Is it wrong that...

DoozerT6

I am a 38 year old single woman and I just ate crisp sandwiches for my dinner?

What do other singletons here cook/eat for dinner? It's such a pain in the rear trying to cook for one!

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

2 carrots, some broccoli, some cauliflower, mushrooms in the steamer for 20 minutes
pork chop in oven for 20 minutes

walk away, wait 20 minutes
put food on plate, eat.

it's pretty simple

Ghost Buster

DoozerT6 wrote: »

I am a 38 year old single woman and I just ate crisp sandwiches for my dinner?

What do other singletons here cook/eat for dinner? It's such a pain in the rear trying to cook for one!

Its not wrong but thinking cooking for one is a pain is. Some great one pot recipees around. get on de google and get gobblin'

everlast75

Hang on a second.

Before I answer, what favour were the crisps??

Artful_Badger

Nothing wrong with a nice crisp sandwich at all. I sometimes have a waffle cheese sandwich. Cook the waffles in the toaster then slap an easy single in the middle. Simple and delicious.

DoozerT6

everlast75 wrote: »

Hang on a second.

Before I answer, what favour were the crisps??

A very important question, and a glaring omission on my part!

They were sour cream and onion Pringles.

Menas

The thing I miss about living on my own is having the choice of eating a crisp sambo or Steak with all the trimmings.
Enjoy your sambo OP, I envy you.

Galadriel

DoozerT6 wrote: »

A very important question, and a glaring omission on my part!

They were sour cream and onion Pringles.

Then it's totally wrong, if you had said Tayto cheese & onion flavour that would be a different matter

Mr Benevolent

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

2 carrots, some broccoli, some cauliflower, mushrooms in the steamer for 20 minutes
pork chop in oven for 20 minutes

walk away, wait 20 minutes
put food on plate, eat.

it's pretty simple

Ah come on, that's not dinner, it's torture. Might as well be a vegetarian.

Edit: I had salmon fillet with chives and lemon, some broccoli and spuds. Much tastier.

Ghost Buster

Artful_Badger wrote: »

Nothing wrong with a nice crisp sandwich at all. I sometimes have a waffle cheese sandwich. Cook the waffles in the toaster then slap an easy single in the middle. Simple and delicious.

Eat enough of those and you may develop a heart condition and need to park close to somewhere.;)

The Backwards Man

I'm having boiled ham, cabbage and mashed spuds.

Call Me Jimmy

DoozerT6 wrote: »

They were sour cream and onion Pringles.

WROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNGGGGGahhhhhhh.


*a tsuh*

that's me spitting in disgust btw

DoozerT6

Ghost Buster wrote: »

Eat enough of those and you may develop a heart condition and need to park close to somewhere.;)

BURN!

Rayne Wooney

DoozerT6 wrote: »

A very important question, and a glaring omission on my part!

They were sour cream and onion Pringles.

AlanS181824

That actually sounds lovely...
I've a can of Prawn Cocktail in the press and some Brennans... Gonna see how they go together

DoozerT6

Call Me Jimmy wrote: »

WROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNGGGGGahhhhhhh.


*a tsuh*

that's me spitting in disgust btw

Lol, it wasn't bad, although if I had Tayto cheese and onion, it would have been even better.

Or I could have been a grown up and cooked some meat and veg for meself!!!! I wouldn't mind but there were eggs there, I could have even had an omelette.

drunkmonkey

DoozerT6 wrote: »

I am a 38 year old single woman

If you had of stopped there, this thread could have been awesome!!

shopaholic01

I have cereal for dinner if I'm feeling lazy, sometimes it's too much effort to butter bread.

Call Me Jimmy

Of course I'm only jumping on the impending bandwagon, I know all to well what cooking for yourself, on your own is like.

My best to date was there was no grease so I decided to try and fry fish with apple juice on the pan... so there probably isn't a single thing anyone else can do culinary-wise (or at all) that I can judge with any kind of credibility.

Artful_Badger

Ghost Buster wrote: »

Eat enough of those and you may develop a heart condition and need to park close to somewhere.;)

It would be an awful lot of trips to Tesco though.....

