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Since my fridge & freezer are almost always stocked, it's not an issue. I try to make sure we have something quick & easy to prepare when we all go away & come back in the evening, too tired to really cook. And try to remember to pick up milk on the way back for the coffee in the am!

I wouldn't deliberately fill the refrigerator with food for him, but there's usually a variety of leftovers in there.

ill usually make something for my boyfriend when i leave and make sure we go to the store before too... I take pity on him since he works late and only lives here because I do, in a very public transportation unfriendly place without a drivers license, so trips to the store are a big inconvenience by bus (2 bus rides, 45 min. vrs 10 min by car)

One other thing I have done is leave him a simple crockpot recipe he can just throw together for something fresh cooked after a few days. although usually its all canned or dry and frozen goods so im not sure if its "fresh" but you get the idea

Although my husband is a chef as well, I leave lots of food when I travel so that our 12 year old son has continuity and ready meals. I usually leave mac and cheese in the fridge ready for the oven as well as lots of snacks. The kid is bottomless!

Here's my mac and cheese recipe - it's comforting and reminds my son of me so I can't not leave it when I travel!

http://danamccauley.wordpress.com/2008/01/16/the-ultimate-comfort-food

I've been known to leave behind breaded chicken cutlets, lasagna, fried cauliflower with Farfalla pasta, things that keep well in the fridge and are easily warmed in the microwave or fine cold.

Definitely. Last summer I was out of town every other week. I was gone half the time. I was staying in a rented home while away but too tired to cook after long days. So before I would leave home I'd cook food, divide it and freeze his and her portions so that we would be eating the same meals on most nights even though we were away from each other.

My husband can be lazy in the kitchen and I cut him slack for this. It is easy for me and he appreciates it. I try to make sure there is are at least homemade waffles frozen in the freezer and a pot of stew or beans for dinner when I travel now.

Yep! I always cook a lot of soups/stews and casseroles, and portion them in quart-size Ziploc bags and freeze them. I also keep tamales, prebaked quiches, and prebaked potpies in the freezer for my boyfriend to heat up for himself while I'm away.

nope, husband can fend for himself (or try).

I was out of town last weekend and left the following for my husband: leftover spaghetti sauce, ingredients for breakfast tacos, ingredients for hamburgers, and ingredients for chicken fajitas. That's about the limit of his cooking ability, and he did very well not ordering take-out!

I never used to as like the others have stated, my huband and I are both of the cooks in the household and a grownup can fend for themselves. But now that we have a toddler at home, making things easy for BOTH of them is my top priority. Usually, its Trader Joes prepared items all the way.

My fella can cook well, but doesn't as often as I do. I'm out of town right now, and I left him with a pot of soup, a melon, some nuts, dried fruit, and bananas. He'll make up the rest himself.

This is one of those posts that really shouldn't use "we" so much.

I always try to leave things that can be packed in the lunchbox or warmed up for supper so my husband doesn't have to waste time cooking (he works long hours). But he'll eat the weirdest things cold: enchiladas, lasagna, baked ziti. Our shared favorite for "he/she-is-out-of-town leftovers" is Garbanzos Guisado:
http://www.recipezaar.com/Garbanzos-Guisado-284644
Excellent hot and the sauce improves with a few nights in the fridge. Somehow, no matter how many meals in a row we've had it (makes a bit pot for just two!) we never get tired of it.

After once coming home from a long weekend and finding just empty tins of beans and cereal bowls in the sink, I always make sure to keep the boy well stocked whenever I take off. Salad mix, spaghetti, usually a treat like ice cream (for those nights when he needs comfort food from missing me--ha!)...the frustrating thing is coming home and seeing empty tins of beans and cereal bowls in the sink, with the salad mix untouched!