Cooking for one (Mark Two)

Hollyharvey

Morning everyone

It's a cold wet and miserable day here today and I fancy comfort food.

I've had porridge for breakfast and then a slice of toast and honey. I've gone from too many eggs last week to needing to get some tomorrow. I used quite a few up making cakes.

There is a chicken casserole in the slow cooker for dinner tonight. I've used three chicken breasts so that I can freeze two portions. Although the freezers are pretty full again I do like to have some home-made 'ready meals' in there. I'll have that with mashed potato and steamed veg.

Lunch will be whatever I fancy when the time comes, but it will probably be something hot, possibly a toasted cheese sandwich.

Need2bthrifty

poppystar wrote: »

How mini is your chopper and would you recommend it? I'm looking for something small so I can blitz ingredients together, chop dates etc. But something mini enough to fit in a mini kitchen and not cost the earth. Someone mentioned something the other day but nearly fell over when I googled and saw the prices:(

I bought a mini chopper from sainsbugs (own brand £9.99 :T) does the job perfectly well for me cfo, its large enough to get a whole avocado in for guacamole and a tin of chickpeas for hummus, great for breadcrumbs and chopping up nuts, dried fruit, onions etc.

caronc

Good morning everyone,
Wet and windy here too with severe wind forcast for later:(.
I had some of the cooked LO filling from last night spread on my breakfast toast - it was tasty so I think the other bit will just be getting used this way again tomorrow. Lunch will no doubt be a sarnie or I might have eggs & something. All the talk over the last few days has given me a notion for spag bol so unless I change my mind later that will be dinner tonight as I've sauce in the freezer:D.

poppystar

Need2bthrifty wrote: »

I bought a mini chopper from sainsbugs (own brand £9.99 :T) does the job perfectly well for me cfo, its large enough to get a whole avocado in for guacamole and a tin of chickpeas for hummus, great for breadcrumbs and chopping up nuts, dried fruit, onions etc.

Thanks. Just looked at the website but can't find it - tried all versions of chopper/blender/ processor without success. Do you have it's name or model number so I can try again.

I want it really for all those things you mentioned:)

Wednesday2000

I just had my usual seeded toast with spinach and some green tea for breakfast.

I'm going to make Quorn fillets, roast potatoes, peas and carrots later for dinner. I have vanilla ice cream and fresh fruit for pudding.

Need2bthrifty

Morning All, cold and wet here too.

Caronc I have to agree with you remoulade is delish and I will definitely make that again.

I had a bit of a senior moment yesterday whilst making the stuffing for my Mediterranean peppers - I was in a bit of a rush and put what I thought was couscous in a bowl with some boiling water, after about 10mins went to fluff it up - but nothing to fluff, it hadn't absorbed any of the water, so quickly cooked up some bulgar wheat and used it instead, whilst it was cooking I realised that it was quinoa not couscous in the bowl, so I then cooked it.

So todays challenge, should I wish to accept, is to do something interesting (not a salad) with leftover cooked quinoa.

poppystar wrote: »

Thanks. Just looked at the website but can't find it - tried all versions of chopper/blender/ processor without success. Do you have it's name or model number so I can try again.

I want it really for all those things you mentioned:)

Cant remember how long ago it was that I bought it from sainsbugs, and yes there website not so good for doing a search. I have just done a quick search on internet and found the goodhousekeeping institute have done a comparison of quite a few and the sainsbugs one is mentioned there.

caronc

Need2bthrifty wrote: »

Morning All, cold and wet here too.

Caronc I have to agree with you remoulade is delish and I will definitely make that again.

I had a bit of a senior moment yesterday whilst making the stuffing for my Mediterranean peppers - I was in a bit of a rush and put what I thought was couscous in a bowl with some boiling water, after about 10mins went to fluff it up - but nothing to fluff, it hadn't absorbed any of the water, so quickly cooked up some bulgar wheat and used it instead, whilst it was cooking I realised that it was quinoa not couscous in the bowl, so I then cooked it.

So todays challenge, should I wish to accept, is to do something interesting (not a salad) with leftover cooked quinoa.




Cant remember how long ago it was that I bought it from sainsbugs, and yes there website not so good for doing a search. I have just done a quick search on internet and found the goodhousekeeping institute have done a comparison of quite a few and the sainsbugs one is mentioned there.

Glad you enjoyed the remoulade . What about burgers with the quinoa?

caronc

Is this the mini-chopper https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/shop/gb/groceries/blenders--mixers---food-processors-44/sainsburys-home-mini-chopper-131397870-p ?

PasturesNew

I've gone with: 4 fish fingers in a big bread roll and chips. Cooked in the mini oven today.

That freed up space in the freezer as I removed the empty fish finger packet and a bread roll and some chips.

I need to run down the drawer a bit - even with one drawer running there are foods in there that are "lurking" a bit.

moneyistooshorttomention

Had an idea from a blogger on YouTube re taking a rice-cooker with her whenever she travels and thought "Wonder if I could cook rice in my slow cooker?"

Bit of googling later and...yep...in a word.

So rice would be 1 cup brown (thats the type I use) rice and 2 cups water. Rinse rice. Put in slowcooker and cook on high 3 hours (stirring once during it).

Followed by thinking "What about quinoa?". Yep....quarter cup quinoa and half cup water. Rinse quinoa. Cook quinoa in water on high for 3-4 hours.

Hmmm....I can feel some experimenting coming on. Ideal to have a way of cooking that I dont have to pay attention to.

Has anyone tried this or anything similar in a slowcooker? What was the result?