I know that some of you live alone and its hard to fix some thing for dinner as Im finding out. Im sick and tired of soup , ham sandwitchs , TV dinners (they tatse like the bok they come in). I work 2nd shift and 7 days a week now its hard to get to the store after work .The only store open is wally world and I HATE those self check out lines. I do have a crock pot and been thinking about dragging it out and giveing it a try . yall got any good ideas please share
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Around here when the wood cook stove is going we cook and bake for the week. Then just heat up what we are having for that meal, this way you get real food. Also break up lettuce in container or buy bagged salad so you can make up green food. Did green food salads and an apple for lunch for years at work. Pretty soon after some of the other guys found out it was cheaper and easier then running off for lunch. They eat salad lunches also. Take care of yourself.
With just my wife and I we have much the same problem. A big meal just has too many left overs. We use the crock pot a lot in the winter.
Something simple and easy is a roast. Just find a smaller roast. Put it and some potatoes/carrots in some water in the pot. Season to taste. We just let it slow cook and have the roast and potatoes/carrots as the first meal. The we take the roast out and tear it up into small pieces. Put it back into the remaining broth. Add more vegetables, some barley, an you have a good home made vegetable soup.
We also use a LARGE roast and then just slice it for sandwiches if we don't feel like soup.
Another simple meal if you like beans and corn bread. Just put some dried beans into water with a ham bone. Let it slow cook. Then make some Jiffy mix corn bread. I like to just crumble the cornbread on a flat plate and cover it with the bean broth and ham chunks. Good eating. If you do not have a ham bone then just dice up a thick slice of ham.
I know you said you are tired of soup but I bet that is canned boughten soup. We make a good vegetable soup in our crock pot. You can get BEEF in a can just about the size of a large can of tuna. So take two of them, canned vegetables, canned potatoes, and a stalk of celery. Dump the canned vegetables with the water they come with into the pot. Dump the canned potatoes into the pot, dump the canned beef into the pot. The water off the vegetables and potatoes will give you enough broth for the soap. Then just add salt and pepper for your taste. You have a quick, cheap, good tasting soup. We usually make a large pot of it. Then after a meal or two we freeze the remaining soup for quick meals later.
These are just a few quick and easy crock pot meals we make.
We also bought a smaller electric griddle. It is easier than a skillet to cook on. Way less cleanup. We make a lot of egg, hash brown meals on it. Also a good hot grilled cheese with ham goes well with some chips or soup.
We try to share the meal duty and yet keep it simple, economical, and health. It is just the two of us in AZ in the winter so by splitting the meal duties that gives my wife time off to enjoy herself too.
Something simple and easy is a roast. Just find a smaller roast. Put it and some potatoes/carrots in some water in the pot. Season to taste. We just let it slow cook and have the roast and potatoes/carrots as the first meal. The we take the roast out and tear it up into small pieces. Put it back into the remaining broth. Add more vegetables, some barley, an you have a good home made vegetable soup.
We also use a LARGE roast and then just slice it for sandwiches if we don't feel like soup.
Another simple meal if you like beans and corn bread. Just put some dried beans into water with a ham bone. Let it slow cook. Then make some Jiffy mix corn bread. I like to just crumble the cornbread on a flat plate and cover it with the bean broth and ham chunks. Good eating. If you do not have a ham bone then just dice up a thick slice of ham.
I know you said you are tired of soup but I bet that is canned boughten soup. We make a good vegetable soup in our crock pot. You can get BEEF in a can just about the size of a large can of tuna. So take two of them, canned vegetables, canned potatoes, and a stalk of celery. Dump the canned vegetables with the water they come with into the pot. Dump the canned potatoes into the pot, dump the canned beef into the pot. The water off the vegetables and potatoes will give you enough broth for the soap. Then just add salt and pepper for your taste. You have a quick, cheap, good tasting soup. We usually make a large pot of it. Then after a meal or two we freeze the remaining soup for quick meals later.
These are just a few quick and easy crock pot meals we make.
We also bought a smaller electric griddle. It is easier than a skillet to cook on. Way less cleanup. We make a lot of egg, hash brown meals on it. Also a good hot grilled cheese with ham goes well with some chips or soup.
We try to share the meal duty and yet keep it simple, economical, and health. It is just the two of us in AZ in the winter so by splitting the meal duties that gives my wife time off to enjoy herself too.
