Men and salads

Mine hates salads, even if it just a garnish on the side of the plate, though he may occasionally eat one if it has boiled eggs, cheese, chicken, sausages, ham etc. on the plate. Basically the lettuce and cucumber have to be completely overwhelmed by the protein.
He won't eat any brassicas at all, or spinach - though to be fair both these make him physically sick.

I love salads with lots and lots of ingredients but never any dressing. I can’t bear anything acidic and never have. No vinegar, wine, berries.
I know someone who pours vinegar over cooked vegetables.

My mother was convinced they would get malnutrition unless they got at least one hot meal a day

I make a spicy Coronation chicken using Mango, one of our family favourites. Nice with a salad and with or without a jacket spud.

ViceVersa

Macaydia

Salads are not a main meal.

Of course they are. Just depends what you include as part of a 'salad'.

Chicken, ham, cheese, hard-boiled eggs….

Chicken and mango is delish, I must do it again next time I have cold roast chicken to use up.

They're a main meal to me just not to my DH no matter how much protein and carbs included.

Macaydia

Salads are not a main meal.

Of course they are. Just depends what you include as part of a 'salad'.

Macaydia

Salads are not a main meal.

I guess it depends on how you define 'salad'. Most of the salads I prepare do not include lettuce but certainly meet the requirements of a 'main meal'.

I think they can be if you want them to be.

Salads are not a main meal.

My dad told my mum very often he was not a rabbit who eats salad. My DH says he hates salad but if it comes with a meal in a restaurant or pub he eats it total hypocrite!
Our son and daughter eat alot of salad in various forms because I eat it and gave it to them growing up.

Aveline

Is it just my DH who's not a fan of salads?

No you’re not alone. My DH hates salad with a vengeance (says it gives him indigestion). To him a meal is not a meal unless it contains potatoes, preferably mashed) and cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower and carrots and or beans/peas many of which he grows on his allotment. He acts hurt if I sometimes prefer a salad. He does like pasta occasionally but hates onions and anything spicey like curry. He was one of three sons brought up by his widowed mother and, as money was tight, I think potatoes and vegetables were used to fill them up.

Reading this has made me want a cheese salad sarnie so it’s goodnight from me as I now trot off to make one for a late supper 😋

My DH loved salad. Give him a plate of cold meat and salad and he’d be in heaven. (I love salad too)

I cooked some salmon and we had that with loads of salad tonight. I love balsamic vinegar on salad stuff.

The German way is to eat a salad with every meal, usually in place of vegetables. I always have salad greens in the fridge but usually only DH eats them. He will get himself a salad while I'm cooking dinner.

Having said that however, I do enjoy a salad when I serve one up as a main dish, with tuna, cheese or ham. And I do make a mean potato salad, as befits the true German housewife I have become.

I am the one who prefers meat and cooked veg.

I would love to be able to serve up a warm pudding but that is definitely a no-no. Only ice cream, chocolate mousse or similar are considered proper desserts.

J52

My DH is a salad fan and is more than happy to make them, especially when they include produce that he’s grown.

Especially herbs we grow.

Spring and summer salad are delicious.

My mother was a brilliant cook but dad liked a salad every day except Sunday when he would eat a roast.

OH and I both like salads but as an accompaniment to something else. I particularly like rice salad.

My DH loves salad too, as do I ! I had friends in a village in Scotland who never ate salad as mostly everyone in that village thought of it as 'Just garnish' !!

DH doesn’t enjoy salads, but as others have said, he does like potato salad. And he has eaten and enjoyed feta cheese this week, a revelation for him!

Mine has asked for salad tonight 🙈

DH used to think he didn't like salad.
When I was weekend commuting for my job & he had to cook for himself in the week, he quickly discovered he enjoys salad when weather's warm...
He will put mayonaisse all over a green salad though even if it's already dressed.

DP and other men in my extended family will eat very little salad and only if there’s other things with it, meat, fish, potatoes in some form or bread and butter😁

I really don't like dressings. I hate the way they make things slimy.

MrJ has a token amount with the rest of the meal, decent dressing or not, as he did last night with bbq. I’m rather similar now after years of fighting a weight battle and eating loads of salads.
We all have likes and dislikes.