Hubby does not like chicken breast. what to do

Will he eat turkey? Fish?

Can he have lean meats? Fish?

Switch any ground beef with ground turkey (tacos, chili, pasta sauce).

Um... I don't recommend not cooking for him. That would be pretty rude. My husband eats ground beef and absolutely nothing else. No turkey, no chicken, no fish, no pork, no nothing. Not even steak. Seriously, it's ground beef or nothing. I just try to be creative with ways to make it so we can both eat healthily.

Why are you afraid of dark meat (unless you just don't like it, that is)? There is nothing bad about the dark part of the bird. I've lost weight just fine eating both types of meat. That said, why not just make an occasional whole chicken? Everybody will be happy that way.

Personally, I also prefer the taste of dark meat. It gets a bad rep, but with the skin removed isn't that much "worse" than white:

Calories Carb(g) Protein(g) Total Fat(g) Sat. Fat(g)
Chicken - Dark Meat Roasted (1 Cup Diced) 249 0 32.6 12.3 3.4
Chicken - Light (White) Meat Roasted (1 Cup Diced) 214 0 38 5.7 1.5
Turkey - Dark Meat Roasted (1 Cup Diced) 262 0 40 10.1 3.4
Turkey - Light (White) Meat Roasted (1 Cup Diced) 220 0 41.9 4.5 1.4

from http://www.diet-blog.com/07/dark_meat_vs_white_meat_whats_the_difference.php

Perhaps there are other items he would be more willing to compromise on?

note: I really did space out the table, but it all got collapsed by MFP!

My husband is allergic to poultry, so I deal with this all the time. You can do almost anything with a boneless pork chop that you can with a boneless chicken breast.

Honestly, I'd tell him to stop being a three year old and just suck it up and eat the damn chicken, because I'd rather a grumpy husband who didn't like his dinner than a dead husband.

Surely he can eat some dark meat poultry and still stay within the doc's prescribed fat zone. If not, there always pork.

Perhaps you serve him dried out chicken. You could try pan roasting it, then putting marinara on it with a little cheese and finish under the broiler.

Coq au Vin is also easy and healthy and won't be dry.

Any help please.

Ok this advice may seem off the wall but hear me out. Tell him to hold his nose when eating white meat. It will cut off the olfactory receptors and give the food a more neutral flavour.

Alternatively he could just place more importance on his health and eat what is good for him.

Any help please.

Ok this advice may seem off the wall but hear me out. Tell him to hold his nose when eating white meat. It will cut off the olfactory receptors and give the food a more neutral flavour.

Alternatively he could just place more importance on his health and eat what is good for him.

Thats what i tell my 3 year old... a grown man can make his own food.:laugh:

I have been cooking whole chickens in the crock pot. Its cheeper and the crock pot makes it fall off the bone totally tender. Maybe you could get him to try it like that. You can also do things like marinate them to make them more tender. Most people that do not like white meat think its too dry. The other issue here is that boneless skinless chicken breasts can get overcooked very quickly. Its kind of like fish. Just cooked through and its moist and tender, cook it too long and it becomes dry and chewy. About 20 minutes is really all it usually takes in the oven. I cut into one at this point and if there is any pink it gets another 5 minutes at a time until its just barely ready.

If he likes southwest food another cool meal is to shread the chicken and cook with salsa. You can then make soft tacos, burritos, etc. Good luck. Its hard to get someone else to eat differently until its what they want. If all else fails, cooking the dark meat with the skin removed is still a better choice.

Like all of us if we look at all that would have to change to get healthy it can feel totally overwhelming. Remember that as scary as heart problems are even little changes will make a big impact. Loose just 10% of your body fat and you make a big impack on your health. Don't focus on the big number at the end. Help him focus on one or two little changes for today. Let him take it a day at a time. He didn't get there overnight and will proably not be willing to fix it all overnight. If you push too hard (we all know our wonderful men) he will probably just push back. Make a few little changes at a time, encourage him to try different things. Try to cook the foods he likes in a healthier way. Go for walks together. Remind him that you love him and want him to stick around for a long time but even on the days he totally blows it- love him anyway.

when I make chicken breast I boil it in chicken broth frist, then I make it into what ever I need it for. Like tacos, I then put the seasoning on it like it says too, and tell whoever is eating it that it is dark meat, they will never be able to tell, very juicey.. and tricky

Easy! Find new hubby :laugh:

give him 3 choices

1- eat it
2-make his own damn meal
3- go hungry

:-) problem solved

Make it a team effort. Sounds like there's a list of things he can have. Have *him* write down what he can't have. Then have him write down what he CAN have.

From what he CAN have, have him write down what he doesn't like. If you can get it out of him, have him talk about WHY he doesn't like. I've found a few times I've built up a prejudice against a food because of bad experiences eating it. Doesn't mean I might not like it prepared differently.

Then finally make a list of the things he CAN have and DOES like.

If it's limited, make sure he understands that, and that if he doesn't want to be flexible and try new things, he might be choosing to eat a limited selection of items.

Anyway, that's my vote. Try a team approach, that puts some responsibility and acceptance back on him. After all, you're making the effort to cook. He should make the effort to accept what he can eat and either try harder to be flexible (and work with you on it) or understand the din-din rotation might be limited.