If you use a crock pot consider using a liner to save cleanup work. Reynolds is one brand of liner available in most grocery stores, including Wally World, near the zip-lock storage bags. Inside the Reynolds box are a few simple reciepies. I like the Pot Roast recipe as a starting point, skip the salt, substitute a can of cream of mushroom soup for the onion soup and add my own favorite ingredients for flavor: celery, a fresh apple, the herbs I like and extra pepper. It works for pork and beef roasts.
There many family favorite recipes posted online on many websites. www.allrecipes.com is one good site.
There many family favorite recipes posted online on many websites. www.allrecipes.com is one good site.
This mechanic here ended up being the cook for my aging parents. For them: I buy a bag of frozen chicken tenders (precooked, breaded) and pull out a few and oven them with a few tater tots. A package of two small ham steaks fried for a few mins with some canned potatoes fried with onion. I bake 4-5 fresh polish sausages for two meals with baked taters. Two pork chops fry real quick, too. I know I'm talking for two people but easily could be done for one. I always say, cooking for one or two is just as hard as for 4-6 cuz you still got to make the same things just smaller amounts
SweetFeet
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ericy,
Fry a pound of hamburger (or two if you like more meat in hotdishes).
Then put the fried meat in your crockpot and add:
thickly sliced potatoes (don't even have to peel them if don't want to)
onions
a large can of crushed or dice tomato
frozen corn kernels
season to taste with:
sugar (just a LITTLE - but it takes the tartness out of the tomato)
salt
pepper
onion powder
garlic powder....
or you can go other directions with the same dish by seasoning it with:
- taco season packets and some extra chili powder for a Southwest flavor.
- or with spaghetti powdered seasoning packets for an Italian twist.
If you are one who can cook - another thing you can do is mix up a batch of lasagna. Then instead of putting it together in a large cake pan... you can make up 2-3 smaller ones in a bread loaf-pan. Lay a sheet of plastic wrap right on top of the lasagna, then cover the pan with tinfoil and seal tightly. This way you can freeze them and pull one out each week to thaw in your fridge - then bake it when you need it for a meal at home and take leftovers to work for an easy meal you can heat up in the microwave.
You can also do the same thing with spaghetti sauce. Cook up a big batch and then freeze it in quart containers - would give you enough sauce for a meal and some leftovers for lunch at work if you cooked extra noodles.
Fry a pound of hamburger (or two if you like more meat in hotdishes).
Then put the fried meat in your crockpot and add:
thickly sliced potatoes (don't even have to peel them if don't want to)
onions
a large can of crushed or dice tomato
frozen corn kernels
season to taste with:
sugar (just a LITTLE - but it takes the tartness out of the tomato)
salt
pepper
onion powder
garlic powder....
or you can go other directions with the same dish by seasoning it with:
- taco season packets and some extra chili powder for a Southwest flavor.
- or with spaghetti powdered seasoning packets for an Italian twist.
If you are one who can cook - another thing you can do is mix up a batch of lasagna. Then instead of putting it together in a large cake pan... you can make up 2-3 smaller ones in a bread loaf-pan. Lay a sheet of plastic wrap right on top of the lasagna, then cover the pan with tinfoil and seal tightly. This way you can freeze them and pull one out each week to thaw in your fridge - then bake it when you need it for a meal at home and take leftovers to work for an easy meal you can heat up in the microwave.
You can also do the same thing with spaghetti sauce. Cook up a big batch and then freeze it in quart containers - would give you enough sauce for a meal and some leftovers for lunch at work if you cooked extra noodles.
waltdavies
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My wife and I argue over who is going to cook tonight. She mostly wins and I cook. I have learn to make a lot of shortcuts with the micro a very handy tool. Get the micro cookbook out and look at the simple meals you can put together that taste good. Mostly you need to very your meals eating the same thing over and over can make anything taste awful.
I have a large collection of old waffle irons and once a week we have waffles for dinner with fresh strawberries and whip cream YUM, YUM,
Another way is to find some poor woman in the same shape as you are and get together just to cook. It can really make a difference when you can share what you cook.
Walt
PS I have always loved to cook special things but at 75 with a bum ticker it's getting harder to spend half a day in the kitchen.
I have a large collection of old waffle irons and once a week we have waffles for dinner with fresh strawberries and whip cream YUM, YUM,
Another way is to find some poor woman in the same shape as you are and get together just to cook. It can really make a difference when you can share what you cook.
