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How Do I Convince My Husband Theres More Than Just Pasta

Posted by Sylvia • 1/22/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic

Hi Everyone,

How in the world to get my hubby to eat something other than pasta??!!

I love pasta, but my god...this man must have pasta everyday. He creates new pasta dishes every ding dang day.

I can't take it anymore....i'm pasta'd out.

Any advice??

Thanks,

Married to a PastaHeadCase

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1/22/08

PetLvr

Well... there's always .. HART's FAMOUS CHILI RECIPE ...
obesity.battlingforhealth.com/2006/03/harts-famous-chili-recipe/

or .. HART's FAMOUS HASH BROWNS & EGGS RECIPE ...
obesity.battlingforhealth.com/2007/01/harts-famous-hash-browns-with-eggs-re...

However .. if you are stuck with a PastaHeadCase .. perhaps you should introduce him to .. (ta dah!) .. HART's FAMOUS PASTA SALAD RECIPE!
obesity.battlingforhealth.com/2006/11/harts-famous-pasta-salad-recipe/

I just made a new batch this week of the Pasta Salad. Mmmm Delicious.

PS: PetLvr = HART

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1. 1/23/08
  
  dharmagypsy7
  
  Mmmmm Pasta Salad.. although I have to say that yours is the first one I have seen with mayo... I usually use Italian dressing
1/22/08

Sylvia

lol....petLvr I was loving all your suggestions till you hit me with the pasta salad recipe...he made pasta salad for dinner tonight!!!

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1/22/08

Crackerbob

More than just pasta?

BLASPHEMY!!! Bite thy tongue, lest ye be burned at yon stake!

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1/22/08

BlogEntrepreneur

Kick his ass.

That should fix him.

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1/22/08

dannyvice

Pasta is one food, where you can cook a lot of ordinary things that also taste good on top of pasta as well.

Steamed veggies for example become prima vera over pasta.

meatloaf in tomato sauce can be broken up and used for linguini with meat sauce.

A fried chicken patty makes a good sandwhich.... add a provalone cheese and parmasan on top, add tomato sauce and you have chicken parmasan

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1/22/08

mikeny07

Actually I love pasta also. As far as I know it has no fat unless you add loads of cheese. Compared to fast food, it is far better.

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1/22/08

Rozie818

Try a little orzo, it's still a pasta, but it's also like a rice.

Start to ask for certain dishes, complexed ones where he has to work hard to fix sooner or later he'll call out for a pizza ;-)

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1/22/08

RobertDi

make different meals.. I have a live-in GF she did not eat meat.. So I would make her one dinner and I would make my own and we would both eat together. Where is there a law written you must both eat the same food for dinner at the same table? You rarely do it at a restaurant.. Why at home

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1/23/08

freeatlast

Gosh, i'm partial to pasta. Good stuff. Worked in Italian restaurants too long not to. Look into the whole wheat varieties.

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1/23/08

dreesyach

maybe, while he cooks and look aside..put some ingredients on it, just to make it tasteless.
Continuing in every ding dang days, until your hubby get enough with it.

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1/23/08

DOUGGOFFdotCOM

Maybe you should try asking Dr. Phil?

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1/23/08

ghostytwofish

I'm making lasagna tonight.

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1/23/08

dpasquella

Well, I'm Italian, so if your husband is at least mixing it up a bit - trying new sauces or even just adding a few strips of chicken or meat into it, then that's a good thing. Try introducing him to new recipes. When he comes home at night, prepare a nice meal other than pasta - but something scrumptious! He'll thank you for it later!

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1/23/08

dpasquella

By the way, the photo of you two is absolutely adorable!

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1. 1/23/08
  
  Sylvia
  
  Thank you dpasquella, that is so nice of you.
1/23/08

BlogEntrepreneur

You could try all that...OR....you still could just kick his ass.

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1. 1/23/08
  
  Sylvia
  
  lol...he would like it too much if I kicked his butt
2. 1/23/08
  
  Sylvia
  
  lol...he would like it too much if I kicked his butt
1/23/08

Getty72

Get him to try some traditional English food... He'll never want to go back to pasta, ever again...lol! (Well, I would say that as I am born and bred in England...LOL!)

Anywayz, best of luck with whichever technique you try. And I agree with your above comment... he will probably enjoy the ass kick too much...lol!

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1/23/08

acousticguitarist

take him to a good Indian restaurant

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1. 1/23/08
  
  careysaysums
  
  Mmm, tikka masala . . . with rice and na'an!
2. 1/23/08
  
  dharmagypsy7
  
  Oh god... Chicken Tikka Masala with some garlic na'an... slobber pooh
  
  and samosas.. I always get the same thing.