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Thread #96550   Message #1889383
Posted By: Peace
20-Nov-06 - 06:50 PM
Thread Name: BS: Cooking for single people--help!
Subject: RE: BS: Cooking for single people--help!
"tablespoons are in a teaspoon"

It's the other way around, and I think there are three teaspoons in a tablespoon. Some tips for those of you who like to cook.

1) Make enough so you can freeze two or three portions

2) When you cook pasta, make enough for about four meals, because when it's done al dente it will keep in the refrigerator. You can also freeze some, but it's better to freeze with the sauce already mixed with the pasta

3) If you like pesto sauce, freeze some in an icecube tray. When you are gonna have pasta with it, put the frozen cube or two on the pasta and nuke it for a few minutes

4) Bread will keep well in a freezer, but it sucks if you leave it in the fridge portion of your refrigerator

5) If you buy ground beef, buy the leanest you can get. Use a plastic wrap and put a 'scoop' of the meat in. Then fold the plastic wrap to the sixe you want the patties. Push down and it will assume the shape and size of the plastic wrap. Then put it in a freezer. You can take it from frozen to a fry pan and cook it. It still tastes like what I call hamburger

6) Salads are OK. but some kinds of lettuce do not keep worth a darn, so find someone else you can split a head with. Do not put salad dressing on the salad and then store in the fridge, because the whole darned thing turns to mush. Add the dressing just before you eat

7) When tins of stuff you like are on sale, buy lots

8) When I eat properly, I find it convenient to have left-over stuff which becomes lunch the next day

9) If yer gonna make rice which isn't the %-minute stuff, the recipe is basic and fundamental. Two cups water to one cup rice. Bring water to a boil and add rice. Wait until it comes to a boil again and let it for about two minutes. Then cover and put that burner on simmer. Leave it alone for about 25 minutes. Rice will keep for a few days in the fridge

10) If yer in a hurry, peanut butter is OK, but keep in mind that peanuts are not particularly good for guys with any prostate difficulty

11) If you like sweets, get frozen bars--ice cream thingies--because after a week, ice cream in thos plastic tubs gets 'freezer burn'.

12) Wnen you make a sauce for spaghetti, make lots. Freeze in individual portions

13) McDonald's may be the place you end up, but ending up there too often isn't such a good thing

14) Avoid foods that have lots of sulphites and sulphates. They will make your urine smell funny and neither of those things are good for you

15) Remember when you are eating oats for the tenth time in two weeks that some people around the world would envy you, especially if you have milk and sugar to go with the oats