What can i feed the fussiest eater in the world?

quintwins

Could you get them to take turns to make dinner? a few days of making several different meals for everyone will soon teach them just how much hard work it is and get them to atleast try whats put infront of them.

My brother lived off sausage rolls and tinned meatballs for years and it was just accepted, stupid things is now he'll eat anything but the only reason it went on so long was it was accepted he'd only eat that so that was all that was offered to him. I have always said my kids will have a good variety even of things i don't really like (like rasins seriously even the smell makes me gag but all my kids eat them by the bowl full). My hubby doesn't like veg as again it was accepted and they serve themselves in his parents house so he never put it on his plate, i dish dinner up here and he eats veg every night and never complians, by his own admission he can eat it but he gets nothing out of it, he was 19 when we got married if i can turn him around at that age i'm sure you can give your teenagers a run for there money.

caleyles

I'm laughing at your post cat, Because of my hand I got dd to peel the potatoes last night under the threat of not peeling = no chips and though she did it willingly she didn't enjoy it

quintwins

the_cat wrote: »

I'd tell them to plan and cook it themselves if they were that fussy tbh!

It's very easy to moan and whinge when someone else is havign to do the extra work! As teenagers they should be capable of cooking and if they see that their fussiness is causing THEM extra work, you might find them a bit more accomodating

One night a week each make them responsible for cooking for everyone. If they all insist on eating different stuff, they have to cook 4 dinners.....they'll soon get the message!

oh i was too slow but as you can see i completely agree thats a good idea

vanoonoo

caleyles your signature has really made me chuckle

- good luck with getting the kids fed tonight and I hope that you get a few more ideas from this thread. I have a very fussy husband who has pretty fussy siblings and parents so I understand how difficult it is to get a meal prepared for everyone to enjoy the same thing. I often go for the buffet style approach and put a few things in different dishes on the table to let people help themselves - if you hadnt gone with jacket spuds I'd have suggested pasta as the base with two dishes of sauce - one tom, one bol and let them help themselves to topping and grated cheese

quintwins

caleyles wrote: »

I'm laughing at your post cat, Because of my hand I got dd to peel the potatoes last night under the threat of not peeling = no chips and though she did it willingly she didn't enjoy it

What age is she (and your son)? have they ever cooked? once your kids get to the point of teenagers they should be helping out with cooking (within reason, from i was about 12 my mum never cooked me and my sister took it in turns and felt very hard done by even now as adults), not even to make your life easier but to set themselves up for leaving home so they don't end up living on readymeals and takeaway.

vanoonoo

also! hope your hand gets better soon

caleyles

Thanks again folks going to have to go just now back to hosp for a check up on scaffoid? as they wanted the swelling to go down before they could check this bone even though it feels ok now,Bye for now and once again thanks x

zaxdog

The thought of my Mum pandering to that level of fussy whinging is making me giggle at my desk. Sure everyone has genuine dislikes but that seems to be an excessively long list. And surely as human beings rather than the seeming excuse of "teenagers" they would want to help their Dad cook/do chores if he was in pain?

I'd make whatever YOU fancy and if they start complaining point out the bread and butter and ignore them!

Cat501

Really feel for you OP - 2 of mine are pretty fussy, and the other one is a fairly unfussy vegetarian.

It's easy to say "don't feed them then", until they get on the phone to dad or gran complaining that they're not being fed and there's no food in the house that they like And the "everyone else's parents make their dinner for them" line.

And no matter how much you try to explain, the seeds are sown, they get the sympathy and you're marked down as neglectful, incapable and selfish. And you begin to feel they must be right, and it's you who's in the wrong.

So it's either make 2 or 3 dinners and feel resentful or not do it and be made to feel like utter carp.

It won't be like that for everyone - and a lot of it is my own fault - but sometimes it's just not easy

caleyles

Thanks for all your comments, makes for interesting reading how we all do things differently and have different views, as in life I guess there is no hard and fast rules,
vanoonoo my wife always says to me That I just open my mouth and let my belly rumble i.e. speak without thinking hence the signature, it's either one of my best traits or worst depending on your point of view
Once again Thanks for all your replies:dance::beer: