If you live alone, cooking meals every day can be a hassle, but if you can make easy, nutritious side dishes, your life will be a little easier. Here are some recipes and ideas for easy and delicious side dishes for those living alone.
1. Basic Side Dish Recipes
Chicken Teriyaki
- Material:
- Chicken thigh
- Soy sauce, mirin, sugar
- Sesame seeds (optional)
- procedure:
- Grill the chicken thighs until browned.
- Add a sauce made from soy sauce, mirin, and sugar and bring to a simmer.
- Sprinkle with sesame seeds and it’s done.
Tofu and spinach miso soup
- Material:
- Tofu
- spinach
- Miso
- Dashi stock
- procedure:
- Heat the dashi stock and dissolve the miso in it.
- Add the tofu and spinach and heat through.
- An easy and nutritious miso soup is ready.
2. Side dish ideas and variations
Grilled salted mackerel
- Material:
- Mackerel fillet
- Salt and pepper
- procedure:
- Season the mackerel fillets with salt and pepper.
- Grill it.
- An easy, protein-packed side dish is ready.
Potato salad
- Material:
- Potatoes
- Mayonnaise, salt, pepper
- Cucumber and ham (optional)
- procedure:
- Boil the potatoes, peel and mash them.
- Season with mayonnaise, salt and pepper and add chopped cucumber and ham.
- An easy and filling side dish is ready.
3. How to store and reuse side dishes
Side dishes that can be frozen
- By storing prepared dishes in the freezer, you can easily prepare meals even on busy days. For example, curry, simmered dishes, grilled fish, etc. are recommended.
Easy recipes using side dishes
- Another idea is to use leftover side dishes from the previous day to create new dishes. For example, you can use leftover teriyaki to make a rice bowl or sandwich.
4. Side dishes as a life hack for those living alone
Side dishes that don’t take much time to make
- We will also introduce ways to cook easily using a microwave or toaster. For example, we recommend steaming fish or stewing vegetables.
Side dishes using seasonal ingredients
- We will introduce recommended ingredients and recipes for each season and provide ideas for meals with balanced nutrition.
5. How to enjoy and innovate on making side dishes
Your own original recipe
- Combine your favorite ingredients and seasonings to create your own original recipes. Cooking will become more fun.
Tips for enjoying cooking side dishes
- Even if you’re not good at cooking, we’ll show you some tips to help you improve your cooking skills little by little by trying out some simple recipes and cooking methods.
in conclusion
We have introduced some delicious side dishes that are easy to make even for those who live alone. Cooking healthy meals can improve the quality of your life, so please take a look. Try new dishes and enjoy your daily meals.んでください。
