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The Polack MSgt

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6. My wife and I are "empty nesters" now, but we haven't truly adjusted to cooking for 2
Thu Jan 2, 2020, 12:08 PM
Jan 2020

So we tend to take turns cooking 3 or 4 days out of the week and eat left overs the other days.

Some things (steak or stir fries for example) are easy to do in small batches, but...

Some things we've never learned to scale down. Those dishes we share with friends since the amounts are ridiculous for 2 people.

Collards, Stew, Curry and Chili are the main culprits there. We have plenty of folks willing to take 'em off our hands, no worries

My wife also does Bolognese in huge batches - but that freezes so well (and tastes so good) that we don't share.

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