Cooking for one

Anne_Marie_2

caronc wrote: »

I'd rather do the daily pooch "poo patrol" than iron which which certainly shows how much I like ironing:rotfl:

Me too. I hate the "I" word with a vengeance, and rarely iron anything, if I can get away with it. Always fold everything as I take it off the line. I'd do the poo patrol and clean a few bathrooms, rather than do any ironing.

Farway

caronc wrote: »

I'd rather do the daily pooch "poo patrol" than iron which which certainly shows how much I like ironing:rotfl:

I loathe ironing, but as a bloke this is allowed. I was taught to iron when a young sprog and joined the Navy, it was iron iron iron then, 7 creases up the legs of bell bottoms, unless you were a short@r5e when 5 were allowed, 3 in the blue collar

Iron shirts for work etc, but refused to iron socks or nicks, pointless

Made a pledge to self when I left working for a living, no more ironing, and so far of over 10 years I never have, t shirts & jeans see me through, and bought a new shirt for 3 weddings

Perhaps the undertaker will provide an ironed shirt when the time comes :rotfl:

Nelski

Got some beef in red wine for tonight going to make up some roasted garlic new potatoes and the very very last piece of pavlova:D see now that I will look forward to ...who says its not good Cooking for One

moneyistooshorttomention

PasturesNew wrote: »

When I was young I started collecting a few "bottom drawer" items, then realised later on that cooking dishes etc were "for families" and rarely fitted anything I was cooking.

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I think that's a mistake a lot of us make. I certainly did.

Roll back to my 20's and I was buying, for instance, casserole dishes in "standard size" (ie big enough for 4 helpings). Now I always knew there would never be 2 children to be fed in my household (as I'd decided there would never be any children).

But - I sorta assumed I'd get married and we would have "dinner parties" (friends in couples for personal socialising on the one hand and having "the boss" for dinner because of Mr Money's career and "networking" his way up a career ladder on the other hand) and then this size of casserole dish would come in handy.

In the event - there was never a Mr Money either and having some casserole dishes in a size suitable for 1 or 2 portions is vastly more useful to me. I do make a lot of use of my single or double size casserole dishes. I still have some "standard size" ones (eg bearing in mind having friends round for meals) - but they get very little use.

Funnily enough it's a friend of mine that thought she was going to be my MIL that introduced me to the concept of weeny casserole dishes just big enough for one or two portions....and I'm still using some weeny casserole dishes my "coulda-been-MIL" bought me as a present LOL.

Nelski

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

I think that's a mistake a lot of us make. I certainly did.

Roll back to my 20's and I was buying, for instance, casserole dishes in "standard size" (ie big enough for 4 helpings). Now I always knew there would never be 2 children to be fed in my household (as I'd decided there would never be any children).

But - I sorta assumed I'd get married and we would have "dinner parties" (friends in couples for personal socialising on the one hand and having "the boss" for dinner because of Mr Money's career and "networking" his way up a career ladder on the other hand) and then this size of casserole dish would come in handy.

In the event - there was never a Mr Money either and having some casserole dishes in a size suitable for 1 or 2 portions is vastly more useful to me. I do make a lot of use of my single or double size casserole dishes. I still have some "standard size" ones (eg bearing in mind having friends round for meals) - but they get very little use.

Funnily enough it's a friend of mine that thought she was going to be my MIL that introduced me to the concept of weeny casserole dishes just big enough for one or two portions....and I'm still using some weeny casserole dishes my "coulda-been-MIL" bought me as a present LOL.

Most of my dishes are family size I do however batch cook a lot which of course leads me to where I am today re 2 full freezers

I have one small casserole dish and a couple of microwave pans but in my case its these that get very little use and its mostly my gallon dishes that get used the most.

caronc

Yes smaller casserole dishes are something I need to get.

Real cooking for one dinner planned tonight some chicken casserole which I fancy with tagliatelle and spinach soo minimal prep,washing up and lots of flavour. When my sons were at home they would definitely had wanted mash and "proper" veg with it:D

caronc

Nelski wrote: »

Got some beef in red wine for tonight going to make up some roasted garlic new potatoes and the very very last piece of pavlova:D see now that I will look forward to ...who says its not good Cooking for One

Sounds lovely

Anne_Marie_2

PasturesNew wrote: »

I don't use them for freezing, they're "for best". I use the "8 takeaway boxes for £1" for freezing.

I sort of do the same, preferring to use the takeaway boxes in the freezer, but freeze in bags inside the container, then out when frozen, so that containers are not taking up all the space....perfect size for one portion of food for me.

Well done on getting a spare bit of space in your freezer PN. I'm still thinking about what to do with brussels sprouts....I've got almost a full bag too, and in the same predicament when only using a handful at a time. Found a recipe for roasting frozen sprouts with garlic, but not tried it yet, as not fancied it at the moment, having some sort of winter bug/virus just now, and no inclination to do any cooking at all. Thank goodness for a load of soup in the freezer.

Nelski

caronc wrote: »

Yes smaller casserole dishes are something I need to get.

Real cooking for one dinner planned tonight some chicken casserole which I fancy with tagliatelle and spinach soo minimal prep,washing up and lots of flavour. When my sons were at home they would definitely had wanted mash and "proper" veg with it:D

Whats your recipe caronc? I love chicken casserole but always end up making a bucket load

caronc

Nelski wrote: »

Whats your recipe caronc? I love chicken casserole but always end up making a bucket load

This is the remants of the very large pot I made when feeding 10 on Friday it was a sort of coq au vin, and could be scaled down but you'd still get loads. I think to make a decent chicken casserole you inevitably have to make a fair bit. This one had 3kg chicken thighs (which I skiined, boned and chopped), 2 pkts of shallots, about 300g chopped bacon, carrot/onion/celery all very finely diced, 500g mushrooms, a tin of chopped tomatoes, a bag (500ml) of passatta, lots of crushed garlic and thyme and about 3/4 bottle of red wine it made around 15 decent portions. I marnated the chicken overnight in the wine, garlic and thyme. Fried of the bacon and carrot mix in some olive oil until soft but not brown, Chucked in everything else and basically left it on very low simmer for 3 hours. I think the recipe could scale down ok but can't see it going much below enough for 4 or 5 folk. Was really nice though