Cooking for one

monnagran

The one advantage of living in one room is that you can conduct most of your life while cosily tucked up in bed. Which I do.
I have my TV, my radio, my books, my knitting and pen and paper at hand in case inspiration should suddenly strike.
Oh, and my tablet of course.
Unfortunately I have to go downstairs to the kitchen to make hot drinks.

It is going to be a shock to the system if I finally move into a bungalow this year.

My room is fairly chilly but I am toasty.

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Tiddlywinks

I've got Raynauds in my hands and feet and can't afford to let my extremities get too cold otherwise I lose feeling and the have a lot of pain when the feeling comes back.

I've found that it helps to try to move around a bit (if possible) for a few minutes to warm up the muscles and then climb in between a duvet folded in half a bit like a sleeping bag. So you are sitting on one half and wrapped with the other side sort of like a cocoon. It traps all your body heat in from all sides.

A cuppa soup helps too - holding it for the hands and sipping it for body temperature.

caronc

PasturesNew wrote: »

It has a bit

Heating's off now - room temperature is 17 according to my thermometer. Practically tropical

Glad to hear it

Tiddlywinks wrote: »

I'm a big fan of Denby - they did some great lidded soup bowls in the 70s and 80s and you can still buy used ones on ebay.

I've got some very dodgy looking 70s ones which I use for soups and small crumbles.... they are bomb proof. 40+ years old and they're still going strong.

Here's an ebay search for 'Denby soup bowls'.

Link

Thanks - yes Denby seem to be indestructible my Dad has had some for as lond as I can remember

monnagran wrote: »

The one advantage of living in one room is that you can conduct most of your life while cosily tucked up in bed. Which I do.
I have my TV, my radio, my books, my knitting and pen and paper at hand in case inspiration should suddenly strike.
Oh, and my tablet of course.
Unfortunately I have to go downstairs to the kitchen to make hot drinks.

It is going to be a shock to the system if I finally move into a bungalow this year.

My room is fairly chilly but I am toasty.

x

Have you thought about using a flask or thermal jug then you could stay toasty:)

caronc

Tiddlywinks wrote: »

I've got Raynauds in my hands and feet and can't afford to let my extremities get too cold otherwise I lose feeling and the have a lot of pain when the feeling comes back.

I've found that it helps to try to move around a bit (if possible) for a few minutes to warm up the muscles and then climb in between a duvet folded in half a bit like a sleeping bag. So you are sitting on one half and wrapped with the other side sort of like a cocoon. It traps all your body heat in from all sides.

A cuppa soup helps too - holding it for the hands and sipping it for body temperature.

Any drink really though before my reduced salt diet I used to love an OXO cube made up as hot drink I have a duvet under my bottom sheet helps keep me toasty

PasturesNew

I've got three food flasks, but never actually used one

First I got one thinking "that looks handy". Then I saw another style/brand and thought "that looks better/handy". Then I had a load of stuff in storage, including those .... and I saw another food flask and thought "I know I've got two, but they're packed up, so I'll get that as it'll be handy".

Never .... used .... ONE ... of them .... ONCE!



10 years I've owned 1-3.

caronc

PasturesNew wrote: »

I've got three food flasks, but never actually used one

First I got one thinking "that looks handy". Then I saw another style/brand and thought "that looks better/handy". Then I had a load of stuff in storage, including those .... and I saw another food flask and thought "I know I've got two, but they're packed up, so I'll get that as it'll be handy".

Never .... used .... ONE ... of them .... ONCE!



10 years I've owned 1-3.

Well since you've been feeling cold might be worth looking one out so you can snug up wiith a hot drink to hand:)

PasturesNew

caronc wrote: »

Well since you've been feeling cold might be worth looking one out so you can snug up wiith a hot drink to hand:)

I like the "break" of walking to the kettle.

Icy today - I wish I had a stock of pot noodles

caronc

PasturesNew wrote: »

I like the "break" of walking to the kettle.

Icy today - I wish I had a stock of pot noodles

Not so cold so far here but forcast is for it drop to feezing late afternnon. Pot noodles- sounds as though a quick trip to the supermarket or Pound shop might be in order. I can't help you with those though could lob a few packets of the chinese instant noodles your way - Chicken or curry flavoured?:D

PasturesNew

caronc wrote: »

Not so cold so far here but forcast is for it drop to feezing late afternnon. Pot noodles- sounds as though a quick trip to the supermarket or Pound shop might be in order. I can't help you with those though could lob a few packets of the chinese instant noodles your way - Chicken or curry flavoured?:D

I'm in the "band of freezing fog" on the map today. Sun's come out now though.

I know where I can get a different brand at 25p and they're a "big name" and tasty Bought two last month and ate the last one last week.

I've always got instant noodles in - not eaten a lot of them in the last year, so I've got about 6 packets or so.

Today will be corned beef hash ... as I opened beans yesterday and it's cold, that seems the best/easiest way to use up those beans. Baked in my cheery little 5" dishes probably - although I've just remembered I have two Charlie Bigham dishes in the car... picked up from a charity shop about a month ago they haven't yet got from the car to the house... 25p each they were, so I thought worth buying. I see they're priced optimistically on ebay, with sellers asking £6-10 for four! Maybe I should flog mine for £8

He sells some pricey meals for one, at £7 each, or two pies for £7.
http://www.bighams.com/what-sort-of-meal-are-you-after/meal-for-one/
I suspect my pie dishes originated in a pack of "2 pies for £7", so if you can get most of your money back it makes sense... of course, they do have to sell...

I've got as far as getting all the ingredients together and lining them up on the top, but not yet motivated to get started... it'll only take 20 minutes, but as I live alone I get to choose "which" 20 minutes

caronc

PasturesNew wrote: »

I'm in the "band of freezing fog" on the map today. Sun's come out now though.

I know where I can get a different brand at 25p and they're a "big name" and tasty Bought two last month and ate the last one last week.

I've always got instant noodles in - not eaten a lot of them in the last year, so I've got about 6 packets or so.

Today will be corned beef hash ... as I opened beans yesterday and it's cold, that seems the best/easiest way to use up those beans. Baked in my cheery little 5" dishes probably - although I've just remembered I have two Charlie Bigham dishes in the car... picked up from a charity shop about a month ago they haven't yet got from the car to the house... 25p each they were, so I thought worth buying. I see they're priced optimistically on ebay, with sellers asking £6-10 for four! Maybe I should flog mine for £8

He sells some pricey meals for one, at £7 each, or two pies for £7.
http://www.bighams.com/what-sort-of-meal-are-you-after/meal-for-one/
I suspect my pie dishes originated in a pack of "2 pies for £7", so if you can get most of your money back it makes sense... of course, they do have to sell...

I've got as far as getting all the ingredients together and lining them up on the top, but not yet motivated to get started... it'll only take 20 minutes, but as I live alone I get to choose "which" 20 minutes

Corned beef hash - fantastic not had it for ages definitely need to remedy that. I like mine with fried onions and peas stirred through and a bit of gravy on the top:D Having just been out testing my "wheels" I'm revising my previous assertion that it wasn't too cold- temperature is dropping like a stone and the wind is biting so I'm having a cuppa to warm up before popping for a nap. Sounds like you got a bargain with the pie dishes I've seen the that range of food advertised but baulked at the price :eek: