I, not a great cook ...

... would give you a broad smile and a compliment, I think from your description of your repast that you'd be embarrassed to offer to share with a friend.

ole joyfuelled ... who enjoys fuelling with friends

At home I never plan a solitary dinner. I very rarely will go to the trouble to cook just for me,save a quick grilled cheese or some scrambled eggs. I love to cook, but hate the cleanup,and it's not worth it to cook just for me. I hope that will change with my new handy dandy air fryer. It seems easy to clean.

But if I do, my choices have been accused of being odd. A lone baked potato with butter. Or some buttered noodles. Chips and homemade dip. String cheese with pepperoni dipped in homemade pizza sauce. Now that I am low carbing, I will eat a couple eggs, cooked any way, if I am eating alone at home. Or cucumbers and olives with ranch dressing. Just something to keep me from being really hungry. I just kind of root around, looking for anything on hand that i can eat. I have meals in the freezer, but sadly they mostly are things I cant have on my diet. Pasta,chili,things like that.

A lot of people have made unsolicited comments on the "weirdness" of my eating habits. Mostly at work, where I eat at my desk, and lots of people come through all night. I say, "You eat what you want and I promise not to try to make you uncomfortable about liking it. How about making me that same promise?" Or I will say, "Good thing I wasn't going to offer you any."In other words: MYOB.

Day-to-day, we eat pretty simply, usually grilled or baked chicken or fish with roasted or steamed vegetables. In the summer, we eat a lot of salads with grilled chicken or fish. I like to cook and I like to try new recipes, but not on a daily basis. I'm more likely to make an elaborate meal when we have guests.

My goodness, if I lived alone, I would rarely cook. Cooking just never caught on with me.

I have many really good recipes that I keep in rotation for when I have guests. I also have a few really good desserts that are tried and true.

Like Fun2, I cook very simply. DH is on the go and I often don't know ahead of time if he will want something light or an actual dinner. So, I only plan for a few meals per week.

I'm with Jasdip. My husband was the cook in our household, when he passed last year I had to re-learn how to fix a meal. I was raised and always have had a nice dinner with meat and vegies. My single friends think I am weird by continuing this tradition, but nothing beats a grilled steak, sauteed onions and a steamed vegetable!

I wish I could cook like that. I have other people to worry about. I can't eat like they want to eat. When I'm home by myself, I'll open a can of black eyed peas or just eat cucumbers and tomato and onion salad. I happily eat leftovers if it means I don't have to cook.

I am single and I cook often :-) First, because I enjoy it and second, I get a dish or meal in mind and I want it so I prepare it. I do not prepare a regular dinner every night but I do several times a week, often something that produces leftovers I enjoy - roast chicken, meatloaf, a casserole or pasta of some type or soups or stews. And I am becoming more creative in fixing some dishes in smaller proportions so I don't generate a ton of leftovers.

But I don't cook every night. Sometimes I will just assemble a sandwich, which I consider to be a complete meal, depending on what's included. And some nights, dinner is just an assemblage of snacks or hors d'oeuvres - crackers, cheeses, smoked salmon, salami or pate, some fruit, etc. In summer it is often a main dish salad but always with some protein included - taco meat, leftover chicken or steak, seafood, etc. And pasta for one is dead simple and can include anything you like. And my fall back dinner when hungry but haven't a clue what to fix - breakfast!

I am also lucky to have a nearby grocery with a wonderful deli counter (both hot and cold) and with a penchant for offering a lot of single portion size products - meats, semi prepared dishes (like a chicken parmesan filet you take home and cook and sauce to your taste or a single stuffed pork chop) and sides as well as a huge salad bar, a soup bar and a chicken/wings bar and an outdoor BBQ kiosk that I take advantage of frequently. While not the most economical way to eat, it sure is a godsend for a single person!!

Gardengal reminded me that I loved making a cold platter for us in the hot summer nights. Cold cuts, boiled egg, cheese, a bit of potato or pasta salad, lettuce with dressing. So refreshing and a nice change.

The OP's dinner sounds fine to me but and I was warned about a meal that is almost all veggies needs to be balanced with a meal containing more protein. One of the side effects of growing older is that our bodies actually need more protein to maintain our muscles because, as it was explained to me, our digestive systems simply do not utilize what we eat as well as it did when younger.

