Whether you live alone or your spouse/roommate/S.O. just isn’t home for dinner, you’re fending for yourself tonight. You don’t want a ton of leftovers, but you also don’t want scrambled eggs or a salad. What to do…? Oh! Make one of these scrumptious and easy dinner recipes for one and bask in the glory of not having to eat lasagna for your next four lunches and dinners.
11 Easy Dinner Recipes for One
1. 10-minute Macaroni And Cheese In A Mug
Pretty much our childhood dreams come true.
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2. Single-serving Falafel Nachos
Brilliant.
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3. Minestrone Soup For One
The glass of red in the background is optional (but encouraged).
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4. Roasted Root Soup
Warming and nourishing and oh-so-delicious.
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5. Shrimp Scampi For One
Honestly, the less shrimp we have to clean, the better.
6. Quick Ramen Bowl
Yolk porn commencing in 3, 2, 1…
7. Cacio E Pepe
Equally delicious if you make it for yourself or for a crowd.
8. Healthy Lasagna
We won’t tell if you eat two ramekins yourself.
9. Oil-free Pesto Pasta
The secret ingredient? Avocado.
10. Moroccan-spiced Cod With Cauliflower Couscous And Carrots
Like those microwave fish sticks you could be having on your own…but a billion times better.
Butter & Brioche
11. Single Lady French Onion Soup
Bonus: No one's around to judge how much Gruyère you use.
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