Recipes for the singles person?

[Guest guest]

I make a lot of half-recipes, freeze a lot of food, and eat a lot of really

simple stuff during the week. I cook more on the weekends because by the

time I get home from work I'm starving and exhausted. I also try to invite

my neighbor, another single lady, over for supper once every couple of weeks

(she's a runner, has a huge appetite, will eat almost anything, does NOT

gain weight, and is very appreciative of my cooking!)

 

I eat probably 4 eggs a week, which I fry without butter or oil and eat with

just a little salt (don't know if you eat eggs or not). I make soup and

freeze it -- soup usually doesn't get freezer burnt if it's in a good tight

container. I recently got some 4-5 " pie tins and plan to make individual pot

pies to freeze.

 

One of my favorite small meals is warm black beans and rice (a half a can of

black beans makes one serving, I take the 2nd serving to work the next day)

with homemade or store-bought pico de gallo, a dollop of sour cream and a

little cheese. Tacos or taco salad is easy to make just 1-2 servings. I make

quesadillas (my favorite is spinach and mushroom with a little pepperjack

cheese).

 

I also eat strange meals like steamed asparagus with crackers and cheese --

or fried (yes, with butter) yellow squash with an apple and peanut butter.

If I like it and it's nutritious -- who cares? There's not usually anybody

around to laugh at me, either -- except the parrot and she laughs at

everything I do!

 

Hope this helps,

Audrey S.

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

My problem is that while I know that I can freeze the leftovers - I might not

want to EAT what I made again for who knows how long. Right now I have left

over chili, left over 'meat loaf', left over 'meat balls', soup, etc.

 

I too cook mostly on the weekends, but since I have been home sick (shingles) I

have found that I want to cook more - just can't seem to figure out what it is

that I want to have that I know that I am going to be eating more than once for

several days on end.

 

I seem to be slipping into eating more of the processed stuff which I really

don't want to do since - while I have no problems with others that do so - for

me personally - I feel that I want to keep away from the chemicals that come

along with the processed foods, even if they are vegetarian. I also have been

falling into eating more carbs than I should since fixing a bowl of pasta is

fast, easy, and quick (but at least I can use some of the 'meat balls' that I

have in the freezer).

 

I will eat eggs from range free, vegetarian fed hens. They also aren't fed all

the hormones that are found to be so common now days with the factory farm eggs.

I get them from a friend who has her own hens. I don't eat many - maybe one a

week if that or if cooking for someone else.

 

Been looking for a vegetarian cookbook for the single or at least 'cooking for

two' approach but haven't found one yet.

 

Anyway, thank you for the reply.

 

Rene

[Guest guest]

Quarter recipes. It's not hard to do in many cases and you deserve to eat

good food, whether you are one or a whole bunch. Go look at the recipes in the

files. There are thousands of organized recipes in our files on the home page.

They are tried and true that our members here share.

 

Vegetarian Meatballs freeze well. Italian " meatball " subs are delicious. Add

them to some marinara sauce/spagetti sauce and simmer. Spoon over some split

whole wheat hoagie rolls and sprinkle with mozzeralla cheese and cover with the

top half of the hoagie roll.

 

Simmer the Vegetarian Meatballs in some BBQ sauce and eat over rice.

 

Put them on kabob spikes along with onion wedges, bell pepper and pineapple

chunks

 

Mix some mushroom soup concentrate with some sour cream and a little milk. Stir

in some of the vegetarian meatball and serve over egg noodles.

 

Judy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

While not single, I find myself cooking for one due to different work schedules,

so both him and I eat like single folks (alone) often. Also I have gone long

years as a single veggie. What has worked really well for me is to assemble a

good number of portions when cooking on the weekend and freeze. Some of the best

are meals are the ones that already come in 'natural' single/individual

portions. For example:

stuffed collard or cabbage rolls,

burritos,

spinach pies,

pot pies,

cannelloni,

individual lasagna portions,

stuffed peppers,

stuffed mirlitons (chayote squash),

large raviolis (like 2 per portion),

pot stickers,

spring rolls,

calzones,

tamales,

veggie burgers,

on and on and on.... These are all a bit time consuming to make, but so worth it

when you pull them out of the freezer after a long day and not in the mood to

cook! Most of them are easily heated in the oven, toaster oven, microwave, steam

it, depending on your choice and what the meal is. Then I rotate meals and I do

not get tired of anything this way.

 

Also, while making meals that naturally work better made in larger quantities,

for example soups, beans and stews, I eat some and reserve portions for one or

two in the freezer. I like just pulling a bag of my own cooked garbanzos or

white beans and add to ....fill in the blank. Tacos also work very well if you

keep smaller bags of tortillas (I buy the large bags without preservatives and

make 6 or 12 tortilla bags), pull them out of the freezer, heat in griddle, open

can of beans (or thaw) chop the garnishes and salsa, voila!

 

I also make bread in larg(er) quantities, like 3 or 4 loaves at a time, keep a

loaf out and freeze the rest.

[Guest guest]

you might like to try some of my

beastlessburgers. i make 9 at a time, eat one,

keep two in fridge for a few day and freeZe the

rest. high protein vegetarian food with no

additives, cause you make it yourself!

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