Walt
PS I have always loved to cook special things but at 75 with a bum ticker it's getting harder to spend half a day in the kitchen.
State of Jefferson
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I've been a bachelor most of my life. Here are a couple of my go-to week night meals... Pretty simple once you get the hang of em 
Mashed potatoes and Hamburger gravy:
Prep some russett taters to boil. I just scrub mine and cut em up. Start em cookin.
Fry a pound of ground beef, chopping up and stirring untill nicely browned. Stir in a quarter cup of flour and cook for a couple minutes. Ad a can or two of beef broth, Water and bulion cubes work well too. Let it simmer.
When the potatoes are done(soft, but not mushy) drain and mash up with some butter and a little milk. Put a good heap of em in a bowl, cover with the burger gravy. Eat till you can't eat no mo! Can double this recipe for good leftovers...
Chicken rice casserole:
Start a box of chicken rice-a-roni in the microwave per the instructions on the box. While it's cookin, open a can of pre-cooked chicken breast and a can of diced ortega chili's(mild). when the rice-a-roni has a couple-few minutes left on the clock, take it out of the micro and stir in the chicken and chili's. Finish cookin the last couple minutes. Pull it out, let it cool a minute or two, then serve up a good helping and stir in a good heavy dose of shredded cheddar. This will put you right to sleep ;-)
Slow cooker pork roast:
Salt up a good pork shoulder(butt) roast and brown in the skillet till good and browned (leave the drippings in the pan, the extra salt will keep it from gettin funky while the roast cooks, or stick it in the fridge if you want...) Put the roast in your crock pot with a bunch of water or broth. Let it cook all day on low, or 5ish hours on high. When it's fallin apart cooked, Scoop the roast into a bowl or platter. Reheat those dripppings we talked about, and stir in a couple tablespoons of flour and cook it till the texture of that glue/paste we used to eat in kindegarden, and a little brown. Start stirring in the broth that the roast cooked in and cook it down to make good gravy. Serve it with some mashed taters and cornbread, or biscuits. This one is better done on a weekend, then if you have a big enough roast, you can eat it most of the week...
Good luck, enjoy!
Ben
Mashed potatoes and Hamburger gravy:
Prep some russett taters to boil. I just scrub mine and cut em up. Start em cookin.
Fry a pound of ground beef, chopping up and stirring untill nicely browned. Stir in a quarter cup of flour and cook for a couple minutes. Ad a can or two of beef broth, Water and bulion cubes work well too. Let it simmer.
When the potatoes are done(soft, but not mushy) drain and mash up with some butter and a little milk. Put a good heap of em in a bowl, cover with the burger gravy. Eat till you can't eat no mo! Can double this recipe for good leftovers...
Chicken rice casserole:
Start a box of chicken rice-a-roni in the microwave per the instructions on the box. While it's cookin, open a can of pre-cooked chicken breast and a can of diced ortega chili's(mild). when the rice-a-roni has a couple-few minutes left on the clock, take it out of the micro and stir in the chicken and chili's. Finish cookin the last couple minutes. Pull it out, let it cool a minute or two, then serve up a good helping and stir in a good heavy dose of shredded cheddar. This will put you right to sleep ;-)
Slow cooker pork roast:
Salt up a good pork shoulder(butt) roast and brown in the skillet till good and browned (leave the drippings in the pan, the extra salt will keep it from gettin funky while the roast cooks, or stick it in the fridge if you want...) Put the roast in your crock pot with a bunch of water or broth. Let it cook all day on low, or 5ish hours on high. When it's fallin apart cooked, Scoop the roast into a bowl or platter. Reheat those dripppings we talked about, and stir in a couple tablespoons of flour and cook it till the texture of that glue/paste we used to eat in kindegarden, and a little brown. Start stirring in the broth that the roast cooked in and cook it down to make good gravy. Serve it with some mashed taters and cornbread, or biscuits. This one is better done on a weekend, then if you have a big enough roast, you can eat it most of the week...
Good luck, enjoy!
