“I’m bored with what we eat for dinner”

[Anonymous]

Do you work, OP?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you work, OP?

She has a 6 WEEK old!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you work, OP?

With a six week old and a two year old? Hell yes, she's working.

[Anonymous]

I am not in charge of feeding any grown people in my house other than me. With teeny tiny kids, interesting (!!!) family dinners are out the window. DH and I each like different things, so we each fix what we like and then eat after the kids are in bed. Mom slaving over a stove to feed a bunch of ingrates has been out of fashion for decades.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DH said the same thing, so I showed him how to use Pinterest. He now has a recipe board of his own and twice a week I make something off of it. What I found is that, while I struggle for new (and easy) ideas, the cooking part isn’t hard if someone tells me what to cook. I don’t even usually use the recipe itself, just the meal pairing idea.

Example: we had chili lime cod with cilantro rice and grilled corn the other night. The fish cooked in the oven in 12 minutes. Rice was in the instant pot and cooked and depressurized in about 12 minutes. Corn on the grill was about 10 minutes. With prep and final assembly, dinner was done in less than 30 minutes. No longer than any of our typical meals, but not something that just came to me.

The pronoun above is wrong. It says “now twice a week I make something off of it.” It should say now “he makes something off of it. And it should say 3/4 times a week, not “twice.” But baby steps.

Np. I don't think there's anything wrong with division of duties. I did all the cooking but dh does all the laundry.

I'm also not opposed to what pp described. I would be bummed out if my dh was unhappy all the time with dinner (just like I'm sure he'd be bummed out if he kept shrinking my shirts or something).

It's all in approach. Go up to a mom with a 2 yr old and a 6mn old and say you think dinner is boring. Or go up to that mom and say, "hey I found some recipes online I think look good, any way we can work them into the lineup?" One is good one is bad.

Also depends how helpful he is generally.

I am the original quoted PP. Division of duties is right. I work from home, so even if we end out work days at the same time, I can save myself the wait of his commute plus cooking time if I do it myself. So, weeknights are always mine, weekends it’s up to him. He also makes the bed every morning, runs laundry (I fold), does the dog’s long night time walk (I do walks during the day), yard work, etc.

Life will be a whole lot longer if you can’t compromise. The way this works for us, I still make all my favorite meals, get to try new things, and get to decide how labor intensive those new things are on any given night.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DH said the same thing, so I showed him how to use Pinterest. He now has a recipe board of his own and twice a week I make something off of it. What I found is that, while I struggle for new (and easy) ideas, the cooking part isn’t hard if someone tells me what to cook. I don’t even usually use the recipe itself, just the meal pairing idea.

Example: we had chili lime cod with cilantro rice and grilled corn the other night. The fish cooked in the oven in 12 minutes. Rice was in the instant pot and cooked and depressurized in about 12 minutes. Corn on the grill was about 10 minutes. With prep and final assembly, dinner was done in less than 30 minutes. No longer than any of our typical meals, but not something that just came to me.

Corn on the cob in March?

[Anonymous]

The proper answer is “Me too” and that is all. He has two kids and needs to become part of the family. Now.

[Anonymous]

" What do you plan on making for dinner this week?"

[Anonymous]

"Me too! Let's order Indian tomorrow night."

[Anonymous]

Are you a sahm. If so, it is your job to take of the home, and well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DH said the same thing, so I showed him how to use Pinterest. He now has a recipe board of his own and twice a week I make something off of it. What I found is that, while I struggle for new (and easy) ideas, the cooking part isn’t hard if someone tells me what to cook. I don’t even usually use the recipe itself, just the meal pairing idea.

Example: we had chili lime cod with cilantro rice and grilled corn the other night. The fish cooked in the oven in 12 minutes. Rice was in the instant pot and cooked and depressurized in about 12 minutes. Corn on the grill was about 10 minutes. With prep and final assembly, dinner was done in less than 30 minutes. No longer than any of our typical meals, but not something that just came to me.

Corn on the cob in March?

Showed up in the grocery store about 2 weeks ago!

[Anonymous]

I would of lost it too....

Have you tried the fresh direct meal kits? They have ones that are like blue apron and too involved and then they have ones that are fast- “Smart and Simple”. They also have some premade family size stuff. We like the Chicken Tikka Masala.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you a sahm. If so, it is your job to take of the home, and well.

With a 6 week old, a sick toddler, and a husband who is gone 3-4 nights per week?

My DH has tried to pull similar stunts and I just stop cooking for him.

[Anonymous]

Wow. Talk about overreacting. And it's men who have anger control issues?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you a sahm. If so, it is your job to take of the home, and well.

Or what? Might she get fired for repeating dinners too often? Dismissed from court for displeasing his highness?