Cooking for one

PasturesNew

SunnyGirl wrote: »

... £50 starter pack...

For £50 I could kit my kitchen out entirely from scratch.... the lot

SunnyGirl

That's what it did for my son Everything in it apart from the kitchen sink.

Hollyharvey

PasturesNew wrote: »

Just thinking through Yorkshires, the closest I have is a small/oval Pyrex dish ... which wouldn't really be quite big enough, but it's the widest I've got.

I know you would like giant yorkies, but do you have a suitable dish for individual ones? They wouldn't be too large to freeze the left over ones. Although I have to admit that I love them so much that if I do make them I use a mixture that gives me 4 decent sized ones, and I eat them all before I could even say the word freezer

Hollyharvey

PasturesNew wrote: »

We gave up little ones when I was about 10 -

I like what I call "the soggy bit in the middle" - our family weren't really keen on dry/crispy brown yorkshires... we liked them moist.

Sorry, didn't see this before I posted

caronc

poppystar wrote: »

This is the problem if you've never been in a position to graduate from what for most couples and families is a 'first home' - you're stuck with a kitchen that has no space for gadgets. Even if cupboard space could be found elsewhere most then need a flat surface to operate which would then mean no surface to prepare the stuff for the gadget or to put it when it comes out the other end.
I know the wisdom is that you don't need anywhere big if you're a singly but I'd so love a big kitchen and a utility even if I still had just one bedroom!
I think in some ways CFOers need just as much if not more kitchen space than families - more storage certainly as it takes and age to get through stuff and if like me you like to buy special offers stuff mounts up

Well today I made it to the big Mr T which doesn't happen too often. Little was found in the way of bargains but as I stayed for coffee there I picked up the free magazine. I have to say I was very impressed and got some ideas for food that looks quite healthy and some of it quite easy.So am thinking my first foray might be into savoury muffins so I can cut down on the sweet stuff.:)


…slight delay though because as I had finished shopping I couldn't face going round again looking for the ingredients:(

I think in some ways CFOers need just as much if not more kitchen space than families - more storage certainly as it takes and age to get through stuff and if like me you like to buy special offers stuff mounts up:cool:. I'm found of a savoury muffin cheese and apple or sundried tomato is good:)

SunnyGirl wrote: »

Good afternoon. It's been a busyish morning here and very pleasant as it is my middle childs (eldest son) 23rd burthday. He had requested brunch at my Mum and Dad's house so we met up there with him and his boyfriend, me and my parents obviously! My daughter and her boyfriend are both working and my youngest son is in America so it was only 5. Mum excelled herself and we had grilled bacon, grilled tomatoes, scrambled eggs, american style pancakes, maple syrup and fresh juice. It was all lovely. I am not a huge fan of american style breakfasts but I ate the bacon, eggs and tomato first then the pancakes as a type of pudding afterwards Cake was served afterwards and all had a good time.

On kitchen gadgets I used to have all sorts when the children were younger - food processor, blender, smoothie maker, coffee machine, rice cooker....... As they've broken over the years I haven't replaced them as the family shrank they weren't really needed. I now have a microwave, a stick blender (£5 at Tesco), an electric mixer and a grater and they do everything between them that I need now.

I hate clutter and can keep all of the above - apart from the microwave :rotfl: - in cupboards keeping the worktops mostly free.

Have been doing my shopping list and planning July's menus out as I shop on payday, which is the 28th, and then I only occasionally have to venture into a shop during the month. I hate shopping of all forms whether it's clothes, food, shoes, anything!

My old dog is suffering a bit today and is a bit more wobbly than usual. I'm hoping that it's just the heat over the last week and that he'll be ok tomorrow.

