Cooking for one

caronc

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

I hope these balance problems resolve and aren't going to be a lifetime thing. Fingers crossed.

The ceramic-coated pans bit is because I want my saucepans stainless steel - but frypans/woks to also have ceramic coating. Reason being that I want them non-stick. I am more than a little suspicious of other types of non-stick coating - not a good idea from the health pov I gather (all sorts of nasty chemicals - which wear off bit by bit and we end up eating minute particles of it with the food we cook in them).

Hence the ceramic coating - rather than other non-stick coating (such as T*flon).

Re the cost thing of the wok - what people consider cheap, okay, dear, OMG is going to vary according to their perspective and income. To me - £50 for a wok is okay per se (though I'd rather have spent around the £20 mark). I'm working from a basis of regarding myself as a "mid-price range" person (ie the way I put it is "Not Primark or Harrods - make it John Lewis"). Being someone that wants John Lewis level stuff does mean that, as a single person, I'm often having to wait before I have the money to cover the cost of something though unfortunately on my income....and meanwhile doing without it (I've done without that wok for literally years in fact - rather than get a cheaper one for instance).

Thanks - no sadly it's something I'm having to live with though I'm hoping rehab may improve things a bit.

Re the pans - I see where you are coming from. Have you looked at any of the hard anodised pans - I've a couple and they are fab. Not cheap but not eyewateringly expensive either and more durable than ceramic

meg72 wrote: »

Funny old week for me as picked up a bug and have spent most of my time in bed. Not eaten much and when I did its been out of a can, smartprice rice pudding and custard. Eaten out of the can as well so no washing up. For drinks have raided DGS fizzy pop stash.

I find the worst thing about being being a single is if youre ill theres no one to put the kettle on and make you a cuppa.

Oh poor you hope you feel better soon x

PasturesNew wrote: »

There's worse....!!

There's nobody to make a decision to call an ambulance, to open the door and let them in; there's nobody to spot you're unconscious on the floor ...

One thing I struggle with is the issue of "is this important/serious" - I've never been in Hospital, never had an ambulance called - so how do you (for yourself) make the decision "this is really serious, call an ambulance" - it's an easy decision for you to make for somebody else, or somebody else to make for you .... but to be laying there "feeling unwell" .... how do you know if/when is the right time to ever call one.

When I think back to the times I have made that decision for others, it's been because they have lost consciousness and/or are incoherent (e.g. slipping into a diabetic coma and at the stage where they present as very drunk).

I'd lay there and think "I might feel better in 10 minutes".

Yes always dilemma been there found NHS 24 very good - they assessed over the phone and sent out a prescribing nurse (I think) who was able to get my symptoms (severe vertigo) under control and decided I didn't need to be admitted thank goodness but I dithered for ages whether to call or not.

After yesterday I'm having a very quiet day, it's absolutely chucking it down so I'll not be straying! Breakfast was the usual and lunch will be soup and a sarnie. I fancy pasta tonight so will probably have it with cabbage, mushrooms, peas and bacon. A wintery dish but fits with the weather;)

Hollyharvey

meg72 wrote: »

Funny old week for me as picked up a bug and have spent most of my time in bed. Not eaten much and when I did its been out of a can, smartprice rice pudding and custard. Eaten out of the can as well so no washing up. For drinks have raided DGS fizzy pop stash.

I find the worst thing about being being a single is if youre ill theres no one to put the kettle on and make you a cuppa.

Sorry that you've been poorly. I know what you mean about being ill and on your own. The amount of times I have been unwell and in bed and just wished that someone would get me some tea and something to eat.


Two years ago, I caught chicken pox. My mum was very poorly with shingles and me and my brother knew that we hadn't had chicken pox and that we could catch it from someone with shingles. My brother was due to go to New York for a holiday in 7 days time, so when we visited her in the nursing home he kept his distance and I helped her with her drinks and wiped her eyes. He goes off on holiday and of course I catch chicken pox. I so would have loved someone to have put the camomile lotion on my back


Then to add insult to injury when he got back from his holiday, my SIL said that he had had chicken pox when he was about 20! He had forgotten

PasturesNew

The trolley came into its own today! It saved me £1.20 as I walked to an appointment instead of driving/parking.... trouble was I arrived 20 minutes early and so "had a wander round" and discovered that what'd previously been a small supermarket is now ..... a £stretcher! How fabulous, the nearest before was 6-7 miles away

So I went in for a quick wander and then revisited it after my appointment and "took my time" wandering around.... so it then cost me money as I came away with: Fizzy pop, my favourite choccies, a box of mixed/2nds chocolate biscuits, two packs of noodles, some packs of dream topping and some mouthwash Oh well.

That's the sort of "unexpected purchases" that trolleys are ideal for.

All I've eaten so far today has been two wine gums (bought yesterday) .... and 3 chocolate biscuits from the packet I just bought

I'll probably do spud/beans/cheese in a bit.

moneyistooshorttomention

The "what do you do if you keel over ill?" thing is a dilemma for those of us living on our own.

To me - the biggest worry re illness is if I feel too ill to go out and do the shopping. Hence one of the reasons I stay well stocked-up with food and ditto one of the reasons I am working my way towards growing as much food as possible in my garden (ie I only have to walk a few feet to get some food). Yep.....still giving away strawberries madly and now giving away rhubarb as well:rotfl:.

