to think it's DH that wastes food not me.

[shotinfoot]

Small rant. DH is ways 'creating' leftovers and the moaning at me for the amount of stuff we throw out.

I don't mean double cooking then freezing, but just over cooking.

2 examples. He made rice and daal last week but cooked enough rice to serve about 8. In a bit funny about leftover rice and won't eat it past a day old so it just goes to waste, but he blames me.

Also, he needed eggs last week but cracked 4 not 2 and put the other 2 in the fridge. 4 days later it is my fault they have not been used.

We try to meal plan but DH will never just 'make do' with what's in the cupboard and will go out and buy specific things - which is a whole separate thread.

Right. Rant over.

TBH I don´t think that it is petty that he wastes food & blames you, expects you to eat leftovers as he can´t be arsed to cook a correct quantity, expects meals to revolve around what he wants to eat.

He´s an adult FFs!

Re. rice: I find a mugful of uncooked rice (a nice average sized tea or coffee type mug) is just about right for two fairly greedy adults and two children who can take it or leave it.

I'd just be grateful if my DH cooked a meal. But I like a previous posters idea that you just dish up ALL of the leftovers in one big bowl to your DH every few days.

An ex-boyfriend's mother apparently used to do this weekly as soup - it was infamous!

We usually eat leftovers for lunch, or incorporate with something else and yes, sometimes admit defeat.

Making the most of what there is (e.g. if you have a seasonal veg box) is a totally different art from deciding what you want, then shopping for it, as you obviously know. Sounds like a couple of weeks of cooking the family's meals might begin to provide that education for your DH.