just wanted to say helloo (&a few questions..)

mrsHall2b

Lilyplonk wrote: »

I've not cooked any of these, but they are just a couple of what comes up when you google for Tuna Napolitana.

Good Luck and I hope that at least one of them is useful to you and your family.

http://cassiefairy.com/2013/01/18/pieday-friday-recipe-tuna-napolitana/

http://www.bestrecipes.com.au/recipe/classic-napoletana-pasta-sauce-L3081.html

http://allrecipes.co.uk/recipe/25303/homemade-napolitana-sauce.aspx


Sorry I'm just off to do something, so haven't got time to go through the 'storecupboard thing' - but I'm sure somebody else will be along in a minute to give you some ideas .

thankyou very much for the links. will have a look and see what bits i need to get (or if i have it already!)

sooty&sweep wrote: »

Hi
I'd suggest you focus on what you all like and then try & build on that rather than what you all don't like.
For example would everyone eat pasta with a tomato sauce ? You could then add chunks of sausage + veg eg peppers depending on taste.
Or roast veg (potatoes, butternut squash, carrots, peppers etc) & chicken pieces.
Jen

yeah we all eat pasta, this is generally the only thing im left with at the end of our 2 week cycle (we get more benefits on one week than the second week so have to try make a shop on big week last both weeks with minimal top ups the second week)

kboss2010

If you must, hide the veg! Bulk out spag bol with lentils and grated carrots. Put diced onions in the rice.

Make lasagna with 1/4 of the mince and add finely chopped carrot and celery.

Use more kidney beans and bell peppers in chilli and reduce the mince. My OH doesn't notice!

Anything made with a tomato sauce can be blitzed in a blender so it's less identifiable.

Make sausage casseroles with bite size sausage pieces, chunky potatoes and carrots. Give more sausage to your OH, more veg to the kids.

Might be worth having a frank conversation with your OH tho. Ask him what he likes/dislikes. If he says "I just don't like any veg" ask why and if he's tried it all. It's highly unlikely he dislikes the taste of ALL veg, if he says this he's probably just grown up in a house where he was never made to eat his greens and that needs to change for his health as well as the family's.

I understand your pain. My OH has the opposite problem. He's used to his parents' gourmet cooking and expensive ingredients which we simply can't afford. It's taken living on his own for a while to appreciate the cost of meat etc.

maman

mrsHall2b wrote: »

they dont really see him eating veg as when he used to work we would have food before he got home and now hes so used to eating a lot later he always eats late in the evening. its not very often we all eat at the same time. so its usually just me and the girls.

One tip I'd suggest is to try, at least at weekends, to put the food on the table and let everyone help themselves. This works particularly well for roast type meals but do it with veg anyway. Obviously the girls might need a bit of help at least to start with. I've found that children thoroughly enjoy it and will copy others when it comes to trying things and no one gets a portion that's too much/not enough for them. It's great for learning table manners too. Any LO food makes a good lunch next day.

trailingspouse

Oh for goodness sake, how many children do you have??

No-one 'doesn't like veg' - there might be some veg that he doesn't like (I don't like runner beans, OH isn't keen on sweet corn), but a blanket refusal is ridiculous. And not good for him.

Tell him, grown-up to grown-up, that you've got enough to think about making sure the children have a good diet, that you will cook what you think is appropriate, and if he doesn't like it he can eat round it. And then do it. If he whinges, send him to his room.

CRANKY40

My 9 year old son wouldn't eat beef mince when he was small. He stored it in his mouth and sort of ate round it until he had the chance to spit it out. When we realised that he was eating his best friends vegetarian quorn products in nursery quite happily (friend was a total food refuser) we switched over and cooked with quorn mince, which he has continued to prefer. He has recently (in the last 4 months) started to eat bacon and he has always eaten ham and chicken, so yes, quorn may be worth a try.

It seems to be a texture thing with him as he also won't contemplate whole veg which he has to chew, but is happy with mashed veg apart from sweetcorn which he really doesn't like. When he was small I mashed his veg and hid it, but now I don't have to as luckily he has always liked the taste but not the texture. I was 24 before I started to really enjoy sprouts and broccoli, but I still dislike butterbeans.

LameWolf

I'm just going to step in here re the 2 yr old - does she really, really hate meat? Maybe try a veggie alternative?

The reason I'm putting my oar in is that my mother "force-fed" me with meat for years, and didn't equate the fact that I loathed the stuff with the fact that I was sick most nights. Once I became veggie (aged 16) I was heaps better.

Just a thought, and maybe of no use to you at all.;)