Thread: Cooking for yourself as a single person

I don't live by myself but I practically cook for myself. Ever since my mom got re-married she stopped cooking nightly and stopped tending to the rest of her family. This leaves me fending for myself.

A few things that are easy and rather cheap to make are, various types of pasta, grilled chicken, burgers, and pizzas.

Pasta; really this is pretty simple. All it takes is any type of noodle you want, some homemade sauce (if you know how to make it) or canned sauce. Noodles are ridiculously cheap and last virtually forever. An easy way to change it up every week is to buy different types of noodles because eating the different types of pasta makes it feel like a whole other meal.

Frozen chicken breasts; this gives you some great possibilities too. If you have a foreman grill you're all set. Just slap one of those breasts onto the grill and let it cook. I often saturate mine with different sauces to make a more flavorful and different tasting dishes. All it really takes is your favorite sauce whether it be italian dressing, ranch, BBQ, buffalo, or honey mustard. As the chicken cooks poke some holes in it and layer it with your desired sauce. The flavor will cook right into the chicken and sometimes caramelize on the top for a nice flavorful grilled crunchy taste. Chicken salads with fries is another option with chicken.

Burgers; I don't think I need to explain this one.

Pizza; I really like making flat bread pizzas. All it takes is sauce, some flat bread, some oregano and what ever kind of cheese you like, all put together and baked until the cheese is cooked to your liking.

Frozen veggies make for an easy side dish as well. They are relativity cheap and last forever in the freezer. Just toss them in a cooking disk, add some water, throw it on the stove and steam for about 10 minutes.

Baked potatoes with cheese, sour cream, and bacon bits fill you up and cost very little as well.

You can usually buy the sames things in bulk but make different variations of it for one week, do the same the next but with a different type of food and again the next week. This helps to counteract the feeling that your eating repeatability and saves money because your buying in bulk and not wasting.

I hope some of my ideas help.