cooking with a family

[Shax]

Hi,

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I have a quesiton about what you do if you have small children and a spose how you do your menu planning. Normally, I cook a big meal and split it for leftover lunches and dinners I don't want to cook for. so I know that is out but Last night I had to cook all the veg sparate in batches to keep the measurments together I realised that when myh DH blood tests do get normal and he can do this too, I will be weighing , and cooking 3 seprate veggies or sald meals!!!
I all ready dislike being in the kitchen to much.

Anyway to make this easier with out feeling like every member of the family has to have doggie bagged food in the fridge. (we live remotely so food only comes in weekly and most veg is gone with in a few days so I keep all of it in tupperware so I can't just bag up a weeks worth as it would spoil.

How do you cook for a family and stay sain.

[Faithy]

Hey Shax..

I have 2 children, 16 & 21 & my hubby.. For 12 months or more I cooked mine seprerately from my family's dinner.. I usually cooked theirs first & if I was lucky & timed it right I would be sitting at the table eating with them, a lot of the time though, they had finished eating before I had finished cooking mine. Now my 16 year old is on the Cohen's program & my 21 year old is doing a special diet from a naturopath so I'm cooking 4 different meals 5 out of 7 nights a week, plus cooking lunches for myself & my 16 year old & making hubby his lunch.. I also work either in our personal famliy business or some days a week in a clinic.. hate to sound harsh (if it does) but you just do it.. it's part of it unfortunately.. I usually chew chewing gum to stop me picking on food while cooking.. if I'm organised I already have the meat weighed up & in containers, but lately I weigh as I go..

It's what you make of it really.. I try to look at it as I'm doinf something wonderful & positive, not only for me but for every memeber of my family..

[Shax]

yeah you are right... Just a year of it

[louise41]

Hi Shax, Most of the time I cook the same meal for my partner that I have, but I just give him larger quantities and add things like potato and corn. Sometime Ill cook something different for him like pasta, but mainly we eat similar food.
I notice we're in the same part of the world, im in townsville, I know thats still a long way from Wiepa, but relatively speaking we are in the same geographical area. Good luck with cooking for the family

Louise

[Shax]

I have an aunt in Townsville. Weipa feels far away from every one, but I have found every place you do mostly the same things.

I have started making the salad together and then wieghing my part last that is making the process a little faster. I still find that with veggies they have to be cooked separate though, oh well hopefully this wont take that long!

[louise41]

My partner always makes the salad and I take out my allowance before he adds his dressing. I think I dont feel so much that Im on a diet if there is some similarity between our meals, even if he has a larger one with a bit more variety!
louise

[kagiesen]

Yeah. My son (19) and husband ate what I ate, just more. So I'd measure all mine and then either of us could prepare the meal for all. They would usually add some pasta or rice, but eventually they really enjoyed having about 250 gr of meat and a huge salad, no carbs.

They are both thin and sporty, but didn't mind. If they needed a carb loading (exercise) they would just have some bread, or pasta, or even, if I was lazy, some 2 minutes noodles with it.

Even with small children I am convinced this works. Takes some time, but kids don't starve, they will eat eventually. In France, children share their parents meals once they are weaned off (ideally, and those who don't have changed France from a thin country to one with a problem). They have fresh fish, salads, vegetables. There is no reason kids can't eat that. For smaller kids I would add a small amount of noodles or rice, though.

Also, usually kids learn bad eating habits from their parents. If the parent is overweight, as people on this forum, it's likely the kids are or will be.

The earlier they learn good eating habbits, the better. Same goes for husbands. Even if they are thin, often they do not eat healthy! If they want to eat **** food, why not prepare it themselves?

Cheers

Katrin

[sundaymorningstaple]

Originally Posted by kagiesen

Even with small children I am convinced this works. Takes some time, but kids don't starve, they will eat eventually. In France, children share their parents meals once they are weaned off (ideally, and those who don't have changed France from a thin country to one with a problem). They have fresh fish, salads, vegetables. There is no reason kids can't eat that. For smaller kids I would add a small amount of noodles or rice, though.

Also, usually kids learn bad eating habits from their parents. If the parent is overweight, as people on this forum, it's likely the kids are or will be.

The earlier they learn good eating habbits, the better. Same goes for husbands. Even if they are thin, often they do not eat healthy! If they want to eat **** food, why not prepare it themselves?

Cheers

Katrin

That's my kind of post! I agree with your sentiments 100%. Especially the last sentence!