People who live alone, what do you eat?

United States
October 29, 2006 2:51pm CST
My husband is away, so I only have to cook for myself (the toddler eats scraps of anything). But I never know what to eat, because I don't want to make a huge complicated meal for myself. Then there is frozen, single-serve things, but most of them have some sort of trans-fat in them, and I am trying to avoid that. Suggestions?
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• United States
31 Dec 06
since my son who is two and I both have favorite food of homemade mac and cheese I usually make that or sandwhiches. If you want meat then just add ground up hamburger into the mac and cheese. Yummy!
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• United States
14 Jan 07
That's a good idea. My friend puts all sorts of crazy things into mac and cheese.
@wildpvcgal (1085)
20 Dec 06
I quite enjoy cooking, I live with my 2 kids and my man when he stays over. I often find i tend to make far too much when going something with pasta or perhaps something like sheperd pie. What doesn,t get eaten I would let it cool and freeze the rest. Perhaps you could try this when you fancy making a certain meal for yourself then bothing would go to waste. xx
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• United States
20 Dec 06
I do that sometimes, but I really just don't think things taste as good leftover.
@Mommamea (1215)
• United States
1 Dec 06
Have you tried making meals and spliting them up into portions for you later? Invite friends for a nice dinner and save some for yourself for a later meal. Try some of the diet meals even though you may not be on a diet they are healthy for you. Hope you find something that works soon or your husband comes home soon.
• United States
20 Dec 06
LOL, thanks for your hopes. He's leaving soon for 7-8 months :-( But I know I will manage.
• Portugal
21 Nov 06
I eat this - my favourite pizza
I eat fast food
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• United States
21 Nov 06
Mmmm, yeah I would rather do that, but it gets expensive after a while!
@Idlewild (6090)
• United States
28 Nov 06
Some supermarkets and delis have premade dinners (some made by the deli owners) that are ready to heat and not too expensive. I eat pasta veggies a lot. Sometimes I heat up a can of chili but put in more of my own veggies--onions, peppers, mushrooms, etc.--to make it more nutritious. Frozen foods have gotten much better, health food stores and even regular supermarkets now have natural food/low fat frozen dinners and entrees.
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• United States
20 Dec 06
Sounds like you are careful with nutrition, I need to work on that too.
• India
22 Nov 06
Whatever can B cooked for a big family, can B cooked for a 1 and a quarter family. All U have to do is use small portions of ingredients to make a large enough meal that U actaully feel like eating in a day.
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• United States
22 Nov 06
Yeah, I suppose that would make the most sense. Unfortunately, I'm just not very good at that! LOL. allrecipes.com will scale it down for you though, maybe I should do that with the recipes I find on there.
@deeds14 (815)
• United States
19 Nov 06
During college, I lived with 3 other roommates and we usually just cooked for ourselves. I would usually make spaghetti or macaroni... but sometimes I would make chicken and just eat the leftovers the next day.
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• United States
21 Nov 06
See, I'm not a fan of leftovers, I always end up throwing them away. I should get over that.
@lavigne (82)
• India
19 Nov 06
I eat food...!!
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• United States
21 Nov 06
That's very helpful.
@zack_3004 (1207)
• Malaysia
9 Jan 07
yes. i have live alone for last 3 years. i tried to prepared food by myself. actually i like to eat at my home.
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