One of the challenges of being single is learning how to cook for one
person. Most recipes serve a minimum of 4. I'm not a big leftover person
so around the second or third day of the same dish, I'm ready for
something different. The frozen dinner choices are much better than they
used to be and they can't be beat for convenience but sometimes you
want to get into the kitchen, make a mess, and eat some home cooking. I
want to explore the options of cooking for one, including cutting
recipes in half, combining several days of cooking to optimize the use
of fresh ingredients, and finding friends in the same boat, to find
solutions to one of life's oldest questions - what's for dinner?
Lisa-Jo Baker (lisajobaker.com) hosts a weekly event on her blog called "Five Minute Friday". The rules are 1. Write for 5 minutes flat – no editing, no over thinking, no backtracking. 2. Link back here and invite others to join in. 3. And then absolutely, no ifs, ands or buts about it, you need to visit the person who linked up before you & encourage them in their comments. Seriously. That is, like, the rule. And the fun. And the heart of this community.. So here's my first try at this. Today's topic was Roots. Roots – I think about my grandparents who lived on a farm until my grandfather’s diabetes worsened and they moved to a town with a hospital nearby. My father still says he wished he could have kept that farm. I think of my grandmother who was a widow for 20 years. Every year she would stand over my PaPa’s grave, wishing she was with him. I think of my parents, a product of those grandparents, how hard my father worked to put 2 girls through...
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