Do you cook meals your spouse hates?

[Anonymous]

Op here. I’ve come across some really amazing recipes that I feel like I can’t make because I have to cook for myself and my husband. My husband is pretty picky and doesn’t really like onion and garlic, no spicy, and doesn’t care for citrus foods. I have been making a grilled pineapple chicken dinner with rice and veggies. I like it but he hates it. He doesn’t like things like sweet and sour chicken, orange chicken, fettuccine Alfredo, etc. All the things I like that I feel like I can’t make for myself because I have to cook for the both of us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Only when he’s not home. I love him - why would I make things for him that he doesn’t like? Just make them for yourself and take them for lunch.

Exactly. And I make sure when I am cooking for my family that there is food that everyone will enjoy.

[Anonymous]

I make some dishes DH isn't crazy about but eats. One is chicken with black beans and corn. He puts sour cram on it, lol.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op here. I’ve come across some really amazing recipes that I feel like I can’t make because I have to cook for myself and my husband. My husband is pretty picky and doesn’t really like onion and garlic, no spicy, and doesn’t care for citrus foods. I have been making a grilled pineapple chicken dinner with rice and veggies. I like it but he hates it. He doesn’t like things like sweet and sour chicken, orange chicken, fettuccine Alfredo, etc. All the things I like that I feel like I can’t make for myself because I have to cook for the both of us.

Make yourself a nice meal and reserve a plain sauceless protein in a side pan for him.

[Anonymous]

Get divorced so you can both live in bliss without having to care for other person. Also, having kids would only add extra layers of complexity which neither if you seems capable to handle.

[Anonymous]

I only cooked what he liked for 10 years. Also vacationed where he wanted and bought a home he liked. And now I’m over it. I don’t cook at all anymore for him. I look for friends to do my hobbies with.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op here. I’ve come across some really amazing recipes that I feel like I can’t make because I have to cook for myself and my husband. My husband is pretty picky and doesn’t really like onion and garlic, no spicy, and doesn’t care for citrus foods. I have been making a grilled pineapple chicken dinner with rice and veggies. I like it but he hates it. He doesn’t like things like sweet and sour chicken, orange chicken, fettuccine Alfredo, etc. All the things I like that I feel like I can’t make for myself because I have to cook for the both of us.

Make yourself a nice meal and reserve a plain sauceless protein in a side pan for him.

I don’t understand why every item must cater to his tastes. Make something he likes, add fettuccine Alfredo that you like also. Or make a main that you like more, but make enough sides that he likes so he can make a meal of that. I cook for 4, including me plus two eaters that are picky in different ways. Not everyone will like everything available, but everyone can make a meal from what they like.

[Anonymous]

We split cooking. The 3 nights I cook 2 of them is something we both like the 3rd is something I prefer sometimes with a side he likes sometimes not. He doors the same on his nights. Saturdays we do takeout or restaurant and we go someplace we both like or alternate.

[Anonymous]

Eating out can get very pricey - most especially if you + your spouse want to save $ to start a family.

Is your husband a picky eater by nature?
Perhaps you just need some more time to experiment making different recipes for him to try…..
However after a good amount of time of you attempting to create mutually pleasing dishes for both of you, if he still is not eating a majority of what you prepare then the only solution would be for him to simply cook/prepare what he enjoys eating.

Hopefully it doesn’t have to come to that but it very well may.

Good luck to you both!

[Anonymous]

Most of our disagreements about food can be solved with different sides or sauces on the side.

But we travel enough that I can make things I love and he hates when he's away. And we are flexible enough that sometimes we can just do our own thing. We have teenagers.