Tip and tools for cooking for one

snowball
Tue, 26 Mar 2024 01:56:59 +0000

While I am not a gourmet cook, what I cook, I do well and can follow a recipe. I would say the last 10 years or so, my dinners would cycle through the same regular dishes, plus a good bit of grilled protein. I would cook and clean as I went, whereas my husband would grill if we were grilling, and he would do the dishes and remaining pans. We also ate out a few times a week as we both got home late from work.

Now that it is just me, I admit, I really don’t cook much. I will fix a large salad or a pasta dish, but I don’t really want to make something too involved, then eat and have to clean everything. I don’t know how to cook for one, and I don’t want to make something that I have to eat for 2 more nights!

I think I might do well to start by getting a grill pan for the cook top. I know it won’t be the same as cooking on the gas grill outside, but it will be easier for me while I prep my sides. Quick research leads me to the Staub Enamel Cast Iron grill pan; would love other suggestions. I thought I could cook a couple of pieces of chicken, steak or fish at a time, and use the second piece for on a salad the second day for variety.

I need to get out of this rut of not cooking before I forget how to do it. It just isn’t exciting cooking for myself, but there is no time like the present to make some changes.