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Hi Jenny,

I sympathize with you.. my boys are the same.

Jacket potato in the oven whilst he gets ready for a night out. Put 'stuff' on it... whatever he likes.

One of my boys (won't eat any vegetables) has got a new girlfriend. She has fed him nearly every vegetable going this past week and he has eaten them.. a seemingly impossible task for me.

It is a worry though, especially when they moan they have a spot or two.. I always blame the diet.

Tin of tomatoes, black pepper, bit of bacon, garlic, some dried herbs (you can probably get a 'ready made' Italian mix), splash of wine if there's any on the go, couple of spoonfuls of sugar - very quick and easy pasta sauce with numerous variations. Can be made while the pasta is boiling. Top with grated parmesan (or cheddar).

Strips of chicken, pack of stir fry veg, small jar of sweet & sour sauce, get the wok REALLY hot, add a bit of oil, sear the chicken, add the other ingredients and it should be ready in a few minutes. Good with rice or baked spud.

You certainly have my sympathy, my 16 year old son wont go anywhere near the kitchen. The most he will do is a pot noodle or cup a soup, if those aren't available he wont bother, he'd rather go hungry. As for reading a cook book he'd go into shock just at the mention of it.

The thing is though when they were younger I always used to bake with them, and teach them how to cook. I dont't think it's 'cool' to be seen as domesticated!

Anne

My son is a good cook, and yes he cooked at home.

But if your boy doesn't cook, has he a girlfriend?

If he has... then you have no hope.
If he hasn't then wait until she gets fed up eating junk food!
He will learn to cook.... ;-0)

Deanna X

and with some of the above suggestions...stir fried chicken or mince etc you can get that rice which you bung in the mircrowave for 2 mins. :)

I've just remembered a story from when I was nursing in the 70's. A young lad had just started his general training and first time away from home. He decided to make beans on toast, put the bread in the toaster, then poured the beans in as well !!

Get your son to buy a George Foreman grill,

he will be able to cook steak,sausages,bacon,burgers and chicken fillets on it.

Then buy Oven Chips,25 mins in the oven.

But I have had a look at the *Delia Smith Cheats cookbook** and it's fine for single men and women.

Sue

Marion , my son has dish towels....

BUT... don't you know it is unhealthy to dry the dishes??? ;-0)

Well that is what he said.
We heard it on TV once... so that is it GOSPEL!

Deanna X

sorry peeps .......leave him to it ........

My daughter is 12 ..i read her this she said

Dirty P*g ..if you think some decent girl is going to put up with that he should think again ! I,m not marrying a man who eats cr*p and f*rts like a *** he can take a flying jump !!!

well there you go SON ...the woman of the future have spoken .....!!

My son is getting better at cooking, did me a roast dinner for Mother's Day at his flat, he is 25. Would have been better if he had cleaned the kitchen up before he started lol he only had a tiny space to work on and had to wash two plates up before hand, bless him lol

Get your lad to buy bags of frozen chopped peppers, and a bag of chopped onions, chopped mushrooms if they have them all from Iceland, and he can quickly fry up a large handful of each in olive oil, and toss into wholewheat pasta, which cooks in about 15 mins, a tub of cheese sauce granules and there he has a quick meal. He can add any other veg he likes to the pan too and any chopped cooked meat if he wants to. You can buy lamb shanks which cook in their plastic bags in the microwave and you can now buy frozen mashed pototo, Delia used it the other day, easy to cook in microwave or pan.
Or he can do the quickfried frozen veg and when it is ready, add a mix of beaten eggs, a little milk, grated cheese, and make a souffle omelette, by pouring the mix over the veg, cooking over heat till set and then popping under the grill to brown and crisp up the top, he can add extra grated cheese at that point if he likes.
I am sure the Delia cheats book would be useful too.
Lizx

hello, why don't you both enrol on a cookery course, that way you can both have fun and he can learn to cook at the same time..