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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are  pasta meals with vegetables included in the frozen food section. Might not be as intimidating as cooking from scratch for her.

Can you make big batch meals and leave them for her to reheat?[/quote]

+1 start with easy but healthier-than-fast-food options. And YOU do the shopping and plan out which meal for which day. Then all she has to do is microwave it and throw it on some rice or pasta.

Start with that and see how it goes, and then maybe do a meal kit one day a week with BOTH of you there. Then if she gets the hang of it, graduate to one night cooking alone and one night cooking together.

And I think OP is right to be concerned. The eating habits his kids form now will stick with them. [/quote]

About being concerned: I agree that he is right to be concerned, but he’s going about it the wrong way. He needs to have a better attitude both toward his wife’s approach to feeding her kids as well toward his wife as a person. He’s going to get nowhere if he just continues with “it’s your job so do it.” And divorce won’t help since presumably his wife would still be in charge of feeding the kids, at least part of the time. [/quote]

I agree with all three of you.

I like the idea of the pasta meals from the frozen food section.  That, some cottage cheese (for extra protein) and some fruit (even canned is fine and both kids will be used to it if they've ever been in daycare) would be a meal for the kids.  Plus there are so many sous vide entrees out there these days that they could probably do 1 a day for a week and not have any repeats.

My only other suggestion would be for OP to put an oven roaster chicken in the oven before he leaves for work.  One of those big birds would probably make 2-3 whole dinners each week (day 1 = roasted chicken, days 2 & 3 use the meat of the chicken in quesadillas, pasta alfredo, fajitas, chicken salad, chicken noodle soup, etc.).

I also agree that OP is doing this the wrong way.  His disdain is apparent.  It could even be that his wife feels so judged that she is responding in a way sure to provoke an even stronger response.[/quote]

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