I cosign on the Pressure Cooker reducing your gas usage.
A little 4 quart like this one would be all one or two people would need
for cooking meals, stews, beans, etc. You could store the left overs
in the Pressure Cooker as well and one meal could stretch till the next day
or left overs could be placed in containers for the fridge. Then simple warm up's
would put food on the table.
http://www.pressurecooker-outlet.com/Pressure-Cookers.htm
The most gas consuming meals would come from frying in a skillet
each meal, or heating in a sauce pan.
If you wanted to learn to cook in a Wok, and the food doesn't always
have to be Asian style foods......the Wok is one of the most efficient in it's
requirements for heat. You simply cut up all of your food items first
and lay them out in small containers. Then heat the Wok for a few seconds
and begin adding the food items and stir frying them. Within a couple of minutes
or so you have a meal. (cooking regular rice in a covered sauce pan will take some time
and gas....so you may want to consider quick cooking rice instead)
But the point here is that planning your meals with care will have considerable influence
on how much gas you use. I've been able to cook 3 times a week eating the leftovers the next
day and eating at a restaurant or cooking something special on the odd day. And still eating well
and enjoying those foods.