Ben
Not currently single, but I didn't marry until I was almost 40, and now we keep different schedules so I still cook for myself most nights. Check pout the Tyson meals in the refrigerated section. Around here they have chicken breast in gravy, beef tips, turkey, etc, etc. Depending on which one I get, what I usually do is cook a single serving pack of rice to pour it over, or make some potatoes to go with it. The meal itself cooks in a microwave in about 4 minutes, and in the few years since I discovered them when I was looking for something 'different' to eat also, I have yet to eat one that wasn't almost as good as home made. I say almost because Tyson makes two different ones that have turkey in them. One is really good, the other tastes like rubber. Can't say for sure which is which, but I think the one that says 'turkey breast, and shows little round pieces vs 'real meat' shaped pieces is the rubber one.
You can get a McCormick season bag for pot roast or pork roast or chicken at the grocery store for around a buck, put in a chuck roast or boston butt roast or whole chicken add a few potatoes, onions, carrots or what ever you like and the seasoning from the packet, follow the directions on the packet -- bake and eat, a few doughboy rolls or biscuits to sop up the gravy. Also spaghetti with hunts or ragu or whatever kind of sauce you like and hamburger meat.
Phil-mar Farms
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Beans and Rice- 1-10oz can RO-TEL ,1-21oz can BUSH’S Grillin’ beans texas ranchero , V-8 juice , Minute Rice-- In a large casserole combine RO-TEL and beans, fill bean can with rice add to casserole, refill bean can with V-8 juice add to casserole stir ,microwave 15 minutes-- HOTTER mix use RO-TEL can
gtractorfan
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One of my favorite things this summer has been a casserole that's mostly made from the garden, plus either chunked chicken or ham added. I froze some and it's still good from the freezer. Problem is, now the garden season is over! Also, I do about 10 pounds of chicken breast with added seasonings at a time and freeze that. Makes good sandwiches with lettuce, onion and tomato (if available) added.
notjustair
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Foil Surprise!
Put a frozen hamburger patty on a large square of foil. Slice raw potatoes on top and some onion slices. Season with salt and pepper and throw in the oven for an hour at 350. When you take them out poke a hole in the bottom of the foil with a fork to let the fat drain out. I make half a dozen at a time so I have left overs.
Put a frozen hamburger patty on a large square of foil. Slice raw potatoes on top and some onion slices. Season with salt and pepper and throw in the oven for an hour at 350. When you take them out poke a hole in the bottom of the foil with a fork to let the fat drain out. I make half a dozen at a time so I have left overs.
Phil-mar Farms
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Go to Discussion forums-go to last one "country life"-go to bottum of page,click on "home"-click on "country cooking"-click on "show all". Lots of recipes!
Tubacase47
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I did a pork roast with sauerkraut a couple weeks ago and about an hour before I was ready to eat, I mixed up some dumplings and put them in on top of that.
dr sportster
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Pulled pork .Low and slow baby. Low and slow. It will cook itself.Plenty of recipies on line . Some use Coke or Dr Pepper . I like onion soup.Get a few rolls and BBQ sauce and add the carrots and veggies near the last hour or two so they don't get mushy.
Larry NEIL
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One of my quick dinners is to cook up a package of mack & cheese and dump a can of peas and carrots in with it, while frying a chunk of smoke sausage. I love it and sometimes make a small bowl of cottage cheese mixed with crushed pineapple. A delicious meal in :15 minutes.
Shouldn't have started to read this thread before lunch. Had to stop and eat !
One of my own favorites, I call "Montana beef 'n beans" my Texas friends say it isn't chili ! It can be done in the crock pot but a big pan will work as well. Take a good size onion, chunk it up real good, put in a big frying pan w/some oil. In the crock pot, I use one can beef broth, one can red beans, one can pinto or chili beans, two cans tomatos (the Hunts tomatos w/basil and oregano are great), can of mild chilies, dice up a few green olives and some pickled jalapenos and throw them in too. When the onions are nice and hot, fry about 1 1/2Lb. lean ground beef with the onions. I add a little cayenne pepper and some cajin spice while the onions/hamburger are cooking. Don't over cook the beef, tiny bit of "pink" is OK - put that in the pot, add some cumin and garlic salt too. Makes a good size batch, but freeze it in meal size containers - one of those things that seems to taste even better later ! Sounds like a lot of work but I can throw together a batch in 30 min. In fact, I skipped the crock pot & cooked it in a big pan once - had a meal in just about an hour. Ken
One of my own favorites, I call "Montana beef 'n beans" my Texas friends say it isn't chili ! It can be done in the crock pot but a big pan will work as well. Take a good size onion, chunk it up real good, put in a big frying pan w/some oil. In the crock pot, I use one can beef broth, one can red beans, one can pinto or chili beans, two cans tomatos (the Hunts tomatos w/basil and oregano are great), can of mild chilies, dice up a few green olives and some pickled jalapenos and throw them in too. When the onions are nice and hot, fry about 1 1/2Lb. lean ground beef with the onions. I add a little cayenne pepper and some cajin spice while the onions/hamburger are cooking. Don't over cook the beef, tiny bit of "pink" is OK - put that in the pot, add some cumin and garlic salt too. Makes a good size batch, but freeze it in meal size containers - one of those things that seems to taste even better later ! Sounds like a lot of work but I can throw together a batch in 30 min. In fact, I skipped the crock pot & cooked it in a big pan once - had a meal in just about an hour. Ken
Do you have a gas grill? All kinds of things you can make on one! BBQ chicken, ribs hot dogs and hamburgers, fish ect. I even grill veggies and pizzas on it. If you use the crock pot you can make pork and beef roasts, with potatoes carrots onion ect. You can make chilli, and yes homemade soup. Most of the meat you can freeze until you need them.
Meat loaf from your favorite recipe, couple of baked potatoes and some squash- put in oven, bake at 350 for an hour, everything gets done at the same time. Can use "time bake" if you want, so its ready when you get home. Makes several meals, and some good sandwiches to take to work. Mom used to do this often when we were kids- would get home from school and note would say "turn on oven at 5:30"- the stuff would already be in there.
Key when you're "batching" is to do something that makes leftovers- crock put stew generally gets better the more times you warm it up. Cook more than you need, a couple times a week, and use leftovers the rest of the time. Actually, my wife is a good cook, but is tired after working, so does this too.
Key when you're "batching" is to do something that makes leftovers- crock put stew generally gets better the more times you warm it up. Cook more than you need, a couple times a week, and use leftovers the rest of the time. Actually, my wife is a good cook, but is tired after working, so does this too.
SweetFeet- I do that every year when the tomatoes get ahead of me in the garden- go pick 'em all, cook them down for a couple of hours, then add sautéed hamburger, onions and peppers (also from the garden), garlic to taste. Add oregano and cumin to some for spaghetti sauce, add chili stuff to some for chili, freeze in quart containers. Much better, fresher flavor than when made from canned tomaotes. Very convenient meal- just remember to take out of freezer in the AM before work, so it will be thawed that night.
Couple of tips- you are right that it needs a little sugar to temper the tomato tartness- but you have to sneak it in if your wife is a dental hygienist. Also, to keep simmering stuff from burning on the bottom on an electric range, put 4 pieces of baling wire across the burner, to get just a little separation between pan and burner- doesn't take much, but it will scorch if you have pan directly on the burner for a long period of time.
Couple of tips- you are right that it needs a little sugar to temper the tomato tartness- but you have to sneak it in if your wife is a dental hygienist. Also, to keep simmering stuff from burning on the bottom on an electric range, put 4 pieces of baling wire across the burner, to get just a little separation between pan and burner- doesn't take much, but it will scorch if you have pan directly on the burner for a long period of time.
Ultradog MN
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Being a bachelor for 60 years will, if nothing else, teach you to cook for yourself.
Shucks BLT sandwiches are great as are simple fried egg or Denver sanwiches.
Omlettes are super easy, just add cut up green pepper and some cut up Spam, lunchmeat or any kind of cooked meat. Put cheese on top.
Microwave some frozen vegetables to go with it.
Get a small pressure cooker and cook chicken thighs in about 45 minutes. Then add potatoes, carrots, rutabaga, cabbage or whatever vegetables for another 10 minutes and you'll have enough for a couple of days.
Or use pork or beef or venison if you have them.
Noodles are the easiest thing to make. So fry some hamburger, add chopped green peppers, celery, canned mushrooms, a jar of Ragu and then the pasta. Good old fashioned Gulash!
Or make tuna noodle casserole. Google it. Very easy!!
Ham hocks and black or Navy beans with chopped onions in a slow cooker or dutch oven.
Bake a turkey and have enough meat for a week and stock for soup for a week more. Takes about a NFL football game long to bake a 12 lb turkey.
Get a rice cooker and make rice. Then chop up meat, vegetables, an egg or two and some soy sauce and make fried rice. I do that often.
Scalloped potatoes are also easy.
