Dinner for one?............... Easier than you think.

The one thing I hear the most that makes me nuts is when people tell me that they would love to cook but if it's only for one person (themselves) what is the point.  In my opinion, that is the exact point!!!!

What better a crowd to cook for when you want to experiment than just yourself.  You can make as much as you want or as little as you want.  You can try something new you saw in a cookbook one day and didn't have the time before.  You can experiment.  If you screw up, who will know?

I do love to cook for a crowd.  I also love to cook for just Anita and I or another couple.  But I also love to cook for myself.  I don't have to worry about if a person doesn't eat pork or shellfish.  Allergies?  I have none!!!!  I can strategically round out a meal with a protein, vegetable and starch.  Or just load up on protein like when I did Atkins.   Or go for a mega salad with only veggies.  You can do what you want and you're not out to impress anyone.  You just want for you.  Yes it sounds selfish and self centered.  I can see that.  Don't get me wrong, if given the choice to cook for more than me, I would jump all over it.  The pleasure I get from seeing a person enjoy a meal I made is very fulfilling to me.

Tonight for example, I'm making Tuna steak.  Now usually I go with the easy safe bet of marinating the steak in low sodium soy sauce, fresh grated ginger and fresh grated garlic.  But since I'm trying to go real low sodium, I didn't drown it in Soy.  Instead I broke out the food processor and threw in three cloves of garlic, a whole bunch of parsley, a bunch of cilantro, mustard powder, garlic powder ( I like Garlic) and ginger powder, and a dash of low sodium soy.  Turned it on and drizzled in Olive Oil to emulsify the entire mixture.  Put it in a baggie and let it chill for about 1 1/2 hours.

On the grill it goes.  5 minutes or so on each side and it is done.  Squeeze a little lemon on it and your good to go.

Now If I were eating with Anita, I wouldn't make this because she isn't a fan of Tuna. I love Tuna.   I got two pieces of Ahi frozen at Trader Joe's so I made them both.  I'll have one for dinner tonight and I might have the  second one for lunch tomorrow.  Or for dinner tomorrow.  So it's dinner for one, two times with one time of the cooking and prep.

And by the way........It was delicious.