Dinner time issues
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Anonymous
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What's good enough for you is good enough for him, no?
He can eat what the rest of the family eats. If it is too old by the time he gets home, teach him how to use the microwave. |
Anonymous
| I agree with others. I dont really see the problem here. Make a plate for him and have him heat it up when he gets home. Growing up my dad always worked a second job so he was often not home for dinner. My mother cooked, we ate without him and his plate went in the fridge for when he got home. |
Anonymous
| When my husband works late, I just fix his plate, cover it with plastic wrap, and heat it up for him when he gets home. |
Anonymous
| Your schedule sounds similar to our schedule. DS is asleep by 8:00 and DH normally gets home right before he goes to sleep to read to him. I put my energy into making a nice meal for DH and myself and do an easy meal for my son. My husband and I are both trying to lose weight, so I think it's important that I put my energy into our meals. Additionally, we almost exclusively eat spicy food, which DS won't touch. DS normally gets some rotisserie chicken, whole wheat pasta, veggies and fruit. He's thrilled with that meal, and I feel like it's pretty healthy. I know this is the opposite of what other people are doing, but it works well for us. |
Anonymous
| Huh. So he goes out to work all day and bears the financial stress of supporting you, and you can't get off your lazy ass and cook him dinner? Wow. Just wow. |
Anonymous
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How old are your kids?
Do you eat with DH or with the children? |
Anonymous
| Pp please stfu. Now. OP, do not make dinner twice! All the PPs have given great advice. Your situation is similar to mine. I feed dd early, she goes to bed and I eat dinner (same as what dd had earlier) reheated with dh when he gets home. Either that or he brings home dinner with him. |
Anonymous
Hardest job I ever had was raising kids - it is exhausting. The Multi-million projects and budgets were a breeze by comparison. (Loved it when I went back to work because I actually had a lunch break and time to use the bathroom alone). OP cooks dinner, bathes her kids and puts them to bed and then has to make another dinner and clean up again? I agree with the wow, just wow but that's what I would say to the husband. |
Anonymous
Yes, this! Sometimes I save mine too, so we can eat together. Sometimes (if it's something that won't keep), I'll get it all prepped and cook when he comes home (like tonight, we're having make your own panini, so I'll put away the prepped sandwich toppings and he or I will make it when he gets in). I try to make tasty, healthy stuff that the whole family can eat, so if he complained (like OP's DH) that he needed a fancier meal, he'd be welcome to make it himself. 
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Anonymous
| Raising kids isn't all that exhausting: If it is, you are doing it wrong. Feed the kids leftovers from the night before, give them a bath, have salad for dessert with daddy if they are still awake. Then serve dinner for you and your husband so that you eat together. Throw the leftovers portioned into tupperware for the kids the next day. |
Anonymous
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Anonymous
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Look: you are married to your husband, not the kids. He needs to come first, and kids don't care if their dinner is reheated. He does.
This is why so many of you have failing marriages. |
Anonymous
| While i agree with the other, he sould be eating left overs but if he must have a "fresh meal" maybe this will help. if you stay at home, can you make something while the kids are at school? You can season/prepare chicken, beef, tofu, or fish, steam veggies, and prepare a salad. When he gets home simply reheat the veggies, put out the salad and cook the meat. Hope this helps! |
Anonymous
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My husband is also home late each night. I work FT and do all the cooking. I make meals that hold up well over time on low heat. I also do really simple sides -- bagged salad, steamed plain veg, etc. One of my current faves is cut up boneless chicken breast and cut up red potato in a baking dish with a few dots of butter scattered around on top and a packet of italian dressing seasoning on top. Cook for about 30-40 mins around 375. I steam a veg as a side. I give my daughter dinner and then keep the chicken and potato dish warm until my husband comes home and steam green beans when he gets home.
I also make things like chili, butter chicken, tacos, enchiladas, etc. Those things can rest on low heat until my husband gets home. When he gets home, I fix him a plate, throw some salad in a bowl, and he has dinner within a few mins of coming home. I do not make things that really need to be served fresh from the cooking source -- no frittatas, no steaks, no breakfast for dinner, no fish dishes. I can do whole baked chicken breasts -- marinate and bake type things -- I tell him to call me or text when he is leaving work and then I throw it in the oven so it is done pretty close to when he gets home. I have a couple dishes with bread crumbs or crushed pecans as a crust so it is better right out of the oven. I prepare portions for all of us and then cook mine and my daughter's portions. I keep his in the fridge until he texts and then I throw his in the oven to cook. My husband is the king of the picky eaters and he has never had any problem with my two tiered dinner service. Usually when we talk to him in the evening, my daughter will tell him what dinner is and if he doesn't want part of it he tells me in advance. "Mommy made chicken and green beans and mashed potatoes and she gave me the green beans first!" And then when I talk to him he may ask me if I mind if he has salad instead of green beans which saves me the extra step of heating them when he gets home. It isn't perfect, but it works for us. |