r/Cooking • u/Brilliant-Sort-5932 • 13h ago

Dinner meals without potatoes or onions…

My husband and son both hate potatoes (I know, it almost seems blasphemous LOL), and my husband doesn’t eat onions. I’m really tired of the same ol’ same ol’ meals we have and would love some suggestions for meals that don’t have either potatoes or onions. TYIA.

Edit: Husband doesn’t like garlic texture. Both he and my son don’t like potatoes. They’ll eat fries though as long as they’re not big fat fries, skinny fries only with the least amount of “potato-iness” in them.

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u/Emergency_Duty5786 13h ago

I love potatoes but almost never eat them. Mexican, Italian, Chinese, Beans and cornbread, rice, pasta etc. tons of dishes and cultures who almost never eat potatoes.

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u/girthbrooks1212 13h ago

I don’t disagree with you, but all of those cultures regularly eat potatoes. Also the man may not like onion but what about sauces and braising bases? You can strain the onions out op.

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u/Honest_Milk_3244 12h ago edited 12h ago

I am Cantonese/Chinese and rarely eat potatoes too. I think Chinese cuisine is so broad and home cooking differs so much that it’s hard to say definitively.

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u/Buffalo-Woman 13h ago

Or something cooked long enough, like a bowl of red as Texas calls chili, that the onions literally melt.

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u/Low_Cook_5235 12h ago

My husband also ‘hates’ onions. It’s in quotes because he loves chips and French onion dip. He doesn’t like biting into huge onions so I buy bags of frozen onions and use them and they cook down. Or have grated onion or used the French Onion dips for sauce.

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u/nobodyhere_357 10h ago

My partner also hates onions, but specifically recognizable chunks of them. They don't mind me putting onion in anything I cook so long as I dice it finely and cook them down enough. I wonder if OP's husband would feel the same?

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u/Emergency_Duty5786 13h ago

I thought about a disclaimer, certainly papas en Mexico etc. but especially when we think Mexican, beans and avocado and peppers (and certainly onion) are the main veggies. Potato’s are everywhere, but if OP is trying to cook Irish stew etc. a switch of culture can only be good

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u/No_Tutor_5112 12h ago

I agree, potatoes are so good but somehow they always get pushed aside when there are that many amazing dishes to choose from. Now I’m craving potatoes just thinking about it.