to think cookware for single people just doesn't exist?

@MindYourUsage

That is really not what the other poster said 😳.

Everyone has tried to help! You are being really combative about this like it’s some personal vendetta agains single people.

ChatGPT is not idea for shopping for
cook wear - go to a big cook shop or use amazon (not google) or all the helpful suggestions PP have made.

Is 440mil too small?

Vogue Stainless Steel and Aluminium Tri-Wall Mini Casserole 10cm - GG026 - Nisbets

I have had some success on ebay buying vintage cookware which seems to be a bit smaller in scale. Ive bought some lovely enamel stuff in very good nick (no brand names and rather 70s in colour!)

Lakelands 16cm casserole is great for one person cooking. I use it a lot. I haven’t found it too big for anything I make.

I have a young DD so often cook 1.5 portions but also often make things she won’t eat in single portions when she is at her dad’s.

Yes YABU because there are loads of pots and pans around the 1l size. Your can’t expect every single individual need to be met by every company. You can also use a bigger pan to cook a smaller amount of food.

When I'm cooking things for one, I did a lot of my casserole type meals in pyrex dishes. They come in a range of sizes. I have a set of 3, and the middle size does a large single portion, or two smaller portions. Depends on appetite I guess! The pyrex range are great, as they're oven and microwave safe, and they wash up well.

Lakeland do a good range of sizes. I used to stock up on their mini baking pans, which were ideal for when you want to cook something like a single portion of oven chips, or a single chicken breast. I had loads of them!

https://amzn.eu/d/01X4Zvev

300ml - that's probably plenty if you are also having rice? Oven and induction safe.

Yes agree it is hard to find cookware or meal ideas for one. In theory it’s easy but most recipes are aimed at families. I did find a mini cake pan that made a perfect sized cake for one that made me unreasonably happy! I think companies are starting to cotton on now with smaller portion sizes/packets aimed at solos. Argos do a good range of smaller cooking electricals 1L slow cooker, fryer etc) that are useful for us singletons

Not RTFT past the first page; hopefully by page 5 you have had more people getting where you’re coming from but just chipping in as what seems to be a rare voice of agreement. As the sole vegetarian in the family I often have to do smaller meals just for me; reducing quantities but using normal size pot often doesn’t work as the large surface area means liquid evaporates more quickly/stuff burns more easily. And I’m not going to tell you to ‘just batch cook’ as you’ve clearly said you don’t want to…

Geez why’s everyone so accusatory here!! Op I’m not single but yes I find all sizes of eg oven dishes totally wrong!

This whole thread is an eye opener to be honest.

Although "I can't reheat food because I will poison myself" is a new low, don't you think?

My butter does have short dates as it's a beautiful fresh butter from the local dairy farm. I've been freezing half the pack for years without bleating on Mumsnet that they don't make portion sizes for my personal and exacting needs.

i didn't say it my reheating food that made me sick, it wasn't, and i'm not being competitive either.. what a weird thing to claim.

I know how to cook food and defrost/reheat food properly thanks.

You said you didn't understand why people don't like to batch cook... that's my reason for not doing it, other may have different reasons. It doesn't make people wrong or difficult for having a different preference on how to prepare food than you.

Reheating it properly would definitely fix the issues about reheating food.

doesn't fix my issues about re-cooking previously cooked food though.

Butter keeps for ages in the fridge? It usually has use by date of at least a couple of months. I cut off about a third of a pack at a time to keep soft outside the fridge, in a small dish.

Again with the competitive victim hood.

I cant batch cook because I cant be bothered to reheat somwthing properly and it makes me sick.

I mean you could just reheat it properly, and not make yourself sick.

Microwave defrosts frozen food.

I’ve got 2 2 portion dishes (rectangular with separator in middle) that I use either put it in freezer or fridge. Also small saucepans, frying pans.

I don’t do this that much but my elderly aunt who house sat for a big house batch cooked a lot of dishes and put them in a freezer. It meant she always had something to eat for herself or guests.

i don't like batch cooking because i can never remember to take stuff out the freezer to defrost, and i'm also incredibly weird about reheating pre-cooked food due to a couple of very nasty bouts of food poisoning that i have no wish to repeat, so i won't recook last nights dinner today either.

what works for you doesn't work for everyone.

You can buy butter in 200g blocks or 250g tubs, if it’s salted butter it keeps for ages in the fridge. You can also buy smaller 400g loaves or separate bread rolls which are literally single servings. Small jars of stir in pasta sauce are for two people. Ketchup lasts for ever.
My MIL is about 6 stone and lives by herself - she manages fine! Freezes half loaves, I don’t think she’s ever had butter go off.

but it isn't a non-issue for the OP,

Not everything people post about on here has to be world shakingly important.

I cannot believe this needs to be explained.

Honestly what is going on with the competitive victim hood? Its everywhere.

Hawkins 0.75 Litre Mini Casserole with Lid, Square Series Die-Cast pan for Cooking, Reheating, Serving and Storing, (Yellow) https://amzn.eu/d/03LRDBLr

Habitat 2 Piece Stoneware Mini Casserole Dish - Black
https://www.argos.co.uk/product/2063650

Procook have a 14cm pan that’s hob and oven safe, has a handle