Re: any cook books on cooking for 1 person

[Guest guest]

have you tried dividing the recipe ingredients down to make just enough

for 1

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> hello everyone i am trying to find a book on cooking for 1 person,it

is

> only myself i'm cooking for and some of these recipes is like for 4-

12

> servings and thats just a waste.does anyone about a good cook book.

>

> thanks

>

[Guest guest]

I haven't bought any cookbooks for one but there are a lot on Amazon

http://tinyurl.com/yccocj

When I make a batch of stuff I usually make a full recipe and freeze

some of it. I also tend to eat left overs for a few days. Occasionally

my kids will help out but they're early teenagers so they're a

challenge with tomatoes, onions, mustard, seafood, really anything

decent or flavor. I find that if I sneak stuff in chopped up pretty

finely they either don't notice it or don't care.

Mike in GR

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> hello everyone i am trying to find a book on cooking for 1 person,it

is

> only myself i'm cooking for and some of these recipes is like for 4-

12

> servings and thats just a waste.does anyone about a good cook book.

>

> thanks

>

[Guest guest]

I know I just said I don't cook for one often but I have tried this

and it rarely works. You end up with 1/2 or other fractions of a

package of sometimes unusual and often perishable items. Which means

even though you didn't use them there they sit going bad in your

fridge with nothing else to incorporate them into other than their

original recipes. Sure you can simply make the recipe again and I

often do but if you don't like to eat the same thing for a week or so

that might get old. I don't really mind that myself but I can see

where someone would as well as where I wouldn't mind some variety. I

admit I don't like to cook much during the week but prefer to make a

large batch of dinner stuff and eat it over the week. I'll bring it

over to my folks house sometimes too trying to get rid of a few

servings.

Mike in GR

> >

> > hello everyone i am trying to find a book on cooking for 1

person,it

> is

> > only myself i'm cooking for and some of these recipes is like for

4-

> 12

> > servings and thats just a waste.does anyone about a good cook

book.

> >

> > thanks

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Actually, if you're good at cooking and know how to divide it's quit simple. I

recommend using a calculator if you have trouble breaking down the measurements.

Mike wrote: I know I just said I don't cook for

one often but I have tried this

and it rarely works. You end up with 1/2 or other fractions of a

package of sometimes unusual and often perishable items. Which means

even though you didn't use them there they sit going bad in your

fridge with nothing else to incorporate them into other than their

original recipes. Sure you can simply make the recipe again and I

often do but if you don't like to eat the same thing for a week or so

that might get old. I don't really mind that myself but I can see

where someone would as well as where I wouldn't mind some variety. I

admit I don't like to cook much during the week but prefer to make a

large batch of dinner stuff and eat it over the week. I'll bring it

over to my folks house sometimes too trying to get rid of a few

servings.

Mike in GR

> >

> > hello everyone i am trying to find a book on cooking for 1

person,it

> is

> > only myself i'm cooking for and some of these recipes is like for

4-

> 12

> > servings and thats just a waste.does anyone about a good cook

book.

> >

> > thanks

> >

>

Sherry

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[Guest guest]

Sherry,

Breaking down the measurements is not the issue. Needing a calculator

to do so is an obvious solution if it were the issue. What IS the

issue (hate to sound like a broken record) is the left over,

potentially unusual and recipe specific ingrediants. Unless you're

making multiple recipes with very similar ingrediants you most

certainly will end up with possibly perishable items in opened

containers or half cut up quantities, etc. Obviously a solution is to

either simply make another batch before the ingrediants expire,

freeze or in some other way preserve the ingrediants or to simply

throw out the extra. The alternative I choose is to use whole

containers (small ones) and quantities of raw ingrediants to make

recipes whenever possible and to simply preserve the completed recipe

itself where possible. I find most recipes are geared towards common

quantities of products like one whole onion or one can of this or

that. If you simply stick to that amount then you might have left

over recipes but you're not stuck with half cans or half cut up

ingrediants.

