tht is how our dinner is, and sometimes we do eat the same things, but
others, we don't, i am just really grateful he is a person who enjoys
cooking, Lee
"Jacquie" > wrote in message
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> "Janet Wilder" > wrote in message
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>> Stormmee wrote:
>>> i know this is going to sound odd, but while everyone here is in need of
>>> lower carb meals. having that as a given, do you, if you are the main
>>> cook, inforce this on the rest of the people you cook for?
>>>
>>> I ask this not as a way to start an arguement, but i am trying to
>>> understand this dynamic, i started wondering this after getting negative
>>> feedback about the pork and pineapple idea i posted,
>>>
>>> the reason i ask is that often DH makes noodles for himself, and either
>>> brown rice for me or i just have it in a bowl, so this started me
>>> wondering, how many of you cook to order, require those you cook for to
>>> eat as you do, or what> the dh does most of our cooking and has no
>>> problem making two completely seperate meals, mine is often vegetables
>>> and some sort of protien, chicken or soy, we might share the vegetables
>>> but he will have say beef and potatoes or noodles with his...
>>>
>>> sorry this is rambling and i hope i am getting acroos what i am asking,
>>> Lee
>>
>> I completely understand. I am not diabetic and I love pasta and noodles.
>> I am the chief cook, however, so I would be the one who would be making
>> separate meals. It would also bother me to have two people eating
>> different meals as that isn't what the dinner table is all about in our
>> home.
>>
>> I eat low carb with him and when we go to a restaurant or when I go out
>> for lunch with my gal pals, I indulge my desire for a bowl of pasta or
>> noodles.
>>
>> Since your DH does all the cooking, you might want to have him find meals
>> that would suit both of you. It is a challenge, but it can be done.
>>
>> --
>> Janet Wilder
>> Way-the-heck-south Texas
>> Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does.
>>
> I don't think you really have to fix "different meals"...you just have to
> do some adjusting. We can both eat salads and some of the same veggies, we
> can eat the same proteins, If he has rice I don't, I don't miss it and I
> am just as happy with the salad, and the protein. Sitting at our dinner
> table isn't so much about the meal as it is about talking over our day and
> enjoying each others company
>