I'm no chef or gormand but can make lots of one pot meals that last for a couple of days.
Shucks BLT sandwiches are great as are simple fried egg or Denver sanwiches.
Omlettes are super easy, just add cut up green pepper and some cut up Spam, lunchmeat or any kind of cooked meat. Put cheese on top.
Microwave some frozen vegetables to go with it.
Get a small pressure cooker and cook chicken thighs in about 45 minutes. Then add potatoes, carrots, rutabaga, cabbage or whatever vegetables for another 10 minutes and you'll have enough for a couple of days.
Or use pork or beef or venison if you have them.
Noodles are the easiest thing to make. So fry some hamburger, add chopped green peppers, celery, canned mushrooms, a jar of Ragu and then the pasta. Good old fashioned Gulash!
Or make tuna noodle casserole. Google it. Very easy!!
Ham hocks and black or Navy beans with chopped onions in a slow cooker or dutch oven.
Bake a turkey and have enough meat for a week and stock for soup for a week more. Takes about a NFL football game long to bake a 12 lb turkey.
Get a rice cooker and make rice. Then chop up meat, vegetables, an egg or two and some soy sauce and make fried rice. I do that often.
Scalloped potatoes are also easy.
I'm no chef or gormand but can make lots of one pot meals that last for a couple of days.
Beef and Noodles.
put an arm roast in a big crock-pot with one can of cream of mushroom soup and a big can of beef broth. let it cook all day on low. When ya get home shred the roast right in the pot and add a bag of Amish noodles. In just a few minutes the noodles are done and you have a hearty meal. reheats well
put an arm roast in a big crock-pot with one can of cream of mushroom soup and a big can of beef broth. let it cook all day on low. When ya get home shred the roast right in the pot and add a bag of Amish noodles. In just a few minutes the noodles are done and you have a hearty meal. reheats well
ShadetreeRet
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Mac-n-cheese make a pretty good foundation to build on. I like to mix a few canned tomatoes with mine also.
ShadetreeRet
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By second shift you did not specify if it is an eight hour shift or twelve hour shift. I know the twelve hr. shift is rough, because my daughter used to work one. Either way, if you could get by the store during the day before you go to work, that would make a difference. Years ago, before the 24 hr. grocery, I got off work at 7:00 AM, and would sit in the parking lot of the grocery until they opened at 8:00.
I realize there is a time factor here, but, I have heard of folks who live alone who would cook various items in quantity and make up meals and freeze them. The divided styrofoam trays are available, and you would need some extra heavy plastic wrap. Been thinking about that myself. When the kids were all still at home I would make up a sixteen quart pot of vegetable-beef stew and can it in quart jars.
I realize there is a time factor here, but, I have heard of folks who live alone who would cook various items in quantity and make up meals and freeze them. The divided styrofoam trays are available, and you would need some extra heavy plastic wrap. Been thinking about that myself. When the kids were all still at home I would make up a sixteen quart pot of vegetable-beef stew and can it in quart jars.
After my late wife died I eat a lot of stir fry. I bought the large bags of stir fry vegetables at Sams Club along with frozen precooked chicken breasts. I also bought frozen shrimp. Something I liked and was fast. I used a deep skillet and when it was heated up I grabbed a thick towel and a fork and headed for the TV. When done I washed the skillet and fork and set it back on the stove ready for the next dinner.
I am married, but I eat dinner by myself at least 5 times per week. Here is what I have done for 20 years. Buy a bag of frozen chicken fillets, microwave one of these, buy the minute rice single serving size, 1/2 can of fruit, like pears or whatever you like. (it is dinner) then there is the Dinty Moore beef stew, better than soup. I buy/eat campbells chunky chicken noodle soup and I add a small can of chunk chicken to it, drain out the broth and that is a meal. Buy a package of sub buns, sliced turkey, tomatoes, lettuce, mustard, sliced pickles, that is dinner too. I have gone to subway, bought the $6 footlong and then eat 1/2 of it for dinner, then the other half the other night. Then there is the Good TV dinners. Lean cuisine is good, not filling but good.
What time do the pizza places stay open until?
You could also go out to eat while you are at work? 9pm at night? Plenty of places that are open at that time.
What time do the pizza places stay open until?
You could also go out to eat while you are at work? 9pm at night? Plenty of places that are open at that time.
SweetFeet
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Good idea with the wire on an electric range. I would not have thought of it.
