Food Prefence

@foreignmystery   It happened to me too the first time I started the game after the update, to me it was enough to repair the game in the app and it fixed itself.

Is your Sim vegetarian? If so, there might not be leftovers coded Vegetarian right now.

@foreignmystery    Hi!  You can check your sims' food preferences by clicking the Simology Panel and checking their traits.  As @luthienrising mentioned, if your sim is vegetarian and there is no vegetarian dish stored in the fridge, then the sim will not be able to get leftovers.  The same is true for sims with the lactose intolerant trait.

This image shows a vegetarian sim trying to get leftovers but the only dish in the fridge is a turkey dinner.

This image shows a lactose intolerant sim trying to get leftovers but the only dish in the fridge is mac and cheese.

What's funny is, if I'd kept both dishes in the fridge, then both sims could get leftovers since the turkey dinner is lactose free and mac and cheese is vegetarian-safe.  :-)

My sim isn't vegetarian or lactose and won't take leftovers out of the fridge because 'The available leftovers don't match his food preferences'. What do I do?

I get this message occasionally when all the leftovers are gone and there's nothing left except empty dishes. The solution, in this case, is simple. Cook something new and put it in the fridge. It also helps to Clean Out Spoiled Food, which gets rid of the empty dishes.

I have the same problem, except i do not have any spoiled dishes in the fridge. And they do not have any lactose intolerant or vegetarian trait.  I will try to cook food and put it in the fridge. See if that helps. If not i will try game repair.

I encountered the same issue recently. My sim is lactose intolerant, but even though there are lactose-free dishes in the fridge, she cannot get leftovers 

AnnHotaru  Is it food that someone in your household made, or is it from a nanny or caterer? While Sims can eat food the household doesn’t “own,” if that’s the only thing in the fridge, the “Get Leftovers” option doesn’t always pick up on it. You can still open the fridge, click on the dish, and choose “grab serving” (as long as it isn’t spoiled).