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Quality convenience food / ready meals for dh whilst I am away

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handlemecarefully · 08/03/2007 13:13

Away with the children for 4 days next week leaving dh solo.

He did, only half jestingly, suggest I cook 4 dinners for him and leave them in the freezer, but I errrm declined robustly....

He hasn't cooked from scratch for a long time, and bless him with the best will in the world after he rolls on home at 21.00 he won't feel inclined to...

So are they any slightly less cardboady inedible convenience meals / ready meals on the market that you can recommend?

I am about to do an online Ocado order...

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Iota · 08/03/2007 13:28

To be fair, if I was coming home at 9pm I don't think I'd want to start cooking then.

Get him some M&S ready meals

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handlemecarefully · 08/03/2007 13:28

TeeCee - I don't mind looking after his interests a bit since he does work very hard and I get to loaf around quite a bit (with the ever present cleaner picking up most of the hard graft...again )

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TeeCee · 08/03/2007 13:29

Get him to get his OWN M&S meals fgs!

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handlemecarefully · 08/03/2007 13:31

No, I'll just get you to come around and sort him out shall I

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motherinferior · 08/03/2007 13:31

I have to say it wouldn't occur to me to wonder what my DP was going to eat if I bogged off for four days.

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handlemecarefully · 08/03/2007 13:34

Well I am trying to be nice to him MI - call it turning over a new leaf...because most of the time I tend to treat him as the money earning slightly irritating cash cow who will come home once in a while late evening and irritate me - tsk!

I actually think it would be better for our relationship if I consider him and his needs some of the time - because tbh he does consider mine quite often.

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Iota · 08/03/2007 13:34

well I am a SAHM and am in charge of sourcing supplies (have just been to Tescos)

when I was WOHM, dh did the shopping.

TeeCee · 08/03/2007 13:34

HMC - PMSL - that would be GREAT!
You sound like a lovely wife and I'm an old bag!
If it were me I would make sure I didn't go shopping before I went away, on purpose!

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handlemecarefully · 08/03/2007 13:35

And I do - very deep down - like him a little bit

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ComeOVeneer · 08/03/2007 13:35

TeeCee if you are a sahm and your dh doesn't come home from work until 9pm you would have gone shopping for food and cooked a meal for him would you not? Surely it is just practical to plan ahead and provide some food for him whilst you are away. DH works these hours and doesn't have time to shop during the week and when he gets in he wants to food quick and easy. Like others have said if there wasn't food in the freezer etc he could shove in the micro he would simply order take away. (He is an excellent chef btw but is knackered at the end of a long day)

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handlemecarefully · 08/03/2007 13:36

lol TeeCee - I am sure you're not an old bag.

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Iota · 08/03/2007 13:36

Totally agree COV

Blu · 08/03/2007 13:37

When I was single and child-free, but with a huge job (the job is the same now) I always got home late, but managed to cook or at least do my own popping in to Sainsbury's!

Sorry HMC, we're not getting at you - but really - how does your DH think single men / women with f/t jobs and children manage?

Leave him to his own devices, HMC - you're setting a dangerous precedent! And babying him. IMO!

Hope you enjoy your break!

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handlemecarefully · 08/03/2007 13:37

And me too actually - if you hadn't guessed already!

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foxinsocks · 08/03/2007 13:38

M&S curries are divine - could easily eat one every night for 4 nights myself (but they have some other chinese meals and other pasta ready meals that are v good)

TeeCee · 08/03/2007 13:38

Sorry, something in me just gets all annoyed at the thought of planning ahead for my man and making sure he's ok while I'm away. It's all too wifey for me. That's why I'm not actually married. Girlfriends can bugger off and not give a thought to making sure he eats well poor lamb while you're away, with the kids!

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handlemecarefully · 08/03/2007 13:39

S'alright - I don't feel got at

Well when I was single and with a heavy job I really didn't cook when I got home - I just shoved a ready meal in the microwave (I have developed an enduring aversion to these as a consequence)

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TeeCee · 08/03/2007 13:39

and that Blu is why i love you
Hurrah for Blu!

ComeOVeneer · 08/03/2007 13:41

I agree in a way it doessound very wifey but it is what I would be doing if I was there anyway, and I would rather have some back up meals in the freezer rather than he wastes money on take aways. For me it doesn't take planing anyway as I always have several portions of meals in the freezer so he just uses them

Blu · 08/03/2007 13:43

I do think it is nice to do thoughtful things for your partner, and I understand about wanting to be nice to him, but the whole thing just sends me shuddering....me and Teecee. (I'm not married, either. I do sometimes make sandwiches for DP as we are both dashing out of the door - but I think he would be on the floor in a dead faint if I left special food for him for while i was away!)

TeeCee · 08/03/2007 13:46
Smile
foxinsocks · 08/03/2007 13:51

must admit though, if I came back at 9pm and found my partner had thought of me in advance and left me food, I'd be well chuffed

we are lucky in that we have a M&S food round the corner so never really think that hard about whether we have food in or not

ComeOVeneer · 08/03/2007 13:51

I don't leave special food for him he basically eats frozen leftovers

Blu · 08/03/2007 13:51

Anyway, I should wind my neck in - this is none of my business, really!
If I am buying Ready Meals I like M&S - especially their Gastro range.

ComeOVeneer · 08/03/2007 13:52

It is not so much about being nice to him, I have the time to do it he doesn't