Anonymous
Post 01/16/2013 21:20     Subject: What constitutes a "home cooked" meal? DH complains not home cooked enough
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I am a SAHM by default, got laid off while pregnant and couldn't find another job, but this isn't a SAHM vs WM post. I like to cook and cook most of the meals because during the week DH gets home after dinner time from work. I thought I was putting home cooked meals on the table but he complained lately they don't seem homecooked enough. He couldn't really elaborate on what exactly that meant. so I was wondering what other people consider a homecooked meal. I am confused, because it didn't come out of a box, the food is mainly whole foods.


I consider anything assembled at home and heated as being "home-cooked." My husband and kids are happy with anything I cook or he brings home. Anybody demanding more should get their butt in the kitchen and make it themselves.


+1

My husband gets excited when I make him grilled cheese (I usually cook other stuff, but he does love those sandwiches). Tell your DH to stick a sock in it.
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2013 21:14     Subject: What constitutes a "home cooked" meal? DH complains not home cooked enough
Anonymous wrote:I am a SAHM by default, got laid off while pregnant and couldn't find another job, but this isn't a SAHM vs WM post. I like to cook and cook most of the meals because during the week DH gets home after dinner time from work. I thought I was putting home cooked meals on the table but he complained lately they don't seem homecooked enough. He couldn't really elaborate on what exactly that meant. so I was wondering what other people consider a homecooked meal. I am confused, because it didn't come out of a box, the food is mainly whole foods.


I consider anything assembled at home and heated as being "home-cooked." My husband and kids are happy with anything I cook or he brings home. Anybody demanding more should get their butt in the kitchen and make it themselves.
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2013 21:02     Subject: What constitutes a "home cooked" meal? DH complains not home cooked enough
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Home cooked meal, to me, is something that is made from scratch. For example: Roasted chicken, mashed potatoes and veggies.

It's not home cooked if the potatoes are boxed and the veggies are the microwave in bag kind. If the chicken came from the grocery store or Sams then it's also a failure.

On the other hand, I'd just be happy if my wife microwaved a tray of food, so I wouldn't complain either way.



As opposed to what, hunting it down and shooting it with my shotgun out yonder on the family farm?

[or did you just mean it's not homemade if you buy one of those rotisserie chickens]?


I was wondering the same thing!

If we have to raise and slaughter our own animals to be considered "home cooked", then I'm not sure I've ever had a home cooked meal in my life!
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2013 21:01     Subject: What constitutes a "home cooked" meal? DH complains not home cooked enough
Anonymous wrote:I am a SAHM by default, got laid off while pregnant and couldn't find another job, but this isn't a SAHM vs WM post. I like to cook and cook most of the meals because during the week DH gets home after dinner time from work. I thought I was putting home cooked meals on the table but he complained lately they don't seem homecooked enough. He couldn't really elaborate on what exactly that meant. so I was wondering what other people consider a homecooked meal. I am confused, because it didn't come out of a box, the food is mainly whole foods.


Then he should STFU, because he clearly knows so little about cooking he can't even articulate what is not "homecooked" about your meals.
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2013 20:58     Subject: What constitutes a "home cooked" meal? DH complains not home cooked enough
Anonymous wrote:Home cooked meal, to me, is something that is made from scratch. For example: Roasted chicken, mashed potatoes and veggies.

It's not home cooked if the potatoes are boxed and the veggies are the microwave in bag kind. If the chicken came from the grocery store or Sams then it's also a failure.

On the other hand, I'd just be happy if my wife microwaved a tray of food, so I wouldn't complain either way.



As opposed to what, hunting it down and shooting it with my shotgun out yonder on the family farm?

[or did you just mean it's not homemade if you buy one of those rotisserie chickens]?
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2013 20:55     Subject: What constitutes a "home cooked" meal? DH complains not home cooked enough
Home cooked meal, to me, is something that is made from scratch. For example: Roasted chicken, mashed potatoes and veggies.

It's not home cooked if the potatoes are boxed and the veggies are the microwave in bag kind. If the chicken came from the grocery store or Sams then it's also a failure.

On the other hand, I'd just be happy if my wife microwaved a tray of food, so I wouldn't complain either way.
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2013 20:52     Subject: What constitutes a "home cooked" meal? DH complains not home cooked enough
Tell him to call his mommy, you already have kids
Why can't he do the cooking then?
I work part time and cook when i can (semi home made or not home made at all)
But when I can't for work or social outings or whatever, dh steps in and cooks for us.
This has not always been the case, he had no idea how to cook and never took the initiative but after being married for 12 years he has had to learn
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2013 20:51     Subject: Re:What constitutes a "home cooked" meal? DH complains not home cooked enough
Good tip I think might be that anything that has any kind of sauce, reduction or pan gravy on it seems like it took more effort on the plate when in reality it means just throwing some roux and wine in a pan to pick up the bits (meat cooking) or variations on that. I add a bit of goat cheese to a lot of things to make a "cream sauce" that requires no cooking and is more flavor and less fat than any kind of traditional cream sauce!
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2013 20:49     Subject: What constitutes a "home cooked" meal? DH complains not home cooked enough
By the way, this isn't General Parenting, this is more of a Relationship non-explicit.
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2013 20:49     Subject: What constitutes a "home cooked" meal? DH complains not home cooked enough
Anonymous wrote:OP you could give some examples of what you are serving. or you could sit your husband down and tell him he should be grateful you are cooking at all. many stay at home parents do not like to cook and instead cook out of a box or purchase take out 4 nights a week. And I am not judging them either. but at first glance your DH seems like a big douche.

+1
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2013 20:48     Subject: What constitutes a "home cooked" meal? DH complains not home cooked enough
Hand him an apron and let him have a crack at it, then.
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2013 20:48     Subject: What constitutes a "home cooked" meal? DH complains not home cooked enough
More women should take their cues from you
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2013 20:47     Subject: What constitutes a "home cooked" meal? DH complains not home cooked enough
OP you could give some examples of what you are serving. or you could sit your husband down and tell him he should be grateful you are cooking at all. many stay at home parents do not like to cook and instead cook out of a box or purchase take out 4 nights a week. And I am not judging them either. but at first glance your DH seems like a big douche.
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2013 20:45     Subject: What constitutes a "home cooked" meal? DH complains not home cooked enough
Give us some examples of what you are serving.
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2013 20:44     Subject: What constitutes a "home cooked" meal? DH complains not home cooked enough
I am a SAHM by default, got laid off while pregnant and couldn't find another job, but this isn't a SAHM vs WM post. I like to cook and cook most of the meals because during the week DH gets home after dinner time from work. I thought I was putting home cooked meals on the table but he complained lately they don't seem homecooked enough. He couldn't really elaborate on what exactly that meant. so I was wondering what other people consider a homecooked meal. I am confused, because it didn't come out of a box, the food is mainly whole foods.