Do you cook dishes to impress your mother-in-law?

Thankfully my MIL lives in Texas so I never have to see her. She doesn't like me and I'm not too fond of her either. Even if she was around...I wouldn't cook for her...she wouldn't like it anyways no matter what I cooked. **AT PEACE WITHIN** ~~STAND STRONG IN YOUR BELIEFS~~

No because I am a lousy cook and she knows that LOL She is an awesome cook and never teases me about cooking. She is such a lovely mother in law.

I don't cook for my mother in law very often. She's only been to my house once for a few days since I got married. My son was only a few weeks old then, too. So I only cooked a couple of times. She complimented me when I cooked, and I think she genuinely liked it. She likes me most of the time. She has some mental health problems, so if her medication is messed up, she doesn't always like me. But otherwise she does, and she thinks that whatever I do is fine.

Well, I don't believe I have ever cooked dishes to impress her. But I did cook her a Thanksgiving dinner, and she loved everything, except the sweet potato pie (it wasn't sweet enough) but she adds sugar to her potato salad LOL. I don't even have a dishwasher to cook dishes in, nor have I cooked them in the oven to make them tender. Well I do believe mother in laws do have a thang against daughter in laws, mine doesn't thank the Lord, she is like my mom only nicer and sweeter, she just can't believe that her oldest son has finally settle down. She wouldn't even let me sleep in the same bed as him, unless I brought our marriage license. But anyway dishes cooked anyway, this is not a good way to try and impress your mother-in-law. Trying cooking a pot roast!!

When i seen this discussion i thought my god i know how this feels! I havent prepared any meals for her because we are always working and dont have time for this. But it seems like she has something against me. No matter what i do its not good enough. And i cant stand the criticism. What do you do about this? I probably will never even bother making a dish because i know what she will say.

My mother-in-law and I have had our fair share of issues but they seem to be well in the past now thankfully! She lives far away from us so I have never cooked anything for her. But I don't think she would complain. She and I made a homemade pumpkin pie last Thanksgiving. Well, she made me do most of the second pie after showing me what to do. But it turned out well and she was full of compliments. :)

I don't cook to please them, but I will make something that I know they will like. So far everytime I have cooked (about 4 times)the meal ended up being a hit....or at least that what I was told :)

my mother-in-law criticises everything we try to do, from bringing the kids up, to running our home. A few years ago we had them over for Christmas day and everything we did was wrong. You just have to rise above it, you can never be right thats for sure blessed be

Before we have a fight with my mother in law I tried to please her even if I know that she is faking me. I want to buy delicious foods but she will not eat it because she said that she is not allowed to eat and all the blah, blah she could say. Well now that we have a fight she did not come into our house anymore. Thank goodness atleast this lessen my burden everytime they come into our house because I keep on thinking what to feed them to please them.

Hi there. Although I have alot of respect for the mother inlaw, I dont have to impress her at all with my cooking, as I cook better then her... My mother inlaw, can only cook what shes use to, shes too scared to take her cooking to the next level, eg; trying other dishes out, she knows 4 different dishes that she alternatively cooks through out... I cant do that, I like to cook anything and everything, Im not afraid to try new things out, and this I do without a recipe or cook book...

My mother in law was a good cook, and we got along well, she has been gone for 12 years now. While she was being treated for cancer I did all the cooking for them and she really liked my cooking. I would try to make her things that I thought she might be able to keep down during treatment and she was always very appreciative of the meals that I cooked for her and my father in law. I think that my relationship with my mother in law was not the norm, she was like one of my friends and we enjoyed each other and I still miss her terribly. I also don't try to cook to impress anyone but myself. I enjoy cooking and I enjoy experimenting with different herbs and spices. My husband is the same way, not all of our dishes come out really over the top good, but at least they are all edible!

i'm so lucky i don't have to preapre great dishes for my mom in law cause she doesn't cook at all. she knows how to but she doesn't want to so that doesn't give her a right to criticize me. one trick that might be helpful though is to not try to impress mom in laws. wives can simply ask their mothers in law for cooking advice even if they don't need it. i think that kinda hits the egos of in laws and makes them feel like their daughters in law respect them

Hello beautyqueen26, I think I am a very lucky person. I don't have to please my mother-in-laws at all due to the long distance. I met my mother-in-law once before getting married to her beloved son. We normally keep in touch by telephone as his family is far away. I think, before getting married, I will try the best to please my future mother-in-law so that she has no doubt to accept me as her future beloved daughter-in-law. But after I got her son, well nothing much to worry *smiles* Needless to say, I don't try to pretend too much just to be a good person in front of her.I think, I am a good person!*laughs*

well im greatful that i have a great mother-inlaw,but when it comes to cooking i dont want to impress anyone but myself,i love to do it and enjoy it very much and if i make something that no one likes then i cant help that,but basically everything that i do cook they all seem to enjoy very much and i always get compliments which i know are from the heart because they are very honest people and if they dont like something they will tell it how it is.but shes a great cook too so it works out great.pattie

i cook not to impress anybody else, i cook to make myself feel good. it's a therapy for me. if my family or anybody else liked what i cooked i would be very happy. cooking to impress other people is not my cup of tea.

I don't have a mother in law to impress. I often wondered if the mother and father in law would be proud of my cooking, or if they'd write me off because I know how to cook. Well family and friends say I'm good at cooking so maybe they'd agree, but you never know.