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The one thing that drives me nuts about these kits is that they're all designed for two people or more. I live alone. Am I forever destined to eat TV dinners to

by cbhl 12y ago

The one thing that drives me nuts about these kits is that they're all designed for two people or more. I live alone. Am I forever destined to eat TV dinners to feed myself? Am I supposed to eat out, because it's cheaper than mailing the box? :/

bitJericho 12y ago
There's all kinds of things you can make for one... I make one person meals all the time, or two person meals and save the other half for lunch the next day. Hell I'll make 5 person meals like a pan of lasagna and eat that for the next 3-4 days. You usually wanna toss leftovers past the 3 day mark. My meals even where there's excess that's tossed cost generally 1-3 dollars per sitting. 12 dollar meals is completely absurd.
idlewords 12y ago
Learn to cook! You'll be glad you did.
GrinningFool 12y ago
The amount of variety possible with nothing more than pasta, simply cooked meat or fish, and fresh vegetables is truly impressive.
tptacek 12y ago
Buy deli cups, make braise dishes, deli cup the leftovers, have amazing lunches for a week. You can vary the carb and veg with each serving and get a variety of different meals out of a single low-effort evening at the oven: over pasta, as a sandwich, in an omelet, as a potato hash, saucing chicken breasts. A great thing about braises is that they're bulletproof. Almost the only thing you can do to mess them up is to pull them too early. 4-6 hours in a slow oven. Done when you bother to check and the meat pulls easily with a fork. We do carbonnade overnight. No knife skills required. ... not that I'm recommending the kit. Don't do that, if only because it'll drive you to try to cook fussy stuff.
taude 12y ago
When cooking for one, I used to cook a couple nights/week the staples, and then reheat them. For example, I'd make a cous-cous salad thing on Sunday night, then pair it with a fresh cooked fish or chicken on Monday/Tuesday, maybe swap out the veggie (usually something steamed). That way, I only cooked the really quick/easy things on a given night. On wed, I'd cook a fancy rice dish that would end up making it into lunch for Thursday/Friday. It's all about a little planning and getting into the habit. I found that while cooking, I could watch some tv shows, or listen to some pod casts, etc...

by cbhl 12y ago

bitJericho 12y ago

There's all kinds of things you can make for one... I make one person meals all the time, or two person meals and save the other half for lunch the next day. Hell I'll make 5 person meals like a pan of lasagna and eat that for the next 3-4 days. You usually wanna toss leftovers past the 3 day mark. My meals even where there's excess that's tossed cost generally 1-3 dollars per sitting. 12 dollar meals is completely absurd.

idlewords 12y ago

Learn to cook! You'll be glad you did.

GrinningFool 12y ago

The amount of variety possible with nothing more than pasta, simply cooked meat or fish, and fresh vegetables is truly impressive.

tptacek 12y ago

Buy deli cups, make braise dishes, deli cup the leftovers, have amazing lunches for a week. You can vary the carb and veg with each serving and get a variety of different meals out of a single low-effort evening at the oven: over pasta, as a sandwich, in an omelet, as a potato hash, saucing chicken breasts. A great thing about braises is that they're bulletproof. Almost the only thing you can do to mess them up is to pull them too early. 4-6 hours in a slow oven. Done when you bother to check and the meat pulls easily with a fork. We do carbonnade overnight. No knife skills required. ... not that I'm recommending the kit. Don't do that, if only because it'll drive you to try to cook fussy stuff.

taude 12y ago

When cooking for one, I used to cook a couple nights/week the staples, and then reheat them. For example, I'd make a cous-cous salad thing on Sunday night, then pair it with a fresh cooked fish or chicken on Monday/Tuesday, maybe swap out the veggie (usually something steamed). That way, I only cooked the really quick/easy things on a given night. On wed, I'd cook a fancy rice dish that would end up making it into lunch for Thursday/Friday. It's all about a little planning and getting into the habit. I found that while cooking, I could watch some tv shows, or listen to some pod casts, etc...