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How do empty nesters deal with over cooking?

So, kids are gone, ex and I are no longer together (hence ex i guess lol) and I still find I over cook, I try to use less but it seems if I cook much more than a box of macaroni its too much. Sure I save leftovers, but one can only eat so much leftovers.

How have you dealt with over cooking? Or maybe I’m the only one?

Ozymati ,
@Ozymati@lemmy.nz avatar

Just start feeding the neighbour teenager. Bottomless pit just waiting for all your spare cooking.

Or, halve the recipes. If you don’t cook enough you can always top up with a snack.

Eideen ,
@Eideen@lemmy.world avatar

Most dishes that I make is for 3 to 4 days, the is a lower limited on some food I what size and when it is cheapest.

Like a basic taco (Norwegian style)

  • Large tortillas 6-8 per pack
  • Icebergsalat, normal size is 0,5kg.
  • small cheese, 0,5kg
  • Ground beef 0,4-0,6kg
  • Corn box
  • Pepper bell
  • spicy for Ground beef
  • onion
salton ,

I would consider Norwegian taco night to be really similar to white American taco night. I can make some pretty authentic street tacos but this culturally adapted taco meal still hits hard.

squiblet ,
@squiblet@kbin.social avatar

I don't really consider food I cook to be leftovers. It's just prepping ahead. That means I don't have to cook tomorrow.

Spiracle ,
@Spiracle@kbin.social avatar
  1. Freeze leftovers. If food is too much, put 1-2 meals in a freezer-ready container, put it away. Eat it a few weeks/months later when you’re too lazy to cook.
  2. Measure ingredient amounts. Usually, I don’t bother, but if I don’t want leftovers, it’s necessary.
FuglyDuck ,
@FuglyDuck@lemmy.world avatar

I suggest finding recipes you like that can either be used as leftovers- roast chicken into chicken sandwiches; or things that can be mostly prepared ahead of time and frozen or held and cooked in portions- lasagna, for example.

Liempong_Pagong ,

Share it with your closest most friendliest neighbor. Put it in a takeaway container and share them some.

rxbudian ,

Smaller pans may help because it forces you to cook smaller amounts.
Another possible thing to try is to cook 1 pot dishes

meggied90 ,

Some dishes freeze well, so those leftovers can be turned into future meal prep. I liked freezing my chili in silicone muffin tins, then one or two thawed chili pucks was a perfect last-minute meal when I didn’t feel like cooking.

Zagorath ,
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I freeze the leftovers, and don’t necessarily eat your same leftovers multiple days in a row. So if I cook three days in a row, that’s probably enough leftovers to rotate between three for a total of nearly two weeks.

I mostly cook stews and sauces, and cook fresh rice or pasta to go with it, because these foods tend to freeze really well.

Mothra ,
@Mothra@mander.xyz avatar

Pay attention to what you eat over a week. Remember you can freeze a lot of food either before and after cooking if you realise you are not going to eat it before it spoils. Buy less.

I’m not an empty nester, just living alone.

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