Serving Size Reduction

A_Sober_Paddy

Hey all,

Just looking for some advice on how to adjust recipes to suit me better, a lot of recipes I find seem to have 6-8 servings which is no good for me, as i only need to have 2 servings for dinner and lunch...

Oh these are slow cook recipes

For example how would one change this for 2 servings
http://www.realsimple.com/food-recipes/browse-all-recipes/slow-cooker-asian-pork-with-snow-peas-red-peppers-and-soba-noodles-00000000052428/index.html

Mellor

Serves 6, you want 2 portions. Just divide ingredients by 3, or am i missing something?


40ml cup low-sodium soy sauce
40ml cup dark brown sugar
1 tablespoons rice wine vinegar*
1/2 teaspoon toasted sesame oil*
1/2 inch piece fresh ginger, peeled and sliced*
1⁄4 or less teaspoon crushed red pepper*
380g pork shoulder, trimmed and cut into 2-inch pieces
100g ounces soba noodles
1 small red bell peppers, thinly sliced
75g pound snow peas, trimmed
chopped roasted peanuts, for serving


*I halved these ones for convenience

A_Sober_Paddy

Mellor wrote: »

Serves 6, you want 2 portions. Just divide ingredients by 3, or am i missing something?


40ml cup low-sodium soy sauce
40ml cup dark brown sugar
1 tablespoons rice wine vinegar*
1/2 teaspoon toasted sesame oil*
1/2 inch piece fresh ginger, peeled and sliced*
1⁄4 or less teaspoon crushed red pepper*
380g pork shoulder, trimmed and cut into 2-inch pieces
100g ounces soba noodles
1 small red bell peppers, thinly sliced
75g pound snow peas, trimmed
chopped roasted peanuts, for serving


*I halved these ones for convenience

Have done that in the past and didn't work out all that well

Greenmachine

A_Sober_Paddy wrote: »

Have done that in the past and didn't work out all that well

Maybe your maths was wrong or you used tablespoons instead of teaspoons. You could always follow the recipe exactly then freeze the extra portions for later use. Then again maybe you just didn't like one of the ingredients.

Mellor

A_Sober_Paddy wrote: »

Have done that in the past and didn't work out all that well

I do it all the time.
There's no reason why it would be different. Obviously with roasts and stuff cooking time can be affected. So you need to know when meat is cooked. But slow cooker should be grand

A_Sober_Paddy

Greenmachine wrote: »

Maybe your maths was wrong or you used tablespoons instead of teaspoons. You could always follow the recipe exactly then freeze the extra portions for later use. Then again maybe you just didn't like one of the ingredients.

Would love to but my freezer is tiny so I could freeze one portion every now and then

Greenmachine

A_Sober_Paddy wrote: »

Would love to but my freezer is tiny so I could freeze one portion every now and then

Okay get you. Only have an ice box myself.