Everyone is busy, including single people. Ironically, people with families are busier because they have more people to support while people who are single are busier because they have no one to support them. But cooking for oneself is particularly problematic. I'm surprised in fact, that a 'singles' cooking club' hasn't come into being.
A single person has the same nutritional needs as everyone else of course. These include good sources of protein, vitamins and minerals, and fiber. A homemade dinner cooked for one person, over time, is troublesome and often wasteful as leftovers sit in the refrigerator to spoil. It's also not a whole lot of fun spending an inordinate amount of time cooking just to sit at the table alone.
There is an array of frozen food alternatives these days- 'microwavables' as some might call them. They can be relatively inexpensive, and seem to provide good nutrition. Well, maybe they do, but for this cook, they just plain taste nasty, I didn't cook it, and I don't they are as healthy as they claim.
Soup is a great answer for me. For one thing, I can make it one time, and then eat it for three or four days without getting sick of it. I buy everything fresh and can experiment with garnishes without letting anything go to waste. Now soups come in far too many shapes and varieties to mention here, but since what I'm shooting for is a meal and not an appetizer, mine tend to be heavily bean or meat based. Some vegetables to do better with soups than others, and root vegetables are usually a good bet for adding flavor and calories. I try to shoot for something between a soup and stew in other words. Salads are easy to tear and prepare, and I'll often eat one on the side.
There is a trick to making a tasty soup and as they can tend to be bland. But once you get it down, you'll find that almost all of the work comes in the initial prep work. After that you just let it simmer content that for the next three days anyway dinner is taken care of.
One, finally note: In case you make more soup than you need, nearly all of them freeze excellently.
A single person has the same nutritional needs as everyone else of course. These include good sources of protein, vitamins and minerals, and fiber. A homemade dinner cooked for one person, over time, is troublesome and often wasteful as leftovers sit in the refrigerator to spoil. It's also not a whole lot of fun spending an inordinate amount of time cooking just to sit at the table alone.
There is an array of frozen food alternatives these days- 'microwavables' as some might call them. They can be relatively inexpensive, and seem to provide good nutrition. Well, maybe they do, but for this cook, they just plain taste nasty, I didn't cook it, and I don't they are as healthy as they claim.
Soup is a great answer for me. For one thing, I can make it one time, and then eat it for three or four days without getting sick of it. I buy everything fresh and can experiment with garnishes without letting anything go to waste. Now soups come in far too many shapes and varieties to mention here, but since what I'm shooting for is a meal and not an appetizer, mine tend to be heavily bean or meat based. Some vegetables to do better with soups than others, and root vegetables are usually a good bet for adding flavor and calories. I try to shoot for something between a soup and stew in other words. Salads are easy to tear and prepare, and I'll often eat one on the side.
There is a trick to making a tasty soup and as they can tend to be bland. But once you get it down, you'll find that almost all of the work comes in the initial prep work. After that you just let it simmer content that for the next three days anyway dinner is taken care of.
One, finally note: In case you make more soup than you need, nearly all of them freeze excellently.
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