May 2012 Weddings
mildlymailyn
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Food questions
How do you do your menu planning? Together? Just you? Him?
Do you eat together?
Do you work around what H likes or just what you like?
A co-worker of mine has been giving me a hard time because of the way I baby H when it comes to dinner.I always wait for him to eat and I almost always work around both of our likes and dislikes with both of us having to just deal with it on occasion. My co-workers wife ALWAYS buys chicken. They eat tons and tons of chicken because that is what she likes but he pretty much hates it but he has in issue with how I am so aware of what H likes. I understand that it won't be like this when we have kids. What do you girls think?
Re: Food questions
How do you do your menu planning? Together? Just you? Him? I usually buy a combo of steak, pork and chicken every week. Usually we decide together what we'll have on whichever night. BUT we don't like to eat the same meat two days in a row, so we'll do: steak, chicken, pork, steak, chicken pork etc..
Do you eat together? Yes unless H isn't going to be around for dinner. I'd rather wait and eat with him than eat alone, so sometimes we eat later than I'd like but I really don't care.
Do you work around what H likes or just what you like? What we both like. H doesn't love chicken but he'll eat it and I don't' love potatoes, but I'll eat them. H would order out of I forced him to eat chicken every single night!
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This is how I feel! I also like to go to the store with him so we can decide together, We are going tonight and yes, we ate out a lot last week/this weekend. We didn't have the time to go to the store and I hate going, stocking up on everything and having it sit in the freezer because neither of us wants it that day.
How do you do your menu planning? Together? Just you? Him? As we know, my H is a chef so this is usually up to him but he always asks me what I want. We try to stay away from red meat most of the week..usually chicken, potato, veggie...one night we just do something easy because I feel bad he is cooking all day then comes home and cooks so sandwiches or a salad.
Do you eat together? yes, sometimes Im so tired because I get home so late I just grab something easy and eat it in front of the tv he gets mad because he likes sitting down and having a meal...but he cooks meaning I'm cleaning the kitchen at 9 pm after a day of work sometimes I am just not in the mood ha
Do you work around what H likes or just what you like? we both like the same things mostly...he loves tacos and I dont really like them but Ill have them once in a while just to compromise...but he makes me salem even though he not a super big fan...
How do you do your menu planning? Together? Just you? Him? I do the menu planning, grocery shopping & cooking, but I always ask H if there's anything he wants first. I also keep in mind what he likes and doesn't like, although he's pretty easy.
Do you eat together? Most of the time, but if one of us is out, we will eat without the other if we're hungry. But then we usually sit with the other while they eat.
Do you work around what H likes or just what you like? I try to accomodate both of us. There are things that H will eat that I don't so he'll usually just order it when we're out. H is also really good about trying new things, which happens a lot because I get bored of making the same stuff and love trying new recipes. But if H hates something I won't make it again or will make it when he's not around.
I think your co-worker can shove it. Different things work for different families and I don't think it's babying your husband to eat dinner with him or to make food you both like.
How do you do your menu planning? Together? Just you? Him? - I don't really meal plan... or my meal planning gets done day of... and it's usually me... i'm fairly lucky my husband will eat almost anything, and when I ask him what he wants he very rarely has a strong opinion one way or another.
Do you eat together? - we try to. He works construction, and pours concrete, so sometimes that's not always and option. I had a hard time adjusting to that when I moved in with him, especially because he wouldn't always call when he was going to be late.
Do you work around what H likes or just what you like? - It's a mix of both. I love mushrooms, he hates them. He loves onions, I hate them. I've found that you can swap out mushrooms for onions and vice versa in almost anything. I make this chicken, covered with honey mustard sauce, and cheese and bacon and bake it. The recipie also calls for mushrooms on it. So I put mushrooms on mine, and onions on his and it works for us. There are somethings I don't cook as much because one of us doesn't like it as much as the other... so that stuff I only cook once in a while.
To me the way your coworker does it is kinda weird....
How do you do your menu planning? Together? Just you? Him? I usually wing it! We shop every Sunday morning and I always buy meats like steak, chicken, and pork. H doesn't pay much attention to what I put in the cart, and I don't plan what we're having until dinner time.
Do you eat together? Almost always. I grew up with having dinner with the family, and talking about our day, etc. H's family didn't really talk at the table. We like having dinner together because it's a nice way to spend time togther.
Do you work around what H likes or just what you like? I try to make foods that he likes. He won't eat vegtables, except corn. Other than that, we pretty much like the same things.
Mike will eat just about anything. I never make anything he won't eat. I save stuff that I like and he doesn't for when he works nights. I ask for his input but 99.9% of the time his answer is " whatever or I don't care".
