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DH is super picky. The only vegetables he likes are broccoli and zucchini. He refuses to eat anything with mushrooms or olives. Other than that, he will try it but if it's not his favorite he won't eat much and then wants to snack all night. 99% sure he would prefer McDonalds to most of the stuff I cook.

Yes, I make pork chops. He likes them, but is trying to cut out not so great food items. Last time I made them he ate half a chop whereas he usually eats two. That was a big ole waste of money and prep time. I try to stuff that will be eaten.

DH loves my chili, but I totally played it out. In a two week period last winter I made it at least three times. He doesn't tell me what he likes, so once I find something he wants 2nds or 3rds of I make it all the time too soon.

Yes, my husband is a "meat and potatoes" kind of guy, and I prefer casseroles, soups, ect. so we compromise. I give him beef at least 2x a week and he is now open to trying everything once with an open mind.

Last night I made seasame noodles for LO and I since he had softball, he doesn't like them and we love them. Sometimes he just has to suck it up and sometimes I give in....compromise!

DH doesn't like ground beef, so it's like pulling teeth to get him to try things with it. So either make it with a different meat(ex I make Shepard pie with cut up steak instead of ground beef) or convince him to try it. I love chili and he refuses to try it. I just make some and then freeze it for myself for later.

Curry!

DH isn't a big fan of oatmeal but I make it once a week and make him eat it because it's so good for you.

Pasta - he's not a fan, but he'll eat it.

we have the opposite situation since dh is the main cook in our family. I'm a vegetarian but he makes himself fish/chicken/meat all the time, it's just usually separate from the rest of the meal.

@mrs.cookie: omg that looks SO good! Definitely trying that one!

Meh, not really. Now and then I may make myself, say, brussel sprouts, but I don't make tofu for dinner and then expect him to eat it. We have leftovers/scrounge nights so sometimes we just eat what we want.

Yes...my DH is SOOOO picky and not open to ANYTHING new. It is the biggest source of tension in our relationship, as stupid as it sounds. But I am not picky at all and I LOVE trying new recipes or styles of food, but DH is just so picky!! To give you an example....he doesn't like bread or bread-based foods (so we can never have sandwiches, burgers, etc), he hates all herbs and spices except for cumin and garlic, he insists on having rice with EVERYTHING, but only likes the expensive, $8/bag jasmine rice, and believes that the only way to cook things is by frying them.....like, we'll get a rotisserie chicken and he'll take off the meat and then fry it....w...t...f....

Sooo....we have a deal, that he's not allowed to complain when I cook things, and if he doesn't like it he can prepare himself something different.

It makes going out to eat, or eating on the run extremely difficult, and he's the kind of person that gets really irritable and cranky when he's hungry, and if there's not the kind of food he likes he'd rather not eat anything than eat something he doesn't like, and it creates a whole spiral of messyness, haha.

I better stop now or else I'll get myself all worked up, but I could seriously talk about this for days.

Wagon Sr. eats and loves everything!!

I'm the picky one. Many times i'll make something and he'll eat it for days while I eat sandwiches instead.

@Mrs. Sketchbook: I *LOVE* curry and DH won't eat it! There's a coconut green curry that I'm obsessed with, and he gets annoyed if I even cook it for myself because of the smell.

DH wants us to eat mostly vegetarian meals, but he's so picky about his vegetables that it makes it really hard to think of what to make! He doesn't like zucchini, mushrooms, sweet potatoes, squash, or turnips! I often end up cooking with zucchini anyways because that's the only one that he will somewhat tolerate.

@lamariniere: it's amazing the random things you can't get over there! ok, well that makes more sense, i was wondering why he didn't like chili...could you maybe do one that has a mix of veggies too so there are less beans? or he won't go near it if there are any beans? if he won't, then just make it for yourself and have it every day for lunch I don't see any issue in making something he won't eat...and maybe he'll end up trying it and realize it's not so bad (by which i mean delicious!)

@lamariniere: if it wasn't 100 degrees today, i might be making chili tonight after all this talking about it!