Cooking dinner for one

[Biciclista]

Ok, i'll answer your question. Go to the grocery store; buy a bunch of veggies, some cans of beans, some rice, some potatoes.
Maybe pick up a chicken.

monday bake the chicken legs & wings; set aside the breast, throw the carcass into a pot of water; cook with a piece of celery, a carrot and an onion for 1 hour. save that broth -freeze it if it's too hot to make soup
make rice and a veggie, eat chicken leg, save the rest for a lunch or another meal.
tuesday cook the chicken breasts, use some of the veggies you saved from the day before. Use 1/2 can of the beans with the rice; make beans and rice.
now you have more left overs too!

wednesday it's cold? make soup! grab the broth, cut up some of the leftover chicken breast, some veggies, the 1/2 can of beans! did you buy greens? put some of that into the soup.

thursday; bake a potato, grab a leg and a wing, steam another veggie 5 minutes; dinner!

Friday- you can go a long ways on 1 chicken. From your post, i am guessing this isn't what you want to hear; but it's just not that hard to cook for one.
good luck.

[Cataboo]

Biciclista's more creative than I am...

I just cook a big pot of something and eat it every day for dinner till it's gone.

It probably takes about 4-5 days before I'm really tired of eating the same thing... but by that time it's about finished.

[letsride89]

wow girl, you are VERY creative...do you do this?? i might try it one week! thank you!!!

[Zen]

I just cook a big pot of something and eat it every day for dinner till it's gone.

I'm with you.
At least you made soup.
I've been buying a $5.00 rotisserie chicken at the grocery. That lasts about 5 days.
Some kind of veg, plus taters or rice and i'm happy.

[Cataboo]

I'm with you.
At least you made soup.
I've been buying a $5.00 rotisserie chicken at the grocery. That lasts about 5 days.
Some kind of veg, plus taters or rice and i'm happy.

Hey, I gave you some. Are you poisoned?

[Zen]

Not yet but if I don't post something somewhere tomorrow call the state police.

[tulip]

When I became single, my then-husband gave me a book that is just great. Nevermind that it's kind of weird in a sweet way that he gave me the book since our marriage was ending, but whatever.

It's called "Going Solo In the Kitchen." It's great.

[tribogota]

ENDLESS QUESADILLAS, fast and yummy and endless variations.
Tortilla, Cheese, and whatever else might be around, shredded chicken, shredded beef, olives, greens, whatever is in the fridge. Ummm, have been eating quesadillas a couple of nights a week for at least 20 years....
A neat little trick is to throw the quesadilla directly onto gas burner, it should bubble up, then flip over, a little brown on the other side, THEN put in the pan, and throw the cheese and other stuff in.... no need for butter or oil, now it is yummy and crispy on the outside

[azfiddle]

A couple of quick easy meals:

Quesadillas - corn tortillas with melted cheese, lettuce, tomato, salsa and whatever else like cucumber, red/green bell pepper, olives, avocado. Always seems satisfying to me and hits all the food groups.

Pita bread or English muffin pizzas with a salad.