Hypothetically, if you were never going to cook again

[LauraGB]

What would you feed your family for dinner? :bigear:

[ELaurie]

Cookies :tongue_smilie:

[LauraGB]

Cookies :tongue_smilie:

 

I suppose I could see that, provided they were chock full of nuts and oats, dried fruit...there would be fat, protein, fruits, grain.

 

Okay. I'll put cookies on my "hypothetical" list.

[Daisy]

My go-to meal. LOL.

 

Raw veggies, hummus, pita bread, olives, and a slice of good cheddar.

 

Dinner is served.

[Annie]

Do those individual cakes you make in coffee mugs and put in the microwave count as cooking?

[Truscifi]

Fruit, nuts, and cheese.

[Melora in NC]

What a lovely hypothetical thought!

I guess we'd be eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, fluffer nutter sandwiches, cheese sandwiches, yogurt, apples, bananas, cold cereal, oatmeal (assuming I am still boiling water?), big salads, soup (heated up from the can!).

I asked my kids what we'd eat, and they said Lunchables and Kid Cuisine. Then dd said, "OUT! We'd eat out!"

I suppose that would get old eventually, but it sure sounds like fun right now!

[Gooblink]

Are you planning to go on strike? :D

 

Fruit, nuts, cheese, raw veggies, bread, yogurt, deli meats...

[Jean in Newcastle]

I would have meals delivered from our very good local Chinese restaurant and our good local Mexican restaurant.

[Gooblink]

Fruit, nuts, and cheese.

 

:) In that order! I think I was compiling my post while you submitted yours, I didn't see it.

[NanceXToo]

Pizza, sandwiches, and/or chinese food :D

[LauraGB]

Are you planning to go on strike? :D

 

 

 

Yes.

 

Last night I ordered from The Olive Garden. Tonight I cut the bread and sliced carrots and cucumbers and onions, washed a couple lettuce leaves, opened a bag of blue chips, and then everyone assembled sandwiches with deli stuff.

 

Now I'm out of ideas. :tongue_smilie:

[MelanieM]

A raw food diet. Veggies, fruit, nuts, seeds, smoothies... it's a beautiful way to eat.

[Whereneverever]

Yes.

 

Last night I ordered from The Olive Garden. Tonight I cut the bread and sliced carrots and cucumbers and onions, washed a couple lettuce leaves, opened a bag of blue chips, and then everyone assembled sandwiches with deli stuff.

 

Now I'm out of ideas. :tongue_smilie:

Hey, having the idea of going on strike is enough of a good idea for me!;)

[Crissy]

Salami, cheese, crackers and fruit.

Salads.

Sandwiches.

[Dandelion]

I'd go back to the dinners I grew up with in Germany (no one we knew cooked dinner): a platter of fresh fruit & cut-up veggies, healthy deli meats, cheese slices, one or two spreads, and bread. Everyone then makes their own sandwich from what's on the platter with a side helping of fruits & veggies.

 

For all the other meals, I'd go raw (I bought a great raw foods recipe book awhile back - many of the recipes sound delicious!)...

[mo2]

Wraps, maybe.

 

Can you figure out a way to incorporate not washing dishes into the strike, too? Then I'll join you. :D

[LauraGB]

 

Can you figure out a way to incorporate not washing dishes into the strike, too? Then I'll join you. :D

 

Make the kids do it. Home Ec. ;)

 

There really isn't much when there is no cooking involved. Just a cutting board and a cheese grater/slicer, maybe a knife or two, and each individual's own plate.

[Jean in Newcastle]

Your kids are old enough to make spaghetti, french toast, pancakes and eggs, to heat up some soup and make sandwiches. . .

[nmoira]

Number one choice (and what I send for day camps): Cheese, olives, whole grain crackers/bread, charcuterie fare... plus fruits and maybe nuts. Salads, Milk, yogurt, sandwiches and wraps, nuts and nut butters. Jam. Anchovies... mmmm. Toast? If so, cheese on toast. Boiled eggs allowed if pre-boiled? Cereal. Smoothies.

[LauraGB]

Your kids are old enough to make spaghetti, french toast, pancakes and eggs, to heat up some soup and make sandwiches. . .

 

 

But then there is the dh...

 

And all of the uninvited dinner guests who magically drop in around 4pm, and stay until...

 

Daily...

 

For months...

 

And me, planning, shopping, prepping, washing, chopping, creating, making, baking, cleaning up (and the kids do help here - or, rather, I help them because I feel bad)...with not one thank you or offer to help clean up at the very least. :glare::glare::glare:

 

I've verbalized my thoughts about this. And they've gone ignored. Feeling a bit taken advantage of here. I'm done. But I do want my kids to eat well (I'm one of those mamas where if given the choice between teaching my kids or feeding my kids, I'd most certainly feed them).

[Gooblink]

Hey, having the idea of going on strike is enough of a good idea for me!

 

 

Edit: Oops! Inserted wrong quote here...intended the one about joining the strike if dish washing was included...

 

Make the kids do it. Home Ec.