No breakfast or lunch today due to birthday brunch but I'm doing a roast chicken dinner tonight. A chicken breast roast from Iceland that serves 2-3, mashed root veg with potatoes added to cut down on pan use, peas and gravy inside a frozen yorkshire pudding The 2 leftover portions of chicken will go into sandwiches for work over the next few weeks as I remembered to buy muffins (or whatever they're called in your part of the world )

SunnyGirl wrote: »

I don't either but I was thinking of the ones that are only about 1" deep. It only sprung to mind as the cake that was made for my son today was 8 layers but they were only thin

Hope old pooch is ok:). Happy birthday to your son - 8 layers my that would have looked fantastic:D

I've spent today mainly doing chores as I've folk coming tomorrow for my birthday. I'm not cooking though my son & sister are and I suspect my friend will make a cake:). House is as clean & tidy as it's going to be as I've kind of lost steam. Sous vide is up and running with duck breast & venison steaks and the rest of the duck is in the oven. Might make a stir fry and have a duck leg with it later or might just freeze it. Not sure I cba chopping the veg as I've still rather a lot of steak to portion up. I'm just off in to the garded to do some relaxing dead heading and watering before I tackle anything else:).

moneyistooshorttomention

I've long thought that singles need at least as much kitchen space as families caron - probably more (with all these part-used packets of this/that/the other).

Oh well - food today was leftovers (again!) at lunchtime. This time cauliflower cheese and cold boiled potatoes.

Dinner tonight - a large bowl of mixed green salad with some beansprouts and chopped pepper and tomatoes thrown in. Topped with my latest "throw onto everything savoury" thing of shredded bits of flower from garlic scapes growing in my garden (which I've discovered adds just a hint of garlic taste to things). Topped with some plain yogurt and a handful of nooch (aka nutritional yeast) - for the "cheesy" type taste it has. If I'm still hungry (probably will be) - then I've got an experiment in the kitchen I've just cooked up - ie of rice pudding with various spices and using rice milk (instead of cows milk) and a bit of dried fruit thrown in (ie honeyberries). Awaiting finding out whether I think it's come out too "thin" because of using this different milk or no......:cool:

The scapes themselves are still there growing in my garden - whilst I contemplate what to do with them (as I've never had them before). Think it could be the base for a stirfry perhaps

Doom_and_Gloom

I'm going to sound like a glutton for punishment but I got drawn into buying another 4kg bag of potatoes again today, reduced of course; OH was laughing at me while I put them in the basket saying how it took me all that time to get through the last lot and I go and do it all over again. Now before you all start in on me I've been enjoying the potato salad soo much I seem addicted to it (not sure about making houmous now though it could be used with vegan mayo for sauce, will see). Using the rice cooker to cook them means not too much heat is made, perfect for our hot weather and is also perfect to take out when friends want to meet up and simular. I can make loads and just pick at it over a few days. Lazy food at its best. It happens to be very filling also so I haven't been snacking as much.
Dinners will be definitely be rice based for a while though.

caronc

D&G :eek::eek::eek::rotfl::rotfl:

I think I might have broken my toe I've no idea how but I managed to catch my foot under the runner on my outside rocking chair then proceeded to tilt it forward with my full weight on it :eek: . It all squashed looking but I'm hoping it's just badly bashed. Reckon either way I'm going tp have the most spectatular bruise tomorrow ..... I've got an ice pack on it and rubbed arnica but ouch....

PasturesNew

When I did my "dawn raid on the shops" earlier in the week, one thing I grabbed was a cheap pasty, 50p/4sda.

It's cool and VERY windy here....

Tea was: pasty, chips and the last of the baked beans I opened at breakfast time.

All the choccies I bought yesterday (225 grams) have done a disappearing act.... and one of the little 70g pots of toffee dessert was scoffed (just 1-of-4 remaining).

Out of oven chips now. Out of beans.

PasturesNew

caronc wrote: »

..... foot under the runner on my outside rocking chair then proceeded to tilt it forward with my full weight on it ....

I'd never do that...I'm a leg dangler - so short I can never reach the floor from any chair/sofa... or rocking chair

Hope it's not broken. Bit of a bummer when you're a "one" and there's nobody to make sad faces at that'll fall for it and wait on you hand and ...enlarged foot.