These healthy and delicious home cooked single serving meals are perfect when you are trying to eat light or just want an alternative to eating out. Each of these easy recipes are ideal for lunch or dinner when you are cooking for one. These recipes are big in flavor and best of all, no leftovers!

If you are already on a healthy eating track (or thinking about it), I think you'll love these healthy single serving meals I've gathered for you.
Why These Recipes Work
- They're all single serving recipes so you won't have too many leftovers to deal with.
- No fancy ingredients are needed.
- Each of these healthy recipes are easy to make.
Each of the easy recipes are accessible by clicking the link for each recipe and then going to the bottom of the specific recipe’s page.
Healthy Single Serving Meals
Healthy Baked Catfish Recipe
Slow Cooker Italian Chicken For One
Shrimp Creole For One
Crustless Spinach Quiche For One
Broiled Chicken with Pineapples For One
Baked Shrimp For One
Lentil Salad For One
Baked Cod For One
Vegetable Casserole For One
Easy Roasted Salmon Recipe
Chicken Cacciatore For One
Turkey Chili For One
Curried Carrot Soup For One
Mediterranean Chicken For One
Expert Tips
- Cooking for yourself is the healthiest thing you can do for yourself. You will automatically make better choices.
- Use quality ingredients. Start with the best ingredients you can afford.
- Cook seasonally. Look for in-season produce and add them to your meals.
- Stock up on healthy convenience items like unsalted canned beans and tomatoes, brown rice, and low salt chicken broth. When you have healthy ingredients on hand, it is easier to put together a healthy meal.
- I use extra virgin olive oil in many of these recipes. Extra virgin olive oil is the least processed form of olive oil. It is an unrefined oil and the highest-quality olive oil you can buy. Because of the way extra virgin olive oil is made, it retains more true olive taste. It also contains more of the vitamins and minerals found in olives. It's my favorite type of olive oil to use but you may use a lighter olive oil instead.
Frequently Asked Questions
* First of all, since you're on the One Dish Kitchen website, you're on your way to cooking healthy meals for yourself.
* Choose whole foods and avoid processed foods as much as possible.
* Flavor your foods with spices. Experiment with different spices so that you know and use the ones you love most.
* Make time to cook and prep. Cooking for yourself is worth the time, and you are worth it too.
It is definitely much cheaper to cook for yourself than eat out. Keep the eating out for a treat every now and then.
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If you’ve tried any of these healthy single serving meals or any recipe on One Dish Kitchen please let me know how you liked it by rating the recipe and telling me about it in the comment section below.
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Don says
Hi Joanie
Loving the recipes, keep them coming.
I can't get Cat Fish can I substitute another white fish eg. Barrumndi in Lieu?
Regards
Don
Joanie Zisk says
Yes, you can.
Jeanette says
Your recipes are the best,ever. I can’t decide what to make next. Yesterday I made the baked ziti and it was fabulous. Thank you for all that you do.
Joanie Zisk says
Thank you so much, Jeanette! I'm so happy you are enjoying the recipes.
sherri chandler says
I love your small batch recipes.
I make them for my husband and I all the time.
Really like seeing these healthy options. Keep the lighter and healthy ones coming.
Happy New year and thank you for all you do.
Joanie Zisk says
Thank you so much Sherri! I'm so happy you are enjoying the recipes. Thank you so much for letting me know.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Joanie