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BA, as someone who is also cooking for one (my roommates and I have very different food styles), go ahead and make the big crockpot of whatever, keep a bowl for that night, put some in tupperware for tomorrow's lunch, and then freeze the rest in individual servings in either freezerbags or more tupperware. I label the bags with what it is and the date I made it (if you do tupperware, just use tape for labels). Also, I usually put them into the fridge for a few hours to cool down before freezing, so that the other stuff in the freezer doesn't melt. Voila, frozen meals that are good for you and cheaper than what you get at the store!

By freezing things, you don't get so burned out as you would if you had to eat chili for a whole week (okay, I don't get burned out this way, you might be able to live on chili for a week straight with no respite). Normally, the night before I want to eat it, I put it in the fridge to thaw out again so it won't take so long to heat up the next day, but you can defrost and heat it up in one go, it just takes longer. I admit that it's a little time consuming to portion things out, but it doesn't take much longer than just cooking the one meal would and you end up with a bunch of food you can just nuke later.