Sorry I'm late - again!
I need your help - I have a food and cooking problem!
Growing up, I was often in charge of breakfast, the light evening meal and, less often, the main meal at weekends. I had no choice about what food to prepare - there were 8 of us in a very small council house, with a tiny fridge (rented for 2s 6d (half-a-crown) per week from the local council!) I can remember what that cost, but the rent for the house? Well, I was surprised when it went up to £4 per week.
So the menu depended on what was in the fridge, what tins were in the larder, how much bread, milk, eggs and cheese were available. When I left home and started cooking, it was what my boyfriend (future husband) wanted to eat (quantity was more important than quality) and this continued for some decades - always trying to cook to please the family and visitors - everyone else except myself. I first started to lose interest in cooking when my partner couldn't care less what he ate - so long as food was punctual - and he never remembered what he had just eaten. That really upset me! Why bother cooking!
But now, I am cooking for one - myself - and I am at a complete loss. Perhaps I am just too fussy - I do sometimes cook for 2 and heat up the second portion a day later but I hate having solid lumps of frozen spaghetti sauce or gulash in the freezer waiting for me to get the urge to reheat and eat! I prefer opening a tin of tuna (to share with the cats), use eggs or cut up some cheese and make a simple pasta or gnocchi dish with fresh tomatoes, rocket, basil or spinach. But I only shop for fresh food once a week and am unfortunately discarding more than I am eating. I am also losing weight - and am already underweight!
Believe it or not - I am not a fussy eater - just a fussy cook! I'll prepare almost anything if someone makes the decision and if someone does the work I will even eat snales or frogs' legs! (Though I'd rather not!!)
So, my question: do you do the cooking and choose what you eat or does somebody else have more say in the matter?
Could you cook for just yourself or do you need someone to share? Perhaps you can't even understand my problem and I am simply going senile.
At present, I am using my slow cooker to feed myself, my daughter and son-in-law just one evening a week - but the lumps of frozen leftovers are accumulating!
I need your help - I have a food and cooking problem!
Growing up, I was often in charge of breakfast, the light evening meal and, less often, the main meal at weekends. I had no choice about what food to prepare - there were 8 of us in a very small council house, with a tiny fridge (rented for 2s 6d (half-a-crown) per week from the local council!) I can remember what that cost, but the rent for the house? Well, I was surprised when it went up to £4 per week.
So the menu depended on what was in the fridge, what tins were in the larder, how much bread, milk, eggs and cheese were available. When I left home and started cooking, it was what my boyfriend (future husband) wanted to eat (quantity was more important than quality) and this continued for some decades - always trying to cook to please the family and visitors - everyone else except myself. I first started to lose interest in cooking when my partner couldn't care less what he ate - so long as food was punctual - and he never remembered what he had just eaten. That really upset me! Why bother cooking!
But now, I am cooking for one - myself - and I am at a complete loss. Perhaps I am just too fussy - I do sometimes cook for 2 and heat up the second portion a day later but I hate having solid lumps of frozen spaghetti sauce or gulash in the freezer waiting for me to get the urge to reheat and eat! I prefer opening a tin of tuna (to share with the cats), use eggs or cut up some cheese and make a simple pasta or gnocchi dish with fresh tomatoes, rocket, basil or spinach. But I only shop for fresh food once a week and am unfortunately discarding more than I am eating. I am also losing weight - and am already underweight!
Believe it or not - I am not a fussy eater - just a fussy cook! I'll prepare almost anything if someone makes the decision and if someone does the work I will even eat snales or frogs' legs! (Though I'd rather not!!)
So, my question: do you do the cooking and choose what you eat or does somebody else have more say in the matter?
Could you cook for just yourself or do you need someone to share? Perhaps you can't even understand my problem and I am simply going senile.
At present, I am using my slow cooker to feed myself, my daughter and son-in-law just one evening a week - but the lumps of frozen leftovers are accumulating!
DS can be a little picky but I don’t cater to it much. You need to be able to eat what someone puts in front of you and not every meal is meant to be your favorite or current craving. 
I think its a good experience to have.
