his own bodyweight in lard and not gain an ounce of weight.

There is no justice![/QUOTE]

Same here - this is the MOST annoying thing about it !!! :rotfl: