When laura and I were first married, we enjoyed many wonderful recipes that were originally designed for more that two people. Probably the most notorious among home cooks is the ‘Epicurean’ (circa 1900) whose smallest recipe serves 32. None of this matters if you have a freezer(s). In our earlier days, we would fix up a recipe and place the ‘left overs’ in containers that could be placed in the oven to serve 2. It was a wonderful system as we would bake and cook on the weekends and have the convenience of choosing whatever we wanted during the week.
Our system has evolved to the point that I only have a refrigerator in the kitchen and access to three freezers. One freezer continas much of what you might find in a typical freezer and then some, one freezer holds our Jenny Craig meals when we indulge too much, and one freezer holds ready to enjoy meals from past good times.
In an age when cooking is being rediscovered by so many ‘non-cooking’ folks… having a place to store what is left over economically should not be an excuse…. if you buy a freezer ( some as low as $150).
So, cook today… and enjoy it again on another day!