Reply to My mom can't cook- insistent on "helping" once dc2 arrives

Forum Index » Food, Cooking, and Restaurants

Reply to "My mom can't cook- insistent on "helping" once dc2 arrives"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]My mom is a horrible cook but no one has ever told her this, she thinks she is the best. She has a h/o disordered eating and refuses to use full fat or butter. Make things like boxed pancakes/potatoes (just add water!), and can't even make a decent scrambled egg/omelette to save her life. She never breast fed and doesn't understand the importance of fat/carbs, and will only  make casseroles/etc out of canned goods. Her salads  that she prepares are full of wilted romaine lettuce, doesn't understand our preference for spinach and  fresh greens and varied toppings. She attempts to make fish but it is often raw in the center, her meat is often like charcoal and even though I don't eat meat (stopped as a  kid to avoid her meat) she tries to sneak it into my dishes)..

To prepare for baby I made a series of frozen meals but our outside fridge just died and we have to toss them. DH is an excellent cook and we have a bunch of friends who have offered to bring us dishes but I know my mom thinks she is better than them.

Should I just find some easier recipes and print them and have all the ingredients on hand for her and insist she make them? Is that terribly rude? She has this notion that I love several of her dishes despite my insisting she not spend her time making them when I visit and I'm terrified my fridge will be full if food that were just going to toss.

How do I handle this without causing hurt feelings?

She's also not very motherly, so is not too helpful with the kids. I had told her she should just visit and enjoy the baby/DC1 and relax for a few days, but she sees her friends helping with their grandkids and seems to think she can somehow suddenly be good with kids. She plans on staying TEN days![/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics