Thread: How did you learn how to cook for yourself?

Originally Posted by tropicalbreeze

i just buy whatever i need for the week and cook whatever i'm in the mood for that day. i don't like to reheat things so i just take out whatever i need for that day and cook.

Yeah, stuff sure does taste better right after you cook it rather than refrigerated and reheated lol! I just don't want to have to cook and wash all those pots and pans every damn day. It'd probably taste better if I reheat in the toaster over or on the stove rather than microwaving - it's just so much easier lol.

You gotta be careful changing the portions though - a lot of recipes don't work right if you use less ingredients. You can't always just reduce everything by the same amount - for example, and keep in mind I don't know exactly how it works, this is just an off the cuff example to get the point across, but if you use say half of the other ingredients you might still need to use the same amount of flour or 3/4 as much or something, because of the way it functions. I don't know the sepcifics, I just know it's a general principle. I suppose there's a rule of thumb you could google for it, I just haven't done that yet.

Interesting all the posts so far are by dudes..