To expect DH to eat leftovers twice in a week?

It’s not the food obviously, it’s about not wanting to eat the same food three days in a row.

We both take some to work for lunch the next day, any leftovers we freeze. Three days is too much. Don’t make so much then.

DH eats what I cook for him with gratitude, no matter what it is. I can't fathom what I would say to a DH who complained about the food I've prepared.

But why then not reducing the recipe? Or freezing what is not used?

I can understand using cooked chicken/meat as it's difficult to freeze and can be used in lots of different recipes afterwards. But a curry? Tomato based pasta sauces? Perfectly freezable.

I wouldn't want to eat the same dish several times in a row.

This is why i don't eat leftovers for lunch.

I do the same dinner 2 days in a row (e.g., a curry), and have something different for lunch (e.g., a salad).

But then I'm not someone who needs a different meal everyday - and I generally don't find my own home cooked food exciting, even if it was a different meal everyday.

Maybe you're just making too much of the same meal?

I wouldn't want to eat the same meal (or versions of) 3 times in one week.

I'm really surprised at the number of people who won't eat the same meal three days running (not even for every meal). People saying they don't like 'leftovers', but OP's using the wrong term. These are not leftovers, but just more portions of the same food prepared earlier. Something left over is unplanned and is a totally different thing.

Not sure the neighbours will be happy she's attracting the foxes.

Well, of course, but why would anybody heat up the whole tupperware??

As a one off it’s fine but I wouldn’t want to eat it 3 times in a week on a regular.

I would try making less or making 2 different meals with similar ingredients.
You could even freeze it and have it the following week.

I assume you’re a SAHP or only work PT which is why the cooking falls to you.

I would have an evening a week where it’s frozen food like chips and fish fingers or pizza.
Just shove it in the oven and it’s basically done by the time you’ve got changed/had a cup of tea etc.

I'm a grown woman and I wouldn't make my own food unless desperate. And yes, I would complain if I had to eat the same leftovers twice in a week. Sometimes even once.

My OH is at home all day and likes cooking. We each have assigned tasks, so if he wasn't cooking he'd be organising takeaway/delivery because that's his role, and I wouldn't do his stuff in the same way he wouldn't do mine.

Maybe if the OH likes cooking more than the OP, they could take over. If they don't, it could be worth getting the food boxes delivered, or even premade meals.

Why can't the two people getting a takeaway bring home enough for everyone, and you just leave the leftovers for tomorrow?

My ex expected me to eat leaftovers.
It was disgusting at the end of the week any leftovers left he would make something else with it tbh it was disgusting.
I couldent stomach it in the end same food over and over.
Hes an ex now.

I freeze some leftovers myself but not loads the rest goes in the bin.
As a child my parents wear the same i was pleased to have school meals because it wasnt leftovers from something we had already eaten that week.
I dont mind some that i can freeze and save but i would never want anyone or expect anyone to eat leftovers all the time.
I just cant stomach it.

Why wouldn't you freeze it

But good animals get fed

I don’t mind having the same meal more than twice in a row, but I wouldn’t expect others to, unless there was no real choice.

But if he'd prefer to have a takeaway later, and you're going to the takeaway anyway, why not just pick him up a takeaway and take it home with you?

Or if the child at home needs to eat earlier, then DH can order a takeaway for the two of them at home, if there's nothing suitable at home to feed the child with.

If eating the leftovers is important to you, then you can eat them either later on this evening instead of your takeaway or for lunch/dinner tomorrow. If you're not prepared to eat them up yourself, you can't dictate that someone else has to.

Honestly, I really wouldn't want to eat the same meal on 3 consecutive days (and I don't think I'd ever want to eat soup made from 2 day old leftover curry)

Because he may get told off for not eating the leftovers thats been in the fridge for a week.

The question is, why is this grown man not making his own food if he’s not happy.

Just freeze it.
I wouldnt want to just eat left overs all the time.

I had to has a child and it made me ill.
Soup made from left overs dont sound tasty tbh.
I get why he gets take out.

I can’t imagine soup made from leftovers would be that nice?

I wouldn't want the same meal twice, never mind three times in a week. Leftovers are boxed up and frozen for another day when I don't have time to cook or I can't be bothered. I also batch cook and there are always boxes of bolognese, chilli, curry, etc to feed us all in the freezer.
There are 3 of us in the house and most recipes are for 4 so leftovers are the norm. Every so often our meal is "freezer boxes" and someone will have pasta bake, another will have lasagne and the third will have cottage pie (useful for the nights I am home long enough to change from my work clothes into my volunteering uniform). They are also useful if DH and I are away and DD doesn't feel up to cooking herself a meal.

Why should he?
Genuinely.

YABU - I would hate this too. Unless it’s pasta bake or lasagne leftovers give me the ick anyway. A leftover curry turned into soup sounds vile. On a weekday, a decent dinner is often the highlight of my day, I’d be thoroughly depressed to eat the same thing for dinner, lunch, and then dinner again

The person doing the cooking gets to choose what is served. These days we don't serve up the same thing 3 nights in a row, but if someone cooked it for me and served it to me I would eat it without complaint.

I know you disagree but I do think the root of this is half the family getting takeaway while the other half has soup. Every single week. I think I'd batch it differently so everyone gets reheated food on the busy night, and maybe alternate between takeaway together and a basic home cooked meal on another night of the week.