cooking for a picky eater

[Howie]

Send her to summer camp.  Everything will taste better when she comes home.


On a more serious note, cook what she likes and upgrade your portion in what ever way makes the dish more desirable to you, for instance, BACON, squirrel or a nice sauce.  Offer her a taste.   

[Oldfisti]

Hmmm, apparently it is genetic.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/10/dining/10pick.html

Hooey.



According to the report, 78 percent is genetic and the other 22 percent environmental.

“People have really dismissed this as an idea because they have been looking at the social associations between parents and their children,” Dr. Cooke said. “I came from a position of not wanting to blame parents.”



Reflective of today's society. Something else to blame. No accountability. People love it when there's a scientific reason it's "not their fault."  Next there will be a pill for it.

[Popeye the Sailor]

Get her toked up on some of the dankest nugs you can find.



Everything afte will taste *so* good.

[Oldfisti]

Get her toked up on some of the dankest nugs you can find.



Everything afte will taste *so* good.

There's some science I can get behind!   

[Grampa]

anal

[KnightofNi]

Thats ... special.

Cook what you want to eat. Then throw some chicken fingers in the microwave for her. If she's not willing, then make the beast with two backs it. Not worth your effort.


If you wanna put forth the effort:

If she eats mashed potatoes, sneak cauliflower in there. Or a different kind of cheese.

Make meatballs but sneak in different kinds of meat (turkey, veal, pork, chicken).

Then, when she eats it, say, "Aha! You just ate veal in that meatball! So quit yer pregnant dogin'!"



Another approach is to get all mushy and tell her you want to have a better dining experience with her and her aversion to most foods is making that difficult. Play the "This is important to me" card.

i have slipped diff ingredients into dinner. it works maybe 20% of the time. for a few meals afterwards she is leary of what i am cooking.

i have also played the importance card. her reply was something along the lines of "then eat it yourself. i'm not going to eat somethign that i don't know what it tastes like. blah blah blah."

How about a cookbook that is geared towards cooking for children?

not a bad idea, but i'm nto cooking 2 meals.

Send her to summer camp.  Everything will taste better when she comes home.


On a more serious note, cook what she likes and upgrade your portion in what ever way makes the dish more desirable to you, for instance, BACON, squirrel or a nice sauce.  Offer her a taste.   

i dont' relly have time to make extras, and to be honest, i'm tired of setting a part of the main dish aside so i can actually make it taste how i want it to.

Hmmm, apparently it is genetic.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/10/dining/10pick.html

both sets of her parents love eating and trying new things. i think it's just her.

Get her toked up on some of the dankest nugs you can find.



Everything afte will taste *so* good.

umm, yeah. neither of us smoke so that's not going to happen.
though i do appreciate the ingenuity of the suggestion.

anal

i see how this helps me, but i don't think it will make her eat different foods.

[the_Journeyman]

What are the exact reasons for not trying something new or different?

JM

[Oldfisti]

You married or is this just a girlfriend?

If it's the latter you could just replace her instead.

[banali]

You married or is this just a girlfriend?

If it's the latter you could just replace her instead.

lol...our disposable society at it's finest...

[KnightofNi]

What are the exact reasons for not trying something new or different?

JM

i'm not really sure. she doens't like change, but loves going to new places and doing new things.

You married or is this just a girlfriend?

If it's the latter you could just replace her instead.

but she pays half the rent and bills. it would take too long to bring up a new one through the ranks and get her to the position that sh'es willing to do the same thing. besides, if one found out about the other in the meantime i'd be paying rent all by myself.

[Oldfisti]

but she pays half the rent and bills. it would take too long to bring up a new one through the ranks and get her to the position that sh'es willing to do the same thing. besides, if one found out about the other in the meantime i'd be paying rent all by myself.

I see your quandry.       

[Triple J]

Just make what you like...let her eat it, or let her make what she likes.  She'll either come around or she'll cook her own food.

My wife is fairly picky...although nowhere as picky as what you describe. Her biggest thing is she doesn't like fish. We live in the Pacific Northwest...and she doesn't like fish...WTF.  So...when i want fish I make it, and she eats mac and cheese or something. Problem solved. 

[herm]

i encountered this problem once upon a time. after beating my head against the proverbial wall for a while, i solved the issue.

i stopped catering to it.

dont get me wrong,...i didnt go out of my way to whip up anything crazy, but i stopped worrying about it. people will find something to eat if they get hungry enough.

[KnightofNi]

the thing is, i want to make her dinner. i like doing it.

there are only so many ways i can cook pasta though.

Just make what you like...let her eat it, or let her make what she likes.  She'll either come around or she'll cook her own food.

My wife is fairly picky...although nowhere as picky as what you describe. Her biggest thing is she doesn't like fish. We live in the Pacific Northwest...and she doesn't like fish...WTF.  So...when i want fish I make it, and she eats mac and cheese or something. Problem solved. 

haha, i made tuna for myself one night and had to listen to her pregnant dog about the small of fish for the next 4 days.
now if she pisses me off enough i'll leave the can on a high shelf when she cna't get to it.




anyways, it looks like ya'll have confirmed what i was already thinking. cook what i want and if she doens't want it then tough shit. she can make pb&j sammiches.

[toaster]

make something that is good to everyone but different from what she would normally eat and ask her to try it.  my ex used to be a real picky eater, but i got her to change by having her try stuff that i liked until she got used to it and i started doing that more often.  when i met her she HATED mexican food and it is my favorite, but by the time we split, she loved it.  when i wanted her to try calamari said "its good and youre gonna have to try it someday, or im just gonna slip it to you and say its something different" and it turns out she loved it.  the only thing i could never get her to eat was sausage.