Cooking for two is hard too. Most recipes make enough for four, maybe more. If you are cooking for more, it is pretty easy to double the recipe, but if you are cooking for one or two, you have to half the recipe and fractions are hard.
You can always put the remainder in the plastic container and eat it tomorrow, but then it might get really dull to eat the same thing for two or three days.
Here are a few ideas to help:
1. Cook 1 cup of rice. Bring 1 cup water to a boil in a 1 quart pan. Add 1/2 cup long grain rice (not instant rice). Put the lid on the pan and reduce the heat to low. In 15 minutes remove the lid and fluff the rice with a fork. Instant rice is easier and takes less time. Read the instructions on the package.
Place about 1/2 cup of cooked rice on a plate and add chopped, cooked chicken, and any kind of gravy or sauce you like. If you heated the chicken and sauce, it's ready to eat. If not, put it in the microwave for 1 minute. Any kind of bread or rolls is fine.
This is assembled on the plate, so you can make one or two.
For dessert, have fruit with caramel sauce and cookies.
2. This gets a little sticky, but it's good. Remove the meat from leftover chicken wings that you bought at a fast food restaurant. Add the rest of the rice (if you only used half of it). Add two tablespoons of water and warm it. You might need to add a little more barbecue sauce. Ketchup will work if that's all you have. Chop any pieces of chicken that are too big. Stir it gently to maintain the rice grains.
Corn, pork and beans, or a green salad makes it a special event
For dessert, put a square of chocolate on a graham cracker with one large marshmallow and place it under the broiler until the marshmallow begins to brown. Top with another graham cracker. Be careful. It will squish! (This is called a S'more).
Be sure to store all leftovers in a covered container, and don't leave them too long. We are dealing with perishable products.
You can always put the remainder in the plastic container and eat it tomorrow, but then it might get really dull to eat the same thing for two or three days.
Here are a few ideas to help:
1. Cook 1 cup of rice. Bring 1 cup water to a boil in a 1 quart pan. Add 1/2 cup long grain rice (not instant rice). Put the lid on the pan and reduce the heat to low. In 15 minutes remove the lid and fluff the rice with a fork. Instant rice is easier and takes less time. Read the instructions on the package.
Place about 1/2 cup of cooked rice on a plate and add chopped, cooked chicken, and any kind of gravy or sauce you like. If you heated the chicken and sauce, it's ready to eat. If not, put it in the microwave for 1 minute. Any kind of bread or rolls is fine.
This is assembled on the plate, so you can make one or two.
For dessert, have fruit with caramel sauce and cookies.
2. This gets a little sticky, but it's good. Remove the meat from leftover chicken wings that you bought at a fast food restaurant. Add the rest of the rice (if you only used half of it). Add two tablespoons of water and warm it. You might need to add a little more barbecue sauce. Ketchup will work if that's all you have. Chop any pieces of chicken that are too big. Stir it gently to maintain the rice grains.
Corn, pork and beans, or a green salad makes it a special event
For dessert, put a square of chocolate on a graham cracker with one large marshmallow and place it under the broiler until the marshmallow begins to brown. Top with another graham cracker. Be careful. It will squish! (This is called a S'more).
Be sure to store all leftovers in a covered container, and don't leave them too long. We are dealing with perishable products.
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