Cooking for 2

Do u prepare smaller meals or just eat leftovers the next day?

DH has the habit of making meals for like 10 people----all of the leftover pile up and, more often than not, we forget about them and wind up throwing them out.

Message edited 3/10/2009 2:36:23 PM.

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I finally got the right portion size when I cook. I prepare enough for a meal and a half. (DH brings lunch to work).
I still end up throwing things out but it is no where near as bad as when we first moved in together.

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I usually make enough so that one of us can bring leftovers for lunch the next day (usually me).

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We make enough for just us but thats only because we live in an apt in my parents house and we take their dinner for our lunch the next day. But if it weren't for that, we'd make enough for dinner and lunch.

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i cook for one or like ten.

i have no conception of portions!

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when we first got married, I used to cook huge pots of foods (thats the way my mom cooked! ) and we too had so many leftovers, they would go bad before we could eat them.
Now, when I buy meat, I seperate it as soon as i get home and freeze it in smaller portions.

It works out great, I can take out a portion for us or if I am having more people over I just take out more.

We also have left over night once or twice a week. We eat what ever is in the refrigerator. Sometimes there are just one portion left so he will eat one thing and I will eat the other.

Food is too expensive to throw away all the time.

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I usually cook for 4- dh always eats 2 helpings of whatever I make (and doesnt gain weight ) and then takes the leftovers for lunch

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I usually make for two days (dinner - lunch) or if its a dinner then dinner the next day so you get to eat something diff. for lunch. I try to also prep food differently to mix it up (ex. chicken cutlets baked with bread crumbs, chicken rolled with veggies nad cheese, chicken just grilled all at once)

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I try to cook so we have enough for one meal of leftovers...but DH has no concept of portion control and always manages to eat at least half of what I think will be left overs!
So what's left usually gets thrown out in a few days cause it's not enough for a meal and DH can't heat things up at work. And I don't eat lunch.....

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I try to cook small amounts, and usually end up with enough for at least 1 meal leftover, so those wind up being lunch the next day.

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Sometimes I know that we will be busy the next day, so leftovers are perfect.

Sometimes the dish I make is just good for one night.

A lot of the times, the dish is good for 3 people, so DH will take the leftovers to work for lunch the next day.

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I usually make extra so there will be leftovers for the next day.

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I cook to make leftovers most of the time. I like leftovers for lunch. Two nights a week I have class til late and DH doesn't cook so he eats the leftovers.

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DH cooks and we always have a little extra, for one extra meal. I'm actually sad when we don't. The one thing he always goes WAY overboard with is mashed potatoes.

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I make enough for us and extra if the package has more than one meal's worth. For example, if I buy a thing of pork chops with five in it and we eat two each, we'll save some of the sides and put that with the one extra pork chop so DH could bring it the next day.

He always has Sunday's pasta for lunch on Monday too. Unfortunately, I don't have enough for me too lol.

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It depends on the meal. For example, when I make steak, I buy one for each of us and only make enough sides for that meal. Other meals we'll have left overs and I will bring them for lunch. But like someone else said, sometime things get forgotten in the fridge only to be thrown out.

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We almost always have leftovers for dinner the next night. Sometimes after cooking a meal I'll put the leftovers in the fridge right away so we aren't tempted to have a second helping.

I love that I don't have to create a brand new meal every night!

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I finally mastered how to cook for 2 and now since DH works nights it is easier to cook for 4 and have left overs 2 nights later.

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Cook?

Typically, I'll make something that will last at least two night. I have this great crock pot cookbook that gives a recipe for a second meal out of leftovers from the first.

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It really depends..sometimes we have leftovers (which is great and really saves money) sometimes we don't

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Press-N-Seal has become my friend. I highly recommend it. I portion out meat and freeze (ie - 2 chicken cutlets together). I will make 4 portions sometimes, but so we have leftovers for lunch or for dinner the next night.


Also, I bought the Forman grill - the one with the removable plates that is easy to wash and this makes cooking for 2 soooo much easier.

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It varies and depends on the recipe. Usually recipes are for 4 and we save leftovers. Otherwise we are just tossing some ingredients together and then it's just for us.

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Posted by MrsFab

I usually cook for 4- dh always eats 2 helpings of whatever I make (and doesnt gain weight ) and then takes the leftovers for lunch

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