Do you prepare seperate meals or dishes for each member of the family?

We were never allowed to do that growing up, and we were forced to eat a lot of things that we really didn't like. Mom compromised when she and Dad split up. We could have a separate dish IF WE WERE WILLING TO COOK IT!!! Whoever was cooking that night would cook ONE MEAL of their choosing, and if the others did not want what the person was cooking they had to prepare their choice themselves, and clean up too.

Me and my husband share the same meal. But I have to prepare something else for my 2 years old. He cannot eat spicy stuff. But I found out the way to lessen my cooking time. I'll make extra with my son's dish and put aside for him. Then the extra bit i'll put in some spices and that one will be for us. It doesn't apply for all the dishes but it does help me sometimes.

I went through a phase, when we had seven people here of doing not quite that, but still over doing it. I just always made my meal include something for everybody. A cooked veggie, a raw veggie, meat, and cheese. Bread and butter. Fruit. May I suggest, on the subject of tacos, or chili, etc. that you try lean ground turkey meat. At Wal Mart it is much cheaper than hamburger. If you season it up for a dish like chili, or meatloaf, you cannot tell the difference. Your hubby could then eat tacos like your daughter, and it would save you some work.

I do this as it is just dad and I for most meals. Also because he likes odd thimngs like McDonalds too much and TV dinners etc. I also make me a meal before his as by the time he eats his etc I have to take care of his dishes etc and my food would get cold. So I am lucky as it is just 2 people I deal with as far as meals. When my kids were small and lived at home they ate what we did. No questions asked ever. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~

It is just my husband and me, sometimes I make separate meals because he doesn't like what I like and I do not like what he likes. I do not eat beef, so whenever I make steak for him, I will fix something different for me. When I make spaghetti, I have to make separate meals, I like angel hair pasta, he likes think spaghetti, I like red sauce he likes clam sauce. So yes, there are many times, I have to make separate things, sometimes when I do not feel like it, I will skip on myself.

i can understand fixing different things if there is a medical problem or something like that . but just not wanting to eat becaus e they dont like what you cook . honey they wiuld do without or eata sandwhich....

There are only two of us in the house, my husband and myself. I don't need to make separate meals or dishes, as we eat the same food. I usually cook Chinese meals, so I'll cook a few dishes with rice. Sometimes, my husband may not like that particular dish, but he still has other dishes to enjoy. Even in my own family, my mum doesn't need to prepare separate meals or dishes, we all eat the same food.

I would say 90% of the time everyone eats the same things. I will sometimes make things that I know my son will not eat. On those nights he either deals with it or he gets a PB&J.

I absolutely do not do this. Only if I'm having left overs and ask everybody to serve themselves FROM the leftovers. I get mad at my son if he blows it off and makes ramen noodles or something because the intention is to get rid of leftovers so I don't have to trash them all. The only thing I would suggest would be to come up with meals you can make that can serve the three of you without you having to make anything different. At least if you could make 2 different things and have at least one of them be something ALL of your could eat would help. The reason I have never done this is clear - if you even do it once, then people come to expect it. They whine and complain if you don't. I would probably tell everybody I would not cook if they wanted to act that way lol. While I was growing up, you ate what mom cooked and that was that. If you didn't, then you didn't get anything else. If you complained then you got in trouble on top of it. I now understand this philosophy very well! It is very discouraging to be a cook who is not appreciated!

