I keep trying to bulk cook, BUT...

MrsTinks

as soon as I do then OH comes and eats it all!!! ARGH! If I make lasagna he'll eat till he's fit to burst and there isn't enough left to freeze for me... MEN

ok ok so it must mean my lasagna is pretty good, but still He really can be SO annoying at times

janeawej

the only way arouond this is either to lock the kitchen door!!! or take out the amount you want to freeze and put it immediately in a freezer dish and out of his sight to cool before freezing!

janeawej

maybe put it in a plastic container and lable it 'tripe for the dog' or something similar to put him off!!!!!

Penny_Watcher

tine wrote:

as soon as I do then OH comes and eats it all!!! ARGH! If I make lasagna he'll eat till he's fit to burst and there isn't enough left to freeze for me... MEN

Thank goodness - I thought it was just me this happened to

Sazbo

tine wrote:

as soon as I do then OH comes and eats it all!!! ARGH! If I make lasagna he'll eat till he's fit to burst and there isn't enough left to freeze for me... MEN

ok ok so it must mean my lasagna is pretty good, but still He really can be SO annoying at times

You'll just have to make it less delicious!

pollyanna24

Oh no, this happens to us all. I made mince last night at 11.30 when it was way too late for him to think about eating anything! Then froze it in two pots so that when I unfreeze it, he can only eat what he's allowed.

It's a toughie when I make leg of lamb, cos he tries to eat it all before I get to freeze it. He's gets annoyed that I'm trying to "ration" him, but I try to control it as much as I can!

Don't worry, it's not just you!

EDIT: Or leg of anything for that matter!

MrsTinks

Well I've tried hiding but he knows the size of my oven dishes

I'll just have to bulk cook whilst he's away (works away 2 nights a week in Kent) and freeze it then, but it's so annoying because I have the time at the weekends but NO chance of getting to freeze anything I cook at the weekend

Lasagna is just one of my fave dishes as I can so easily bulk it out with veg and I love the taste so I cook it a lot. OH also loves it hence it never lasts lol!

Leg of lamb or anything else never lasts long here either... certainly not long enough to freeze anything :S

pollyanna24

There's your answer, cook when he's away. I sometimes use almost a whole Saturday bulk cooking.

Yesterday I spent an hour and a half chopping onions in a food processor just to go in the freezer. Had red hands by the end (only use red onions).

I make loads of stuff with mince (spag bol, hamburgers, chilli, plain ole mince and carrots etc.) and casserole steak (stews, goulash) during the day, freeze it (in portions appropriate for two of us) and tough tittie if he wants more! Then he's got to delve into his own pocket for crisps and the like!

elona

When I make soup overnight in the slow cooker DH will polish off half of it at breakfast!

I once found him scoffing curry at 7a.m.!:eek:

I now ladle some soup or curry into a dish and hide it in the microwave.

wendym

My husband is exactly the same, but his speciality is to leave just enough to be no use to anyone, then look aggrieved when I challenge him, because he hasn't actually finished it all! Grrrr!

Crazychik

Best to do it when he's away, or if weekends is the only time you can do it, then just simply say you've taken on a new hobby and that your cooking for the homeless, and say "if you continue to eat what I cook for future" you'll be joining the homeless!!!!!!"