I have a gas range and use a cast iron heat diffuser that my mom gifted me with. Otherwise, you are right - everything burns if you try to simmer it for a long time.
The tater hotdish, I just do in a crockpot - or I think it would scorch to bits.
I have a gas range and use a cast iron heat diffuser that my mom gifted me with. Otherwise, you are right - everything burns if you try to simmer it for a long time.
The tater hotdish, I just do in a crockpot - or I think it would scorch to bits.
Twelve minute Italian dinner for one. 1 cup your favorite spaghettis sauce. ( I like P Newman.)
Quarter size hand full spaghetti. Boil spaghet in one pot sauce in other. Add 6 Frozen meatballs to sauce. Toss pre made frozen Sara Lee garlic bread in toaster oven. Don't forget the parmesan and a few queen green olives on the side.
Cheap red communion wine to wash it down
Quarter size hand full spaghetti. Boil spaghet in one pot sauce in other. Add 6 Frozen meatballs to sauce. Toss pre made frozen Sara Lee garlic bread in toaster oven. Don't forget the parmesan and a few queen green olives on the side.
Cheap red communion wine to wash it down
I love the one dish "breakfast" in a skillet fry cut up bacon, while it is cooking microwave a potato ( or use a prebaked potato). While bacon is cooking you can add all kinds of things, like onion,green pepper , hot pepper,tomatos, just about anything. Cut up potato add to skillet, scramble 2 or more eggs. Add to skillet and stir till cooked. Some toast, salt and pepper. your done 15 minutes. You can make it with ham or sausage (turkey or pork). I like green olives in it also. Good for anytime of the day.
Some add a slice of cheese or gravey over the top.
Some add a slice of cheese or gravey over the top.
Dan T in MO
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Since being divorced, I spend way too much time at McDonalds. I'd like to teach my dog how to cook, but he insists on sampling everything.
Fergienewbee
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Put a beef roast in the crock pot with some potatoes, carrots and onions and a small amount of water. Use the juice as a gravy. Make stew from left overs. Scalloped potatoes and pork shops are also easy. Slice the potatoes and an onion or two thin. Layer potatoes/onions and sprinkle with flour. Repeat until all the potatoes onions are gone. Lay pork chops on to and add milk up to the chops. Bake for about an hour and a half at 350. Great left overs.
Larry
Larry
A little late for this discussion but I like to cook up a skillet casserole of sorts. I"ll cut up and fry some bacon, diced ham, or breakfast sausage in a big skillet. While the meat is cooking I scramble up 12-14 eggs (friends use to have ducks and would give me the eggs for free, rich in flavor but made this cheap meal even cheaper). Once the meat is cooked pour in the eggs and keep stirring and mixing til eggs are cooked. Add whatever you desire to the mix.
I liked this because it"s cheap, easy to make, and gives me leftovers for most of the week. When pressed for time, just heat some up in the micro and throw on bread and head out the door.
I liked this because it"s cheap, easy to make, and gives me leftovers for most of the week. When pressed for time, just heat some up in the micro and throw on bread and head out the door.
Wheres Waldo
Member
Paul Newman's sauce is the BEST. We USED to make our own sauce and my wife even said 'this is better than I can make'. You have good taste, my friend.
I've been hankering for some chili lately.
An easy recipe for chili is the 2 alarm mix along with a couple pounds of ground venison and a tube of jimmy dean sage pork sausage. Brown it, drain the grease and add a couple cans of red beans, the chili seasonings, I think del monte makes a chili mix of tomato seasoning...a couple of cans of that or a couple cans of rot-el, lately I've been adding cilantro to everything...a little water to let it simmer and you've got a pretty quick recipe.
Of course you can crock pot the same thing without having to brown the meat first.
You'll have a meal for a few days or you can freeze a portion or two for when evers.
An easy recipe for chili is the 2 alarm mix along with a couple pounds of ground venison and a tube of jimmy dean sage pork sausage. Brown it, drain the grease and add a couple cans of red beans, the chili seasonings, I think del monte makes a chili mix of tomato seasoning...a couple of cans of that or a couple cans of rot-el, lately I've been adding cilantro to everything...a little water to let it simmer and you've got a pretty quick recipe.
Of course you can crock pot the same thing without having to brown the meat first.
You'll have a meal for a few days or you can freeze a portion or two for when evers.
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