Cooking for one

Nelski

kittie wrote: »

there are a few people on here who are cooking for more than one on a daily basis. It would be nice to know who is genuinely cooking for one.Preparing food for one person is a completely different ball game but then many threads get pounced on and taken away from the target, in this case the target is the SOLO person ie someone living and cooking for themselves and themselves only. Am I right? or not

Agree Kittie...I do wonder why people want to post on a cooking for one thread when they don't live alone lets face it there are plenty of threads for all of you with a lovely OH :cool: its good to get genuine singles advice not people who occasionally cook for themselves.

I am single live alone and cook for one all the time unless I have invited my folks round for dinner (about once a month) or its book club and my turn to host or I am away with friends for the weekend

Food choices changed for tonight to some lamb pittas with mint yoghurt followed by a scone :T

PasturesNew

I've never ever had people round, never cooked a thing for my parents or anybody else for that matter.

This is my house .... where I live ... and I am not comfortable with anybody within that space as it's "unnerving" to be around others

There's no "normal food" that others might expect if they opened a cupboard or a fridge because there's only me, ever, to feed..... others have strange ideas about what's "normal food" - because that's their normal in their fridge, not mine.

moneyistooshorttomention

Fully agree nelski - re it is a very different ballgame imo re cooking for those that are singles each and every day for quite some time/or have to cook like a single (ie because their partner eats very differently to them personally and it therefore feels like there are two different households trying to eat under the exact same roof iyswim).

I think its the difference day in/day out between the "Ohgawd - I do want to eat decently - so how am I going to deal with this?" scenario to the very occasional/intermittent "HE isn't around right at this moment...so now what?" scenario. It is a very different scenario imo.

Nelski

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

yep...and it is a different ballgame Kittie...:(

So - today's lunch fwiw was "Gawd damn it - it was one of 'those days' this morning":mad::o

So - lunch was distinctly late - courtesy of a couple of consoling glasses of wine later - ahem. It consisted of a sliced-up banana dolloped with yogurt and a bit of (healthy type) chocolate sauce squeezed on top and some seeds and nuts. Followed by a bit of decent type bread.

I've still not figured out (all these years of being single later:o:() of just how to react after "one of those days (or parts thereof)" when one comes back home and would like a nice hug and a "s*d the b*ggers" type comment about it/followed by jokey comments to lift the mood back up again" - hence resorting to the couple of glasses of wine when that happens.

What do other singles do when that happens? - ie other than resorting to a consolatory glass or two of wine whilst thinking "Blow 'em" about it?

Glass of wine works for me every time mtstm or a chat with mate on the internet or text. I guess us solos just become that much stronger without that person to lean on either that or we will all be in therapy before long

PasturesNew

Nelski wrote: »

I guess us solos just become that much stronger

I just come in and feel all sad, then sit and think how much I hate the person, then cry ... then eat toast ...then google for how to make a voodoo doll.

Nelski

PasturesNew wrote: »

I just come in and feel all sad, then sit and think how much I hate the person, then cry ... then eat toast ...then google for how to make a voodoo doll.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

but actually you are quite right ....there is no option for a single but to get over it ...I like the toast option too

voodoo doll now theres a few I could make right now

Tiddlywinks

kittie wrote: »

there are a few people on here who are cooking for more than one on a daily basis. It would be nice to know who is genuinely cooking for one.Preparing food for one person is a completely different ball game but then many threads get pounced on and taken away from the target, in this case the target is the SOLO person ie someone living and cooking for themselves and themselves only. Am I right? or not

Erm - I think you'll find that this thread has already moved (many times) all over the place and very, very far from just talking about 'cooking for one'.

Nelski wrote: »

Agree Kittie...I do wonder why people want to post on a cooking for one thread when they don't live alone :cool: its good to get genuine singles advice not people who occasionally cook for themselves.

Because we can! It's an open forum and is supposed to be inclusive.

I honestly can't believe the above posts.

Nelski

changed my mind ....some people are just not worth it

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whoops. Can of worms opened. Worms on toast anyone? I think it is often because some posters cannot be bothered starting their own threads, so other defined threads get hijacked, it is the easy option

Food this evening, cba toast and marmite. I just have to eat something crunchy. Had a fresh pineapple slice earlier and a piece of still frozen cake

Farway

Afternoon all, seems I missed a bit of a dust up brewing, I will stay well clear thanks

D & G grater, probably stating the bleeding obvious but why not have two? One for you only other to grate whatever, or maybe it would not work for you, just a thought as that is what chopping boards are meant to be, different coloured one for different items, not that anyone does, except in cafes etc

Nothing wrong with toast, and nice option sometimes, or just have slice of bread, think posh nosh and call it "deconstructed toast"

My M & S chop was lovely, and so was half the M & S apple pie that followed it

I know M & S is not the Greggs / £land of this world regrding prices, but the stuff is tasty, gristle burger excepted, but even that was tasty until I hit the gristle bit

No breakkie again

Last of the CB baguette chain for lunch, and will be last of the M & s chop, rossti, pie etc for dinner, which reminds me, go and put it in the oven now