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@fiesty76

Great post, @parus! Like you, my crock has become a best friend. I also agree that living alone has many advantages in what and how we approach our meal planning. By preparing what is best for one's particular health conditions, loners can also freeze leftovers for "nights off from the kitchen". Others with families and those dependent on facility provided meals face more of a challenge.

Also importantly was what you wrote about staying as well as possible to not add more pressure to the lives of our busy children. When the pandemic arrived, my out-of-state daughter threatened to come get me and take me home with her. By promising I would self-quarantine and follow infectious disease public health precautions, I think it relieved her greatly of an additional burden and freed me also to stay-in-place.

It sounds like you and I share the same feeling about how creative cooking has become more of a new and welcome hobby. Please stay on your soapbox; I, along with many others, enjoy your posts! Hope all find some sunshine and good food in their day today.

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We have long followed the "cook once, eat twice" philosophy. Now that there are just two of us, it is often "...eat thrice." We are so averse to most takeout that even when we travel, we carry our prepared meals, frozen, for the first 3 nights on the road, heat'n'eat when we arrive in our motel room. The best meals we have found for this are homemade soups, chili, veggie laden casseroles (without any pasta.)

Here is a very favorite quick at-home meal - we call it "red eggs"* and serve it over crisp whole-grain toast (mine is gluten-free.) Ready in under 30 minutes with only one pan!
14-16 oz can diced tomatoes (no-salt)
2 Tbsp olive oil
1 clove garlic, finely minced
2 tsp mixed dried herbs - basil, rosemary, oregano, thyme (or 2 Tbsp fresh)
4 eggs
4 slices toast, buttered or not.

In a heavy 8-9" skillet, saute the garlic slightly in oil, then add tomatoes & herbs and simmer until the liquid begins to cook away slightly - about 15-20 minutes. Turn the heat to medium. With the back of a spoon, make 4 wells in the mixture and crack the eggs into them. Spoon a little tomato mixture over each egg, cover the pan & make the toast. When eggs are done to your taste (about 4 min) scoop onto toast, cover with tomato mixture. Diners add salt & pepper to taste.

We serve with a bowl of mixed fruit topped with Greek yogurt.
Sue
* technically, these are named "Eggs Provencal"