How do I get my husband to cook once in a while?

Question

how do I get him to cook dinner for us, like an actual recipe not just a frozen pizza? And to prepare himself lunch for the next day? Just saying it hasn't worked.

Answer 1

if u r recently married it will be easier to get him used to do it , but if u have been married for a while it will be harder to make him change his habit & stand up to work in the kitchen , anyway , say ur so tierd to do it one day , then if he wants to heat up a prepared pizza , just say , oh no , i got board of those , i just want some .... & name an easy thing for a start

then when he does it , encourage him & say , well u worked , y dont u repeat it from time to time , after that , call him to help u in handling kitchen tools , & taste food be4 its done , then teach him to stand with u for longer times in the kitchen , then ask him to do it alone after that

idea is u can have what u want gradually , as men are like kids , easy to trick but hard to convince

Answer 2

Well, what got me into cooking (though I don't do it as much now that I am single again--got used to cooking for more than one--waiting for the rythm of cooking for one to return) was... I had been on the road, living in hotels, eating in restaraunts for about 7 years, and I began to romaticize a life where you didn't live in hotels and stuff.

And then I got transfered to a job where I could come home every night ... in down state NY, and one winter while it was really cold and there was lots of snow on the ground (like 8 degrees farenheit), I figured I could learn to cook. And I got into it the way guys get into things: I even ground my own spices, and I developed above-average skills all around. I take pride in it when I do it now the way some guys take pride in tearing down and rebuilding a small-block 350 engine. Argghhh.

Of course, that's not an easy recipe to follow:)

Answer 3

First off, please, don't ever use sex as a tool, as other people have suggested. To do so implies that you only give it to him because he wants it and not because you also enjoy it.

secondly, make a deal with him that 2 nights a week, if he cooks (and explain that frozen pizza does not constitute cooking) that you will do one of his "chores" around the house 2 days a week too.

Be it cutting the grass, taking out the garbage or paying the bills...something that is typically his job.

Answer 4

well as far as lunch is concerned, stop making it for him and he'll have to figure out that one for himself.

dinner...be thankful that he will cook a frozen pizza. My husband hates to cook but every now and again he will make me his specialty...Grilled cheese sandwiches and canned tomato soup...that tastes like a gourmet meal to me because I didn't have to cook it. When I had surgery a few years back my husband did the cooking for a week or so, it was all simple stuff, from a box or a bag but the thought was there so it counts and I got to recover.

Answer 5

Buy the ingredients for both the dinner and his lunch, leave them so they are out in the open and available to him. Write him a note that you are taking a break from cooking and you want him to cook the meal. If necessary, leave him instructions as to how to cook the recipe. Also let him know that if he wants to eat lunch tomorrow he had better make it because you aren't gonna do it. Once he sees that there's no food on the table or in his lunch bag he'll get the idea. You can always go out and buy takeout for yourself and leave him with no food...

Answer 6

Sedoso is so right in everything she says unlike so many of the wrong answers here.

What got me into cooking was watching Emeril on food TV. Also, when I cook, my wife cleans and vice versa. Tell him he can find all the recipes he wants at all recipes.com. I also have a large collection of those little grocery store checkout line cookbooks. Have him help you on some fast and easy recipes to get the hang of it.

Good luck

Answer 7

If you want your husband to cook dinner for you, here is what you do.
1) find or wear a sexy outfit wither it is a sexy red lace bra and thong or panty set. With red pumps or high heels.

2)Set the mood with candles, soft jazz or what ever music you perfer.

3)show him how to make a simple spaghetti dinner with french bread and a toss garden salad and red wine.

4) while showing him how to make the dinner he will have your full attention and he will be listening and helping you with dinner.

5) if there is left overs he can make a meatball sub for the next day !

my point is if you show your husband what he could be getting for cooking you dinner, he will want to cook all the time if he see what you will be offering as a reward. Men are like little children, show and tell and reward them with gooodies!

Good luck! I tried this, and it really works.

Answer 8

I do not cook in the kitchen, but I do alot of barbecuing during the summer months. I will make a salad, cook corn on the cob, make hamburgers, steaks, and I will try different ingredients when I am preparing the food outside.
I do not have confidence in myself when it comes to cooking in the kitchen, plus my wife is always watching to see if I spilled something on the floor or on the counter.

Answer 9

That's a hard task for a man (especially if he was raised with old-fashioned values). Perhaps a little role reversal will help. My husband and I came to an understanding that if I had do all the female duties such as cooking, laundry, etc. then he will have to do all the male duties such as yardwork, taking out the trash, etc. It didn't last too long. He decided to one day clean house. I explained to him if I was going to do his yardwork the way he likes it to be done, then I would expect him to clean my house the way I like it done. All said and done he finally realized that my "duties" were not any easier than his. We do, do more for each other now.

Answer 10

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