Pretty much 100% of the traditional Christmas meal...dressing, gravy, mashed potatoes, boiled carrots, etc. I don't eat any of it and only cook it to please my parents. It used to also include some of those gloopy casseroles...mushroom soup/broccoli, sweet corn and cheese, etc. At least, with COVID restrictions, I haven't had to make those casseroles because we haven't had the 30+ attendees dinners for a few years now.

My son always requests Chicken and dumplings for his birthday. It is multiple steps and time consuming. Another thing my family likes is my chicken noodle soup. It takes 2 days to make.

My grown daughter is vegan, so when she is sick or pregnant I have made food she likes. Some of it I had never even tasted before. But she gave me recipes and I attempt it. She is very appreciative. I just wanna give her a good steak, LOL .

Kind of the opposite here. I love casserole, and macaroni and cheese, and pulled pork. DH does not, so I don't make them for him. When the boys were here, I'd make them when DH traveled. But now, the boys are out of the house and DH isn't.

In return, DH never made liver and only ordered it in a restaurant.

DH's family ate kasha as part of their xmas eve dinner. I can't even stand the smell of it cooking....but for him? Of course!

My DH loves kasha, too! Me, meh. So he makes it, I eat it, and then he lays off it for a while.

I love kasha. Not as a porridge, but as a side dish used much like rice in many dishes.

Anything with mushrooms. I despise them, DH loves them.

Sunday, it's supposed to snow, be cold...a good day my husband says to cook that turkey in the freezer, with bacon-celery stuffing, home made mashed potatoes and side dishes. Uh....I did this for Thanksgiving AND Christmas.....again?! Now?! The turkey is defrosting in the frig.♥ It must be love...

For me, it's the holiday meals as well. The turkey and stuffing, green kugel, etc. I did make green kugel once just for us and swore never again. And there are special occasion dishes that are just too fiddly, but for only a few people like arroz con pollo, boeuf bourgignon etc. There are a lot of things I'll only make if there are at least four eating, which aren't so much of a fuss, like chicken and dumplings, which aren't that big a deal to make but I'm not motivated to produce for just dinner, whereas I'll make a lasagna just because I feel like it, and freeze the extra.

There isn't anything I can think of that I won't eat that I do make. I tried once to make Brussels sprouts for my mother but I'm not sure how successful hat was. OTOH, I will make beer batter shrimp for Mr. Picky. I like it fine, but would never make or eat it except if it's for him. He's not big on compliments, but he said mine is better than any restaurants. :) I wonder if it's the clean, fresh oil?

Anything with mushrooms which I do not like and even hate the smell.

The only things are things that take a lot of prep like lasagna, or a holiday meal.

Hubby and I pretty much like and dislike almost everything.

I have become lazy recently, and don't cook more than 2 things that are labor intensive, so I might pull one thing from the freezer to do in the microwave, and do the other 2 on my own, such as pull some lasagna from the freezer and do a salad and french bread for a side.

Mine is kind of the opposite. Tom didn't like eggs or mushrooms, so I didn't put mushrooms in anything. In fact, years and years ago I used to use canned mushroom soup in my scalloped potatoes. I'd put the soup mixed with milk through a strainer and sorted out all those little bits of mushrooms. He thought I was crazy, but I knew he didn't like mushrooms. I stopped using soup in my potatoes and made a regular white sauce, so no more straining!

Then he told me I could put mushrooms in stir-fries, just make the pieces big enough that he'd pick out. What a sweetie! LOL

Fish! I cannot eat fin fish so have no idea what I just made tastes like. But, DH loved fish just about anyway you can fix it. Once in awhile I'd make him fish and me something else.

There is something I have made specifically for DH. it is his mom’s recipe for Walnut Glory Cake, and it is indeed glorious. It had better be, because it involves 9 eggs. Separated. omg, so worth it.

You will love this ... I cook for others to make sure they feel 'in the pink'

Lamb. Can't stand it - DH loves it. Our neighbor pastures his sheep on our property and gives us a lamb every year in appreciation. I had sheep as pets as a kid... I do braised lamb, and open all the windows while I cook it.

DH is boring. If I let him he would probably happily subsist on frozen dinners, pizza and burgers. I'm the one with the more expansive palate. I love color, flavor and most organ meats. Love lamb, veal, and venison dishes. The only thing I can think of is all the mayo he wants on his sandwiches and a lot of other things, and ketchup on hot dogs. Ugh! Now that he's retired at least I don't have to make those horrid, white slime covered lunchmeat sandwiches for him any longer.

I can't think of anything I make that I don't also eat myself. There are a few things DH makes for himself because I don't care for them: packaged ramen, baloney sandwiches -- but those aren't very difficult. On the other hand, I'd never buy shrimp if I didn't have DH to cook them for me.

i am on the holiday dinner bandwagon as well!

Christmas Eve: 7 fish dinner & red velvet cake from scratch

Christmas Day: a Thanksgiving meal, again along filet steaks and roasted potatoes

its exhausting!!

for a normal meal: time intensive: shrimp, eggplant and chicken parm. stuffed peppers and chili.

My late husband loved stuffed cabbage rolls and I always made them for him.

Nope. I don't cook anything unless we both like it but my wife will cook a couple things that she knows I won't eat. She has something she calls 'Grandma casserole' that I hate but she makes it a few times a year just to spite me. It is a waste of perfectly good ingredients if you ask me.

DH loves hamburger steak in gravy with lots of Worcester sauce with mashed potatoes with his favorite Brussels sprouts on the side. Indigestible so far as I am concerned. It isnt much trouble and I can always find something to eat.