If I only had one child things may be different, but I do not allow my children to be that picky. They eat what they are served, which is whatever me or hubby are in the mood for. Sometimes they aren't crazy about it, but they'll always eat whatever is served without complaining, but sometimes they'll eat a lot slower, which usually means they aren't happy with thier selection. My husband is picky, and won't eat certain things, so when I plan a meal that he doesn't like, I make him fend for himself. I have things on hand he can make himself if he chooses not to eat our dinner. Luckily he comes home after the kids are in bed so they don't pick up on this horrible habit. I blame his parents for his pickiness. When he was a child his mother did exactly what you're doing... she cooked 4 seperate meals. My husband would only eat hot dogs, mac and cheese, or spaghetti, so that's what she gave him. His sister was a vegetarian, so she got whatever she wanted. His dad is diabetic, so had a special diet. Since she didn't force the kids to eat what she was serving, they learned they were allowed to be picky, and ultimatly unhealthy... at least in the case of my husband, who to this day could eat mac and cheese 7 days a week if I let him. Until I met him the man had never touched a vegetable in his life. I've gotten him to eat some veggies now, but he's still pickier than you can imagine. It's made life difficult for us. Some days I get so frustrated with him, I just want to call and scream at his mother for not teaching the boy to eat properly. I'm sorry if this sounds like I'm ranting on you, I don't mean it to. It's my personal opinion. I'm sure your daughter is far healther than my husband, and tacos is not an unhealthy meal. Just make sure she doesn't push the line, and make sure she constantly tries new things, at least a few times. Many foods must be tried at least 15 times before you know forsure if you like it or not. Just keep trying and don't allow her to ALWAYS get her own way at the dinner table.

MY daughter and I have the same dish but sometimes my husband would share the same meal with us. But at times he has a separate meal of his own. He's very picky especially when it comes to seafoods.

No really, I prepare the same meal for my husband and I and sometimes cook somenthing for my baby, but normarlly I give him baby food.

I usually fix two meals. One that my husband and I eat and my son (he's only 11 months old, he'll eat anything). And I fix something else, usually a salad or fishsticks, for my daughter. She will not eat anything. She eats pizza, cheese sandwiches, pb sandwiches (no jelly), easy mac, salad (no dressing) and fish sticks. I have tricked her into eating chicken by using a chicken patties as the crust for pizza. I told her afterwards and she was ok and now she loves it. That's pretty much it.

I am a very picky eater, but my boyfriend eats anything and everything. So sometimes when he is in the mood for pork or ribs or something gross like that, we do separate TV dinners.

I try and make a big enough meal that everyone will enjoy. Such it I make pork chops, I also make mashed poatatoes, gravy, stuffing, and two sides of veggies. I also tend to add some sort of dessert. This way there is osmething for everyone. Even if it is just one item. It does help to cut down on a high food bill. However if I know my husband isn't home, I tend to cook things I know he doesn't like. Such as tacos. Otherwise my kids and I would not be able to have alot of foods. But last night I did break down and fry some bolagna up for my one son as i made the family meal.

There is only me and my daughter in the apartment... so most meals are for the two of us... i usually just eat what she eats... but if i have no time to cook anything... i just buy dinner at the restaurant nearby... and it will always be two different meals... because the kiddie meal is not really going to satisfy my tummy...

Hello beauty queen. We usually have a few dishes for all in each plate. But in my parents' house, my mother always prepares separate dishes and meals for my father as he does not anything spicy.

I only prepare seperate meals for people if i'm on a diet or i don't wish to eat what I have cooked for the rest of the family, ie sauages and chips I don't care for that. If we decide to have chips from the chip shop for a quick tea because we are busy and any of the children say they don't want chips from the chippy then I tel lthem to make themself a salad as it is meant to be my night off. And even though my youngest are both only 9 they and the 11 year old can make themselfs a really good salad.

i'm alone now but when my sons were home i always tried to fix something they liked but i didn't do separate meals. i bet your mom didn't do that i know mine didn't. we ate what she put on the table & never said a word but u know i don't remember not liking it. she might have a dish i didn't like but we never said a word but no thank u when it was passed around. my kids were spoiled.

I don't do this ,though my daughter sure wish i would . my husband ,My son & myself like country foods,,while my daughter will not eat these things & would like pizza,tacas,burrita,lasagna,spaghetti,,something of that sort every night. Well when I grew up we ate what was put on the table or we did not eat. I told her that she is 18 yrs old has a job if she don't like what we eat then buy her own groceries & fix her own meals.