Does Anyone Cook Healthy Meals for Their Spouses? - Sia Bevi

siabevis
siabevis Posts: 811
edited October 7 in Food and Nutrition
I love cooking healthy meals for my husband since all he eats is soda and fast food. I wish I could make the ide amore enticing though, he doesnt really care much about health foods like I do haha! - Sia Bevis

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  • alapoint89
    alapoint89 Posts: 632
    i do
  • Krisengel
    Krisengel Posts: 161 Member
    My husband eats what I eat. He's healthier when I cook healthy. He eats junk when he's not home, so I figure healthy food at home gives him some balance.
  • Mios3
    Mios3 Posts: 530 Member
    I do for my family.
  • teagin2002
    teagin2002 Posts: 1,900 Member
    I cook but he doesn't like eating out at all. He only eats certain foods, mostly fried and starchy so it get difficult. I continue to try putting healthy twists on them and he keeps catching me do it lol. He needs to develop an appetite for healthier foods!!!
  • czechsmate
    czechsmate Posts: 556 Member
    Me too....We have pretty much been "healthy" eaters since we have been together because he has cholesterol issues. What I have learned since joining MFP is portion control and my husband is getting on board with that as well!
  • Lanna74
    Lanna74 Posts: 203 Member
    My husband cooks healthy meals for me! ha ha...it's opposite here. My husband loves to create recipes and when he's dieting, he never cheats. I, on the other hand, love convenience foods and processed crap. Trying to change my ways!
  • siabevis
    siabevis Posts: 811
    i dont wanna feel like im forcing him to eat healthy but i do care about his health... i want him to live long and not get sick lol
  • pascale485
    pascale485 Posts: 173 Member
    My problem with my boyfriend is portion!

    How can I get him to eat smaller portions??
  • yoshi91610
    yoshi91610 Posts: 177 Member
    I make our meals healthier altogether and he eats them but he needs to really eat wayyy more than I do because he is underweight and exercises all the time (he is in the military)
  • Cysso
    Cysso Posts: 68 Member
    For dinner I cook one meal and everyone eats it. If DH doesn't like it, he knows he can make his own. I deliberately try to make only enough for the 3 of us so that while his portion may be bigger than mine, it isn't a whole pound of pasta. If I do make more food (for leftovers or something) I box it up right away. My husband is lazy so he doesn't want to take the time to get it out of the fridge and heat it up...usually because he's not really hungry. For breakfast I'll make him and my daughter the same thing and I eat my oatmeal, mostly because I like oatmeal. Lunches are usually just sandwhiches or leftovers from dinners
  • grmpy1
    grmpy1 Posts: 462 Member
    My problem with my boyfriend is portion!

    How can I get him to eat smaller portions??

    When you cook, only cook enough for that meal for the two of you. If there is less food, he can't keep loading up his plate. I have done this for my husband and he definitely knows one portion is all he is going to get.
  • annameier8706
    annameier8706 Posts: 417 Member
    I'm lucky, my hubby prefers healthier foods over fattening ones. He will eat whatever I make, and cooks as healthy as I do.
  • mgmlap
    mgmlap Posts: 1,377 Member
    My husband eats what I eat. He's healthier when I cook healthy. He eats junk when he's not home, so I figure healthy food at home gives him some balance.


    This...he eats what I eat..its when I am not around is when he pigs out...same with the kiddos...
  • ChanyRae
    ChanyRae Posts: 112
    Mine will eat whatever I put in front of him with no complaints :D So I try to make it healthy yet tasty! I cook alot of Italian and Greek cuisine.
  • KatesJourneytoLookGr8
    KatesJourneytoLookGr8 Posts: 74
    I try and cook most of our meals I have been cooking a lot of stir fry proteins like

    flank steak with veggies
    shrimp with veggies
    chicken with veggies

    what healthy clean meals do you all make ??
  • KMSForLife
    KMSForLife Posts: 577 Member
    My family eats what I eat! My husband actually enjoys it - the kids not so much but they are surviving! :smile:
  • Tori_356
    Tori_356 Posts: 510 Member
    I try but boyfriend loves junk food. When I make things I make them healthier versions and he partakes....he doesn't mind. I have told him if I make all the food if he would eat it but he loves his junk food. Not gonna force it on him. let him figure it out and find it on his own...:-)
  • siabevis
    siabevis Posts: 811
    awesome stuff! - sia bevis
  • MzBug
    MzBug Posts: 2,173 Member
    I can cook it....doesn't mean he will eat it! He does ok, just won't touch vegies unless they are carrots, corn, potatoes or spaghetti sauce (boy can you hide stuff in there!). He has an aversion to fruit too...once in a while I get him to eat apple sauce or drink OJ but that is about it. He does take his multi every day though! LOL
  • ltlemermaid
    ltlemermaid Posts: 637 Member
    since I have started eating healthier and I do all of the shopping my husband does eat healthier. This does not mean he eats everything though--he hates most veggies, the ones I know he wont eat/try again I cook seperate and add to my meal. Other veggies that he will tolerate but not eat plain I use in stir fries and as long as there is enough sauce to cover the taste he doesn't complain.

    I am lucky that my husband enjoys my cooking. And I do gets some foods that I won't eat or limit myself from eating that are just for him-like his icecream.
  • mjbrenner
    mjbrenner Posts: 222 Member
    I am the cook in my house, and I prepare healthy meals for my wife, a notoriously picky eater. Since I am eating low-carb, and I do not expect her top be, it is often as simple as puting a potato in the oven or a small side of pasta on the stove.

    When my wife likes the healthy meals, I am more likely to cook them for the both of us. It's taken me a while, but I've found ways to cater to her tastes. She used to dislike salad, for example, but now prefers it to a starchy side once I top it with a little bit of crumbles bacon and a chopped egg.
  • Mdin1029
    Mdin1029 Posts: 456 Member
    Yes! Yummy dinner- baked sole from farmer's market. Season with extra virgin olive oil spray, garlic powder, lemon pepper, paprika. Bake 25 mins at 325. Squeeze 1/2 lemon juice, add 4 table spoon Pace Mild Salsa. Eat with Kirkland Organic Chips (14 chips=1 serving). 275 calories. 1/2 of the filet goes to me, 1/2 for my husband :)
  • forgtmenot
    forgtmenot Posts: 860 Member
    My bf is a total junk food junkie, but I cook healthy dinners so he at least eats one healthy meal. I also try to make him lunch if I can to keep him from going to a fast food place. He is skinny as a rail, but skinny doesn't always mean healthy! Luckily he will eat whatever I cook, but if I don't cook anything he will eat junk :/

    ETA: Dinners are usually:
    Baked chicken breasts, Fish, or Ground turkey burger patties+ Brown Rice, Potato, Corn or Beans+ A veggie (usually broccoli, spinach, peas etc). I occasionally switch it up though and make like whole wheat pasta with veggies or homemade chicken stir fry.

    Lunches are usually leftovers from the night before or a sandwich plus carrots or fruit.
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