I used to make a lot of foods for my husband that I didn't eat. I'm a vegetarian and he loved meat, fish and chicken. He also loved cream of mushroom soup and I hate the nasty stuff. I would never it in any kind of casserole. Casseroles shouldn't be soupy anyway ...blech !

Brussels Sprouts, Ugh! To me, they are the most disgusting vegetable on this planet, but my hubs loves them, so I make them for him occasionally. But, I never eat any myself!

Gluten-free anything. Our 27 y/o daughter just discovered that she’s very gluten intolerant. She moved home here from Dallas in December until she can find a good place to rent nearby. She can work via internet at home here, has a full load of clients, and so, our meals are now GF. It’s not easy and most GF foods are more expensive, (not to mention that they don‘t always taste as good), but we love her and she’s worth it all.

LynnNM, I've been gluten intolerant for years and years. Yes, gluten free is more expensive. I go to Aldi's for most of my gluten free items. They are more reasonable. I like their GF white bread better than anyones. I keep it the freezer and just remove what is needed and pop in the toaster. Walmart has a good generic GF flour. You'll get use to cooking tasty GF meals. It's a learning curve.

harvard beets

He's my ex now so no more beets of any kind

Hmmm... I've gotten to where if it's time consuming or I don't like it, we can get it at a restaurant. I don't really like to cook anyway. I don't care for fish or seafood, but will suggest eating at a fish shack with good reviews when we're near the ocean or some place where we can get it fresh. I'll eat something mild like fish and chips to participate.

Lynn, I have had good luck baking with Cup for Cup gluten free blend from Costco. In cornbread, there is no discernable difference than when bakng it with flour. Have made coffee cake, pancakes, waffles .- all good.

Quite often, actually....altho it does work both ways, LOL. I'd eat pork 5 days out of 7 if I could, whereas he can take it or leave unless it's bacon or chile verde!

He loves seafood whereas I can take it or leave it, and usually I leave it. There's only a couple of fish I still eat, which is weird because until I was over 40 I loved fish and shellfish.

Fortunately we both love lamb, goat, beef/bison, venison, liver, chicken, duck, and most offal.

The one dish I make for family parties is a special sushi I created years ago. Nobody else wants to make it, although my niece knows how. Nothing is really hard but it takes multiple steps over several days. Since the 'younger generation' is still working full-time jobs and I'm retired, I have the time to make it.

It's ironic that I don't care for sushi OR sashimi - when I was growing up they were strictly picnic foods, like hot dogs and macaroni salad. I had never considered them anything special, and when the sushi craze started, I was amazed that people PAID MONEY to eat a rice ball pressed in somebody's hand.

I kid my spouse all the time, because he never had sushi or sashimi growing up in Hong Kong, or even when he came to the US. It wasn't until we got married he tried them, and immediately fell in love with both! My MIL half-jokingly blamed me for his changing tastes - she loved sushi rolls, but only with the cooked shrimp and avocado slices. Raw fish made her shudder!

Jody would eat anything that I cooked. Some of the things he liked better than I liked, for instance Lima beans. He loved beans of every kind. I only like kidney beans cooked with sausage and served over rice, but I cooked the others for him too.

I am more a chicken and seafood fan rather than beef or pork, and DH is the opposite. I don’t cater to him exclusively. He does love my Beef Stroganoff, and although it isnt too fiddly to make, it isnt something I just throw together. Funny, I just made it a few nights ago. Our grandkids loved it too, so I would often make it when they were small and would stay with us on weekends.

I do not cook ham except he will buy one at Thanksgiving if we are hosting. None for me. I always cook Turkey of course.

I just love food and cooking - anything he likes, I like. I make and eat it all. Except there is one thing I don't like that he just loves and make only once a year (hoping he forgets about it). Browned hamburger, Italian sausage, Velveeta, canned cheddar cheese soup, canned tomato soup, onions, tons of dried oregano, and cooked noodles -- a.k.a. Roman Holiday Bake. Seeing the ingredient list you can understand why I call it "heart attack en casserole".

Blintzes. The thing a Jewish Momma makes for her son when he brings home his girlfriend . . . give me a ricotta blueberry muffin, same taste, whole lot easier to make, or a cottage cheese pancake, but I'll make blintzes for my favorite Jewish boys . . . or anyone else who loves them.

I often make things that other people like, although often I like them too. Lamb is one of the exceptions, I can't eat the stuff. Elery, however, loves it, so I make lamb chops for him and the dog and eat eggs or leftovers instead. He loves beans of all types and I do like beans, but not every. single. day. So, I'll make beans and sometimes I eat them and sometimes I don't. Lentils I'm not so crazy about. The red ones are better because they actually cook until they are tender. The green ones stay firmer, like seeds or something, the texture is just bad.

I do have a problem with some gluten free baked goods, but I tell my daughter that she can have meat, vegetables, fruit, beans of all types, eggs, fish, nuts. I make Colleen's Lemon Butter and she eats it like pudding, LOL, no crust or cookies necessary! The restrictions are on baked goods, mostly. So I make oat flour muffins and flourless brownies and the peanut butter cookies with no flour because the gluten free flours mostly have that gritty texture and none of us like that.

Annie

My family loves a version of Shepherd's Pie that contains ground beef, brown gravy made from mix, instant mashed potatoes with orange American Cheese added and canned corn.

It is not hard to make but to me the chemical taste is disgusting. If I make Shepherd's Pie from scratch with homemade beef gravy, real mashed potatoes and fresh or frozen corn, my family complains. In general, I am not a ground beef fan anyway.

Another one is hot dogs. I am not a fan. I will eat them maybe once a year. My family loves them boiled and served with Boston Baked Beans or grilled on a New England style hot dog roll. If I don't bake beans from scratch, they ask for canned baked beans! Yuck.