Welcome to THE SOLO SPOON
where We make cooking for one Easy!
About The Solo Spoon
This Blog Is For You If…
- You moved out on your own and suddenly realized that every recipe on the internet feeds a family.
- You’re tired of doing math before dinner, eating the same leftovers four nights in a row…
- Or just giving up and ordering takeout because cooking for one feels like it’s more trouble than it’s worth.
If this sounds familiar, you’re in the right place!
The Solo Spoon is a cooking for one resource built around one simple idea: you deserve a variety of delicious meals without the waste, the guesswork, or the endless leftovers.
What You’ll Find Here
In addition to being a recipe blog, this is a full toolkit for the solo cook:
- Single-serving recipes scaled exactly for one, no math required
- Small batch recipes for when cooking once and eating a few times actually makes sense
- Meal planning and meal prep built around ingredients that work together so your week stays interesting
- Cooking for one guides to help you wherever you are in your solo cooking journey
THE SOLO SPoON METHODOLOGY
Here at The Solo Spoon, we believe cooking for one is all about shopping smarter and planning meals that actually work when you’re feeding just one person.
The way we approach it is through what we call the overlapping ingredients method, building your meals around a small core of proteins, vegetables, and pantry staples that can move across multiple dishes throughout the week.
You use the same grocery haul, but build completely different meals.
Think about how a restaurant works. Every single dish that comes out of that kitchen is made to order just for one person. And it works because the kitchen runs on a smart, efficient system where the same core ingredients show up across the whole menu.
Your kitchen can work exactly the same way. One grocery run, a handful of key ingredients, and a whole week of meals that actually feel different from each other.
You’ll waste less, eat better, and actually look forward to dinner even on a Tuesday night alone.
OUR FOOD PHILOSOPHY
There are no food rules here!
My philosophy is simple: all foods fit.
We aren’t the food police.
You’ll find plenty of whole, fresh ingredients in my recipes but you’ll also find convenience foods and shortcuts like pre-diced vegetables, frozen rice, and other ready to go staples because not everything has to be a gourmet or made from scratch to be a worth while meal. It just needs to taste good and get on the table without a ton of effort.
Hi, I’m Monica!
A self-described lazy home cook and total foodie.
When I moved out on my own, I hit a wall pretty fast. Pinterest is full of amazing recipes, but none of them are built for one person.
I was always trying to scale recipes down to a single serving and still getting the math wrong. Or I would have to commit to a big batch of something and eating the same leftovers until I couldn’t look at them anymore by day three. Neither felt like a real solution.
So, I started to learn how to cook the way I actually wanted to eat, not the way most of us are raised to cook, which is for a family. I started thinking about how restaurants work. Every meal that comes out of a restaurant kitchen is made to order for one person. It’s efficient, nothing goes to waste, and nobody ends up eating the same thing four nights in a row.
So, why couldn’t my kitchen work that way too?
That shift in thinking changed everything. I started figuring out single serving meals, small batches, and how to plan ingredients so they work across multiple dishes throughout the week instead of locking you into repetition. It took some trial and error but once it clicked, cooking for one actually became enjoyable.
I really felt like there had to be a better way for people in this situation, and that’s why I started The Solo Spoon. Because I don’t think I’m the only one who wanted a cooking for one resource.
I want meals to be delicious, doable, and done! If that sounds like your kind of cooking, you’re in the right place.
Let’s STAY CONNECTED!
Grab the FREE Solo Spoon Meal Planner for One!
A planning resource with 300+ meal ideas to help you stop staring into the fridge and actually decide what to make.
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Our Favorites
Check out some of our favorite single-serve recipes for the solo cook
