How do you cook without being bad!

I am also the only one that cooks at home. I have a few bites as i cook, and it tends to help me, bcz im not sitting down and eating bite after bite. and by the time dinner comes, i cant eat anything. so i see the good side of it, i eat slow.. and it helps

When I cooked for others I believe if I NEED to eat it they NEED to eat it as well.  The only thing that was different is I made a carb for them and I didn't need to test that.

MS Shell

I tend to make enough for several meals. If I'm going to taste it, I'm going to make enough to either freeze or serve several days later. That way I'm not having to cook everyday. We (my husband mainly) makes meaty soups and cans them in pint sized bottles. That way we have a healthy choice made to our healthier specifications on the shelf for those 'last minute' meals.

For supper, we'll split a pint 70/30, add some fruit and cheese and it's an instant meal. Have last minute guests? Just double the amounts.

get another family member to test taste it...

I am the primary cook in my house, and I taste a tiny bit right after I season something and then I have my hubby do the next taste tests.  Also I just changed the way I cook and everyone eats what I am eating I also make things they like that I don't have to taste when I prepare them like mac and cheese, I know what it tastes like and my kid likes it so I don't need to eat it.  Everything else that I am going to eat I prepare for me I just make extra for them :) and like Frisco said if I have been tasting too much I just count that as intake and then save some for me for later. :)