Some cheap meal ideas for fussy / awkward bloke?

gailey_2

:rotfl:Ah change to less fussy boyfreind


My hubbys fussy and annoyed I been hiding cabbage in his food as chopping it up tiny and mixinbg with onions.
budget ideas are

sausage and mash
sausage casserole.
pasta with chorizio sausage or bacon of he will eat it
pasta bakes
omlette or tortilla with chips
veg lasagne
roast with chicken legs or wings as cheaper
chicken or veg curry
chicken faiitas

mlz1413

I won't make a fuss about his fussiness, just agree a simple plan something like
3 nights a week he cooks
3 nights a week you cook
1 roast or eat out

Deal is if you don't like what's cooked then you either allow it to be eaten later in week or frozen and then get your own alternative that night.

Your partner may find he like things he never knew about and so may you.

But I agree with the others if you are going to cook every night then he needs to be more flexible.

Or let him buy the food and you cook it, if he know what is in each meal then its just a case of being creative with your cooking.

abby1234519

Right. A while back with the help of you lovely people I collated some recipes to see me through cheaply and healthily whilst being a single parent with a newborn at university (who arrived safe and sound on the 7th of August).

New problem, my boyfriend comes to stay once a week for effectively two evening meals.

We usually get pizza in (although not recently as I haven;t been home since May, have been at my parents)

I can't be bothered paying for pizza etc because frankly I'd like to keep eating costs down and use all my excess money to pay off debt.
But he is fussy! He hates mushrooms, kidney beans, says brocolli is bland blah blah.

I'm buying a stock pot this week and basically will have all my weekly meals planned and cooked in advance.

What do I do about him? He is really fussy! He doesn't eat vegetables really, I mean he probably would do if they were cooked in something but he is just darn fussy. I do need to wean him onto "real" food because if we are to move in together in 2 years then I am not cooking him a seperate meal when I fully intend to have this little one eating meals like me

tanith

Start as you mean to go on, I'm married to a wonderful man BUT!!! he is the fussiest most difficult (although he's say the opposite) person to cater for.. so sort him out now or live to regret it forever.. good luck..

katieclampet

Ask him to pay for a take away if he doesnt like what you are cooking!!

Sorry, not much help, but I am not a good cook. Someone much more helpful willbe along soon

katie

adelight

Do you have an oven? Genuine question because a lot of people don't at uni! Pasta bakes, sausage stews and cobblers seem to go down well with most fussy blokes. Bulk it up with spuds/pasta and use the cheapest cheese/sausages. It's a bit easier to persuade people on to a slow cooker stew once they get used to those foods.
Does he like curry? Anything hearty and chunky seems to go down best with these fussy fast food types!

Or make pizza or pizza pita pockets. The latter is pita breads toasted so they open, stuffed with mixed up cheese, tomato and pizza toppings then microwaved to melt. Cheap junk food Do the pizza stuff with a HM potato salad (will he eat that?!) or wedges so he gets his pizza but your way.

babyshoes

If you can list a few of the things he DOES like, we will be more able to help you come up with recipes for similar stuff that he SHOULD like...

geri1965_2

Why should you have to cook for him? If he doesn't like what you are having, tell him to cook something for himself or get himself down to the chip shop.

Primrose

I'd go along with the suggestion of starting how you mean to go on. After all, you're a new mother now with a baby to care for, and don't have the time, funds or physical or emotional energy to cope with a fussy grown up.

Either let him eat what you are eating, or give him a sandwich. Looking into the future you're not going to have the capacity to cook different meals for him all the time, so either he will have to eat what you provide and learn to expand his diet, or go without.

Frankly, eating pizza all the time is not going to help you with any post-birth excess weight problems which you may want to get rid of, so eating healthily is of particular interest to you. If he's not prepared to go along with that, life is going to be difficult for you. Why not try and persuade him to take an interest in cooking? Then perhaps when he visits you, he can take responsibility for producing the odd meal. Experimenting with different and new menus may give him an incentive to expand his dietary outlook.

martinthebandit

geri1965 wrote: »

Why should you have to cook for him? If he doesn't like what you are having, tell him to cook something for himself or get himself down to the chip shop.

Is the right answer, mind you if he is ungrateful enough to moan about meals you cook for him, maybe you should send him back to live with his Mum and find a proper grownup to replace him with