Same… making a traditional meal for 1 is difficult. You either have to buy small quantities of items for a way higher price, or you have to buy things in bulk and figure out how you can consume or store(freeze) the item for later.

Then if you are trying to make a full course meal, you end up with enough food for 4-6 so you have to eat the same meal back to back to back to try and eat it before it goes bad.