Am I being unreasonable for not giving DD this lasagne.....?

[Thankyouandgoodnight]

DD is 18 months old.

Lasagne is bought from waitrose use by date 8th July (yesterday).

DH & I are having it for dinner tonight (one day over use by date).

DH thinks I should give leftovers to DD heated up tomorrow (we don't have a microwave so it would just be heated in a pan). I DISAGREE as it will be 2 days over use by date.

Age old argument - DH thinks I'm too cautious with use by dates etc and I think he just makes stuff up to suit him. He says us cooking it tonight will kill any bacteria. I used to work in micro so know it's not that simple but will he listen to me? No of course not. I did put it to him that if that were the case, we could eat it 2 weeks over provided we cook it well every now and again over that 2 week period....he said 'but that would be bad marketing .

I wouldn't be eating it myself never mind giving it to a baby.

Anyway, won't he be at work tomorrow so he won't know what you feed her? Just tell him no.

I wouldnt because by tomorrow you would have heated it twice and heating and cooling is one way to breed bacteria. With it being out of date I would definitely not be using the leftovers for myself never mind a toddler.

I would eat it myself, but definately wouldn't give it to my DD. I wouldn't take the risk, its just not woth it.

heating and cooling won't breed bacteria if it's heated thoroughly and cooled properly.

It would be fine to feed dd with it

dh is right

Totally agree.
I sometimes eat things myself 1 or 2 days past the date but I never give out of date things to DS.

What did you decide?

You should have eaten it all so there were no leftovers

Thanks everyone!

I accidently threw the last bit in the bin .

I know that I'm cautious but I did hope that I wouldn't be alone in my quest to not dish up reheated food 2 days over the use by date. The majority of you came in reassuringly similar to me, which made me feel much better!

yes the reheating thing is the problem
I wouldn't give a reheated ready meal to a child at any point

agree re salt

The salt thing is fine as a one off IMO - I usually cook everything from scratch with salt levels very much in mind....