what do you do abotu foos?

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my dh is working away a lot at the moment and i am findin catering most odd. OK, i'll eat wiht the kids soemtimes but a lot of what i like they dont or I want to eat in peace later..

do you get in a rut where you dont eat what YOU want to eat or never eat with them or not eat?!!

lol food

yes to all of those

I refuse to cook seperate dinners because I don't have enough time and I can't be arsed. We all eat the same, sometimes my choice, sometimes theirs. My eldest will eat anything, the middle 2 are fussy and quite often leave their dinner, and then they go to bed hungry.

Yeah mostly I eat with them and we compromise on stuff that I can eat and that they quite like. But my dd1 is fussy and she moans about some of it but I can't eat what they want all the time because it's too boring! Sometimes I make curries for myself though and do them something else but not that often because I can't be bothered to cook twice.

I liked it when exp left and I could eat with them early and then get them to bed and have the whole evening in peace with my feet up!! Now my dp is with me half the time and I find that I am starving at 5pm and end up bingeing on crap and then eating again with him later - not good for the weight problem!!!

I eat with them simply because I can't be arsed to cook a separate meal, however my dp is away for no more than 2 nights usually, if it was any longer, I'd probably do a mix - eat with them sometimes, do something separate at others.

i have lined up tonight for myself raosted peppers awith anchovies in ( its a delia thing) nice to eat alone ( no dh to please) but yes if oyu do two BIg ccoks it can feel liek your whoole evening has gone

I always eat penne with spinach, pine nuts and parmesan when dh goes away and other veggy food as he wouldnt countenance it.

I wish he was away at the moment so I could eat beans on toast/chinese takeaway in the evening rather than cooking great big meals (sick icon)

I either don't eat properly, or do eat stuff he would hate to eat.

I live on pasta with dp away, we (me and ds 11 ) can hack vege food, but dp would be hungry and unfulfilled - he's overweight we're not hi de ho....
I also eat scallops as they are so expensive but me and ds are happy with 3-4 between us, dp would eat about 10.

we eat together quite early and generally live on pasta and rice, we have the same food except for the weekend, as DD refuses sandwiches point blank, so i cook for her and then nibble when she goes to sleep.

yes bt for lone parents this isnt temporary - its permanent - if i was liek thsi all t he tiem i think id have to cook for myself a couple fo times aw eek

too tired to ever cook for myself and it is not worth it for one person
sometimes I over compensate and when people come and stay with us, i spend most of the time cooking - puddings expecially, it is impossible to make apple and blackberry crumble for me and a 2 yr old.

I suppose it depends if you like cooking. If the kids aren't here, I don't cook at all. Just pick on bits in the cupboard. Probably why I'm such a fat cow at the moment.

I quite like cooking so although it is just me and dd I try to cook for us most nights. It is a little early but I am getting used to it.

I treated myself to a wee le creuset baking dish so I can make pies/toad etc just the right size!

I eat with dd, at the table. Our meals are generally what i know dd likes but i am determined that she starts eating more fruit & veg so i am trying... What bugs me is that I want to eat so much more, i eat little & often and could really do with,eg, a nice cream doughnut mid afternoon but refrain cos dd would eat it too! When she has gone to bed i get out all my naughty food and binge in the evening! Funny cos i never really thought much about food before!

What do I do about Foos?

Get tickets and go moshing whenever they are in the same city as me of course

im on my own and to be honest there where quite a few nighst in teh beggining that i just did a sarnie in teh vening cos i just couldnt be bothered.

now i am a lot more used to it and so will cook myself something proper but i do tend to just eat the same thing all teh time cos its easy

Not much difference whether DH is here or not apart from that I cook things he doesn't like when he's away. So if he wasn't around full stop it would be the same - we nearly always eat together. I make them all compromise. DH has to eat vege twice a week which wouldn't be his choice, the kids have to eat what we eat.

Tonight DH is away and DS has tonsilitis but I am going to try to get him to eat a little shepherd's pie and will do peas and carrots (DH doesn't like carrots).