What do you cook when you are cooking for one?

One of my favorites is "gussied up" ramen, Thai style. I use pork ramen noodles, but instead of water I use coconut milk. I steep the coconut milk first with half of the seasoning packet, a bunch of thinly sliced fresh ginger and several whole garlic cloves. I add sliced mushrooms, chopped up baby bok choy, spinach, snap peas (yum!), any other vegies that look good to me. I cook all that for the two minutes with the noodles.
Meanwhile, I've put a bunch of bean sprouts, sliced green onions, sriracha, sugar, fish sauce in a very large serving bowl, leaving plenty of room for the noodles and soup.
By now the noodles are done, so I break a couple of eggs into the pot and let simmer for another two minutes. Remove from the heat and pop the lid on for another minute or two to finish poaching the eggs. Sometimes I substitute cubed firm tofu for the eggs, leaving it in the pan just long enough to heat through.
Pour the whole thing over the vegies in the bowl and serve, for a VERY filling one dish meal. I eat the eggs first, then as much of the rest as I can. I can always reheat what's left the next day and poach more eggs in it.

herbalista23 in Home Cooking