Do you need another side dish, even though there are already vegetables?
By May2k8
@May2k8 (20152)
Indonesia
September 13, 2026 10:56pm CST
Today, I cooked a clear vegetable soup consisting of spinach, carrots, and shallots that had been peeled and crushed.
As for me, I could probably eat without needing any additional side dishes—like fritters, for instance. But my father always asks for fried food.
If the food is fried, we certainly need to drink plenty of fluids, yet my father—he probably never even finishes a single glass.
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@Wrexxo (7330)
•
12h
That soup sound so clean and good, spinach and carrot combo always hit different. lol dads and their fried food need, no matter what somebody cook they still want something crispy on the side. and true sha, he go dey ask for fried food but won't even finish his water...that last line is pidgin English.. never mind 
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@Nawsheen (28909)
• Mauritius
13h
That vegetable soup sounds really healthy and comforting, especially with spinach and carrots. I think I would also be quite happy eating it without anything fried on the side. Maybe you could encourage your father to take a few sips more often, even if he doesn't want to finish a whole glass at once. Does he generally drink very little throughout the day too?
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@GardenGerty (170591)
• United States
Just now
I would think rice or warm bread. I do not eat much in the way of fried foods.
@DaddyEvil (178391)
• United States
10h
If I'm cooking for more than just Pretty and I, then I make meat, two veggies, some type of bread and a drink (usually water for me whatever the other people would like to drink.) If I'm just cooking for Pretty and I, I make some type of meat, one veggie (I ask Pretty what she'd like) and some type of bread. If we want drinks, we can get them ourselves.
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@DaddyEvil (178391)
• United States
5h
@May2k8 You know you can freeze most food so nothing goes to waste, right?
@nawala123 (23100)
• Indonesia
8h
Of course yes. At least tofu or tempe. Btw your soup is better if you serve fried tempe too
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