So, how many of us solos do much cooking? Living at home and working I find it easier to NOT cook. Breakfast is cereal and fruit or yogurt (with an occasional bagel as a treat). Lunch is often the pre-packaged chicken salad on crackers or else yogurt (if I didn't have it for breakfast). Fruit or bran snacks are fillers in mid-morning & mid-afternoon. Dinner is McDonald's Asian salad with grilled chicken and the low fat balsamic-vinegarette dressing, topped with a low fat ice cream cone. All in all, it's normally under 1200 calories. When I do "cook" it's frozen dinners or soups.
Wondering how much this will change on the road.....so, what's cooking in YOUR kitchen?
bago40 said
08:23 PM Jun 26, 2007
Hey Froggi, One of the aspects of my rv-dream is to eat healthier without making it too laborious. While I fall for the pre-packaged food out of time constraints usually, I've learned to pick up a porterhouse steak, baked potato, some baked beans and a salad for supper. I like to make pizza with fresh ingriedints too. Shredded Wheat (plain-no sugar) with fresh blueberries from a farm here in FL for breakfast or eggs and meat etc. Of course its Breyer's full fat and full sugar ice cream for now but I am researching making my own ice cream with fructose which is what I use for everything else instead of sugar. Yes, its more expensive but it doesn't raise the blood levels like sugar does. I learned this when I lived in Sweden as an exchange student and saw how fructose, which is what they use and why you don't see overweight Swedes. I left Sweden with almost 0 percent body fat. Wish it was still that way. Honey is a good sweetener too. I've looked at a couple of Linda's recipes (sp) as well and they look very good. I'm looking forward to trying them. I'm improving this effort constantly and really enjoy this. I think the convection/microwave oven I have does a wonderful job cooking food!. I think many rig's have them. All in all for me it doesn't take that much longer to cook this way. I really enjoy this new lifestyle and what it brings for me. Of course this is one of those "its up to you" catagories. Everyone has to enjoy thier own rv-dream.
-- Edited by bago40 at 21:25, 2007-06-26
sgad said
05:03 AM Jun 27, 2007
Hi. I haven't been on the road long enough to establish a cooking pattern so I currently eat out or carry in--alot. But for both health and budget reasons, I want to start cooking in the rig more often. The classic problem for singles remain since most foods are packaged for two or more persons and storage space for left overs in an RV are limited. It took a great deal of effort but I have solved one soloer's problem, I found a crockpot small enough to utilize for single meals and an electric griddle that measures 8 & 1/2 by 11 inches--just big enough to cook for one. An added benefit for both of these is ease of storing such small appliances. In addition I purchased a small two burner Coleman outdoor grill that folds up into a little case about the size of a valise so that I can start the outdoor hot dog/hamburger/steaks grilling crowd. P.S. I also got a George Foremen grill for healthier cooking.
Froggi said
05:54 AM Jun 27, 2007
I actually found a little electric skillet that is smaller than that....but I think I will use the George Foreman grill more. I thought about the outdoor grill but since I almost never eat beef (and if I do, it's a McD burger splurge maybe once a month), probably not worth it. I have the mini-crockpot but wonder where to find recipes CUT to two servings for it. Maybe we need a thread just for that!
For protein I eat mostly chicken and tuna with a little turkey at times. I avoid ham products due to the salt (even though I love them) and due to cholesterol, I avoid red meat.
I wish there wasn't so much sodium in the pre-packaged foods as they are really hand - both frozen and the Dinty Moore no-refrigeration products.
I hate grocery shopping and suspect that will impact me as well...love farmer's markets though and hope I can start using fresh veggies more.
Wondering how much this will change on the road.....so, what's cooking in YOUR kitchen?
Hey Froggi, One of the aspects of my rv-dream is to eat healthier without making it too laborious
. While I fall for the pre-packaged food out of time constraints usually, I've learned to pick up a porterhouse steak, baked potato, some baked beans and a salad for supper. I like to make pizza with fresh ingriedints too. Shredded Wheat (plain-no sugar) with fresh blueberries from a farm here in FL for breakfast or eggs and meat etc. Of course its Breyer's full fat and full sugar ice cream for now but I am researching making my own ice cream with fructose which is what I use for everything else instead of sugar. Yes, its more expensive but it doesn't raise the blood levels like sugar does. I learned this when I lived in Sweden as an exchange student and saw how fructose, which is what they use and why you don't see overweight Swedes. I left Sweden with almost 0 percent body fat. Wish it was still that way. 
Honey is a good sweetener too. I've looked at a couple of Linda's recipes (sp) as well and they look very good. I'm looking forward to trying them. I'm improving this effort constantly and really enjoy this. I think the convection/microwave oven I have does a wonderful job cooking food!
. I think many rig's have them. All in all for me it doesn't take that much longer to cook this way. I really enjoy this new lifestyle and what it brings for me. Of course this is one of those "its up to you" catagories
. Everyone has to enjoy thier own rv-dream.
-- Edited by bago40 at 21:25, 2007-06-26
For protein I eat mostly chicken and tuna with a little turkey at times. I avoid ham products due to the salt (even though I love them) and due to cholesterol, I avoid red meat.
I wish there wasn't so much sodium in the pre-packaged foods as they are really hand - both frozen and the Dinty Moore no-refrigeration products.
I hate grocery shopping and suspect that will impact me as well...love farmer's markets though and hope I can start using fresh veggies more.