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Grocery Shopping for One Guide
When I started cooking for one, the grocery store felt like it was working against me. Almost every item on the shelf was sized for a family. I’d grab a bag of spinach with the best intentions and watch half of it turn to slime before the week was over. Or, I’d find a recipe…

Welcome to the solo Spoon
Hi, I’m Monica, solo cook and the creator behind The Solo Spoon. I started this blog because cooking for one felt more complicated than it needed to be: too much food, ingredients going to waste, and the same meal three nights in a row.
Here you’ll find single serve and small batch recipes built around variety, not repetition. The idea is simple: one grocery run should give you a week of completely different meals, not a week of the same leftovers reheated.
































