Single person meal ideas

I like making biggish batches of something, then either freezing for later use, or keeping in the fridge for daily use. Often these are things I make kind of plain - say, lentil soup with just some onions & salt - then doctor up in various ways so I'm not eating the same thing over & over. Example: Make that soup, freeze it in single-portion bowls with snap-on lids. When I warm it up, I can throw in chopped greens, or cut-up veggies, or salsa, or if I ate meat, I'd add that then. Frozen things work out well for carry-along lunches, as long as there's a microwave.

Right now in the freezer, I have pea soup (plain), sweet-potato peanut bisque, cauliflower/mushroom/white bean soup, cheese pie, butternut squash lasagna, healthy muffins (a batch of corn muffins, a batch of whole-wheat buttermilk raisin-walnut) . . . .

Or I'll make a big batch of roasted vegetables (mixed, or just one thing), and keep it in the fridge. During the week, I can eat it as a side, use it to dress a salad, put in on a wrap or flatbread "pizza", put it in a omelette or scrambled eggs, etc.

Specific dishes I make frequently include tostadas, stir fries (veggies & a protein), soups (examples above) or chili, scrambled eggs with various inclusions, deviled eggs (with greek yogurt instead of mayo). I tend to have standard dishes like this, but change up the exact ingredients for variety.

Do you have a microwave and a freezer? That really does make a difference to my answers for food ideas.

I make mini pizzas out of pitta breads and serve with salad

Chicken breast fillet, marinade overnight and pan fry, serve with steamed veg

Omelettes with salad

Stir Fries

Spicy chicken with rice

Chicken wrapped in a slice of bacon with steamed veg and sweet potatoe wedges (or rice)

Noodles with veg, spices and chicken/egg/beef/duck (whatever leftover meat at hand)

Steamed veg: Brussel sprouts with crispy bacon, aspargus with parma ham, steamed broccoli and cauliflower, baked head of cauliflower covered in spices, sweet corn

Lunches: vegetable sticks with salsa/low cal cream cheese AND
wrap with salad, spices and chicken/tuna/cheese

Salad with egg and chicken, tuna and potato, prawns with or without dressing

Cold pasta salad with plenty of meat

Couscous with veg, spices and whatever meats you have at hand

Leftovers are great in wraps btw, chilli and rice in a wrap is just pure yumminess

Jezg83 wrote: »

Thank you for your ideas, will definitely be giving these a try. I try and do a cook up on weekends and freeze them but end up being so high in calories and feel very disappointed. Can anyone suggest a good website or cookbook for low calorie easy meals

My favorite websites for recipes (at the moment):
http://www.skinnytaste.com/
http://www.cookinglight.com/
http://www.twopeasandtheirpod.com/

i like http://www.budgetbytes.com/ as well