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Healthy and Delicious “Cooking for One” Tips

By: Emily Lockhart on Tuesday, May 13th

If you’re idea of cooking for one is a microwave dinner, frozen pizza, or canned soup—think again!

While convenience meals (i.e. frozen or prepackaged dinners) are the fastest option for single dinners at home, they’re not the healthiest. It is possible to make healthy, tasty, inexpensive meals at home for one regardless of your culinary prowess.

Here are ten inspiring tips for cooking for one…

1. Portion Recipes into Multiple Meals

Why spend time cooking one meal when you can get multiple meals out of one recipe? It’s really a no-brainer! Just make a recipe for 2 or 4 and divide portions into microwave safe containers for lunches and dinners for the rest of the week. Now that’s a great way to save time and money!

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