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    Healthy Cooking for One or Two

    Tips and kitchen equipment that make meal prep quicker

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    All too often, singles and couples turn to packaged foods and takeout because cooking doesn’t seem worth the effort, and who wants to eat leftovers for days?

    more on healthy meals

    But a diet of restaurant meals and processed food isn’t so great for your health or your weight. When you make your own meals, you can control what goes into them. Below we have tips for taking advantage of small appliances and streamlining meal prep to make cooking at home more manageable.

    To view each tip, click or hover over the black dots on the illustration below (or tap if you’re using a mobile device).

    Click dots to learn more.

    Illustration: Chris Philpot

    Products That Can Help

    Find more info here on the appliances we recommend when cooking for one or two:

    Editor’s Note: A version of this article also appeared in the May 2021 issue of Consumer Reports On Health.


    Perry Santanachote

    Perry Santanachote

    As a multimedia content creator at Consumer Reports, Perry Santanachote covered a range of trends—from parasite cleanses to pickleball paddles. Perry was also a main producer of our Outside the Labs content, evaluating products in her tiny Manhattan apartment.