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my wife stays in our house in the catskills during the summer and i go up for shabbos; what should i do for dinner when im home? buying food gets costly and just annoying to have after a while, any ideas?
Who said you need a third meal every day?
When my wife was away, I bought a bareka, a can of tuna, a can of sliced olives and a can of corn.
combined them together, for a nice healthy light meal.
or buy a disposable BBQ if the family one is in the mountains.. and afew rolls- if your starving… and throw afew chops and hotdogs on the BBQ. slice up a few vegies to go with it, if you can’t make a salad.
or you can do what i did///i made him dinners to take home so that he had what to eat all week.
Learn to cook.
The Wolf
Try easy Mexican:
Toss a bunch of tortilla chips on a microwaveable plate. Sprinkle with shredded cheddar and mozzarella cheese (mehadrin makes a bag of the combo), open a can of any kind of beans and toss some on top.
Microwave for 1 minute.
You can add some mild salsa or diced avocado if you’re ambitious.
You can do grilled cheese or “pizza” grilled cheese in your toaster oven.
If you don’t like to cook you can keep sliced lox or store bought egg/tuna salad in the fridge with a bag of whole wheat bagels and make sandwiches, or ww bread and smoked turkey.
Buy yourself pre-cut peppers, baby carrots, grape tomatoes so you don’t have to think about dicing veggies. Eat with low fat dressing.
Im not gonna respond to this thread now because its making me angry.
Angry? Why?
I spent 2 months alone last year, when my wife was waiting for immigration papers. Lived mostly on bread, fruit, chocolate, (oven) chips, and pizza. And canned vegetables. Not that difficult, really.
Huh?
Did I miss something?
Why is this thread making you angry Goq?
“cant learn to cook bec then my wife will make me cook during the year (i hope shes not reading this lol”
& helping your wife out would be such a bad thing?
Call up your wife and tell her that you realize how much she actually does for you.
As they say…. you don’t realize what you have until you don’t have it anymore.
Im an older single man i have to take care of myself all the time cooking laundry cleaning it just bothers me that the op is moaning about having to take care of himself for once, grow up.
Tell your wife to cook extra for Shabbos and Sunday and Take home lots of leftovers from Shabbos!
There’s a place in Boro Park that serves inexpensive meals for men in your situation and also they have a Shiur after..
its a good time to diet
“because its making me angry.”
If its any consolation, it is these very 2 months that I get a small idea of how tough it must be to be a single person.
People are truly not meant to live alone.
I think its important for all of us to remember that different people have different difficulties and one persons problems does not invalidate another. The OP was simply asking for ideas for what seems to be a small issure for him, why is that not valid even if someone else has it more difficult. We need to all respect eachother’s ups and downs in life.
Zeliger if his biggest problem is what should he do for dinner order in or defrost something then he should be very grateful.
…and not be so picky about leftovers
I don’t see anywhere in his post where it says This is my biggest problem. He was simply asking for advice. Like if someone with a lot of hair asks where to buy a good comb is that insulting to people who are bald. I am sure the OP may have other struggles in his life as well at different times as we all do. This was simply a question of advice.
Zeliger some people dont know how good they have it they need a reminder once in awhile that there are others who are not as fortunate. I dont begrudge the fact that the op has a country home or that he has a wife and children but to complain that he actually has to look after himself for once is petty and not being appreciative of all the he has been blessed with.
If you’re worried about the cost of buying food, then try this: don’t go to the mountains at all! Stay home! It costs way more to go to the mountains than to buy some food for yourself.
but to complain that he actually has to look after himself
I didn’t see a complaint there. And even if he did complain, unless you have never complained about anything in your life, you shouldn’t begrudge him his complaint.
Unless you think that no one in the world has bigger tzaros than you do.
Bump
Just because.
I got a good laugh reading this.
Grill cheese
Cheerios and milk
barbeque
There are places in Boro Park that advertise buffet dinners for men for like $14- they advertise in the Weekly Link and other publications.
If your wife is willing to make you food for the week, thank her. And freeze it in single portions. I’m sure she knows what keeps well and what doesn’t.
eat the kids
joke
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