Partner is a fussy eater - help!

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  • Rushbrook60
    Rushbrook60 Posts: 95 Member
    edited May 2016
    I've read a lot of posts about fussy partners, all of which seem to contain that they eat some form of fruit or veg...my issue is that my partner, quite literally, only eats peas and carrots and if he's feeling adventurous, maybe a grape. This makes cooking very hard in our home...salads, stir fry's, Mediterranean style dinners, casseroles, to name a few, are literally off the menu. I love these types of meals and I love cooking and experimenting, but he is so reluctant to try anything...his argument is that he's in his 30's and knows what he likes and he's coped all this time, so why change now!! I'm fortunate to some degree that he works rotated shifts so some weeks I cook dinner for one...bliss...but it the interim weeks, I normally have to play around with the meals I make to please him or face creating extra cleaning up if I do separate meals/additions to my part of the dinner. Any ideas how I turn this around?
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    @Rushbrook60 every once in a while I break out and try a new recipe. Hubby never complains. He simply breaks open the beans. I assume your guy knows how to operate the microwave. If you have heat and serve portions of peas and carrots ready for him in the freezer he can supplement as he desires.

    Sort of like putting ketchup on a steak, but hey if that's his thing....
  • Rushbrook60
    Rushbrook60 Posts: 95 Member
    jgnatca wrote: »
    @Rushbrook60 every once in a while I break out and try a new recipe. Hubby never complains. He simply breaks open the beans. I assume your guy knows how to operate the microwave. If you have heat and serve portions of peas and carrots ready for him in the freezer he can supplement as he desires.

    Sort of like putting ketchup on a steak, but hey if that's his thing....

    Actually that's not a bad idea, except we don't have a microwave, but doesn't stop it being heated on the stove. when we have things like enchiladas, I'll fill mine with peppers, onions and mushrooms...he has the most exciting of fillings...chicken only. Only trouble there is we end up with two pans on the stove and two dishes in the oven so double the cleaning up...think I'll need to get him some marigolds for Christmas to teach him a lesson haha!!

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