What can i feed the fussiest eater in the world?

erichamster

Emstick14 wrote: »

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!!

No I can see that, will they not even try new things? Maybe you could insist that she at least try everything you cook, if only to try and get her used to the idea of a sauce?

If they really won't eat other thing then you probably are limited to asking them what they will eat and making a meal plan based on that and then shopping. Do they not get bored of eating the same thing all the time? Also if you can't change what you buy, maybe you can change where you buy it? Or downshift?

I think personally if I had a very fussy OH and was struggling with money then I'd just buy and cook what we could afford and tell him he's welcome to cook his own meal from what we had in, but that's just me, I wouldn't be able to be so limited in what I ate or to cook separate meals for everyone.

Emstick14

debtmuncher wrote: »

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?

Thanks, we usually accomadate everryone in one meal, so if we were doing a sausage casserole, I would just cook it seperate for DD!

OH has never cooked his own seperate meal, coz I serve what he likes so he has no need to!

Emstick14

Triker wrote: »

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.

Thanks I feel the same! I had years of being force fed foods I didn't like and although I do eat most things I just can't afflict that on my DD!

debtmuncher

thats good! remember everyones budget is different and if you are happy doing it the way you are currently doing it then thats great. dont get freaked out by other peoples way of living!

the bbc good food site is a great place to find recipes that are to your likening.

Emstick14

erichamster wrote: »

No I can see that, will they not even try new things? Maybe you could insist that she at least try everything you cook, if only to try and get her used to the idea of a sauce?

If they really won't eat other thing then you probably are limited to asking them what they will eat and making a meal plan based on that and then shopping. Do they not get bored of eating the same thing all the time? Also if you can't change what you buy, maybe you can change where you buy it? Or downshift?

I think personally if I had a very fussy OH and was struggling with money then I'd just buy and cook what we could afford and tell him he's welcome to cook his own meal from what we had in, but that's just me, I wouldn't be able to be so limited in what I ate or to cook separate meals for everyone.

My DD trys new things all the time, its the one thing that I have installed in her, I cannot bear the "I don't like it but have not tried it" speech! Its OH thats the problem and when they are grown up what do you do? I can't exactly "starve" him as he would help himself.

I guess I am at a loss cause!

Triker

Emstick14 wrote: »

Thanks I feel the same! I had years of being force fed foods I didn't like and although I do eat most things I just can't afflict that on my DD!

Me too and I still have my own intense dislikes re certain foods that if someone expected me to eat, I wouldn't because I simply don't like them.

I do have small (secret) victories though like blitzing celery into mush and plonking it in stews and sauces.:D (They both 'hate' celery).

tanith

My OH won't eat anything green apart from processed peas, doesn't eat rice, pasta, curry , in fact anything spicy or herby, is very much meat and potato man, in fact he would be happy with mash and gravy... no bolognese , pizza, salad , and most fruit and fish, how he remains so healthy beats me... 2 days a week we eat the same meal and one of those is Sunday roast but the rest of the time I make two different meals so that I can eat all the things he doesn't . Its a pain but I am so used to it now I don't even notice, its just awkward if we get invited out for a meal as most people will serve something he doesn't eat... hence we don't eat out often....
He ends up with what I call his old Mums meals.. sausage and mash, roast, liver and bacon, pie and mash, egg and chips, mince and tatties, home made steak pie, sausage roll and beans, you know the sort of thing...I try to get him to eat other stuff but now I've given up... on his own head be it....

erichamster

Emstick14 wrote: »

My DD trys new things all the time, its the one thing that I have installed in her, I cannot bear the "I don't like it but have not tried it" speech! Its OH thats the problem and when they are grown up what do you do? I can't exactly "starve" him as he would help himself.

I guess I am at a loss cause!

No you're not a lost cause, but like I said if he won't try new things then your best bet is to ask him to agree to a meal plan that you all (or at least you and OH) can eat and then shop around that, perhaps in somewhere cheaper like Lidl or Aldi, or by downshifting a brand level, unless you do this already?
What about;
toad in the hole (without gravy for DD)
risotto (maybe just for you and OH)
HM soup and HM bread
roast chicken, HM chips/mash & salad (obviously you can do this with other meats too lidl have a lot of their fresh meat on offer atm which can be frozen)
chilli with rice
HM pizza
chicken and veg skewers and rice

debtmuncher

i do think your dh has a good range of foods that he will eat, i think you have just gotten fed up of cooking and in most meals having to do two or perhaps three different meals. i would have said out of the pair of htem your daughter was the harder one to cook for due to her dislike of sauces.

the only red meat i buy in this household is mince. i dont do stews/casseroles simply because i have tried once and the kiddies werent impressed. kids have the rest of their lives to try new stuff so just because they dont like it at a young age doesnt mean to say that they will dislike it for life. actually having read this all over again i might try a chicken casserole again.

i dont cook broccoli for my lot but heard that one of my ds had it for the first time last week at a friends house and ate the lot! also heard that at another friends house both ds had roast beef! first ds does like roast beef but its a once an year thing at new year for us and second ds wouldnt nor the youngest two would touch it.

L.L_2

Fajitas? Or spicy chicken with rice? Not technically a sauce, more of a coating!