Mike in GR

> > >

> > > hello everyone i am trying to find a book on cooking for 1

> person,it

> > is

> > > only myself i'm cooking for and some of these recipes is like

for

> 4-

> > 12

> > > servings and thats just a waste.does anyone about a good cook

> book.

> > >

> > > thanks

> > >

> >

>

>

>

>

>

>

> Sherry

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[Guest guest]

I'm not familiar with any cookbooks, but just wanted to share an idea that I

used some years ago. I partnered with a couple of other single friends and we

cooked for the group. So, when I cooked a dish for four, I shared a serving with

each of them and they did the same. It was great because we didn't all have to

cook all the time and we also didn't waste so much food. Now, I'm married and

have a kid, so I don't have to think about it much anymore.

dominicanmaniac wrote: hello everyone i am trying

to find a book on cooking for 1 person,it is

only myself i'm cooking for and some of these recipes is like for 4-12

servings and thats just a waste.does anyone about a good cook book.

thanks

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[Guest guest]

Now THAT is a damned fine idea. I admit that never crossed my mind.

There are plenty of single or childless couples where I work that I

could get with on this. I did have a guy at work ask for a helping of

my seafood chili and he brought in a mess of his homemade pesto for

me. I still have some of that in the freezer as a matter of fact.

Thanks for the great idea!

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trying to find a book on cooking for 1 person,it is

> only myself i'm cooking for and some of these recipes is like for 4-

12

> servings and thats just a waste.does anyone about a good cook book.

>

> thanks

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Mike,

When one sits down ad plans out a weeks menu very carefully, waste is nil. I

understand your point, but I've been doing it for years and hardly ever waste

anything if ever. Let's agree to disagree on this subject, and leave it to that.

ok...ok

Mike wrote:

Sherry,

Breaking down the measurements is not the issue. Needing a calculator

to do so is an obvious solution if it were the issue. What IS the

issue (hate to sound like a broken record) is the left over,

potentially unusual and recipe specific ingrediants. Unless you're

making multiple recipes with very similar ingrediants you most

certainly will end up with possibly perishable items in opened

containers or half cut up quantities, etc. Obviously a solution is to

either simply make another batch before the ingrediants expire,

freeze or in some other way preserve the ingrediants or to simply

throw out the extra. The alternative I choose is to use whole

containers (small ones) and quantities of raw ingrediants to make

recipes whenever possible and to simply preserve the completed recipe

itself where possible. I find most recipes are geared towards common

quantities of products like one whole onion or one can of this or

that. If you simply stick to that amount then you might have left

over recipes but you're not stuck with half cans or half cut up

ingrediants.

Mike in GR

> > >

> > > hello everyone i am trying to find a book on cooking for 1

> person,it

> > is

> > > only myself i'm cooking for and some of these recipes is like

for

> 4-

> > 12

> > > servings and thats just a waste.does anyone about a good cook

> book.

> > >

> > > thanks

> > >

> >

>

>

>

>

>

>

> Sherry

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[Guest guest]

Sherry,

Nope I don't disagree with sitting down and planning out a week's

menu as wasting anything. I agree with that helping reduce waste and

do that myself. I've been planning my own or my family's meals for

nearly 25 years. When I plan them though I usually use common staples

that either last a long time, work in a variety of recipes or I make

a large quantity of the recipe and eat it often throughout the week,

eat it with others or freeze/preserve it. Making a single serving of

a recipe by reducing the quantities required of the recipe will often

(not always) result in some left over ingrediants that could be

unique to that recipe or at least that style of food. Now if you

disagree with that then we can agree to disagree.

Mike in GR

> > > >

> > > > hello everyone i am trying to find a book on cooking for 1

> > person,it

> > > is

> > > > only myself i'm cooking for and some of these recipes is like

> for

> > 4-

> > > 12

> > > > servings and thats just a waste.does anyone about a good cook

> > book.

> > > >

> > > > thanks

> > > >

> > >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > Sherry

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