Cooking for one

PasturesNew

I buy 30p jars of jam.... I probably use 1-1½ per year. I try to only have one jar/bottle of jams, sauces, etc open at a time. I was brought up that you have to use up what you've got before you can open a new one.

Jam/marmalade would mostly be "the same sort of thing" for me, so I'd have either a jam or a marmalade open .... I do have some individual jam portions (I was gifted) and I use, but I've just one 30p jar of jam opened sitting in the fridge (fridge because it's pretty empty so it makes sense to keep things in there).

stefejb

First of all. Hi ��
I'm back from a long mse hiatus. What happened in the meantime was that my last girl left home for uni and I'm now home alone. Woo hoo!
I think that cooking for yourself is a great way of practising self care. I do slow cooker dump dinners. I make one a week and divide into four portions. One for the pot and three for the freezer. After a while I've ended up with quite a variety.
I also have the One Pound Meals book but you can follow him on Instagram @onepoundmeals for recipes.
A frittata takes care of all the odds and sods left over at the end of the week

caronc

Farway wrote: »

If you just fancy some thick cut Coopers, Waitrose have it on offer £1.70 at present, I bought the fine cut one this morning, so well topped up with marmalade now :T

Cheers unfortunately nearest Waitrose is 30+ miles away I have some of my friend's Sloe jelly in the fridge - it's nice still slightly tart that I'll keep me going:)

caronc

stefejb wrote: »

First of all. Hi ��
I'm back from a long mse hiatus. What happened in the meantime was that my last girl left home for uni and I'm now home alone. Woo hoo!
I think that cooking for yourself is a great way of practising self care. I do slow cooker dump dinners. I make one a week and divide into four portions. One for the pot and three for the freezer. After a while I've ended up with quite a variety.
I also have the One Pound Meals book but you can follow him on Instagram @onepoundmeals for recipes.
A frittata takes care of all the odds and sods left over at the end of the week

Welcome stefejb, I'm a fairly recent empty nester too takes a bit of adjusting to

PasturesNew

Nelski wrote: »

Not big on bread and butter pudding

That's why I didn't suggest it.

I think the reality is that we all know WHAT we COULD make from something - but we don't want to.... I LOVE bread and butter pudding ... about one slice/2-3 years though. Couldn't eat 8 portions, that'd clutter up the freezer.

Nelski wrote: »

so I think its going into bread crumbs as it would break my heart to chuck a whole loaf

Yeah, can't toss food.

Nelski wrote: »

Whats your views on Actifry as a single? I have been umming and ahhhrng about getting one since before christmas. My concern is the size of it ...they seem so big!

They are big.... question is, how many times a year do you really think you'd use one? What do you do now instead?

I just use oven chips. 50p/Kg, one bag a month or so.

What benefits do you see in having one?

Nelski

PasturesNew wrote: »

That's why I didn't suggest it.

I think the reality is that we all know WHAT we COULD make from something - but we don't want to.... I LOVE bread and butter pudding ... about one slice/2-3 years though. Couldn't eat 8 portions, that'd clutter up the freezer.


Yeah, can't toss food.


They are big.... question is, how many times a year do you really think you'd use one? What do you do now instead?

I just use oven chips. 50p/Kg, one bag a month or so.

What benefits do you see in having one?

see that is exactly where I had got to , its too big, I probably wouldn't use it enough and oh its too big

Thanks PN you have just saved me 100 odd quid :T

PasturesNew

Nelski wrote: »

see that is exactly where I had got to , its too big, I probably wouldn't use it enough and oh its too big

Thanks PN you have just saved me 100 odd quid

Also, if you ever changed your mind in the future you could get one and enjoy it.

If you'd bought it now and never used it you'd spend the rest of your life beating yourself up about the utter stupid waste of money every time you opened the cupboard and saw it sitting at the back

When I bought my slow cooker I specifically planned its purchase and usage - and bought ingredients to use in it the same day I bought it - and used it immediately ... then kept using it a lot in the first 3 months because then it's part of the mindset.

I knew I'd use the mini oven too - I bought that specifically to reheat bought sausage rolls, pies and pizzas ... because I love pastry...and I do use it for those (and more) almost every day of the week

karcher

Went to look in the fridge and ponder tonights meal...wasn't inspired but spotted the beers so am having one :cool:

Not too early is it

I've been up since the early hours, did a long walk to the SM, a big (for me) SM shop and spent 1 and a half hours at the gym before a 30 minute walk home, all before lunchtime and errrr, well it is Saturday night isn't it

caronc

karcher wrote: »

Went to look in the fridge and ponder tonights meal...wasn't inspired but spotted the beers so am having one :cool:

Not too early is it

I've been up since the early hours, did a long walk to the SM, a big (for me) SM shop and spent 1 and a half hours at the gym before a 30 minute walk home, all before lunchtime and errrr, well it is Saturday night isn't it

Enjoy - I'll be having a glass of red later:)

karcher

caronc wrote: »

Enjoy - I'll be having a glass of red later:)

Thanks. You too :beer: