I cook fairly close to what DH wants. He does fat free. Do you realize, that leaves out cheese??? At least, cheese is often easy to add later, just to my portion.

But my daughter is a different problem. No animal in any way. She is vegan. She wrinkles her nose, if we eat meat (cooked separately of course).

I prefer to eat almost anything, as long as it is not fried.

Tough call sometimes.

Moni

I usually make it to please DH or the kids as they all eat more then I do so know if it is fixed their way it will most likely get eaten....Stacy

I always cook what the family likes best, such as sweet potato casserole or candied sweet potatoes, they go for the candied. So I take the sweet potato casserole to the church dinner as it is easier to transport. I like either one myself. There have been times I would make two different recipes, like with sugar and without.

Sue

i cook the way i was taught and have won dh over on several things...(broke the mid-west meat and potatoes) he now consumes more raw veggies than i do, lol...

I guess I try to please everyone by making different versions (some with onions for Gary and I, some without for Emi) and so on. It can get a little complicated when my adult kids are around. My daughter is a vegetarian and my daughter-in-law eats poultry but not red meat or fish.

Since all 4 of us cook, or can cook, we make it our way. Then everyone gets a chance to make it the way they like it. We really don't differ on much though.

Trish

My older daughter is a vegan, or so she claimed. I noticed cooked chicken leftovers disappeared from the fridge. I once came into the kitchen to find her eating a large piece of leftover (beef) meatloaf. So now I don't go crazy cooking special foods for her.

If DH doesn't like it the way I make it, there's always Mickie Dee's.

if i am cooking for us, it's my way and my choice of recipe, same goes for DH. if i don't want what he is making it's my choice whether i want to eat it, make my own thing or pick something else up. same for DH. i only cook for us on weekends and that's rare, DH is the weekday cook so i eat what he makes unless i truely can't stand it lol it's definitely not in my nature (nor DH for that matter lol) to make something to suit his tastes lol well except for his birthday meal that's the only exception! ~ liz

If I was still cooking for a family I'd make it the way they liked it and a little bowl to the side of how I like it.

My husband liked most anything I cooked. If he wanted it his way I would probably do it his way unless he was rude and demanding. I am not about to fix a dish just for me, I'm lazy.

I'd make my beans spicier if I were cooking just for me, but I'm happy to add spice to just my serving just before eating.

Just the 2 of us here now and DH does 99% of the cooking,so i eat what he fixes.The last year or so he's taken to do a lot of experimenting with new dishes,and most have been good.Just a couple neither of us liked,so they got chucked,never to be made again.He does all the shoping also.LOVE IT!!!
Kathi

It depends upon how important it is to either of us. My husband doesn't like mushrooms but doesn't notice them if they are diced, so I slip them in - sometimes in slices and he will comment but I notice it doesn't affect his portion amount any!

However, I just love tuna salad on an open face sandwich and he really detests it. He likes twice baked spaghetti and I'm not a huge fan - too much cheese for my taste. So, I make up and freeze his portions of the twice baked with leftover spaghetti and on those nights he has a yen, I fix him a salad and his spaghetti and on that night I'll have a cold open faced tuna salad sandwich.

We both end up happy campers.

It's just the two of us now, so this really isn't a problem and it doesn't happen all that often to be a "chore" on either end. For the most part we both like pretty much the same dishes. If we both want different things that night, I just accomidate. For the most part, we like stuff prepared the same way with just a few exceptions.

It's really nice to see how many of you are willing to please your loved ones.
I live alone, but love to cook, and when I get the chance, it makes me happy to fix it JUST the way "they" like it.

(:

Cream

No other critter around here but me ... except the occasional mouse (or junior rat).

While they do their thing as far as they can manage, without consulting me ... as long as they can arrange to be operational ...

... they don`t get any say in the general operation of the household ... including cooking!

For those of you who fix things especially for other family members, is that amendment usually something that needs to be done during the preparation, or can it often be done as one is ready to eat it (question)

In the latter case, how amenable are they to doing the fixing themselves (question)

Were they to be unwilling to make such amendment themselves ... feeling themselves above that (question) ...

... I think that they`d be running into some resistance from me .. occasionally, at least.

ole joyful

I would say usually things have to be done during the preparation at least around here.

Sue

I don't run into it too often, but when I'm entertaining I try to please my guests whenever I can. But there's limits, then I say This ain't Burger King - you get whatever the h*ll I throw in front of you or I feed it to the dog...

I find it often is easier to cook things the way you like it.

BTW, Joyful, have you tried rebooting your computer for the keyboard issues? Otherwise, pop the cap off it and see if there's dirt, lint or something keeping it from working.