Last week, Mr. Stone Soup Cook spent most of the week at a model train convention, so I was on my own for meals. Before he left, I had roasted a chicken. For my first couple of meals on my own, I used up leftovers from the chicken, along with other bits I found in the fridge. The meals were satisfying and efficient. And while I am the Stone Soup Cook and I do like to embrace an efficient, satisfying use of leftovers, the meals were hardly inspired and I thought “why should I have uninspired meals just because I’m eating on my own?”
This thought launched an innovative and fun week of creating single-serving meals. I still worked hard to be efficient in the kitchen by using up what I had on hand, but I managed to find new and interesting ways to use them up in single-serving variations–such as the frittata for one and the baked potato scramble.
I was very happy to see Mr. Stone Soup when he returned, but my week of eating on my own was far from boring.
In addition to seeing an abundance of meals for one this week, you’re also going to see a new format, inspired by a friend of a friend who looked at my blog and said “TLDR”–too long, didn’t read. She suggested that instead of publishing such a large volume of content only once a week, that I publish shorter posts three times a week, finishing the weekly posts on Fridays with desserts. Hmmmm–sounds good to me!
So today, you’re going to see three fun breakfast recipes for one. On Wednesday, you’re going to see three main courses for one and on Friday, you’ll see two to three desserts for one.
I used this adorable Smithey 6″ cast iron skillet to make several of my meals this week:
Please note that I was not compensated for using this skillet, and my opinions are my own. I simply love using cast iron and this little skillet was just the right size for making small portions. I’ve had this skillet for about a year and I’ve used it, but not a lot, and I learned a good bit about it this week. I’ll be posting a review of it later this week.
Ok–let’s get cooking!
First up–a frittata for one:
Next–apricot crumble:
Finally, breakfast scramble potato bake:
That’s it for now–tune in on Wednesday when I will publish my main courses for one. Until then–
Peace, love and good food!
Keri