 

There really isn't much when there is no cooking involved. Just a cutting board and a cheese grater/slicer, maybe a knife or two, and each individual's own plate.

 

Solidarity, sisters! :thumbup:

Edited November 19, 2010 by Gooblink

[mo2]

Make the kids do it. Home Ec. ;)

 

 

 

My oldest is only 8, and we don't have a dishwasher. She helps me occasionally but probably wouldn't do such a stellar job on her own.

[gardening momma]

tuna salad sandwiches

crackers, cheese & summer sausage

cucumber & onions (sliced cucumbers, onions, vinegar, water, salt &

pepper--marinate for a few hours in the fridge)

pb & j sandwiches

sub sandwiches

raw veggies & dip

grapes, strawberries, apples, etc...

veggie & cheese wraps w/ranch dressing

dried cranberries

[gardening momma]

And all of the uninvited dinner guests who magically drop in around 4pm, and stay until...

 

Daily...

 

For months...

 

And me, planning, shopping, prepping, washing, chopping, creating, making, baking, cleaning up (and the kids do help here - or, rather, I help them because I feel bad)...with not one thank you or offer to help clean up at the very least. :glare::glare::glare:

 

I've verbalized my thoughts about this. And they've gone ignored. Feeling a bit taken advantage of here. I'm done. But I do want my kids to eat well (I'm one of those mamas where if given the choice between teaching my kids or feeding my kids, I'd most certainly feed them).

Even if you don't get more than a limited list of ideas, just keep doing those over & over. Daily...for months...until they get the picture.

[elegantlion]

Get out the cereal and the milk jug.

 

Nuts, cranberries, organic chocolate chips all mixed together. It's wonderful.

 

Cheese, summer sausage, wasa rye crackers

 

baby carrots

can of pineapple

tuna

 

peanut butter and honey

 

90% dark chocolate bar slathered with natural peanut butter (wait, that's my dinner)

[Tap]

Nothing....They would get self suffient soon enough.

Edited November 19, 2010 by Tap, tap, tap

[Jen in PA]

Fruit, nuts, and cheese.

 

:iagree:

[mcconnellboys]

The legendary "weiner meal" that my guys like to laugh about.

 

When we first moved here, there was a little boy about my older son's age who lived on our street and he often came to our yard to play. My son would often take his meal out on our back patio and eat with his friend. One evening the friend brought his dinner over to eat, too. My husband walked by them and said, "Is that your meal?"

 

He came inside and said, "Check out ____'s meal when you go out."

 

It was a hot dog (cold), a cheese stick, and a banana all lined up on a plate....

 

Needless to say, I fed him....

[Farrar]

Can we heat up frozen food from Trader Joe's? If so, that. And, as everyone else said, fruit, raw veggies, cheese. Actually, that might be something that happens some weeks here. Eeek! *ducks head in shame*

[MariannNOVA]

WHY is this hypothetical? :001_huh:

 

I would feed them food that Wegman's or Whole Foods had cooked. You know, if you plate it nicely, whose to say you didn't cook it?!:confused:

 

Dh had chicken marsala, roasted vegetables, and risotto tonight. I did not cook it.;)

 

OH, and I am reminded of the 'morning of the wedding' scene in SIXTEEN CANDLES when the old fashioned grandma is frying up something and the flashy grandma has a cigare**e hanging out of her mouth, her fingernails are about 4 inches long, and she is struggling to open a box of Chocolate Entenmann's Donuts while old fashioned grandma is trying to keep the cigare**e ashes out of the frying pan. Flashy grandma finally gets the box open without breaking a nail and turns to o/f grandma and says, 'Voila! Breakfast.'

Edited November 19, 2010 by MariannNOVA

[gardening momma]

It was a hot dog (cold), a cheese stick, and a banana all lined up on a plate....

I like cold hot dogs. :001_smile:

[staceyobu]

But then there is the dh...

 

And all of the uninvited dinner guests who magically drop in around 4pm, and stay until...

 

Daily...

 

For months...

 

And me, planning, shopping, prepping, washing, chopping, creating, making, baking, cleaning up (and the kids do help here - or, rather, I help them because I feel bad)...with not one thank you or offer to help clean up at the very least. :glare::glare::glare:

 

I've verbalized my thoughts about this. And they've gone ignored. Feeling a bit taken advantage of here. I'm done. But I do want my kids to eat well (I'm one of those mamas where if given the choice between teaching my kids or feeding my kids, I'd most certainly feed them).

 

 

Ahhh. Then you shouldn't be here looking for good ideas. ;) I'd say sandwiches every night until they stop showing up. If that doesn't stop them, you may have to downgrade.

[LauraGB]

Can we heat up frozen food from Trader Joe's?

 

We could if we had a Trader Joes anywhere near here - we're not that cool.

