Thoughts of a Middle Aged Man

After my daughter left for New Zealand and then my son went off to college, I started cooking dinner for just my wife and I. Cooking for two was hard. I was still making two much food each night. Leftovers were going uneaten. I was finding it hard to cut recipes down to a two person size. So I started switching dinners from plates of pasta to a soup or a sandwich. After a while those got boring. It took me a while to realize that cooking for two is a blessing. Why? Because I can buy small portions of really tasty, but expensive ingredients.

Instead of buying a family pack of steaks at the local market, I can buy a single dry aged, grass fed, prime ribeye from Whole foods. That single ribeye split in two makes a stellar meal. I now can buy a half pound of wild salmon, Chilean sea bass or a small New Zealand rack of lamb. So now my evening meals are sprinkled with world class proteins that now complement the occasional sandwich, soup or a nice evening out.

Now I am on the lookout for some Red Wattle pork for some fancy but tasty pork chops.