What can i feed the fussiest eater in the world?

merlin1

just to add - think fresh (with your fridge) and think fast, like julia penguin has suggested a wok, cos fresh is fast! the ole ramsey fella has a book on fast food - fword kitchen styley that may help?

Jess01

PasturesNew wrote: »

I assumed from the OP's posting that their kitchen is one of these.
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I've seen these before and that is literally the whole of it. Kitchen in a cupboard.

Ha, yes, that's exactly it - except mine is literally half the size of that one! :-)

Gosh, you guys are truly great! Thanks for the suggestions. Some seem totally obvious but I've never thought of them before. I think I will get myself down to the library this weekend and take out all their recipe books! In a strange way I'm quite excited about it - never thought I'd be excited about learning to cook properly! Maybe I'm finally growing up lol!!

I think you're right about not expecting to suddenly totally overhaul how I'm eating, but any improvement now is much needed, so hopefully a few changes and experiments here and there will help me get into new habits and then it'll be easier to progress further. I'll look into slow cookers for sure - I love the idea of having something ready when I get home, will really curb the snacking instincts!!

Thanks again, I'll let you all know how I get on!

Xxxxx

attentionseeker1

If it makes you feel better, when I lived abroad I didn't even have a kitchenette- I had a single hob I had to use on my desk and one of those mini-oven/grills- not even a microwave!

Will rack my brains for things I used to make but couscous immediately springs to mind as you don't need to do it on the hob - you can just put into a large bowl, cover with boiling water and then cover for 10 mins while you make someything to go with it on the hob- I used to make a lot of one pot veggie curries, and if you have leftovers, you can mix it with chopped salad veg or roasted veg like peppers etc to make a salad for work

Emstick14

Ok, so OH wont eat fish, eggs, baked beans, beef (but eats beefburgers:rolleyes:), pasta and I am sure there is probably more! Combine this with a daughter that wont eat food with any sauce/gravy on it, I am stuck!! She will eat a casserole if I cook it all seperately but if its mixed with gravy, its a no no!

Am trying to save money but fussiness is holding me back:mad: any suggestions, please??

debtmuncher

would your daughter have a chicken curry or bolognese sauce? still thinking of ideas but would be interesting to hear what meals you have been serving up for your daughter.

erichamster

Serve up whatever you like and tell em to eat up or go without?:D

Emstick14

No she wont eat anything in a sauce!

She eats a roast dinner, meat(any) potato and veg, plain pasta fish and veg, fish chips and peas, baked potato tuna beans and cheese and other things like burgers, bacon, egg, sausages etc.

She has a good varied diet despite avoiding sauces and loves her fruit and veg but with OH's fussiness added it causes me limited room to move my shopping budget!

I was bought up to eat everything on the plate, whether I wanted to or not, but having said that I will always try stuf now and I do eat most things.

Emstick14

erichamster wrote: »

Serve up whatever you like and tell em to eat up or go without?:D

While I agree with the principle, I just cannot do that to my child, I vividly remember my brother chewing the same piece of meat for hours until his plate was finally clear! I also remember us gagging on brussle sprouts haha!!

Plus for OH if I serve him up something he doesn't like then whats stopping him then going and cooking his own meal - not exactly cost efficient either!!

debtmuncher

chicken curry/tandoori chicken

sausage casserole/plain ole sausages

breaded chicken.

pastry topped chicken pie/ bacon wrapped chicken

home made beefburgers

quiche lorraine/sausage plait

hope thats a starting point. as long as two out of 3 are having the same meal and similar then so be it. i am the only veggie in a family of six so nigh on possible to be having the same meals but i do try and make the same ie veggie chilli/mince chilli, cheese n onion quiche/sausage plait.

you need to get your dh on board as its pointless cooking if hes just going to turn round and say dont like this going to make my own. make a meal planner and tell him thats it and how much that you can both afford to spend. does he do it it often turning down your meals to cook his own?

Triker

I get a little tired of people saying things like this, Serve up whatever you like and tell em to eat up or go without?

Sorry but I do, the reality is that some family members will not eat certain foods, you can plonk platefuls in front of them ad infinitum but they don't eat it, cue, wasted food, you feel fed up because all that effort is wasted, they either go hungry, eat crapola or don't eat at all.

I don't see the point of the continous standoff, I know how it feels, my OH hates pasta, thats it, bottom line, he will not eat it, no matter what fantastic recipes I conjure up. My daughter has an aversion to certain vegetables, I've hidden them, covered them in sauces, boiled them, baked, roasted, allsorts she will NOT eat them.

So what I would do (and did) is ask them what meals they do like and eat, see if there is any common denominators and try to meal plan from there.

I put the list up on the fridge so I can see at a glance what they like.

Good luck.