Cooking for one? Over 250 single serving recipes as well as small batch recipes that are developed and tested to provide everything you want but in single-serving sizes. Single serving dinner ideas, easy dessert recipes, side dishes, salads, and more. These meals for one are fresh, flavorful, easy to make and best of all, no leftovers!
This is the easiest Shrimp Creole recipe! A classic Louisiana dish made with garlic, onions, green bell peppers, and tomatoes. Based on my family’s recipe, this New Orleans’ favorite will soon become a favorite of yours too!
Easy homemade cranberry jam recipe that can be ready in less than 15 minutes. Made with 1 cup of cranberries and a few simple ingredients. This sweet and tart jam cooks quickly and is delicious with toast or biscuits, it’s the perfect addition to a cheese board, and heavenly when spooned over creamy desserts.
Smashed brussels sprouts are flattened, topped with cheese and roasted to crispy perfection. This small batch smashed brussels sprouts recipe yields the perfect amount if you’re cooking for one. These crunchy cheesy bites are easy to make and completely addictive!
Easy peanut butter pie recipe with a buttery graham cracker crust. This decadent and indulgent creamy peanut butter pie is made with just a few ingredients. It’s a single serving dessert that’s the perfect cure for a sweet craving.
The best buttery, crisp hash browns made from 1 potato! This small batch hash browns recipe is so easy to make. Shredded potatoes cooked in butter, lightly seasoned, crispy, and absolutely delicious! The perfect amount for one person.
Easy roasted butternut squash recipe. Cubes of butternut squash, tossed with olive oil, cinnamon, and ginger with sweet caramelized edges and soft centers. Full of flavor and the perfect side dish or main dish meal.
A classic snickerdoodle recipe which will yield a small batch of snickerdoodles! Soft and buttery, these cookies are covered with cinnamon sugar and are so easy to make.
Authentic Louisiana style Shrimp and Sausage Jambalaya Recipe. A flavorful single serving recipe that can be ready in 30 minutes! Made with the “trinity” of vegetables, this traditional New Orleans jambalaya recipe will surely become a favorite!
Easy, buttery pie crust recipe! If you’re cooking for one, you may not want to bake a standard sized pie, this single serving pie crust recipe is perfect to use when you’re craving a pie for one.
This homemade apple butter is made in a slow cooker. It’s perfectly spiced and so easy to make. This small batch apple butter recipe comes with step-by-step instructions. It’s wonderful to spread on toast, to use in a recipe, or to give as a gift.
Quick and easy fish tacos recipe, the perfect seafood recipe to serve one or two people. Perfectly seasoned fish baked in minutes in either a toaster oven or a conventional oven and topped with a sweet curried broccoli slaw.
This Baba Ganoush recipe is made with eggplant and a perfect blend of lemon juice, tahini, olive oil, garlic, and spices. Similar to hummus, this small batch roasted eggplant dip is easy to make and incredibly delicious.
A classic pound cake recipe transformed into a “quarter” pound cake! Baked in a small baking dish this buttery, tender and golden mini cake recipe yields the perfect amount for one or two people.
Homemade French Bread Pizza topped with pepperoni and mozzarella cheese. Easy to make with instructions for freezing and baking. Quick to make, easily customizable, and super inexpensive. This might just be your new favorite weeknight meal!
If you’re a fan of chocolate and peanut butter, you will absolutely love these Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies. They’re also known as Peanut Butter Blossoms and they’re heavenly. This small batch cookie recipe will yield 6 Peanut Butter Blossom cookies.
Easy Chicken Margherita recipe made with one chicken breast or thigh, pesto, mozzarella cheese, tomatoes and topped with a lemon garlic sauce. An wonderful easy to make, low carb single serving meal.
Instant Pot Chicken Noodle Soup – this small batch recipe yields the perfect amount for anyone cooking for one. The soup is made with one chicken breast or thigh and can be ready in minutes. Full of flavor, hearty, and so comforting.
This is the easiest Apple Galette recipe! This single serving dessert features chopped apples spooned into the center of an easy to make flour crust then topped with a mix of sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg. There’s no need for any special dish. A galette is rustic, simple, and incredibly delicious!