McChubbin

Love a crisp sandwege meself- Tayto cheese and onion FTW!
Not sure about Pringles, though. I tend to avoid them like the plague as I can't simply stop at one. Also, the sour cream and onion ones taste like utter muck compared to how they used to be about 10 years ago. Wish they'd stop feckin' around with the recipes! :mad:

Kerrydude1981

Ham and Hunky Dory Buffalo Flavoured crisps sandwich that is where its at

Food of Champions

rain on

Just had baked salmon with tenderstem broccoli and asparagus, and then yoghurt with honey, cinnamon and blueberries for dessert .. so good and practically no effort

sammyjo90

I don't know why I'm even reading this thread, it's pure torture! Just had all four wisdom teeth out so i'd kill for a crisp sandwich right now!

_Kaiser_

To be fair, not everyone is into cooking or wants to be bothered with something that could take maybe 40 mins to an hour to make to be eaten in 20 minutes after a long day.

For example I arrived in the office at half 7 this morning and was busy all day till I left just before 5pm. Even now the phone is beeping beside me with emails I'll need to check later.

The idea of making something is the last thing I want to do. Cereal maybe or Dominos if I hadn't ordered that last night

Galwayguy35

Aldi fish fingers, spuds, carrots and peas.

DoozerT6

Kaiser2000 wrote: »

To be fair, not everyone is into cooking or wants to be bothered with something that could take maybe 40 mins to an hour to make to be eaten in 20 minutes after a long day.

For example I arrived in the office at half 7 this morning and was busy all day till I left just before 5pm. Even now the phone is beeping beside me with emails I'll need to check later.

The idea of making something is the last thing I want to do. Cereal maybe or Dominos if I hadn't ordered that last night

I would normally only eat something that takes 10-15 mins to prepare/cook for dinner - something like a stir fry, omelette, or anything else that can be cooked on the hob. I rarely turn on the oven to cook dinner. Having said that I almost never resort to microwave meals or pre-packaged dinners (these days that is, I used to eat them a lot more).

Although the staff in my local Chinese takeaway are quite familiar with my face by now...hmm, must be why my jeans are getting a bit 'snug'...

FreshKnickers

Single, eh?

*insert creepy wink face*

tosspot15

Boil the bag rice for 15 minutes

chop onions, mushrooms, peppers, and chilis. Throw them in the pot for 5 minutes
chop chicken fillet, throw it in the pot on top of the veg for another 5-10 minutes.

McDonnels curry powder mixed with water and stirred in the pot for 5 minutes.

throw it on top of the veg/meat, and leave to sit for a few mins.

Put rice on plate, pour curry + meat on top.

takes about 30-40 mins tops. Lovely chicken curry and rice. So simple to make.

mfceiling

DoozerT6 wrote: »

I am a 38 year old single woman and I just ate crisp sandwiches for my dinner?

What do other singletons here cook/eat for dinner? It's such a pain in the rear trying to cook for one!

If you had a boyfriend you would have a pain in your rear, but it wouldn't be from your lack of cooking skills...

Frosty McSnowballs

DoozerT6 wrote: »

I am a 38 year old single woman and I just ate crisp sandwiches for my dinner?

What do other singletons here cook/eat for dinner? It's such a pain in the rear trying to cook for one!

Marry me!

DoozerT6

Senor Fancy Pants wrote: »

Marry me!

Hmm...I'm not sure...just how fancy ARE those pants?

OhHiMark

FreshKnickers wrote: »

Single, eh?

*insert creepy wink face*

Where did you insert it?

oldyouth

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I'm having boiled ham, cabbage and mashed spuds.

I'll eat most things, but I won't eat that :eek: The very thought is making me gag (except the spuds of course)

SV

Cooking for one is easier than cooking for two
Unless of course you're used to cooking the same thing..

trying to cook a stir fry whilst doing a fillet steak and having chips in the oven along with roast potatoes and everything needing a different temperature and time to cook is a nightmare!

Potential-Monke

SV wrote: »

Cooking for one is easier than cooking for two
Unless of course you're used to cooking the same thing..

trying to cook a stir fry whilst doing a fillet steak and having chips in the oven along with roast potatoes and everything needing a different temperature and time to cook is a nightmare!

