Cooking for Two

Cooking for two after cooking for 5 and sometimes more, is often a challenge for me.  The recipes I have collected over the years are too big.  Even when I cut them half, we end up with leftovers.  I am captivated by all the recipe sites and food blogs on the internet.  I spend way too much time looking at them.  So far I have not figured out a system that will help me 're-find' ones that are possible for us.  I cannot print every one I come across.  There is already too much paper on my desk.

I have been reading about people who cooked their way through specific cookbooks.  I am looking for a small-quantity cookbook for us to work through.  We have specific needs.  The book I am looking for will have healthy recipes that are low in fat and sugar.  The recipes will be tasty enough that Hubby won't know he is eating healthy.

And since I am cutting down,  I am 'recycling' some of my cookbook collection.  I am having a hard time with this.  For whatever reason, I enjoy cookbooks. I sit and get pleasure reading them.  When you look at my books, you can follow my progress through the years.  There are the early years when I was making mixes and lots of bread.  For a few years, I bought several of the Farm Journal books like Busy Woman's Cookbook and Family Favorites from Country Kitchens.  After a workshop on feeding our families healthy meals, I was buying books like, The New York Times Natural Foods Cookbook, and Recipes for a Small Planet as I tried to convince my family they wanted to eat whole wheat bread rather than white.   My 'kids' still remember when I tried to feed them spinach noodles. 

Then there are all the diet books.  Those were for me on my endless journey to a healthier weight although I was always hopeful there would be recipes everyone would like.  Now, of course, I don't want to be making two meals for two people so I am trying to find things we both will eat.  Meals cannot seem to be too healthy or Hubby will not consider eating them. 

Tonight we are having meat loaf.  I have been mixing my regular recipe and then I divide it.  We eat half and the other half goes in the freezer.