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Along a similar vein - baking. I consider it different than cooking because you're not getting a meal out of it, but rather a dessert or snack. Work and friends are good ways of not having to eat all of it yourself. Free cookies in the breakroom tend to vanish quickly.

Lots of options here too, even healthy ones.

If you're more of a science-y type, once you get familiar with one recipe, you can modify just that recipe. I've modified a banana bread recipe to have less butter and sugar because I make it once or twice a month and play with it every time. You get a feel for what the consistency should be like to make a good finished product, and then bake it.