When a recipe has 4 serves how do you make it one?

F2021-03-22T02:34:30Z

Duh, reduce everything by 4 , or better still make the full amount and freeze the rest. Then when you don’t want to cook, get your ready meal out. Much better than shop ready
 meals .

?2021-03-22T01:51:06Z

Cut the ingredients down to a 1/4 of the amount.
Or just 1/2 it if your'e hungry or want leftovers.

Sandy2021-03-21T13:05:20Z

Divide the ingredients needed by 4.
If it calls for 1 cup of something, you would use ¼ cup of that ingredient. 

kswck22021-03-21T13:00:28Z

Most recipes are geared towards (a family of) 4. Many online recipe sites can reduce the recipe to one person, but many times it will give you a strange amount of ingredients (like 1/32 teaspoon-good luck measuring that). Probably your best bet is to just reduce the protein by 3, and judge the seasoning, rather than trying to measure it out. 
If a recipe contains a gravy, just make what it says-too much gravy? Oh well-make mashed potatoes and use it up that way. 

Mismatched Tube Socks2021-03-21T12:56:19Z

Eat the whole thing, or divide the amount of each ingredient by four.
I suppose it depends on how hungry you are.

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