Cooking for one is kind of a pain. You still make more or less the same amount of washing up in terms of cooking bits (not plates and cutlery obviously), and you have to use small portions that leave lots leftover. You’re stuck choosing between making a large amount of one thing and eating only that for the next few days, or having lots of little bits in your fridge and struggling to use it all before it goes off.
i don’t find this to be the case at all, sure if you for some inexplicable reason insist on cooking the same way as you would for 4 people i guess that would happen but the solution is to just… not do that?
Or do you just… consider 2 pans to be a lot of washing up?
If i’m home alone i boil those italian pillow things with cheese and tomato in then, throw in some pesto and eat straight from the pot i used to heat it up.
Only need to clean the pot and a fork.
When the wife cooks…my god, even when she’s home alone. She always manages to use every single plate, bowl, pots and silverware we own and leaves it.
I’ve refused to buy more silverware etc because i know for a fact she is going to use that too and stack it on top of all the other dirty dishes.
I actually don’t most of the time, but i’m not going to explain our dynamic to some weirdo on the web just to protect myself against something that has less than zero consequences in my life.
Cooking for one is kind of a pain. You still make more or less the same amount of washing up in terms of cooking bits (not plates and cutlery obviously), and you have to use small portions that leave lots leftover. You’re stuck choosing between making a large amount of one thing and eating only that for the next few days, or having lots of little bits in your fridge and struggling to use it all before it goes off.
That’s why I cook half for me and half for the freezer. Modern problems with modern solutions
Every time I cook I make 2 or 4 portions, then put the rest in the fridge or freezer.
If I cook 3 days in a row, I can then go the rest of the week without cooking. It’s great.
And always eating frozen food? No thanks. Then it’s better to do some one pan dish.
i don’t find this to be the case at all, sure if you for some inexplicable reason insist on cooking the same way as you would for 4 people i guess that would happen but the solution is to just… not do that?
Or do you just… consider 2 pans to be a lot of washing up?
If i’m home alone i boil those italian pillow things with cheese and tomato in then, throw in some pesto and eat straight from the pot i used to heat it up.
Only need to clean the pot and a fork.
When the wife cooks…my god, even when she’s home alone. She always manages to use every single plate, bowl, pots and silverware we own and leaves it.
I’ve refused to buy more silverware etc because i know for a fact she is going to use that too and stack it on top of all the other dirty dishes.
So you don’t clean after she makes you dinner?
I actually don’t most of the time, but i’m not going to explain our dynamic to some weirdo on the web just to protect myself against something that has less than zero consequences in my life.
Can you help me understand what less than zero consequences looks like, in terms of your life?