Am I cooking shit or being stingy??

You sound very generous op but allowing them a free holiday.

They however are entitled cheeky fuckers

The quantity of mince is very tight fir thar number of people on holiday.

I think people accept stretchimg it out a bit with veg or lentils (whether for health or financial reasons) at home but on holiday people expect richer "treat food", so plenty of food & not restricting less healthy choices.

Eg at home we'd eat weetabix porridge etc for breakfast but on holiday we'd get pastries, expensive sweet cereals, or things for fry ups eg sausages/eggs/bacon.

Sounds a bit of a nightmare all round. You and sister have different expectations, that much is clear.
More collaboration might be in order for dinners.
But I don't agree with you cooking and paying for your sister and her whole family, she's being a CF and thinks if she just keeps saying they can't afford it then it'll be up to you to fix it.
Her whole family sound entitled and ungrateful and I hope you make this the very last time you try to do something nice for her.
I'd be tempted to tell them to fuck off home if they don't like it, that may well destroy your sibling relationship but tbh she's destroying it anyways.

75g of pasta is the recommended portion size and it’s what’s DH and I always have.

A lot of people would view this as a modest/sensible portion, what they'd have at home when being careful but not a no holds barred holiday.

You can spot who's swapped their hands for a spoon and fork in this thread.

Couldn't imagine being so ungrateful and greedy like some of yous on this thread.

Bonkers to do so much cooking and baking on holiday, it's a break from normal life surely? Most people eat out, have treats, do something other than domestic drudge.

If people are starving or claiming that the portion size was too small (as so many poster have) when it's a perfectly standard serving size, it suggests that their stomachs expect more food.

It's you who is misunderstanding. It's not having a croissant for breakfast or a few takeaways on holiday that's the issue, it's people's insistence here that the portion was too small. That's why theres an obesity crisis - people are simply eating too much and have lost sight on what a normal dinner looks like.

Well I just read the thread on a boring train journey and f me, that poster banging on and on and on about how OP should have splashed out to put on lavish spreads! And that vegetables are gross!
Ridiculously, insanely missing the point.

I hope you enjoy your hol OP and send the cheeky fuckers to the supermarket to buy their own food.

Quite.

This thread reminds me why I'll never post for advice / opinions on mumsnet.

"Heres the catch! What complete CF!!!

Is this post serious? Sorry but if it is wtf is going on with them selfish rude people? I'd tell them too go home and stop trying too ruin my holiday!

You're family are being unreasonable and shouldn't of come on holiday if they can't afford to pay for their own food, tell them to go home and enjoy your trip on your own x

Your sister,assume she's been married for a while and you didn't know how they would behave and their approach to food?
More fool you

I cook 500g mince with loads of veggies and most of a pack of spaghetti for 3 of us and have a leftover for my lunch so it definitely doesn’t sound like enough. They aren’t contributing and obviously being very rude but if you’d invited them and said meals included then they do need enough to eat I guess. Maybe they’d not have come or brought lots from home if they knew they had to sort their own meals bit they couldn’t word things a whole lot nicer

Extremely rude of your sister and BIL tell them to buy and cook for themselves, husband could have stuck up for you to be honest and said they were lucky you were cooking as it’s your holiday as well or just said that was rude.

They are being rude making those comments, but as she was up front about that she couldnt contribute at all, I would assume that some thought for their tastes would come into it.

Also, they are on holiday and used to bigger portions, Im not sure why you're bringing anyone's weight into the conversation, just serve them up enough so they're satiated. If that takes less food for you, great, but they're obviously used to more.

Ultimately you've either offered to bring them because yoh care and want them to have a nice time, or you want to use it to feel better than them in some ways.

Again though, their comments were unnecessary and rude.

Go on strike. Let them all sort themselves out. Tell your husband, your sister and brother-in-law that between them they can make their own food. Go out and have a nice meal of your choice. Sod them all!

Maybe suggest sister and bil cook for your family it sounds like they have misunderstood free holiday to be waited on hand and foot on a holiday that you have paid for. Did you know they couldn’t contribute to food costs. If they use frozen food a lot maybe there use to cheap bland food. Either way rude and cf.

Clearly the sister and her family (if this thread is even true) are massively rude and ungrateful.
But i am enjoying the posters falling over themselves to declare the OP's rather pedestrian menu as delicious and perfect and at the same time assuming you either think 75g of pasta is a massive portion OR you only eat beige processed food. Bonus points for the snobby comments (without knowing ANYTHING about the other family) around oven chips, chicken nuggets and - horror of horrors - WHITE bread.
I think the OP is secretly enjoying showing off her healthy cooking and basking in her children who eat porridge and yoghurt enthusiasticly. I know I would have done.
We are away atm in the UK and are having muesli, milk and fruit for breakfast as it's easy and means we can be away for the day quickly. We are also cooking every night.
I hate yoghurt and am not too keen on porridge when the weather is hot, but i don't think that makes me an UPF-guzzling monster - does it??

Rude little shits..the lot of them! You are being generous and patient and the food sounds fine ( just probably too healthy for their junk beige preferences)

They haven’t the money to go to the shop repeatedly? If they hadn’t purchased loads of junk they would have more money, also they would have had to buy food if they were home instead of enjoying a holiday you have gifted them. I think you are more than generous, if they don’t like it they can sod off!

What on earth made them think that when you invited them on your trip, that you were also going to provide every morsel for them to eat too? Bizarre! Tell your sister, she has to feed her own family, or go home.

They're rude. Your sister married an arse and they brought up two waste-of-space arsehole DC. Learn from this holiday and don't it again. Meanwhile, hopefully. they've noticed where the door is and, before they spoil the rest of your holiday, they'll use it to sod of home and leave you in peace.

Your mince would do 3 people. You have to understand that when hosting, you need to cater for giant portions or it appears “stingy” and “mean”. I’ve met plenty of women who think lunch is one “Ryvita” and that’s how they stay slim. They invite people around whose eyes are on stilts at how little food is prepared. It’s like WTF, are we in a prison camp?! Fine, but understand that growing teenagers literally stuff their faces. I’ve even met wafer thin men & women who pack enough food down for an entire rugby team, as they have very high metabolism, & are always down the gym.

The crunch point in your post though, if that they are not contributing to YOUR holiday. When I read that, they can FO, and all bets are off. Tell them if they don’t like it, they can FO. Next holiday, get cash up front or no invite.

As Elton John said to Prince Harry recently who went around his gaff asking for £10m to pay the Daily Mail in his failed lawsuit. Elton said “Am I an ATM?!! - FO!!” Door slam.

Nah, they're used to stuffing themselves, they could have brought some food with them, I am sure that they have food in the house that wasn't frozen.. they chose not to do that and are being rude as fuck.

If they want larger portions than you normally serve they can contribute to the food budget, after all they will have all this weeks food sitting at home waiting for them when they return so they wouldn't be breaking their monthly budget!

I would point out you've offered to share your holiday accomodation and feed them, you have not offered to treat them to a private chef'd luxury AI holiday where they can choose from 100 different options at each meal and stuff themselves silly.