To make something DH will moan about for dinner...

[BellaOfTheBalls]

...because its quick, I absolutely love it & I know I can serve it up for lunch tomorrow for me & the DCs therefore getting 2 meals out of it (we're in last few days before payday hell).

It's spinach & feta filo pie with salad & homemade coleslaw.

Sounds lovely - why would he moan??

Presumably he knows where the oven is !

Sounds delicious why would he pull a face about that?

Ring him and tell him to pick up some turkey dinosaurs on the way home, then there is more yummy food for you!

Does he not like it? If it's something he hates could you put a jacket potato or something in the oven for him?

Tell him to make his own dinner!

It's okay for everyone who likes it saying it sounds delicious, but if the person it is being made for doesn't like it, then why give it to them ...

Why will he moan?

If it's because he truly doesn't like it, then yabu

If it's just because it's not his favourite, you had it last week or that he wants something else then yanbu

Let him know what's for dinner - that gives him the option of picking up something like a cheese and onion pastie (or something he likes that goes with salad and doesn't involve any cooking for you) or cooking for himself when he gets home.

I am a bit about all these threads making people eat food they don't like on Mumsnet atm.

I never eat food I actively dislike ... I don't expect anyone else to either.

No YANBU. Unless he is allergic to the ingredients then once in a while he has to give over to the needs of the majority, same way everyone in the family presumably does.

Leave him a spare egg, a frying pan and some toast out as an alternative if he really objects.

Oh, I'm half Greek Cypriot and I love spanakopita, DH and the kids wolf it down with a good Greek salad. If your DH really dislikes it, I second the suggestion of a baked potato, he could have that with some grated cheese, your homemade coleslaw and the salad.

It's because it's girl food innit? I'm guessing he prefers a meal with meat?

it depends - DH wouldn't eat that, and I know he wouldn't like it, so I don't see the point in deliberately serving him something he wouldn't enjoy. OTOH, if he does like it and is just being fussy then YANBU!

OP has said they have limited funds until payday. I don't think the issue is simply making him eat something he doesn't like. It's also about him needing to appreciate that the cupboards are bare and OP is doing her best to cater for everyone. If alternatives are a luxury at this point and if his dislike is just that rather than a heaving, retching response then I think he needs to accept his limited choices.

I think that might be it carabos. He does like all the component parts of it so I have no idea why he isn't keen. If we only ate things that he liked we would eat a lot of takeaways, fry ups, microwave meals & convenience crap (consequence of a man living on his own for 6 years who can't cook). It works both ways; I'm not massively keen on a couple of his favourite meals but make them anyway.

Well in that case Bella, just make it and tough luck.

He likes the food, just not as a pie, well he'll have to get over it.

I'd chuck in some pine nuts too if you have them............proper girly food then!

Are we in the 1950's here. If OPs husband wants to moan about something she is very kindly cooking for his dinner is he not an adult with two capable hands who can make himself something more to his own taste surely? The children will be catered for - that's what matters.

I'd make it but I'd definitely chuck a jacket potato in the oven for him. Not worth the moaning for the effort it would take

It also depends what he does for a living and what he eats for lunch.

My former DH worked manually and needed a full dinner of at least 700 calouries. He used to be happy putting chips with meals, though.

If he doesn't like it he can feed himself, he's an adult ffs .

ps. it sounds lush can i come round for dinner please?

My DP would love that but my ex would ask where the meat was

If there's any spare I can pop round.

Gis the recipe then.

fruitysummer see he really hates pine nuts but they are sooo good in that recipe so I tend to put them in my half. the trouble with him is he has no idea of quantities. Last night he made himself chicken, chips & beans using a full pack of breaded chicken, half a bag of chips and a full tin of beans then wondered why I went mental at the waste when he ate less than half.

He doesn't do anything particularly manual and I always send him off with a decent lunch and a doorstep of a sandwich. Will put a jacket spud in for him though, great idea!

Yum! Save your DH's portion for me!

Exactly pinkyredrose and KellyElly.

Oohhh one of my faves! DH doesn't like spinach and even he eats it!

Yanbu if he's just "not keen". If feta makes him throw up then maybe get something else out for him (egg on toast? Beans on toast?) but don't cook him a whole other meal.