What can i feed the fussiest eater in the world?

Justamum

sazzy6 wrote: »

Sometimes I can get away with small amounts hidden but she doesn't like food mixed! Oh lord it's all coming out now! So for example I have carrot and swede mash he has carrots and then next to this he will have swede but NOT mixed. No peas in pies or meat dishes - LOL

It sounds sooo silly when written down. I think it goes back to him going away to boring school and hating the food there and getting lots of fussy habits that are very well ingrained.

My husband will only eat swede if I do mash it in with the carrots! My DH went to boarding school too, and the food horrors he tells me make me glad I lived at home Mind you, his mum isn't much of a cook. She must be the only Greek woman alive who is a rubbish cook :rotfl:

If you want to cook value type meals because you absolutely need to, then tell him/them straight - it's either this or nothing "didn't anybody tell you there's a war on?!" :rotfl:. Having champagne tastes with a lemonade income will eventually mean bread and water rations.

jamespir

i could never be fussy with food


allthough i dont eat mushrooms or aubergines or courgettes or turkey cause they all make me sick

but apart from that ill eat anything

viktory

jamespir wrote: »

have you tried hiding things like you do with kids
mixing the stuff he does like with stuff he doesent my five year old turns his nose up at carrot but i stick them in with mash and he loves it

I have a fussy husband, but would rather work with him to find foods that he likes than treat him like a two year old! :rolleyes: He is not being deliberately difficult.

Tigsteroonie

I've got an OH who thinks vegetables are nasty because they grow in the ground where insects and creatures crawl .... Doesn't stop him eating potatoes, though all traces of the skin have to be removed. He'll also eat processed peas, mashed carrots, and small amounts of tinned mushrooms.

He's a real meat fiend, but we luckily get cheap meat from our local market. He doesn't mind pasta but bolognaise has to be made his way (plenty of mince & meatballs). Funnily though he's happy with cheap tinned ravioli!

Hardup_Hester

My hubby is fussy, he likes meat & 2 veg best as long as the 2 veg are potatoes & spring greens or cabbage.
Fortunately he likes things like sausages & liver.

dally1

I have a fussy OH too - a meat and 2 veg man who doesn't like food to be 'mucked about'. It's not so bad now there are just the 2 of us again but it was a nightmare with 3 kids at home (although none of them are very fussy). So pasta, especially spaghetti, is off the menu completely, and he'll only have rice with a curry. Cous cous - don't even go there!
When we first married he wouldn't touch stews and casseroles either (I've tasted his mother's - yuck) but I've managed to change this over time so at least I can use the slow cooker. After 37 years I've learned to live with the fact that sometimes I have to cook us different things - or die from boredom

gizmo111

My youngest won't eat cassroles as it has too many bits floating in it - I now use whole peices of meat rather than chopped and strain her's through a slotted spoon - she loves the taste just not the bits of onion, mushroom etc. Bit more fiddly but at least I can still serve up a hot, cheap meal from the slow cooker when I get in from work.

Penelope_Penguin

sazzy6 wrote: »

Am I alone?

No As this has fallen from the front page of OS, I'll add it to the existing thread which will give you more tips on how to feed fussy adults.

Penny. x

codemonkey

Hello lovely OSers. I need some help. I've been living with my OH for about 9 months now and I'm struggling with food. Before we moved in together I used to cook all the time - I made lentil curries, bolognese, chilli con carne, HM pizza, macaroni cheese and so on. The trouble is, OH turns up his nose at most of these. He has a really cheap canteen at work so sometimes has a big lunch, whereas I have no canteen or decent kitchen facilities in my workplace, so eat sandwiches at lunch.

He also lived at home before and his mum and brother are excellent cooks, and he also got used to grazing - just eating bits of chicken and so on from the fridge when he felt like it. Anything I make for him is never as good as his mum's or his brother's. Plus, he's a bit scared of new things so will refuse it if he's never tried it before. This makes him sound awful but he's lovely really.

I feel bad about just cooking for me, especially as it just wont occur to him to eat dinner if I'm not waving it in front of his nose, and he'll just eat ice lollies instead. He'll eat the odd thing like lasagne (but not bolognese)and stir fries but lately I've just given up and been subsisting on turkey kievs, pasta bake and frozen pizza of late. I really need to stop this and start cooking again.

It's further complicated by the fact that I love spicy food and he doesn't, and I'm allergic to chicken and seafood (even fish) so they're out.

Any advice about ways to broaden his horizons/convince him that my cooking isn't poisonous/convince me that cooking just for me isn't evil?

We recently got a slow cooker and he's expressed interest in cooking from the recipe books so that might help, but I really want to eat a bit more healthily and cut our shopping budget as all our bills have gone up but our wages haven't.

Thank you for staying with me to the end of this epic post.

Cm
x

Triker

Ask him what his particular favs are and see if he fancies helping you cook with him. Also ask his Mum for some some recipes to recreate at home.

Other than that I found that slowly but surely getting my hubby's very basic tastes to change has taken me a decade. I am to homemade lasagne to what he is to tinned spag bol...its been a journey I can tell you.:D

He'll know what he likes, you'll know what you like, try to figure out mutuals that work for you both.

Incidentally there is nothing wrong with buying pre made food sometimes but mix it up a bit and don't get discouraged.

My hubby now has an adventurous palate but it's taken some time to get there so you have my understanding and sympathy. x