How can I change a recipe to yield one serving??

skinnyitaliannn
skinnyitaliannn Posts: 187
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Almost every recipe I come across is 12 servings, 10 servings, 4 servings .. what if I only want to make one serving for myself? Yes I know there is allrecipes.com but they don't have the recipes I want, I like recipes from blogs like chocolate covered katie, skinny taste, etc. Is there any online calculator I can use to change the serving so the ingredients only yield one serving? Thanks!!

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  • MissPatty584
    MissPatty584 Posts: 155 Member
    You could make the regular amount and freeze extra portions for another time?
  • FitBeto
    FitBeto Posts: 2,121 Member
    Why not make four then eat throughout the week?

    Other then that i think you would have to do math, i do it myself.
  • cashew1b
    cashew1b Posts: 59 Member
    Take the recipe you want and divide it. For example, if it serves 4, divide it by 4. I have a larger family and have to increase mine most of the time.
  • LaurenAOK
    LaurenAOK Posts: 2,475 Member
    Just do a little math. If it's for four servings, divide all the ingredients by 4. The cooking time will probably be a little shorter that way, so watch it.

    If it's for 12 servings, I wouldn't recommend cutting it down to just one - but you could cut it down to 3 or 4 and just have leftovers a couple of times! I'm a college student cooking for one so I do this often.
  • MissSusieQ
    MissSusieQ Posts: 533 Member
    yeah, get a calculator and divide each ingredient by the stated yield.

    ie. 1 cup of flour becomes 1/4 cup..

    this becomes tricky when you encounter eggs.
  • skinnyitaliannn
    skinnyitaliannn Posts: 187
    yeah, I'd definitely freeze the other portions for later but sometimes like right now (that time of month...) I find it hard to trust myself with multiple servings! lmao
  • hooperkay
    hooperkay Posts: 463 Member
    skinny taste does that; check out on titles on right for 1 person (1PP) or 2 person (2PP).. otherwise cut recipe by servings you want. like if serves 6 and you only want 1 cut each ingrediant 1/6th.

    this might help
    http://cookingfortwo.about.com/od/cookingfortwo/ht/reducingrecipes.htm
  • skinnyitaliannn
    skinnyitaliannn Posts: 187
    skinny taste does that; check out on titles on right for 1 person (1PP) or 2 person (2PP).. otherwise cut recipe by servings you want. like if serves 6 and you only want 1 cut each ingrediant 1/6th.

    this might help
    http://cookingfortwo.about.com/od/cookingfortwo/ht/reducingrecipes.htm

    Thank you!!
  • FredDoyle
    FredDoyle Posts: 2,272 Member
    You can even do that here at MFP with the recipe tool. The input box accepts decimals.
    Then you can fiddle with the servings entry to see how many portions to cut things into to get te cal range you want.
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