Recipe ideas for very fussy DH

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DH was raised on tinned or frozen foods and refuses to eat any food containing onion in solid or powder form.

He eats beef, chicken, sliced beef sausage, bacon...not keen on pork chops etc, may eat lamb if I don't tell him what it is

Veg wise he loves potatoes but only boiled.
He will eat 1-2 roasted or a forkfull of mashed at xmas. He loves chips, croquetts, waffles etc.

He will eat tinned peas but is reluctant to eat more than a couple of carrots or sprouts. "fancy veg" like aubergine, corgettes etc are totally out of the question.

Pasta is ok if coated with garlic and cheese with no other ingredients.

Rice...only as part of chicken fried rice

I am so fed up of cooking the same crap...and he is fed up eating it, but I am really stuck for ideas. He claims he will try anything but every new idea has been shot down or "it was alright but not keen on having it again/got to be in the mood for it (spices)"

I am a veggie so the kids get a good mix of dishes but it is a strain cooking for myself, the kids and DH who is more fussy than a toddler!

Help

Was about to post a few food ideas but really, it is an attitude problem, isn't it? In that all the onus is on you to find things he will eat, to do the cooking, and generally to pander to his food issues. Tall order with children to cook and set a good example for. Does he know how difficult he is making things for you?

What about, he gets his his usual crap on certain days, and on others something different which he HAS to at least try, e.g.:

home made pasta sauce (with the vegetables minced in the food processor so they are in there but not identifiable as separate ingredient; homemade soups (ditto) and pizza; chilli con carne; grilled chicken and couscous; ratatouille?

Plus, I'd suggest a cookery course for him (worked wonders for my DH-he's never cooked anything they showed him, but it got him interested in food in a more positive way and he started to realise how much effort home-cooked food is) and a responsibility to cook a healthy dinner for everyone once a week. And finally, I wouldn't run any ideas past him for a while on 'new food' days, because it gives him a chance to veto them!

Sorry if that sounds too bossy.

Thanks for the ideas. He has the attitude/ behaviour of a fussy toddler when it comes to food .

He works mon - fri 6.30 - 7 + pm and I work at the weekend so doesn't have spare time to go on a cooking course.

My problem is that the majority of recipes I find contain onions, leeks or other type of veg he won't eat and I can puree some but he always tases the onion so I can't hide it.