To think my DH should have eaten the dinner I cooked

He bought himself a pizza instead, that classic low salt meal. Do you feel better having got a dig in?

Again. That’s not what happened. It was Italian food, they like Italian food. The op didn’t realise that what her wanker of a Dh doesn’t like is cook in a bag meals of any flavour. He wants her to cook from scratch. He, who doesn’t do anything for his kids, any cleaning or housework apart from the dishes, any cooking, who has a wife that works and has to do all the rest, thinks it’s not ok she grabs a low effort option for dinner. He likes Italian food, she bought an Italian cook in a bag. I cannot believe the amount of apologists for this entitled selfish wanker there are on this thread.

Buy him a couple of cookery books.

That would be the last meal I’d cook for him until he acknowledged how childish his behaviour was. He could live on Pizza for all I’d care.

Absolutely! This.

That's just unacceptable @Dietlady58

I cooked my husband an omelette and vegetables the other day. Because I didn’t put the vegetables on a separate plate he put the whole meal in the bin in front of me and went out and bought himself fish and chips.

I was speechless!

I just cooked my husband a meal which I thought was horrendous. He ate it and said it tasted lovely. He would never turn his nose up but might say maybe not the best and eat it anyway.

This is absolutely outrageous! I can’t believe people on this thread are actually excusing this behaviour. There is so much going on here:

1. His behaviour in front of DCs is completely inappropriate and childish. What a terrible role model. OP, if he treats you this way in front of them, imagine how they will treat their partners in the future.
2. You made him a meal at the end of your working day, and this is how he responds?! What an ungrateful fuck.

He sounds like a sexist twat who treats you like his household staff. How is he with everything rose at home? Does he “help you” with housework and childcare, or are you expecting to be his servant on that front too?

I cook every night. I hate it. I hate shopping for it, thinking of what to have, doing it. So whilst I don’t make anything I know DH hates, if I like it and he’s not wild on it, we have it. Equally, there are some things he likes that I don’t and I don’t ever make them. Why would I? So he was unreasonable and if he doesn’t like it, he needs to sort himself out but without showing such blatant disrespect in front of your children.

I would recommend something like Simply Cook but get DH to take charge, choose the meals to order and then buy the ingredients and cook them. No reason whatsoever why food should be your responsibility only.

He will begrudgingly cook sometimes but I still have to think of the meal and preferably buy the ingredients.

THIS HERE is your problem. Completely unreasonable. And to then complain when you actually put food in front of him? What an arse.

My DP is extremely helpful and does a lot of cooking because I’m very limited by physical ailments and have a small appetite, anyway. I feel so guilty if I don’t like something he’s cooked and can’t eat more than a couple of mouthfuls, or if he’s piled my plate with something I do like, but too much, so I think I can see how your DH feels especially as you knew he didn’t like that type of meal. Perhaps it would have been better to have a takeaway pizza that particular evening, and then have a conversation about sharing some of the cooking, or maybe cooking batches in advance so you only need to reheat on busy evenings.

Seems like everyone is focusing on the wrong thing here… Cook what he likes, some people don’t like certain foods…

They missed the bigger point: you work from home, full-time, generating revenue, and you still have all of the food shopping meal planning, the mental load.

Tell your husband, he needs to start cooking his own meals. Or rather give him a choice, he either cooks three times a week for the , or you’ll do the cooking for the family every day and he just cooks what he wants

He didn’t want it so let it go. It’s okay that he didn’t want to eat the meal and it’s not worth losing sleep over. You two should probably have a discussion about meal planning though so it’s not always on you to figure out.

same here.

What are the other "nasties" you're referring to?

They’re rotten though. Taste absolutely vile. Probably full of chemicals from being cooked in a plastic bag too. No one in my house likes them and I did try a few different varieties over the years for convenience but nah all vile. I think the whole texture changes when cooked in those bag things. My heart would sink if someone played that up for me and expected me to eat it.

Again, the salt and other nasties in pre prepared seasonings is really high. Let’s not kid people please.

This for example - that is too much salt for a child.

https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/305738179

It's literally just seasoned chicken and vegetables. Let's not discourage people from eating that please. You're talking nonsense.

It was not a ready meal
It was not a ' boil in the bag ' meal

it cooks in the oven

I am guessing it is this one, altho there is an Italian herbs one too.

copied from the website:

Maggi So Juicy Italian Chicken is inspired by Italian ingredients,

this packet provides the effortless way to give chicken an rich Italian flavour with no mess or stress.
The special cooking bag enables the chicken to cook in its own juice meaning there is no need to add oil or sauce.

The result is a deliciously rich Italian Chicken dish that the whole family will love.

This So Juicy packet contains an Italian Chicken recipe mix along with a special cooking bag that helps lock in all the juices so there is no need to add oil.
Free from artificial colours, flavours or preservatives, no added MSG and no hydrogenated vegetable oil.

Directions:
Each packet contains a delicious Italian Chicken recipe mix of tomato, garlic, basil and oregano along with a special cooking bag.

Fresh ingredients you will need to add to your shopping list: 4 chicken breasts, 1 courgette, 1 red pepper and a tin of chopped tomatoes (230g).

Following the instructions on the packet, just add the chicken, ingredients and Maggi So Juicy Italian Chicken recipe mix to the special cooking bag provided, mix it together and cook it in the oven.

Maybe the previous times the OP purchased such a mix she chose the butter chicken or the bbq or the mexican etc.

So what exactly was it that caused the husband to act like a 2 year old ?
the chicken
the sauce
the flavour
the red peppers

the couscous
the cooking method
the length of cooking time
Cook for 35-40 minutes (53-60 minutes for 8 x chicken drumsticks). Remove the oven leave to stand for 2-3 minutes before opening the steam will be very hot. Ensure that the chicken is fully cooked through and piping hot.

Was the OP not stood in the kitchen for long enough cooking ?

And no he didn't make himself a sandwich, like he said he would do
he went out and bought pizza **

It was a bag meal. They are a major contributory factor in terms of obesity and poor health. Loaded with salt and other nasties.

I’ve noted YABU purely because I know how much salt those things have in them.

Shocking how many women here think it's totally ok for the hubby to be such a manbaby. Nobody was forced to eat. DC liked the food once tried. Hubby didn't even try. Yet he made an unnecessary scene making it more difficult to get the DC eat.

This is exactly why we have a global malnutrition/obesity problem. People no longer recognise the value of healthy home-cooked meals but demand comfort food/junk food in every turn. He could have fixed himself something healthy to show example to the child but rather made it clear pizza is the solution.

You can be discreet and polite even when you don't want/can't eat a meal someone's prepared.
Also it's hubby's turn to cook more often.

Definitely another child.