I'm singe and live alone, and have trouble with food shopping too. One thing I've started doing, is getting a roast - beef or chicken that I cook Sun. night, when I have time, then I can use the leftovers for meals during the week, because all I have to do is reheat the meat and cook some veg.

I find I buy a lot of frozen veg, becasue they don't spoil like fresh veg, and it's just a question of boiling them up.

My biggest problem is with fresh fruit / salad stuff, because if it's packaged I often wind up with more than I can eat without it going bad, so I try to buy things like peppers / zuccini one at a time.

I really like chicken breasts - I'm willing to pay more to get them boneless & skinless because they bake quickly or are good in a stirfry.

I also almost always have a couple of different types of pasta on hand and a jar of spaghetti sauce in the fridge for those days when I want a fast meal.

You might want to check out your library / bookstore for cookbooks geared at one or two people. There are a few out there, and I found them helpful for ideas of stuff to make where I didn't have to take a recipe that was for 4 - 6 people and divide it up.

--splitimage