Cooking for one

[Anonymous]

When you don't have to cook for anyone else, do you cook something special for yourself (maybe something nobody else in the family likes?) Do you just get takeout?

When I work from home, I usually make a huge salad with a poached egg for lunch, but I'd love any creative ideas for good meals to treat myself.

[Anonymous]

I like to cook vegetables that my kids don't like when I can. So I'll make spinach with beans, kale salad, eggplant sauce on pasta, potato and pepper stir-fry, etc.

[Anonymous]

Depends. Sometimes I get my favorite takeout, sometimes I make a huge bowl of my favorite pasta. Sometimes I have a personal picnic--an assortment of cheese, salami, and fruit.

[Anonymous]

These days it's relatively easy to buy one sealed portion of chicken or fish which is nice. When I cooked for just me, I like to cook b/c it was too expensive to do take out and I would get bored eating the same thing.

[Anonymous]

I make brussels sprouts, thai eggplant, and stir fried cabbage when I'm eating alone. DH and the kids hate it.