For you singles, out on your own

Page 2 - Seeking answers? Join the AnandTech community: where nearly half-a-million members share solutions and discuss the latest tech.

mdennison

Golden Member
Jun 6, 2001
1,710
0
0
Takeout or cook myself and eat leftovers for 3 days...and always keep fresh fruit and a water in the fridge. :)
 

Carbo

Diamond Member
Aug 6, 2000
5,276
11
81
Damn! This is the healthiest group of couch potatoes I ever expected to find.
 

ElFenix

Elite Member
Super Moderator
Mar 20, 2000
102,407
8,595
126
i have 2 kinds of sauce... one chunky style that goes great with penne. a can of diced tomatoes with a whole lotta rough chopped onion, sliced garlic, and as much basil, red pepper, black pepper, and oregano as i feel like putting in. takes longer to boil the dried pasta than to make that. the other is more of a sauce, takes a few hours, mostly the same ingredients with the addition of carrots (for sweetness), some red wine, some tomato paste and tomato sauce. everything finely minced (excepting the crushed tomatoes... i like looking down and seeing the bits) and simmered for an hour and a half or whenever. i sorta wing it each time. last time i put in a little too much powdered red pepper.

i also love barbeque and have it probably twice a month. probably go out to eat 3 or 4 times a week. say... frank and angie's, the best pizza place in town (well, perhaps mangia is better...) or central market cafe or kerbey lane or magnolia. lots of sandwiches since schlotsky's is based here, thundercloud too. when i was in school still i ate at the fried rice cart probably 3 times a week. mmmm... fried rice and lemonade...
 

kami

Lifer
Oct 9, 1999
17,627
5
81
I cook basically 90% of my own meals. I'm 18 and living at home, but I'll be in college this fall so I doubt I'll be cooking AT ALL. Gonna be harder to eat healthy, but I can do it.
 

Emos

Golden Member
Oct 27, 2000
1,989
0
0
I cook quite a bit of rice, pasta and coucous. I also give the 'ol George Foreman grill a workout with chicken breast and lean pork.
 

Raspewtin

Diamond Member
Nov 16, 1999
3,634
0
0
i hired this chef to come over and cook a weeks worth of meals every Wednesday. It's really cool b/c you then don't need to cook yourself and get homemade food :D
 

metallibloke

Senior member
Mar 28, 2001
832
0
0
I'm 22 and live on my own. I dont mind cooking but I always lose interest in eating it after its prepared. I usually go for stuff that you can put in the oven, leave it for 30 mins and then its ready to eat. Also go for chinese takeaway a lot.
 

cyclistca

Platinum Member
Dec 5, 2000
2,885
11
81
I do a mixture of cooking and pre made. Loblaws Presidents Choice brand offers all kinds of healthy pre made items. I'm a big fan of their thin crust pizza. I also try do a lot of cooking on the weekends so I can just through stuff in the microwave. Make a lot of casseroles.
 

monto

Platinum Member
Oct 12, 1999
2,047
0
0


<< you can save lotsa money cooking on your own once in a while..

>>

true that, power of a microwave
 

Poncherelli

Senior member
May 28, 2001
590
0
0
I'm 17 and usually by myself and i cook all the time, especially on the grill. I grill chicken breats or sausages or a fish filet or steak if i can afford it. On the stove lots of pasta with sauce or steam vegtables. Cooking on your own is nice cause you can make food exactly the way you like it and it saves a lot of money. For what it costs to pick up a fastfood meal and the time it takes to go out and get the food, i can pull a nice steak out of the freezer and grill that up, and steak is far better than fast food in my opinion.