Only cook for one and these are great for cooking vegetables, etc. ahead and putting portions in refrigerator for reheating later. Also freeze some portions of main dish. They reheat beautifully and you don't even have to stir them. Like best you can store different things in different color Pop-ins and know what you are reheating without even looking. These have been great for me on a cardiac prudent diet. Healthy food all ready and I only have to cook a couple of times a week.