Cooking for one (Mark Two)

SunnyGirl

Hollyharvey wrote: »

I use the individual ramekins to make a lot of crumbles because they freeze well.


This doesn't solve the problem of things like mousse and trifle though.

I hadn't though of using ramekins for crumble either so will definitely be doing that


For mousses I buy chocolate mousse in packs of 4 from the supermarket. Tesco do a nice lemon mousse as well if I recall also in packs of 4.


I gave my Mum all my baking tins a while ago as I haven't baked a cake in years. My son's boyfriend makes the most amazing cakes though so he keeps us all supplied for birthdays and special occasions

Hollyharvey

I decided to have poached eggs on toast for breakfast today for a change.


Lunch was a cheese salad sandwich, which I took up the park to eat, and I spend a pleasant hour or so people watching while I ate that.


Dinner will be Lamb burger (I got some ) with grilled tomato, mushrooms, oven chips and onion rings and peas. I'm really looking forward to this.


There is likely to be cake featuring somewhere in there as well

PasturesNew

Hollyharvey wrote: »

Dinner will be Lamb burger (I got some ) with grilled tomato, mushrooms, oven chips and onion rings and peas. I'm really looking forward to this.

I'll be out when you eat that .... hope you enjoy it.

I found it the most moist burger I've had for ages. I've had two from the pack to date. Even better, and better tasting, than the £9 chef-cooked, flame-cooked, high quality beef burger I was served at a local "gastro pub" about 18 months ago.

Moist, firm, tasty, gorgeous - the perfect amount of minty flavour, without it overwhelming the burger itself.

caronc

Good evening everyone,

PN- hope you enjoy your meal out:)
Farway - your produce is so much further ahead than mine. My brambles will be another 6 weeks or so the first ones are ready. A real autmn crop here. I reckon the wee foil dishes single portion pies. quiches etc. would we just the right size for a CFO crumble.;)
SG - tbh puddings aren't something I tend to buy for just me, but out of interest I had a look at various mousse type puds on the Tesco website and most contain copra or coconut oil. I'm fairly sure this is a new fat in these things, coconut seems to be one of these tastes I'm supersensitive to. I thought the Rolo mousse tasted pretty strongly of it though my son said although he could taste it he probably wouldn't have noticed if I hadn't mentioned it.:)

Tonight my son is cooking:- trout wrapped in filo (from the the freezer from the batch he made last week), ayrshire tatties, runner beans & courgettes. A meal I would do if I was CFO but it is nice not to be cooked for:D

PasturesNew

caronc wrote: »

....hope you enjoy your meal out...

Me too

caronc wrote: »

it is nice not to be cooked for

Yes it is....and it doesn't matter what it is (so long as it's not stuff you dislike, that is). Hoping it'll be a pie, it often is

I probably don't have to cook about 5 days/year maximum... which isn't many at all.

I normally get more notice, so can plan/stagger my food stocks up to the moment of being fed, altering what I eat/buy in the run up. But this has been a short notice thing.

I do hope it's pie.

I'll be back before you know it to say if it was

karcher

Random CFO day today: came in from work and had a large can of tuna, drained and a dollop of salad cream out of the tin, followed by 2 rivitas with butter, cheese and pickle. Then a few squares of chocolate.

An Hour later more rivitas with cheese; a bowl of broccoli, shredded cabbage and mushrooms (all fit for the bin, but didn't want to waste them) zapped in the nuker and served with a sliced tomato, mayo and ketchup! Pudding was toast butter and marmalade.

Oh dear I'm not a good advert on the CFO front am I?

ETA I feel more toast coming on........;)

caronc

karcher wrote: »

Random CFO day today: came in from work and had a large can of tuna, drained and a dollop of salad cream out of the tin, followed by 2 rivitas with butter, cheese and pickle. Then a few squares of chocolate.

An Hour later more rivitas with cheese; a bowl of broccoli, shredded cabbage and mushrooms (all fit for the bin, but didn't want to waste them) zapped in the nuker and served with a sliced tomato, mayo and ketchup! Pudding was toast butter and marmalade.

Oh dear I'm not a good advert on the CFO front am I?

ETA I feel more toast coming on........;)

Surely eating what you fancy in the way you fancy is the epitomy of true CFO:cool:

Hollyharvey

karcher wrote: »

Random CFO day today: came in from work and had a large can of tuna, drained and a dollop of salad cream out of the tin, followed by 2 rivitas with butter, cheese and pickle. Then a few squares of chocolate.

An Hour later more rivitas with cheese; a bowl of broccoli, shredded cabbage and mushrooms (all fit for the bin, but didn't want to waste them) zapped in the nuker and served with a sliced tomato, mayo and ketchup! Pudding was toast butter and marmalade.

Oh dear I'm not a good advert on the CFO front am I?

ETA I feel more toast coming on........;)

If it's what you wanted then nothing wrong with that. Anyhow, it looks quite healthy. You've got the oily fish, veg, carbs in toast, grains in rivitas, fat/calcium in the cheese, healthy veg, and butter is good for you now

SunnyGirl

Karcher That sounds fine to me too - lots of variety and a bit of what you fancy too. Perfect CFO.

I am just home from work and about to shower then eat. The wedges are in the oven already done as soon as I walked in lol.

Just a quick thought that occurred to me on my way home with reference to living alone. I only use half a dishwasher tablet and the quick wash option unless the dishwasher is full or I've done a lot of cooking that day. I know we won't all have dishwashers or even use them if we have but it's something I do as a money saving thing and thought it might help.

PasturesNew

It was .... piiiiieeee .... and then .... double trifle!


FULL!!!