"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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> Do you have problems like this? A few things come to mind immediately.
> Polenta, black beans, black eyed peas, hominy. Yes, I can eat some of
> these things by myself but it does get annoying to always make different
> meals. And sometimes I just want what I want! I will sometimes eat things
> that I'm not so fond of but that they like, just so I don't have to make
> another meal.
>
> But tonight? I made a meal for them. Found a recipe for lemony basmati
> brown rice that sounded divine! And it was, IMO. Will post if anyone
> wants it. I did try it before I put the butter in as I can not eat
> butter. Yummmmmmy! Daughter took a bite and refused to eat it. Said it
> was too lemony. That's exactly what I loved about it! Husband said he
> didn't like it because it was too buttery. Although he did eat every
> speck of it. So... *sigh* One day I will make this just for me and use
> olive oil or margarine instead of the butter. But I don't know when
> because I rarely eat rice as a side dish. Usually only when made as a
> main dish.

We've been down this road before. They do it to keep you on a leash and
subservient to them. It is a mind game and you are losing. Very much like
passive aggressive but by proxy. The proxy being food. Your family's food
issues are a genuine psychosis.