We eat together at the table unless one of us is working or I have classes.
Personally it sounds like your coworker is a self centered selfish witch.
How do you do your menu planning? Together? Just you? Him?
Definitely just me, when it comes to planned dinners/grocery shopping. Sometimes H will cook, but I am still the one telling him what we have and what can be made out of it. (he doesn't even look in the fridge unless I tell him there's something in it.)
Do you eat together? Most of the time, but I work evenings, so we eat Lupper a lot...dinner at about 3pm, so he sometimes makes freezer food later.
Do you work around what H likes or just what you like? Just what I like...I don't eat red meat, so I try and make a verity, but if H wants hamburger or something else, he has to make it. We eat a lot of chicken and vegetarian.
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How do you do your menu planning? Together? Just you? Him?
Usually just me. I always ask H what he wants, but he always says he doesn't care. Every once in a while he'll crave a particular meal and let me know, and then I always make it for him because he almost never asks.
Do you eat together?
Yes, 99.99% of the time. I grew up with everyone sitting down together to eat, and it's a tradition that H and I plan to carry on (H's family did not, and he has told me that he likes us eating together). The only time we don't is if I go out and have dinner with a friend or if H has a boys night.
Do you work around what H likes or just what you like?
I work around what H likes, but he is a picky eater (although he's gotten much better at trying new things!). Sometimes I'll make a side dish that I like and he doesn't, but I make sure that he likes the rest of the meal. I won't make something that H hates.
How do you do your menu planning? Together? Just you? Him?
Very similar answers to some of the previous responses. Usually just I plan, but I always ask for H's input and sometimes he has requests or suggestions.
Do you eat together?
I'm going to directly quote Mona here, because I 100% agree with all of her statements!- "Yes, 99.99% of the time. I grew up with everyone sitting down together to eat, and it's a tradition that H and I plan to carry on (H's family did not, and he has told me that he likes us eating together). The only time we don't is if I go out and have dinner with a friend or if H has a boys night."
H and his brothers always were involved in sports so they didn't eat together, and he really likes the idea of eating as a family. Growing up my family ALWAYS ate together, and it's a tradition I think is really important to continue when we have kids.
Do you work around what H likes or just what you like?
I make what we both like. Some meals I like that aren't his favorite, and vice versa, and we're both good sports. There's a few things he likes that I just can't eat (like meatloaf- I hate meatloaf for some reason!) so he'll make them if I'm going to be gone.
Mailyn, I think your co-worker was being ridiculous. Why on earth would you purposely make things you know he doesn't like? Every once in awhile fine, but all the time? That's just being inconsiderate I think!
I think it's weird that your co-worker said that you baby your husband. The way I read your post, I took it that you were just being a considerate person. Of course it makes sense that you take your H's likes and dislikes into consideration when cooking.
As far as what we do, I do all of the meal planning but I do it based off of what H will eat. He is the pickiest eater ever so it's easier to just make what he'll eat and then a side of veggies for me. This, of course, will change once LO can eat what we eat.
How do you do your menu planning? Together? Just you? Him?
H & I like to plan our meals together we just ask what the other wants and we compromise if we can not agree on what to have for dinner.
Do you eat together?
Almost all the time unless H & I working or one is home and one isn't then we don't but if we are home together then we do.
Do you work around what H likes or just what you like?
YES on what my H likes because he is a VERY picky eater it drives me nuts sometimes. I like lots of veggies and H doesn't like veggies only corn on the cob & lettuces. He likes peanutbutter, pasta no sauce , cheese, PLAIN burgers, tacos w/ just cheese, bread & fried/grilled chicken and a few fruits mainly strawberries, blackberries & raspberries. So with him not liking a lot of veggies it hard to plan a meal. He likes very bland plain foods nothing fancy. I have had to give up Chinese food and few other things because he doesn't like. I am not picky and I can live w/o some things but I would love to get him to eat more veggies. So I really have to plan around on what my H likes.
My H's grandma drives me nuts when ever we visit she scolds me if I fill his glass or do anything for him because she says he can do it his self, and not to baby him. Like my H hates pepperoni so one time I was taking the pepperoni of the pizza for him she said you shouldn't have to do it for him he is a big boy. I also one time put peanutbutter on 2 pieces of toast & gave one to him and she said the same thing. I am only being nice and sweet. I do things like that for my H because I love him and I love doing those things for him. I got so mad that she told me I shouldn't do those things for him. I dont' think I baby him I am just being a caring loving wife & I enjoy doing those things for him thats all.
Whew.... I am not the only one what has a picky eater on there hands
Definitely not alone! My H won't touch veggies. He'll only eat raw carrots. I've tried to sneak them into things but he always notices lol