Print title: For One
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For One draws on challenges I’ve encountered during multiple attempts to create single-serving meals and come to terms with the expectation that I, like my mother and grandmother before her, should enjoy cooking and food preparation. In truth, I am not at ease in a kitchen and food seems to be an endless source of stress.
My most recent attempts at ‘eating well’ have resulted in wasted food, over-spending and over-eating. I find that modifying recipes to serve one is not only difficult, but expensive as produce and groceries are rarely available in such small quantities. When creating meals for one from recipes meant to serve eight, I’m often left with large amounts of unused ingredients. Following the directions of a recipe without modifying it, leaves me in one of two situations. I either have leftovers for a painfully long period of time, which often spoiled before I can eat them, or I eat more than a single-serving in one sitting, thus defeating the purpose of ‘eating well.’
Despite multiple failings, I’m driven to continue this process of attempting to cook, make, feed, provide, because it seems to come easily for so many women – namely my mother. I desperately want to live up to the expectation that I should have gained these skills by watching her, by eating meals provided by her, or just by being her daughter.
Ingredients
1/8 recipe pastry for a 9 inch double crust pie
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
1 teaspoon all-purpose flour
1-1/2 teaspoons water
1 tablespoon white sugar
1 tablespoon packed brown sugar
1 Granny Smith apples - peeled, cored and sliced
Why do you eat alone?
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