Dinner for one!

Yes, apparently goat meat is also called mutton in Asian food stores

Used to be able to buy mutton from Helen Browning online but can't now, which is a great shame as it was absolutely delicious, even more delicious than lamb, which is probably my favourite meat.

When we were first married, before vegetarian days, we lived in a village in Northumberland where the butcher used to come twice a week in a van.
We had a house, rented, with one electric point, a cold tap, a toilet across the road, and a range which some times worked and sometimes didn't.
You had to put the mince in straight away, pull the damper out and the heat from the fire was supposed to swirl round the outside of the oven and cook the mince. Sometimes it was cooked and sometimes it wasn't when Ken came home from work at 8 p.m.

Goat mutton?

My OH made curry with mutton (goat) it was vile!!!!! Unfortunately loads left in freezer, he says he will eat it.
The posts about mince remind me of cooking for 3 hungry boys, I could make a pound of mince stretch to 2 meals for 5 people!

My daughter days that Tesco sell diced mutton now.

Not just me, then... I often buy cheap mince (i.e. with adequate fat left in) and cook it with, oh, onion, garlic, celery, carrot, stock, tomatoes, sometimes wine, sometimes mushrooms and have it with spuds and something green, then the next night with tagliatelle and then another night with rice...

Not so long ago, Sainsburys sold mutton mince - great for curries (keema peas for example) but of course it finally stopped coming...

The problem is that I ran a vegetarian cafe for 5 years, then a guest house for 10.
Have never cooked for one!

jend, you could always make soup with your leftovers.

I adore devilled mushrooms or kidneys.

I often have things on toast: garlic mushrooms (favourite), fried tomatoes, eggs, and, of course, cheese. I make a kind of tuna paté with a can of tuna and half a pack of philly light plus a little mayo. That goes well on toast or in a sandwich and keeps for a few days in the fridge.

It sounds very healthy overeating jend!

So I wouldn't worry. Just enjoy.

Oh yes. There would have to be the odd rice pud or two.

And pancakes. With lemon and sugar.

Nearly ten months and I still cannot cook for one.
Could explain why I have put on half a stone since Ken died.
Have been vegetarian for over 35 years, so it's not that I eat a lot of starch or protein. I would think that 3/4 of each plate is stirfry veg, but I find I've put in a whole red pepper instead of the half I should do. Yesterday I put in half a courgette, then washed the other half and put it in the wok instead of in the fridge.
I hate soggy veg so would not freeze half. In fact most meals take no longer than 10 minutes to cook after the preparation.
It's probably all the wine that's put the weight on!

I would eat an awful lot of toasted cheese sandwiches, tomato soup and rice puds.

I made the mistake of making a chocolate cake this week. It's VEGAN and delicious - I just found the recipe from years ago.
Now I am eating too much of it!

I may make it as an alternative to Christmas cake.

Oh yes. Always the sweeties.

No rock?

I've got a feeling that if I was on my own I would live on white bread and butter. And oranges.

I've been cooking for one for almost 30 yrs!
I use absentgrana method of freezing portions for later.I only have a small freezer.When a holiday looms I try to eat mainly from freezer -saves time in shopping- and money!
Visiting family are helpful in choosing something from freezer rather than expect me to produce a freshly cooked meal.Anyway I never know what time they will arrive -and SIL is an expert cook!!

Be wellcome!

Be careful, jeni - I might take you up on that!

I cannot get the hang of cooking for one! I always cook far to much. I think my cleaners chickens like this! I can't freeze it as both my freezers are full. I need someone to come and live with me to eat all the food!

Having cooked huge meals for years, not because I had a big family (just three or four of us), but because we were always spontaneously inviting local friends to supper and frequently had house guests, I find cooking just for two now tedious, and uncreative. Consequently, I do what I call "home-cooked ready meals". I'll have a fit of being creative with a curry, cheeky with chicken or speculative with a stew, using a wide range of ingredients that inevitably means a meal for eight. I serve enough for two and freeze three more meals for another time. I definitely need a bigger freezer.

I too enjoy trying to be frugal, but interspersed with some treats. I usually make meal plans, then do my shopping based on them, as well as adding things such as washing and cleaning stuff.

I like to make sure Mr P has good food when he is home at the weekend, as when he is away he seems to live on Sainsburys pasta salad!