the good news

We're a handful of just-out-of-college women who like to cook, or don't like to cook, but somehow need to eat. We left our mothers' kitchens to find the cafeteria food sub-par, then left the cafeteria to find out how frustrating it is to cook for one person.

Seriously. What do you do with the leftover half a can of pinto beans?

Well, we aren't all "one person" anymore, but we are all one or two, and cooking for two is almost as frustrating as cooking for one. While it is possible to double the recipe and feed your husband the leftover half a can of pinto beans, it is still not practical to season six chicken breasts, bake them, and expect them to be gone by the end of the evening. And serving a main dish and six sides is a situation that will just have to wait.

We're not foodies, and while elaborate cuisine is nice, most of us just want dinner. We're all on somewhat of a budget: we're in our first or second year of work and some of us are working on loans, so we're not into this import-expensive-cheeses-from-France thing. We just want dinner! And a real dinner, too.

After sharing recipes with each other secretly in the dark recesses of the internet (email), inspiration descended upon us and we're ready to share the good news with the world:

You can cook a meal for one or two, sans disaster and sans hot pockets.

So let's get started!