Cooking for one - please share recipes and tip

[Tommi]

Yes, i can do that and more. I am Rocky running up the stairs~~ puff puff huff



Here is a smile for those in the know.
I can do this ..i can I can I can.

My 2X4 skills. Bought the house sans stove. Said I don't need one, hung a painting I did and set up the cat food in Stove alcove. Well, how can someone come and cook for me ..duh..

I measured the opening in the counter for the new gas stove and the new exhaust hood and microwave.

Delivered, installed, and all the tape and packaging removed. my gleaming stove sat there all pretty. Phew it all fit in nicely. .

As I went to empty the dishwasher, in the adjacent counter, the dishwasher door hits the new oven door. I forgot to measure the depth needed for the stove. So, if you open the oven door all the way, you can open the dishwasher all the way, and load the bottom of the dishwasher. I used to have a painting I did in the place where the oven now is.

So, a Cuisin ~ART grill will be in my life soon. I do have ground plug receptacles.

Outpost Outwest .

[Rockinonahigh]

I got a seal a meal bag thingy and think it rocks,I only cook for two now insted of eight so it was a shock to cook for so fue.Now I get chicken brest or strips prepare it how I want the seal it in a bag to cook later.If I make stew or gumbo I always have leftovers so I use freezer safe bowls for enough for two at each meal.

[Sun]

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Hi All,

A few people in the "Something Delicious" thread have asked about Cooking for One so I am glad that this thread is here.

I know that cooking for one can present a challenge but you all have some great ideas posted in here.

Sun

[lusciouskiwi]

Originally Posted by Sun

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Hi All,

A few people in the "Something Delicious" thread have asked about Cooking for One so I am glad that this thread is here.

I know that cooking for one can present a challenge but you all have some great ideas posted in here.

Sun

Thanks for bumping Sun! I'm subscribing.

[CherylNYC]

This is one of my favourite 5 minute meals for one:

Ingredients-
angel hair pasta
frozen peeled shrimp
frozen or fresh broccoli
frozen pesto (or pesto-like sauce for those of us who can't eat cheese)

Boil water with a little salt and olive oil in a small to medium pot. Add only enough pasta for one person! (That means a round handful about an inch in diameter.)

If you're using fresh broccoli, cut it up.

Defrost or just soften the pesto in the microwave.

As soon as the pasta is ready, (should be only a few minutes if it's angel hair), turn off the stove.

Add the shrimp and the broccoli, then cover the pot. Wait a minute or less. The shrimp should have turned red, but not rubbery. Drain everything in a colander, then dump it on your plate. Put a few spoonful of the softened pesto on top and mix it in. If the sauce isn't melting, 20 seconds in the microwave should take care of business.

Grind some pepper over the top, and you'll have the tastiest 5 minute meal you ever ate.

[lusciouskiwi]

What a great recipe Cheryl, thank you! I will try this sometime this week and let you know how it goes.

[Metro]

Originally Posted by CherylNYC

This is one of my favourite 5 minute meals for one:

Ingredients-
angel hair pasta
frozen peeled shrimp
frozen or fresh broccoli
frozen pesto (or pesto-like sauce for those of us who can't eat cheese)

Boil water with a little salt and olive oil in a small to medium pot. Add only enough pasta for one person! (That means a round handful about an inch in diameter.)

If you're using fresh broccoli, cut it up.

Defrost or just soften the pesto in the microwave.

As soon as the pasta is ready, (should be only a few minutes if it's angel hair), turn off the stove.

Add the shrimp and the broccoli, then cover the pot. Wait a minute or less. The shrimp should have turned red, but not rubbery. Drain everything in a colander, then dump it on your plate. Put a few spoonful of the softened pesto on top and mix it in. If the sauce isn't melting, 20 seconds in the microwave should take care of business.

Grind some pepper over the top, and you'll have the tastiest 5 minute meal you ever ate.

I do something similar on a regular basis...

Here's my go to quick-and-easy pasta dish -- btw, I credit a long ago ex for this recipe:

Vegetarian "Greek" Pasta

Ingedients
Pasta (or blanched summer squash, as gluten-free alternative)
1-2 Cups of ready-to-eat Baby Spinach leaves
1 small yellow or Spanish onion, diced
1 clove garlic, crushed
1Tbsp olive oil
1 pat butter
Juice of 1/2 lemon
Couple Pinches of kosher or sea salt

Method
Boil any pasta 'til al dente, I like veggie rotini or farfalle (or make "pasta" from juilliened summer squash, blanched).
Heat butter and oil in large skillet.
Add diced onion and salt to skillet; sautee 'til carmelized.
Add fresh crushed garlic.
Add spinach and cook just a few minutes 'til it begins to wilt.
Stir in drained/cooked pasta (or blanched squash) to saucepan.
Spritz w/ juice of 1/2 lemon.
Finish w/ pinch of salt and toss in skillet to fully coat pasta.
Serve immediately.

[VintageFemme]

This could go in the vegetarian thread too...

1 Morningstar Original Griller burger
1 Can of Lentils or Black Beans
Veggie Shredded "Cheddar Cheese"

It's super fast to make, just heat up the lentils [I thicken mine a lot] or black beans, toss them on a cooked burger and smother it all with cheese! I have mine open face on a slice of hard bread. Yum.

[gaea]

I love to cook...havent quite figured out how to cook for one....subscribing to this....usually cooking for one is a bowl of cereal....and a bannana good enough ...

when i do cook i cook its more than enough to feed me for 3-4 days..I do not like waste.