Sorry, but your husband is playing you big time! We teach people how to treat us, and he slowly twisted you up to his way, and you bent willingly.
I have tried the frozen dinner thing-nope. its because they have noodles or veggies or gravy. He doesnt like frozen food..I dont know how he fended for himself before me. He never cooked and only ran a microwave...our first date or when i went to his house-i was starving-i am a pig and will eat anythign I dont care and he had no chips or anything for food other than a couple of cans of noodle soup which he will not eat-if i make pasta it has to be angel hair and not cooked...he doesnt like slimy noodles- me-I LOVE pasta-alone, with sauce. I dont care!! I have gotten him to eat chili but only if they are small beans. So I wanted to make corned beef and he says he isnt in the mood...grrr...ok so for now-he lives on subrolls and peanut butter then fruit. He loves fruit but he wants to loose weight so i told him to stick to protein and run far away from fruit since its a simple carb and will not give you much energy...lets see oh jars of peanuts and cashews and crackers sometimes..oranges and grapes and apples..i have gotten him those fruit dishes with all cut up..i dont know how he does it-he reminds me of a dessert cat-he doesnt eat much and never thirsty. me I drink about 2 gallons of water a day=I have to harp on him to drink at least 32 ounces...men!
Yeah if we go to someones house he pretty much only eats a roll and butter and meat. loves potatoes..so thats it in a nutshell..the other thing is he lives on herseys choc bars for 40 years...he used to eat 4 to 8 a day of almond choc bars..then he stopped..oh ice cream..so he has a super sweet tooth and I gained weight when we got together..before it was rice and veg and chic or turkey for years..i loved chips but i didnt eat sweets..i dont bake because he will pig out eat the entire pie/cake etc then ask me to not bake...i have tried for 13 years to bake him a birthday cake-this year I am going to try to find something light and airy like angel food-which I love.
I realize I enabled him-I am my mothers daughter and mom used to cater to dads food wants..so I am slowly changing it...The crockpot is going to be running this weekend. I will put it together at night and cook it overnight then he can pick away at it. probably beef or chicken...
He won't eat frozen foods? Bull! He says he won't, because he knows it's been frozen.
I have a friend that is married to someone equally as picky as your husband. He refused to eat frozen foods. He refused to eat leftovers either, so she was going to the grocery store every single day to shop for that day's meal. When she had a baby she packed up the newborn and carted it off to the grocery store with her every single day, no matter what the weather so she could buy food to cook for her picky husband.
She could never take advantage of sales or specials.
I lived in the same building and I told her to buy what she wanted and use my freezer to freeze it and to let me know a couple days in advance what she wanted thawed and I would take it out of the freezer for her. She did that.
You know what? He had no clue that he had been eating foods that were frozen.
Freezing is one of the best ways to preserve food. Fruits and veggies are picked at their peak of freshness and frozen. Same with canned items. Canned at peak freshness.
In my opinion what you should do is start cooking and freezing foods for yourself, and leave him to fend for himself when it comes to food; both shopping for it and cooking it. I'll bet it doesn't take him a week to come around and start being less picky and demanding.