I love to cook but hate leftovers. Fortunately, I have a teenager that eats at odd hours.
Leftovers get eaten the next day for lunch.
Or else they go out in the trash. Or given to our two rescue dogs.
After my kids all grew up and moved out on their own I had this problem. After 20 years of grocery shopping for four people I had to switch to 1.
So I solved it by making something and eating it until it was gone. Otherwise I was just buying groceries to throw out three fourths of it.
I gradually learned to make smaller portions. Or make a large portions and freeze it immediately, So I wasn’t having to cook every single day.
...and to think this goes on while people are STARVING in China.
Well, not anymore, we solved that problem by making them an economic and military superpower.
Eat the dang leftovers, people. Good grief.
Regards,
>>Researchers find 66 percent say when they cook for themselves, they always accidentally end up making enough food to feed a family.
Nope.
I may eat it for 2 - 3 meals but I just don’t have the budget to make a “big batch” especially if something is going to possibly be thrown out.
More likely I’ve bought produce in bulk (more than I wanted to buy but wasn’t given an option on size) and some of all of it has gone bad before I’ve had a chance to cook/eat it. It’s why I try to buy perishables only on the day that I plan to use them. Let them expire on someone else’s shelf.
Invest in decent tupperware or some such (microwavable) and take leftovers to work the next day as lunch. Typically cheaper and healthier than cafeteria or fast food.
Have your 20-something son "bounce back" to stay with you for a few months while finishing up school and starting a new job. Leftovers evaporate. Particularly when said son is into fitness and weight training.
Get interested in cooking, trying things out. You find yourself just making a modest amount of dish xyz in case you don't like it. So far so good, but I've determined via empirical means that Gordon Ramsay and I have very different takes on the meaning of "simple" dishes. ;-)
My wife is a great cook, and I’m good with the outside grill and making omelets and grilled sandwiches with the inside stove/grill
Both of us love left overs, and seldom if ever, do any left overs ever get thrown away.
Gee, such a problem! Idiots.
You plan your meals. And how hard is it to scale down your recipe? There are even websites that help you do such. Or you can freeze some portions.
This isn’t difficult. It just takes organization and planning.
They're not talking a Thanksgiving spread, just a daily meal for one...wow.
Now just sad .
I am solo and love to cook. Here are some options:
1. Freeze leftovers in single serving sizes for evenings when I'm too tired to cook
2. Eat yummy leftovers for a few meals - if you're a good cook, this shouldn't be an issue. If it is, quit eating like you're a cranky four year old and grow up.
3. Set aside leftovers as a base for the next meal - creative cooking
As a kid, the family's favorite meal was "smorgasboard" when mom pulled out all the leftovers from the week. She was a great cook and this was kind of a "best of..." the week's delights.
People in this country are not only spoiled, they have poor planning skills.
We eat ours over the next week. Done that for years. So far nobody has gotten sick.
When I was younger and single, once in a blue moon, I would buy a dozen donuts in the morning, have four for breakfast, four for lunch, and four for supper. The first donut in the morning always tasted better than the last one at night.
Bro #1: "OMG, what a waste! Think of all the starving immigrant kids that could be fed with this leftover food."
Bro #2: "No problems Bro. They couldn't afford cab fare here."
Why in God’s name do people not eat leftovers?
They are so easy to reheat and it’s one less meal to cook.
I have been living and cooking for one for the last 10 years, right now I am eating leftover ham from Easter cut off the bone and some ham went in freezer rest I make grilled ham and cheese, otherwise I put meat in freezer bags and cook as single servings
Home Economics is a lost art.
Look through old writing from the 30’s and 40’s. It was expected that the housewife was thrifty and economical. Now, they just wear pants and expect to eat out a lot.
It’s funny that a dual-income household of today has both people working like dogs, but in a living standard doing no better or worse than the single income of the past. The government has certainly benefited most from the so-called women’s movement.
What did these people do re eating before the Covid Pandemic?
Hubs comes from a huge blended family and is used to cooking for an army. He sees a recipe that serves 8-10 and doesn’t do the math to cut it down to 25%. It has been a work in progress.
We do have a large freezer and a vacuum sealer that *I* use but hubs LOVES grocery shopping. Arrghh!