[gardening momma]

WHY is this hypothetical? :001_huh:

 

I would feed them food that Wegman's or Whole Foods had cooked. You know, if you plate it nicely, whose to say you didn't cook it?!:confused:

 

Dh had chicken marsala, roasted vegetables, and risotto tonight. I did not cook it.;)

It's not about who cooked it. Well, it is, sort of. It's about the people who drop in for dinner ALL the time, and the members of her family who don't lift a finger to help her with anything. Meals that don't break out of the norm would not help.

[gardening momma]

Ahhh. Then you shouldn't be here looking for good ideas. ;) I'd say sandwiches every night until they stop showing up. If that doesn't stop them, you may have to downgrade.

Yeah, I'm thinking that, but if she does do all the fresh veggies/fruit/cheese/crackers/etc ideas, then they'll eat well, but it could get repetitive for them after a while. And it would be less work for her in the meantime.

[LauraGB]

Even if you don't get more than a limited list of ideas, just keep doing those over & over. Daily...for months...until they get the picture.

 

That's the plan. So far, I'm setting out bags of nuts, an array of cheeses (some of our uninvited guests are vegan ;)), breads, fruit, raw veggies, a bean dip if I decide to make one. Beat that for balance with a stick!

 

My problem is that I am vegetarian, my family omnivore (but primarily...what? flexitarian? because I'm the cook), then I make dinner for 3 other people with special diets - this is normal, and all good ...add in the guests; 2 who are vegan and 1 who will eat the plate and everything, and I'm all of a sudden a waitress, short order cook, bus person and dishwasher...every.single. night.

 

I'm happy with the responses so far. It's easy, I can leave stuff right in the bag and set it on the counter, and everyone can work it out. Hmph.

[justamouse]

My go-to meal. LOL.

 

Raw veggies, hummus, pita bread, olives, and a slice of good cheddar.

 

Dinner is served.

 

you're making my mouth water. I can eat hummus in a bowl with a spoon.

[helena]

We're all about the panini press right now!

smoothies/protein shakes

chips, salsa, guacamole

salads made at Gelsons salad bar. Pricey, but all the topping I love. :001_smile:

tostadas made on pre-made shells

 

We eat a lot of what's listed here

[Dawn in OH]

Fruit, nuts, and cheese.

 

At first I didn't know what to say, and then I saw this quote.

 

I don't care to eat store bought bread, or deli meat, or other processed foods. This would be really challenging for me.

 

Does making humus count as cooking?

Salads.

 

Hypothetically, if I were never going to cook again, it would be because we got really super rich and I've hired someone to do the cooking for me.

[gingersmom]

I did not think of it as what was I going to feed my family.

 

I was thinking more along the lines of what was the hired chef going to cook for my family.

[LauraGB]

Yeah, I'm thinking that, but if she does do all the fresh veggies/fruit/cheese/crackers/etc ideas, then they'll eat well, but it could get repetitive for them after a while. And it would be less work for her in the meantime.

 

Exactly. If I forego the Production That Is Dinner, maybe everyone will go away.

 

(I need to get over myself because what I just typed sounded rude, even to me, but darn it, I meant it:glare:.)

[justamouse]

I'd go back to the dinners I grew up with in Germany (no one we knew cooked dinner): a platter of fresh fruit & cut-up veggies, healthy deli meats, cheese slices, one or two spreads, and bread. Everyone then makes their own sandwich from what's on the platter with a side helping of fruits & veggies.

 

For all the other meals, I'd go raw (I bought a great raw foods recipe book awhile back - many of the recipes sound delicious!)...

 

 

Did everyone eat a cooked lunch? What about all that sauerbraten? :001_smile:

 

That sounds like a great meal to me.

[LauraGB]

I don't care to eat store bought bread, or deli meat, or other processed foods. This would be really challenging for me.

 

 

 

Same here. It's killing me. That's why I came here for suggestions :D.

[Spy Car]

Dh had chicken marsala, roasted vegetables, and risotto tonight. I did not cook it.;)

 

 

AGA abuse :D

 

Bill

[MariannNOVA]

AGA abuse :D

 

Bill

 

:D Back at you.

 

I kept it warm in the AGA. And actually, one of the reasons I DO cook (and I just could not tonight) is BECAUSE of that silly AGA.........I LOVE IT!:001_wub:

 

And, thank you for your kind words earlier.

[Spy Car]

:D Back at you.

 

I kept it warm in the AGA. And actually, one of the reasons I DO cook (and I just could not tonight) is BECAUSE of that silly AGA.........I LOVE IT!:001_wub:

 

And, thank you for your kind words earlier.

 

I am green with envy :D <----see

 

And, you are quite welcome :001_smile:

 

Bill

[mo2]

 

It was a hot dog (cold), a cheese stick, and a banana all lined up on a plate....

 

QUOTE]

 

Wait...My kids would love to have this as a meal!

[mo2]

you're making my mouth water. I can eat hummus in a bowl with a spoon.

 

I've never even HAD hummus. In fact, I think if I said the word "hummus," most of the people I know wouldn't even know it was edible. It's all meat and potatoes around these parts.

[Jean in Newcastle]

Uninvited guests -

 

"Well, the X family (yours) is going to have supper now. Here's the phone if you want to order some pizza."