How to Cook for One
While it’s almost always cheaper to eat your meals at affordable restaurants or diners if you live alone, there’s nothing like a home-cooked meal to satisfy your appetite. Cooking for one may seem simple, but anyone who has cooked a meal just for himself or herself knows how difficult and tricky it can be. Here are some tips and tricks to get you started.
Smaller Portions, Smaller Proportions
If you’re cooking from a recipe, you may notice that the dish may serve four to six people. If you want to follow the recipe, you can make simple calculations to reduce the volume of ingredients, but get the same flavor from the same ingredients. Simply reduce the proportion of the ingredients of the dish to the portion that you’re cooking with.
Eat What You Can
cookingIf you cook too much and have too much in the way of leftovers, your food will end up spoiled and unsuitable for human consumption. If you do cook too many items, you may need to give some away to neighbors or store some for the next day. Whenever you do cook, however, you should make sure to prepare and eat only what you can of whatever you’re preparing. Make sure to store your extras and leftovers properly
Eat Natural
Cooking does not mean that you can break open a bag of junk food, but it also doesn’t mean that you should drown your foods in fats and oils just because frying is the easiest way to cook things. Try to refrain from using food additives to flavor the food, and don’t put anything you can’t pronounce or chemicals you cannot understand into your food. Many supermarkets and fresh-food markets have ingredients that are flavorful, natural, and are definitely good for you.
Eating solo may seem to be lonely, but you can always enjoy the best flavors of any dish without distractions, making you fully appreciate every bite. With these steps, cooking for one doesn’t seem to be such a bad idea for you after all.