New Recipes Vs Finicky Eaters in Your Family

[Bren706]

I LOVE trying new foods and recipes. However, my hubby and the 3 kids are finicky. DH likes to stick with all my classic recipes and that's it. I get tired of making and eating the same thing all the time, and like to try out new recipes. DH hates when I try something new.

Do you have finicky eaters? How do you get around trying new recipes? Curious to see what everyone else does.

 

[kam]

That is us, too! Except it's just DH and I.

It's not that he won't try something new - I can usually sneek a new dish in here or there...it's that he is a "meat & potatoes" guy. And most of the dishes in the SB that I want to try don't fit that mold. There is always something in a recipe that he doesn't like. It's endless.

The only new recipe I have gotten him to try recently was the Bacon Meatloaf recipe in the new DCB cookbook.

What has worked in the past is that I tell him he is on his own & I am making my own thing. Sometimes he is interested and will relent and try it, other times maybe not.

This is what happened with the Asian Pork Noodle dish a few years ago. He would have NEVER tried it. I had it at cluster, told him it was WONDERFUL and made it anyway. He gave in and tried it and it is one of his favorite dishes now. And believe me when I tell you I will constantly bring up this example when he complains about something new.

Good luck! I understand what you are going through!

 

[ShellBeach]

If it's a recipe with pasta or rice, I just left a bowl full aside for my son. He could eat his plain or with a little parmesan sprinkled on it, and I'd finish the recipe normally. They should grow out of it. Don't know what to say about husbands doing this, though!

 

[kristina16marie]

Don't know what to say about husbands doing this, though!

Hahaha! Exactly! My kids are very picky (except the baby - she'll eat anything) But my husband loves the new recipes I test out, even if he makes a face when I tell him it's "new"!

 

[catlwilles]

My husband only gets bugged about it if I make a whole bunch of new meals in a row. He likes to eat the same old thing because he knows he already likes it. I usually try to make one new recipe a week, and fill up the rest with things I know he likes!