I like to cook, and I will cook just for myself if I am home alone. Jody used to be a tow boat captain and was gone for 2 weeks at a time. I would cook for myself, but if I had to go into town for anything, I would just eat out.

I am sort of like Amy, sometimes I will just find something I have on hand to eat, just because I need to eat something and don't want to take the time to cook. Sometimes I have left overs. Like for breakfast,dinner I had a piece of a chicken breast left over from last night. It wasn't much, so I also had 2 cookies.

Sometimes I will just fix a baked potato, or if I have salad fixings, I will do that. Sometimes I will heat up a couple of tamales in the microwave.

HEB carries some precooked hamburger patties that are really good if you don't overcook them in the microwave, so I will fix a hamburger if I have buns on hand. If not, one is pretty good with some salsa on top and a handful of cheese.

I usually keep a well stocked pantry and freezer, but I am low on a lot of things and need to restock. There is a recipe I found on Pinterest awhile back that is chicken and fettuccine in a cream sauce and I really want to make again, so that is on my agenda for tonight or tomorrow.

joyfulguy

I, not a great cook ...

... would give you a broad smile and a compliment, I think from your description of your repast that you'd be embarrassed to offer to share with a friend.

ole joyfuelled ... who enjoys fuelling with friends

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Ha ha Joyful guy -- that was one of the better dinners. Worth a personal repeat -- you are welcome

amylou

Yes, I do root around to see what I have and make "mixtures." Standbys are pasta with canned tuna or anything else you can mention. Pasta with olive oil and whatever is a dish. Guacamole and tomatoes. I do make a big pot of vegetable soup every so often. Once a week I go to the corner pizza place and buy two slices for $4. I MAY have a salad with it. I do have a glass of wine. I sometimes purposely by a chicken breast and make kebabs in the oven.

Jasdip -- in a similar boat. With my husband I was always working on recreating some childhood ethnic recipe that he loved. (Kasha, liver, sauerkraut) And me -- not a "cook"!!! Honest! How I did it I don't know. I once made lamb chops and his highbrow friend raved about my cooking! I find it unbelievable that I did that.

Thank you everybody. We come at cooking from every direction, don't we? Reading some of the other posts about cooking has given me a little shove toward maybe using a recipe more often. I just came back from the store and I have a cookbook magazine! Why oh why? Well ...to be continued ...

I like to cook but not all the time and I like to try new things. If my DH is away for a while I always cook a full meal for me because I like good food. I don't like cakes or cookies but I do like blueberry pie and puddings. We seldom have a dessert. We have a big meal at lunchtime and salads in the evening. My daughter is just the opposite, she will pick up food rather than cook. Her husband is retired now, he's a wonderful cook and makes all the meals.

Enjoy cooking, but not for myself.

I eat my main meal out daily, except when weather is really bad. I have stuff for "weather day".

Do not go overboard when I dine out by myself. Generally a meat and 1, or just meat. Occasionally when I go out with lunch gang, I splurge more.

Today, Sunday, my usual venture to the only Capt D's that is worth eating at, for two pieces of fried fish. It's the only one I go to as the closest one to me is lousy. Velma, is the manager, and never had a bad fish yet, since I found this one.

Usually at night, eat a small bowl of oatmeal, but right now I'm on plain cheerios, with sweetner add and hazelnut coffee creamer.

When I lived alone the first time I made a point of cooking proper meals, second time around I was more likely to eat a proper meal one part at a time stretched out over the day. Cooking for a man always seems to require the organized approach. I enjoy cooking and am considered good at it but every blessed day? I am fond of soup but DH doesn't consider that to be a meal...sigh.

I used to be a great cook and loved cooking. I continued to do this for myself even after losing my husband nearly 14 years ago. With failing health, I would describe my cooking today as very simple and often simply re-heating gourmet carry-out I have purchased. I'm having roast pork loin with apricots tonight. No, I would not fix an entire roast just for me - don't want to eat it for a week. I had a lovely crab cake on Friday night. Tomorrow night, will most likely be an omelet and frozen sweet potato fries and some fresh fruit or a sliced avocado.