Dinner every night...

@Bev1986 (1425)
United States
January 13, 2007 3:36pm CST
Do you like to come up with new recipes for your family to eat, or do you cook the same things over and over again? I'm always looking for new recipes but more often than not, my family doesn't like the new recipes. They prefer if I just cook the same old things over and over again. I think it gets boring, but they say they like boring. So, do you try to cook new things? or do you stick with cooking the sames things you've always cooked?
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@sunrisekn (1466)
• United States
14 Jan 07
I love to cook new things, but more often then not, I mess it up. So, I stick with my usuals. My husband is very understanding about trying the new recipes. One of my recipes were a hit though and it's my husband new favorite. And he thought he didn't like zuccini's and it has Del Monte zuccini's with tomato sauce in it. SUCCESS!!! lol
@korek222 (701)
• Poland
14 Jan 07
well keep up trying - you will see that more often you will succeed in cooking completly new meals :) you should alsways sometimes go back to the recepies you once cooked even if you did it wrong - it would help you get better :)
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@kathy77 (7486)
• Australia
13 Jan 07
Yes I do like to c ome up with new receipes for my family, I do cook a lot of the same foods but they like some of the new receipes that I have tried. It would get boring with the same food that is why my family like me to try different meals.
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@Lakota12 (42600)
• United States
14 Jan 07
when I try a new receipe if my family likes It I end up cooking it every week then it is old I hate trying to think of something to cook for I think I have done it all
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• United States
14 Jan 07
I like to cook but not enough to try to come up with new recipes all the time. My family is like yours and I have to admit that I like the same things more often than not. Doing what I already do in the cooking department is good enough for everyone in my family. We hardly have time to eat let alone time to come up with new recipes, LOL.
@Lady_Vincy (1538)
• United States
14 Jan 07
I'm not a big fan of comming up with new things to come up with to eat for dinner. I do cook the same things but not on an every day or even every week basis. If I want something new to eat, I just order out something that I haven't had in a long time or something that sounds interesting to eat.
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@korek222 (701)
• Poland
14 Jan 07
actually its not me who makes a dinner every day but this fabouleus women tries to make a different one every day. She often tries new recepies and i must say i like that very much. That makes me eat it with pleasure :) She especially likes to make French and Chineese kitchen meals - they are awesome as a dinner :)
@timou87 (1638)
• Singapore
14 Jan 07
Its not me who does the cooking at home, but I do realsie that there same few dishese are repeated, thank goodness my mother does try to invent a new dish and try to whip up something new and refreshing for a change every week or so.
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@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
14 Jan 07
nah.. i always suggest my mom to have different recipes so we can all look forward to going home each night. its one way to soothe a very tiring day.
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@crystal8577 (1466)
• United States
17 Jan 07
I am really bad about coming up with new things to eat. I guess I need to figure something out though since my husband has started to complain. I get tired of having the same thing over & over again too.
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• United States
14 Jan 07
I love to try new recipes. My children enjoy trying new ones to, but my partner he just likes the same thing all the time. He would rather I just cook a steak and potatoes every night. He always says there is no reason why he should take a chance with something that he doesn't when he can eat what he likes and know that he will be happy. I get bored with the same thing all the time.
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@dravid (1047)
• India
14 Jan 07
yes but it would be hard on my pockect ...though i go for dinner outs every staurdays
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• United States
14 Jan 07
I have the same problem. I get so tired of cooking the same things over and over, but everytime I try a new recipe my family doesn't seem to like it. They seem perfectly content to eat the same old boring meals! I like to go out to eat about once a month, just to break up the monotony. And this gives me a chance to try new entrees.
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• United States
17 Jan 07
I love to find new recipes to cook,my thing right now is trying to find new recipes to cook for a large family that is cheap and easy,and everyone was so great in posting responses for it.But I love to find new things to make and it helps me be a little creative for my famliy and not bore them with the same thing over and over.
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@mem666 (43)
• Australia
14 Jan 07
I like to cook new things here and there and still have some old ones. I also try to cook things that don't cost so much.
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@rahulmig (1030)
• India
14 Jan 07
yea there should be changes in our life then why shouldt we can our recipe!! once in a week
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@badkat83 (1620)
• United States
14 Jan 07
I used to. Now it is the same boring things. I love to cook, but everytime I do it is a disaster. I have been having my husband cook. He does pretty good. 18 years together who knew? I kind of like it.
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@shywolf (4514)
• United States
14 Jan 07
My family tends to eat the same things (in general) for lunch every day. We eat a healthy meal of vegetables (mostly steamed) with some meat dish on the side. The meat dish is the main thing that changes from time to time depending on what we find at the store that looks good. Anyway, for supper we all just prepare whatever we like. I'm just happy to live in a family where we eat a really healthy lunch. I don't mind that we don't really cook different things all the time *laugh*
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• Philippines
14 Jan 07
i always try to cook new things in order for my family to enjoy every meal.
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• India
14 Jan 07
well even i like the boring regular receipes instead of experiments every other night, not all of them succeed and you cant tell that dinner is bad, so u just say to cook the routine food....get what i mean?????
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• India
14 Jan 07
it is very good that u are trying to make new recipes for ur family but if ur family dont want this plz dont because u feel happy when ur family feel will feel happy. so, cont try experiment do as the want.