Help a starving student out
Hey home skillets,
So, Thanksgiving has got me thinking about cooking -- mainly, how I don't. It's part laziness, part lack of experience, part logistics. (How did I get this far living alone without cooking much? The answer is I'm a bageltarian and you don't want to know). Cooking for one is daunting, a) because I have this apprehension about spending money on things that will go bad/I'll never use again and also because b) I have a... special relationship with what I deem "leftovers" (which is slightly different from what other people would call leftovers). I don't like them. IDK, it's not exactly rational, but after about a day, fridge or freezer, I don't want to be eating something, and some things DON'T freeze well, "make many portions" be damned.
So, I was wondering if any of you with experience at feeding yourself properly have recipes or book/blog recs you could share me? Think beginner-level, 1-2 portions, easy/fast to make (see above re: grad student.) I'm mostly looking for dinner-type things, but if you most faaaaavourite is some kind of sweet I am not opposed to that.
For your guidance:
\o/:
- cheese
- spicy/savoury things (Indian food, Thai food, anything with good sauce basically)
- pickled things! Reuben sandwich = favourite.
- noodles
- mushrooms, green or wax beans, tomatoes, corn
- chicken and beef
- lemon
/o\:
- PEPPERS. Gah.
- Olives
- A ton of onions
- Cauliflower, peas, cooked carrots, bean sprouts
- Unlikely to come up re: dinner, but coffee. Bleh.
- fried eggs
Hm. Probably not comprehensive, but the major items are there.
:D?
So, Thanksgiving has got me thinking about cooking -- mainly, how I don't. It's part laziness, part lack of experience, part logistics. (How did I get this far living alone without cooking much? The answer is I'm a bageltarian and you don't want to know). Cooking for one is daunting, a) because I have this apprehension about spending money on things that will go bad/I'll never use again and also because b) I have a... special relationship with what I deem "leftovers" (which is slightly different from what other people would call leftovers). I don't like them. IDK, it's not exactly rational, but after about a day, fridge or freezer, I don't want to be eating something, and some things DON'T freeze well, "make many portions" be damned.
So, I was wondering if any of you with experience at feeding yourself properly have recipes or book/blog recs you could share me? Think beginner-level, 1-2 portions, easy/fast to make (see above re: grad student.) I'm mostly looking for dinner-type things, but if you most faaaaavourite is some kind of sweet I am not opposed to that.
For your guidance:
\o/:
- cheese
- spicy/savoury things (Indian food, Thai food, anything with good sauce basically)
- pickled things! Reuben sandwich = favourite.
- noodles
- mushrooms, green or wax beans, tomatoes, corn
- chicken and beef
- lemon
/o\:
- PEPPERS. Gah.
- Olives
- A ton of onions
- Cauliflower, peas, cooked carrots, bean sprouts
- Unlikely to come up re: dinner, but coffee. Bleh.
- fried eggs
Hm. Probably not comprehensive, but the major items are there.
:D?