Re if I keeled over unconscious - then I'm not in the slightest bit bothered about that personally. I tend to take the view that the next thing after that would be "waking up" to find somone telling me I was dead and that would be fine by me and "the Party starts here :j:beer:" (but you gotta have a similar belief system to mine to think that way I know...:cool:).

What would bother me is being keeled over/conscious/feeling ill - and then I would worry about how to "get rescued". I just assume I'd be well enough to at least be able to crawl to a phone - as one of my two landline phones is down on a low enough table I could readily reach it from the floor. I do have an "adopted sister" type friend here (me and my "adopting relatives" I do...:rotfl:) - so I guess I really should give her a key to my place in case.

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and, on a food note, just had a lunch of a few slices more of that Norwegian Mountain Bread (definitely in the "eat up regardless" category by now....), a couple of hard-boiled eggs (also in the "eat up" category at the moment, a pear, a drink of rice milk.

Eggs are in the eat-up category at the moment - now that my kitchen is together at last and I can start in on healthier eating to lose weight/get rid of a few minor ailments. Am still having a bit of cows milk and butter at the moment anyway - but using up the last of the eggs. Am planning on going to "plant-based eating" for long enough to get my body sorted out looks/health wise and then back to vegetarian.

Having to do some searching for appealing looking recipes with that way of eating - as it originated in America (ie slightly different tastes to ours) and the founder's recipes look positively revolting to my British eyes (all that frozen vegetables - I like vegetables but cant stand most of them frozen). But I've found a couple of websites more suitable to our tastes and the food does look appealing.

Farway

PN, good news on £stretcher. Not one near here but plenty of other options to splash cash anyway

Dull old day, the rain has caused a few of my goosegogs to burst with the surge of sap. If the day were better I would pick them for a pud, but CBA at the moment

I had a nice suprise for yesterday's dinner, The Iceland beef pie was very tasty, and I would buy one again, but won't because one little pie clocks in at just a tad under 700 calories, not a lot left for marmalade toast at that rate

I also had a calorie near miss in Asda today. Huge iced sponge type cake, with cream & bobble topping, YS down to 1.50, well in date but it had a near fatal collision at some time and a non pristine pack. Very tempted, but this morning's weigh in was a few pounds down and this convinced me to put it back on the shelf. The lady behind me grapped them both. Good job, temptation to go back removed instantly

On back of weigh in I had a banana for breakfast, while trying to sort out my smart phone. I normally use a very dumb one, just makes calls, but due to trip to Plymouth next week thinking of using the smart phone for mapping and the like. Maybe

Lunch was LO cheese flan that has been hanging around for two days, cold with brown sauce. Excellent

Dinner is a splurge. I went in Costcutter on way home, not normal stop over, but it is next to chemist, YS pack of pork chops, 2 I think in there. 1.50

Thus baked pork chop, and frozen roasties that have been hanging around since last year, steamed fresh broccolli and some frozen veg, possibly green beans. It is just the weather for this, dull & windy, hence CBA goosegog picking

caronc

It is a cold wet and miserable night here and I'm considering putting the heating on:eek: as the house feels really cold and damp:(. My poor we flower & veg plants are getting battered :mad:. Definitely food in a bowl weather but don't know if I CBA making pasta or might have a freezer rake. Though moving about to prep a meal might warm me up a bit.

poppystar

caronc wrote: »

It is a cold wet and miserable night here and I'm considering putting the heating on:eek: as the house feels really cold and damp:(. My poor we flower & veg plants are getting battered :mad:. Definitely food in a bowl weather but don't know if I CBA making pasta or might have a freezer rake. Though moving about to prep a meal might warm me up a bit.

Yes, I keep looking at the boiler and have nearly put it on .. but it's almost July:eek:

Having been out of action for a few days I resorted to a ready meal as I couldn't face all the summer food in the shops. So just eaten big bowl of pasta and feeling decidedly regretful and bloated - so much for healthy eating!

PasturesNew

caronc wrote: »

It is a cold wet and miserable night here and I'm considering putting the heating on as the house feels really cold and damp

It's 68F/20C here - and I've got the patio door open. It's cooler, overcast, has been raining/damp today, but the house is modern, so well insulated and dry.

I had spuds/beans/cheese earlier - and 2 bits of toast 20 minutes ago (with marg).

caronc

poppystar wrote: »

Yes, I keep looking at the boiler and have nearly put it on .. but it's almost July:eek:

Having been out of action for a few days I resorted to a ready meal as I couldn't face all the summer food in the shops. So just eaten big bowl of pasta and feeling decidedly regretful and bloated - so much for healthy eating!

Yep that's why I'm resisting but despite many layers and my fleecy boot slippers it still feels chilly . Hope you are on the mend:)

PasturesNew wrote: »

It's 68F/20C here - and I've got the patio door open. It's cooler, overcast, has been raining/damp today, but the house is modern, so well insulated and dry.

I had spuds/beans/cheese earlier - and 2 bits of toast 20 minutes ago (with marg).

Oh I wish - it barely reached double figures here today.......

Hollyharvey

PasturesNew wrote: »

It's 68F/20C here - and I've got the patio door open. It's cooler, overcast, has been raining/damp today, but the house is modern, so well insulated and dry.

I had spuds/beans/cheese earlier - and 2 bits of toast 20 minutes ago (with marg).

I wish it was that warm in my house without any heating on . I'm wrapped up in throw, I don't want to put the heating on at this time of the year, but if I don't warm up soon, I think I will have to give it quick blast.