recipes that actually survive being cut down to one

quarters best of anything, day-old rice is already single-portion by accident

still use 2 eggs not 1, the sauce needs enough surface area to actually poach them

budget bytes has the original ratio, halving it is just halving, no adjustment needed

the one that breaks. butter-to-flour ratio falls apart under 2 tbsp, tried it three times, now i just make the full batch and freeze it

cut potatoes by count not weight, one potato per person still works at any scale

doesn't need scaling, already the right size. sometimes the answer is just eat what's already portioned

whisk it, measure 1.5 tbsp, works way better than guessing

don't scale down at all. cook the full pot, freeze in singles, some things are worth batching

dry ingredients halve fine, the egg is the annoying part