Cookbook giveaway – Cooking Solo

52 Comments

• sgump  on  March 23, 2016

  Hardest for me (such that I rarely attempt them) are complicated baking things that won't freeze well: when something turns out quite lovely, I eat far too much of it myself! (The lesson, then, is only to bake before gatherings.)

• trudys_person  on  March 24, 2016

  Baked pastas, like lasagne and ziti … and tamale pie. I usually end up eating them for a week!

• vickster  on  March 24, 2016

  Baked dishes.

• rivergait  on  March 24, 2016

  Steak. On the rare occasions I grill it, I eat only part and scramble to find uses for the cold leftovers (usually salads ). I'd like to find recipes for fully-cooked strips of meat.

• VWR  on  March 24, 2016

  Stews and casseroles.

• sarahawker  on  March 24, 2016

  Any stew. it makes so much you get horribly tired of it and the freezer is full!

• ravensfan  on  March 24, 2016

  Soups and stews.

• tcjanes  on  March 24, 2016

  Prime Rib.

• imaluckyducky  on  March 24, 2016

  Soups that have ingredients that prevent them from freezing and/or reheating well.

• t.t  on  March 24, 2016

  lasagna

• Julia  on  March 24, 2016

  Stews, casseroles and cakes.

• pandapotamus  on  March 24, 2016

  soup

• cocecitycook  on  March 25, 2016

  Soup & stew seem to grow into a huge amount even when I think I'll make 1 or 2 servings. Glad I have freezer space for leftovers.

• JanScholl  on  March 25, 2016

  Breakfast

• Waderu  on  March 25, 2016

  chili

• ladibyrd  on  March 25, 2016

  Desserts, casseroles, soups/stews, roasts… Most recipes are difficult to pare down to just one serving, particularly those that have quantized ingredients (i.e. eggs, specialty canned items).

• Cie  on  March 25, 2016

  Whenever I make Minnestrone or bread soup, it just grows and grows. Fortunately there's always the freezer!

• Sfgordon  on  March 25, 2016

  I love using my pressure cooker to prepare soup/stew/chili dishes with beans and veggies, but invariably I end up with 3 or 4 days worth of leftovers that get boring very fast.

• decorates  on  March 25, 2016

  Soups! Nothing warms the heart more. <3

• Globegal  on  March 25, 2016

  Rice.

• Lizwizz  on  March 25, 2016

  I love anything with a poached egg on top!

• lindaeatsherbooks  on  March 25, 2016

  I always find it difficult to make spaghetti for one. By the time I've put in all my vegetables, I have a full pot of sauce.

• Mariarosa  on  March 25, 2016

  I find it really tough to scale down baked goods, like cakes.

• joyofmeat  on  March 26, 2016

  Pasta dishes

• infotrop  on  March 26, 2016

  Appetizers. Even two people like a little amuse bouche now and again.

• matag  on  March 26, 2016

  Baking

• samwesthill  on  March 26, 2016

  Barbecue. It feels pointless and such a waste of charcoal and time. Oh, and fondue

• sir_ken_g  on  March 26, 2016

  Chicken soup. One chicken makes a lot of soup.

• Taxlady  on  March 26, 2016

  It's very difficult to scale down goulash, or similar stew recipes and any baking items. The only way not to have to eat those for days on end is to freeze them, but that is causing trouble too at times.

• ltsuk  on  March 26, 2016

  lasagna and roasts

• Siegal  on  March 27, 2016

  I always make too much salad I just keep on chopping !!

• lauriesk  on  March 27, 2016

  I find most slow cooker recipes to be difficult to scale down for just one or two people.

• deucemom  on  March 27, 2016

  baking – cookies, cakes, etc.

• RuthGo  on  March 27, 2016

  Stews and something like chili.

• djoh437938  on  March 28, 2016

  casseroles, beans

• zubs1990  on  March 29, 2016

  Lasagna

• tjnelson1hotmail  on  April 1, 2016

  Pasta and sauce…though sauce freezes well, but it always makes a ton.

• AhoritaComida  on  April 2, 2016

  Large pieces of meat. For example, the Easter ham is divided up between plate in the refrigerator and package in the freezer at the moment.

• louie734  on  April 3, 2016

  Baked goods are hard to convince myself to make because the batch size is usually so high, or the pan size is weird.

• pgarcia  on  April 9, 2016

  Baked goods that don't freeze well (puddings, etc.).

• Maura  on  April 11, 2016

  Mac and cheese because I need to eat the whole thing, one serving is a joke!

• sbh2006  on  April 14, 2016

  Pretty much everything as I'm always cooking for one and my cookbooks yield a minimum of 4 (usually 6 or more) servings; by the second or third day, I'm sick of leftovers and end up throwing many things out!! I also reviewed a book for my blog that featured a standard yield of 8 loaves of bread; I scaled it down to 1/4.

• TheAntiM  on  April 14, 2016

  I know it's been said, many times, many ways, but… soup/stew/chili.

• maryec  on  April 15, 2016

  Chili. I can't even buy a single portion of ground meat; the packages are always a minimum of one pound.

• JuneHawk  on  April 15, 2016

  Stews and soups are by far the most difficult to scale.

• Waderu  on  April 16, 2016

  Lasagna

• jthelwell  on  April 17, 2016

  I find desserts – particularly cakes and pies had to scale down.

• horselady57  on  April 18, 2016

  Desserts. And then if you make a full-size cake/pie/etc. you either eat too much or need to find others to share with. Can't waste good food!

• ReenaCooks  on  April 19, 2016

  I am learning to make meat curries.
  I find it hard to make it for one or two people.

  Unless I use the pieces of meat as sandwich fillers. And use the curry as dip.
  Something I learned from my travels.

• herby  on  April 19, 2016

  There are so many! Lasagna, cassoulet, paella to name just a few.

• sabrina7  on  April 20, 2016

  manicotti, soups make alot, but soup makes great leftovers because most soups get better with age

• kayanelson  on  April 20, 2016

  Primarily baked goods–I'm pretty good at cutting recipes down.