Pot Roast Cacciatore is perfect whether you're cooking for a family or cooking for one!
By MrFood.com Editor Caryl
With our daughter away at college and now living off campus for the first time, I try to keep in close touch with her about what she’s eating. I’ve heard about kids moving off campus and having such poor diets that they end up in the hospital with an iron deficiency! I sure don’t want anything like that to happen to my kid.
I just suggested that she do the “cook once, make a bunch of meals” thing with some of her grandpa’s (a.k.a. Mr. Food’s) recipes. I recommended taking advantage of a slow-cooker to make dishes like Cuban Shredded Beef, Pot Roast Cacciatore, and Slow-Cooked Chili, for starters.
She said she’ll try one this weekend that she’ll have for two nights then she’ll freeze the rest in individual portions so she’ll have it to reheat next week on a night she has too much homework or doesn’t feel like cooking. It’s a smart plan for college students as well as people who live alone, and couples, too.
There are lots more slow-cooker recipes at MrFood.com.
What are YOUR favorite ideas for cooking for 1 or 2?
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As a college student, the biggest problem I have with cooking is cutting recipes in half or making small enough portions that I don’t have extreme amounts of leftovers that I can’t eat within a safe timeframe. Sometimes it’s as easy as cutting all ingredient amounts in half, but other times it’s more complicated than that.
You’re right, Abby. Some recipes are easier than others to cut in half. With the more complicated ones, plan to make the whole thing and freeze the rest in individual portions. Thanks for your input.
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