I wonder why the chicken didn't reheat well. Did it make the sauce taste funny? I second the rubbish-at-pastry comment so I'm also impressed by your pie!
I also second the curry suggestion, and, SOUP! I live on my own so I'm all about the leftovers!
I've made DamnDelicious stuff before *nods* It was a prawny/coconut milky/chili-ish thing... wait, there were zoodles too! It was good, but what I most remember is I used harissa rather than actual chilis and I put too much in and just about blew my head off. zoodles and prawns both being things that don't reheat well though, as I discovered with the rest of it.
A food blog I follow could be very helpful for you ladies. Easy Cheesy Vegetarian, I make quite a lot of her recipes, in particular:
Lentil and Halloumi curry I use green lentils rather than brown as brown ones are tough to come by in the UK, I often chuck in some chickpeas too. Cauliflower and red pepper's my fave veg for this as it looks so pretty. Last time there was carrot and courgette too so it looked gorgeous.
Mushroom stroganoff soup this recipe just serves 2 so it's easy to scale down for one. I often make it with a red pepper either as well as or instead of the mushrooms, and I stir some cottage cheese through it for creaminess as I don't have sour cream. I may also have accidentally used 1 tbsp of smoked paprika one time instead of 1tsp, but I had no regrets, it was amazing.
Speaking of smoked paprika... this soup... red lentil and chicken soup I've made it with chicken and it's delicious. Though I dumped the raw thighs into the soup to poach as it cooked then hooked 'em out and shredded 'em, I didn't faff with cooking them separately as the recipe says. But as I have no access to good chicken I've stopped buying it. This recipe is still my go-to though; I just switch the chicken for a can of black beans (or dried ones that I've cooked if I'm being super-efficient). Often a pack of halloumi goes into this too, it is SO. GOOD.
Oven Baked Rice and Vegetables this sounds dull, IT IS NOT. Also this lady is FUN and her recipes are all great. Here's the quick vid the this recipe.
I want to make this again now xD It's AWESOME reheated for breakfast with some fresh greens added and a fried egg on top. I make it with brown rice so it needs to cook for about a year (slight exaggeration) but Nagi is fab for recipe notes that cover all bases, so she gave directions for brown rice.
And another soup recipe! Lemony lentil soup got sweetcorn in it so when it''s blended up it's an amazing golden colourÂ
Starting to cook more for myself!
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These are great recommendations! Thanks! Need to cook sth immediately!