Is this really enough food? Fed up of DH’s tightness

I actually think this is ok for the pre-made party food element. It's often quite greasy and rich and usually presented as small tasters, not a hearty meal.

Maybe your DH is thinking of adding olive bread, sourdough or rye bread, cheeses, nice crackers, hummus, wnipped feta, some lovely small tomatoes etc.

Saving the budget for that!😀

Get one of your sons to pop into a shop on the way home and pick up some pizzas / garlic bread

Sounds like barely anything! I wouldn't even really count the olives. You definitely need some pizzas, pasta or bread and cheeses or something.

Those little packets are pricey way to shop to be fair
Bulked out with chips and salad I reckon that's about right.
(We have 4 children including 2 strapping tee age boys)

That's an 'amuse bouche'. Of course its not enough. Presumably he's taking you all out or gettign a take away and this is just an appetiser ???

It’s fine for nibbles but not for dinner.

Not enough, obviously, but he might be just clueless, rather than tight.

If he is insistant it's enough food then let the DC and yourself fill your plates first and leave him to whatever is left. Men only learn from consequences. Plus why should everyone else skimp and go hungry because of his tightness?

Yes, but obviously the DH won’t be eating them, or, rather, he’d better not try to, and I suggest only bringing the extra out when the other food is finished and your sons are still hungry

If he is worried about money also, Lidl and Aldi do brilliant stuff like that, good value, and good quality

Personally I also like a lot of flavoured stuffings, love that stuff and I put quite a lot in the freezer to last me the year because you cant but it at any other time of the year, but the point is they also make good snacks, also trays of pigs in blankets, my OH eats those.

Trouble with these threads is it brings out the competitive over eaters

A 12 year old would eat all that on their own. Really. Really.

Could you transfer some money to one of your DSs and ask him to buy some extra food on his way home?

Nowhere near enough. DH and I would easily get through that on our own!

I think it is enough actually. 6 bags/boxes of hot nibbles means the equivalent of one whole pack each, plus a spare pack, plus crisps, olives, salami etc. Looking in my freezer a pack is 18 piece Indian selection , 14 mozzerella sticks, 12 tempura prawns etc, so you've got more than a dozen hot nibbles each plus all the extras, which is a fair amount.That said, I'd probably have bought more, thinking any extras could just go in the freezer. And fillerlike baguette or garlic bread would be good to have on hand too.

Could you get him to make a bolognaise or something in the slow cooker if you can’t get back out to the shops? Grab pizza or garlic bread out the freezer? Def mean! My DS would need more than a fifth of that!! Sounds like a starter or part of a buffet!

Xmas eve for 5 we are having that plus cheese and biscuits and bread plus dessert. No one is a big eater though and we are going out for lunch. If your lads are that's probably only enough for them.

Saying it is about money is bizarre though, he could have bought some additional cheaper bits.

Are you sure there isn't debt you don't know about or his job is at risk?

Did he accidentally leave a couple of pizzas in the car?

Yeah, it’s not going to go far enough. But the party food is overpriced and getting smaller and smaller.

id add two large pizzas and a couple of salad. And a dessert!

My 12 year old DD could eat that on her own 😂 send him back for more stuff

That’s no where near enough - especially if you’re including hollow legged sports players!

Does he have secret debt you don’t know about? Is he normally this miserly with food? Surely on such a good household income spending on nice food in adequate amounts shouldn’t be pushing him to the edge!

Perhaps serve him last and see what’s left by the time everyone else has had their fill, that might get the point home.

Is this to feed people the whole evening, so picky bits all night, grazing?

It wont be enough if so, but presumably you have bread and pasta or rice in the house with veg perhaps, mix up a big pot of flavoured rice/pasta with veg in it, perhaps nuts and seeds, perhaps mix tuna and olives in it, so its a hearty big bowl and supplements the little bits

Then cheeses, we have a virtal cheese board in the fridge at all times to be honest, we have tons of tins of beans and lentils so could make up a big veggie chilli or just bean stew type thing and that can be put on teh side.

But I suppose the whole point was not cooking so scrap that

No bread in the freezer?

He'll just have to go back out if you havent got anything.

Sounds like nibbles to have with a main.

That wouldn’t be near enough food for one of my DC never mind 3 plus us. Is he expecting everyone to have 2 prawns, two spring rolls and 2 sausage rolls each? Tell him he needs to organise more food.

Nowhere near enough food and not a treat for everyone being back together!