Cooking for one person is not fun but sometimes I do it anyway. I like to try new recipes on myself so when there’s a failure no one gets hurt and the attempt at something different gets tossed out. Earlier this week I made a pot of Vegetarian Badass Black Eyed Peas – 2022 and decided to de-veg it by tossing in a couple of chicken sausages from the freezer. The sausages had some stewed tomatoes in it and I needed stewed tomatoes for the beans and…I tossed everything together. I think this might be a new bean dish in the fall/winter rotation. But besides experimenting with new dishes another thing I like to do when dining alone is to use up leftovers from the freezer.
For lunch I found what I thought was chili and defrosted it only to discover it wasn’t chili but meat sauce. Then I found two single serving containers of penne with tomato sauce (marinara?) and I defrosted them, spread the pasta into a baking dish, added some freshly grated cheese and dumped the sauce on top. Then I added more grated cheese. This is what I ended up with.
By dinner time I was completely in the no cook mode. So I went to the store and bought two rotisserie chickens. After putting away the other items I bought I carved the chicken off the bones while thinking about what to make for my dinner. After snacking on quite a few pieces of chicken while carving I wasn’t hungry anymore and decided not to make anything for dinner. Now I have two chickens all off the bone and I still haven’t a clue what to make with all this chicken.
At least I know whatever I decide to make tomorrow there will be chicken in it.
Guess I’ll be adding to my One Rotisserie Chicken, 50 Meals – The Concept recipe lineup I started years ago.
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Where is the boss?
The Boss is in Owasso in her Resident Grandma role. The other Grandma is out of town. Tiny Tornado #2 does not start pre-school until the afternoon. With both parents working the house always has a resident Grandma for childcare duties. So I stay at home and maintain my usual work routine and find simple ways to feed myself without resorting to take out food like pizza.