Cooking for one

bencummins1983

All the joe wicks aka the body coach books are pretty decent for cooking for one. Even if you ignore the exercise routines in them it provides a wealth of reciepes. I think they are only £8 on Amazon at the moment.

Miss Mandy

Is Joe Wicks the 'lean in 15' guy? I haven't seen his books, but I've heard they're good. I might pick one up and have a look.

sniffer66

Apart from pasta dishes, Risotto is a good fall back meal when you are cooking for one, as you can adjust the quantities to suit.
It's a little bit of a faff in that you need to stand over it for about 20 mins as you get the stock absorbed but there are so many variations it never gets boring. I have a few Jamie Oliver books with Risotto recipes in and once you master the basic recipe you can put in what you like.
I especially like chicken/wild mushroom or prawn, pea and mint.
Tend to eat mine with some warm bread or a green salad

kouros

I would suggest making soups, they are very easy to make and you can make as many portions as you want.

raduv1

I don't usually cook for one , when I do though  ( work shifts )  and I come home in the morning from a 12 hour shift its an omelette, and a cheese one at that.  Four eggs , a tad of milk, salt n pepper  in the small frying pan ( so you can fluff it up to a decent thickness ) and then add the grated cheese to your taste , fold and done. Couple of rounds of toast and perfect.

domtheone

Also a single homeowner.  Few interesting ideas.   

@494930   Is that melted Cheese over the steaks?

Never tried that. Tempted to have a go at that tonight

494930

Melted cheese and garlic butter.

jesser

when i started living on my own cooking seemed the worst chore, because I felt so lazy and it's always tempting to order aomth or just fill myself with random snacks. But it's not the healthiest way to live so I eventually started cooking simplest things and freeze the leftovers to have them later. My advanced level was to prepare ingredients like broth, boiled veggies etc, freeze them and use whenever I need to cook smth. Freezing is really helpful

domtheone

Butter bean & chorizo stew

Starting looking through the BBC recipes (simple ones) of late.

Picked the above.

So simple yet so yummy.

About a fiver gives me 4 portions so 2 nights dinner.