Am I cooking shit or being stingy??

They are unpardonably rude. Don't invite them on any freebie holidays again.

I do think the bolognese portions sound a bit on the meagre side. And If I were minded to provide breakfasts for people, I would at the least buy in cereal and bread for toasting.

That said, their argument about not being able to afford to shop for their own foodstuff makes no sense. They would presumably have to shop at home if they hadn't come away. I think they should be offering to do a shop for you as thanks for your generosity.

I'm only surprised you and your sister didn't appear to have an idea of how different your dietary tastes were before you came away.

No she is not. She booked a holiday with her family. She invited (and paid for her sisters family) as a favour.

If hosting to you means providing non stop fatty fry ups and huge portions of junk food then that’s you…she has provided healthy food - they’ve turned their noses up. That’s on them and very rude.

Nobody is agreeing with you!

Her food isnt good sorry.

Dont invite normal people and offer them granola 🙄🙄 and watery bolognese

Make an effort for God's sake or dont bother!

As for the holiday - if its self catering, and youve rented somewhere with a massive kitchen, youre hosting!

I have said and will say, they should offer to pay towards food.

"tonight sister had told me she can’t afford to go back to shop as they hadn’t budgeted for repeated shopping trips."

I don't understand this. Surely, even if they hadn't come on holiday, they would have been buying food for their own family for the week anyway, so what the problem is is budgeting. I think you've been more than generous and they need to get over themselves.

Where have you deduced the bolognese was watery? There is nothing in OP’s posts to suggest this? Or are you making things up to suit your (poor) argument.

No it’s not , we all enjoy different things. We always go self catering, I hate hotels, and I really enjoy exploring supermarkets and markets to find unusual ingredients.

600g mince
Mushrooms - watery
Veg - watery
Tiny amount of pasta

That sounds like a recipe for disaster.

Sorry to the op. But weve all had our off days hosting, it doesnt define her.

The bolognaise portion sounds a little small and their reactions a little OTT, but I guess that’s how we have an obesity crisis…
Vegetables in a pasta sauce are fine, as long as they are properly cooked in.

My BIL is addicted to sweet stuff and he has been to stay with us a few times. We always provide a full array of meals, but he will go somewhere to buy a sweet treat at any opportunity, even if it requires a walk in the rain or he knows that a full roast is happening in an hour or so. It’s like a compulsion and, yes, he is probably obese.

You weren’t wrong and their manners are very poor, but they were probably genuinely shocked at the lack of carb-heavy or sugary breakfast items.

Generosity like yours is rarely appreciated.

You know not to invite them again, lesson learnt.

Ah yes I forgot you have an aversion to vegetables. Mushrooms and vegetables do not go watery in bolognese and it’s a perfectly reasonable way to pad it out. Plus the bacon.

Well actually it is usually the fat in food that makes it tasty

A proper, traditional bolognese includes vegetables. It's not veg that makes it watery - it's bad technique.

This sounds watery imo, and significantly lacking in taste

Yes a soffrito is included in traditional bolognese but it is also rich and tasty, and mostly meat

I have just made holiday breakfast for two families with hungry teenagers. Large bacon and egg rolls. Teenagers also eat shed loads of toast and cereal when helping themselves.
So it does sound like a miss on the breakfast front I’m sorry to say.
But - and it’s a big but - nobody would have said a word if I had provided the ‘wrong’ food. They would have just picked up what they preferred later on.
So the problem is not differing tastes. The problem is astonishingly bad manners.

Why on earth would the addition of vegetables make it was less tasty? It’s down to cooking technique and seasoning. If anything you get more flavour.

Then perhaps the sister and her family, who are paying fuck all for the accommodation, food etc should take the op up on the offer to cook for themselves... what don't people understand about the fact they have been complaining and rude to her face about the food she is serving. I have sat at a friend's house and ate beetroot which I think tastes of mud however well you cook...I ate it to be polite. It's called having manners

The sister if they weren't happy should have had a quiet word and sorted things out. And bought her own fucking food...the cowbag

Your food and portion size sound fine!

They are being rude, If I didn't like the breakfast options on offer I would just go to the store and buy a box of cereal or a loaf of bread!

I understand you offered them to join you but did you offer to cover every meal too?

Paella sounds lovely too!

Then stand up for yourself. Tell them that it's you holiday as well and they don't have to be here if it's intolerable. Tell them to go and buy the foods they like, accept what you're cooking or go home. It's that simple.

When they went to the store too, why did they buy a load of junk instead of buying nuggets and chips.. it sounds more to their taste.

Your food sounds lovely and your porrion sizes are absolutely fine.

I can't imagine being invited on a free holiday and being so ungrateful and rude.

I would tell them food is being served, if they don't like they can provide their own.

The fact you mentioned frozen food makes me think they are a chips and chicken nuggets family.

A proper bolognese is cooked for some time so it reduces the water content

More importantly the op is hosting. She's giving a free holiday and food to these ungrateful knobs

I the padding it out with veg makes it sound watery and untasty

That said, I dont wish to be mean to the op and if she likes it, i'm sure her husband and child do.

I do think though op, that yabu in that you are the host and are expected to provide meals (not all meals) that everyone will like.

And providing 'one' garlic bread is also a bit off - one garlic bread between 6?!

You know that your tastes aren't universal, right? I don't like a fry up for breakfast (I think eggs are an ok lunch), but absolutely love granola and greek yoghurt (which, by the way, isn't some sort of self-denying health food breakfast - granola is sugary and proper greek yoghurt is considered high in saturated fat) and would be very happy that it was a breakfast option. I agree that it's nice to offer a range of options for this reason, but it isn't true that everyone would be disappointed with OP's choices and delighted with a fry-up and 'fatty' bolognaise. I would, however, enthusiastically eat your choices if you gave them to me, because I am polite!

No sorry, only offering granola to your guests on their holidays isnt appropriate.

You offer a proper range of food

That said, as ive said - you wouldnt be rude to the host.