What food to buy

[Mancar1]

There I was going up and down the isles. I couldn't figure out what to buy. For 36 years Vicki took care of it. I just went along to be with her. Then it hit me, I can just buy whatever it is I like to eat. Now my reefer and pantry is filled with stuff not that good for me, but good. Damn I miss her, but all is going ok.
I have already found out that there is a whole lot more widows than there is widowers. Who the heck spead the word I have no interest, it is way to soon. I am still loyal to my departed Sweety.
There I go flapping my pie-hole once again. Thanks all for putting up with me
Everyone needs a outlet and this is one of min

[Ranchero50]

It's all good, the best thing about widows is they usually know how to cook...

Jamie

[BobbyFord]

...and if you get lonely, you can tell them what food you bought and that you don't know how to properly prepare it...

[BobbyFord]

Another thing, John...if you don't already have a crock pot then get one. Get yourself a crock pot cookbook, too; follow the instructions, put in the ingredients set the knob to low or high (depending on the recipe) and in a few hours dinner is ready. I have a couple of crock pot cookbooks, lots of good recipes

[fordman]

i would probably end up living on frozen pizza half of the time.

[forrestbump]

At first, I lived off anything frozen...after the 4th year, I can actually cook and eat my own food! Imagine that!

...now the widow/single women over 60 thing...YUP, more of them than us! Just be careful, I'm here to tell you!

[Calfdemon]

Another thing, John...if you don't already have a crock pot then get one. Get yourself a crock pot cookbook, too; follow the instructions, put in the ingredients set the knob to low or high (depending on the recipe) and in a few hours dinner is ready. I have a couple of crock pot cookbooks, lots of good recipes

I have to second the Crock pot (along with crock pot cookbooks). The single greatest invention for men that men know nothing about!

[hotrod ford]

Three meals my dad taught me to prepare. Breakfast time is eggs and bacon with toast, lunch will be some type of meat with cheese with bread and for dinner beef stew or pintos with corn bread and fried potatoes. Never let you down....

[fordman]

cooking is easy. i have been doing it since i was a kid. sometimes it is just a pain to have to prepare it and make the mess.

[BudsTruck]

cooking is easy. i have been doing it since i was a kid. sometimes it is just a pain to have to prepare it and make the mess.

And a pain to cook for one person when almost every recipe serves 4-6.

[woods]

I am a guy who has been on his own a lot. I'm very sorry you had to go through what you have. I don't want to go into a whole long thing here, I just wanted to say that I know what you're going through first hand.

Okay...food. At first you're going to be like a kid let loose in a candy store and live off of that junk for a while, but you will probably grow tired of it. For fast an easy, I ate a lot of canned tuna. It's not terrible for you, but you have to like it, and many people don't. Anything I could make a sandwich out of was considered good (I can make a sandwich out of almost anything though).
Cereal, bread, spuds, burger, they now have vegetable bags you just chuck in the microwave and believe it or not, they aren't too bad tasting.
I am bad about doing dishes. So I just use the stuff you can toss. Paper plates and plastic forks, now all I got to do is remember to take out the trash before it overflows.

Currently, my own Father is going through this. I have to keep an eye on him, because he just won't eat. He's skinny anyway, so I try and keep on him about eating. I don't seem to have that gene that makes you forget to eat. Forget to breath maybe, but never forget to eat.

[westernkansas]

check out emeals.com cost 5 dollars a month, they have a whole shopping list already prepared and meals planned out. they have a 2person meal plan too

[bindernut]

one of my favorites (I grill a ton)

Jalapeno burgers :

ground beef. ( 1/2lb or so)
diced onions (handfull or whatever feels right)
bacon bits (handfull or whatever feels right)
diced jalapeno (Handfull or a spoonfull....whatever feels right )

mix it up like meatloaf, make patties, grill, slap it on a bun with some cheese sauce
tasty & easy peezy japenezy

[westernkansas]

The wife has found a good source of recipes....can even search by meats or special dietary needs...... www.tasteofhome.com you can join for free and save recipes you want to try in an online recipe box. Hope this helps

[Mancar1]

Good morning and thank you all for the helpful info. I have added some recipes to my [censored]. I am a good cook. For a long while I did all the cooking as my sweet Vicki wasn't able. I just haven't reached the point where I want to. but I am eating easy to fix stuff, and going to some of Vicki's and my favorite resturants. I am going to need to start cooking, and I will soon. I grilled chicken the other evening and it sucked standing at the Ford-a-Q by myself.
Like I always tell the 3 girls....Jibber the Jabber, Hoist the Mainsail. Shift Colors Underway (Just going through a adjustment period)