See, that's where you're going wrong. You have the same or they can cook. Was always my way anyway.

But, being single is a bit harder to cook for imo. I'm not a huge vet eater, so when i do get veg it's hard to use it all up before it goes off, and when Aldi and like places make packets of veg cheaper than buying single veggies, even more goes off but it doesn't bother me as it was cheaper in the first place. Same with bread, a full loaf of Tesco is cheaper than a half loaf of the cheapest (Tesco don't do half loaves), so the majority of it is thrown out (also not a big bread eater, but i loves an aul bit of toast every now and then).

TL;DR - I have a lot of waste.

Frosty McSnowballs

DoozerT6 wrote: »

Hmm...I'm not sure...just how fancy ARE those pants?

Heh, plenty fancy!

Sauve

Beans and bread.
Soup and bread.

Sometimes I have two small dinners, like cereal, then more cereal later on

I gotta go back to my mother for some more training :rolleyes:

we'llallhavetea

if i dont HAVE to cook dinner i'll live on sandwiches.

McChubbin

Tuna sandwiches with a bit of mayo. Noooom.

Meangadh

It's not wrong so long as it's not every day! Nothing wrong with it at all.

Cooking for one is a pain though, I agree. I love baking but cooking doesn't really do anything for me. Dinner is very much something that I have just so I'm not hungry anymore as opposed to something I really enjoy- unless it's in a restaurant and I've time to savour it. I wouldn't mind only I'm a pretty good cook but by the time it's cooked I'm just not really bothered. And that's why every so often a crisp sandwich does the job

Grayson

last year I was talking to a doctor doing his rounds with a load of interns in hospital. I'd been admitted with a stomach complaint

Doctor: What did you eat last night
Me: err
Doctor: What did you eat for dinner last night
Me: Doritos
Doctor: Just Doritos?
Me: Yes
Doctor: Seriously, only doritos?
Me: Yes. I was playing call of duty.
Doctor: What flavour?
Me: Barbecue.
Doctor: Cool.

I've been eating a bit healthier since then.

Grayson

Meangadh wrote: »

It's not wrong so long as it's not every day! Nothing wrong with it at all.

Cooking for one is a pain though, I agree. I love baking but cooking doesn't really do anything for me. Dinner is very much something that I have just so I'm not hungry anymore as opposed to something I really enjoy- unless it's in a restaurant and I've time to savour it. I wouldn't mind only I'm a pretty good cook but by the time it's cooked I'm just not really bothered. And that's why every so often a crisp sandwich does the job

It is so annoying. And recipe books don't help. You have to get a little bit of this, a little bit of that and spend an hour preparing it. You always have crap left over so you have to try and figure out how to use it.

Cheesy pasta is my "I can't be bothered cooking" meal.

seenitall

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

2 carrots, some broccoli, some cauliflower, mushrooms in the steamer for 20 minutes

That's right, kill those fcukers vitamins, KILL THEM ALL!! :mad:

bigneacy

DoozerT6 wrote: »

A very important question, and a glaring omission on my part!

They were sour cream and onion Pringles.

Durrrty... Say some other crisp flavours you filthy cougar.

:-p

BillyMitchel

Ill drop over for dinner, problem sorted!!

Sir Osis of Liver.

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I'm having boiled ham, cabbage and mashed spuds.

Food of the gods.

Karl Stein

Tonight I had Oeufs frits and gaufres de pommes de terre drizzled in a sweet tomato jus.

shuffles88

Nothing wrong with that OP. There's been times when I don't have anything in the fridge apart from the remnants of that weeks Aldi Super 6 so I make a salad with them and throw in a packet of Tayto Waffles. It tastes bloody marvellous!

pharmaton

I've graduated to wrap sangwiches now op, for some reason they feel more grown up.
I'm also a 38 (almost, very soon) year old single woman. I think we should get together and talk sangwiches.

markomuscle

Usually a tin of tuna, baked beans and spinach. I like to spend as little time in the kitchen as possible to avoid pointless small chat with my current college flatmates.