Cooking dinner for one

[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.

[shootingstar]

If you have a rice cooker and cook rice, you can cook some food directly into the rice. So your pieces of cooked meat have bits of rice stuck to it. So what..

Variation #1: When rice is 5-10 min. from being done, break an egg into it. You can if you wish stir egg into rice. Cover lid. And continue cooking process. Steam of cooking rice will cook the egg.

Variation #2: Marinate fistful of thin small slices of beef or chicken with just a tsp. or tblsp. of soy sauce, dusting of flour or cornstarch, tsp. of oil. Can just marinate for 10 min. or less.

When rice begins to bubble in rice cooker, throw in the marinated meat directly into the bubbling rice and stir meat directly into rice. Cover with lid. Do not lift lid. Must let steam of cooking rice to cook meat.

Marinade can be adjusted with different things --with other seasonings. Whatever. Yea, the rice absorbs whatever liquids and cooks it. Might change the colour of the rice. But who cares.

[Zen]

A rice cooker is an appliance.

I do not like extra appliances.

That's why Mrs. Butterworth invented Minute Rice. You can still use broth instead of water and throw in already cooked meat & vegetables.

It turns out kind of like that KFC thing where they throw chicken, mashed potatoes, corn, cheese and gravy all into one bowl

[malkin]

...my dinner with a carrot...

I'll bet the conversation was more accessible than in My Dinner with Andre.

I'm quite a fan of anything in a tortilla.