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Fresh white rice topped w/ an over medium egg, soy sauce, and a squirt of Sri Racha. Once when my sister and I were little, my dad was still at work at dinner time so my mom didn't feel like cooking. She gave us cheesecake and popcorn for dinner. YESsssss....!!!

Either an egg sandwich or pizza...yummy!

I love eating alone. Edamame and/or cereal are my favorites.

breakfast cereal, definitely. and sabra hummus with whole wheat pita bread is also a favorite, though i usually serve it as a snack at parties and it's always the first thing to disappear...

Cereal, risotto with whatever veggies are around, pasta with jarred pasta sauce and whatever veggies I have - quick things, with a lot of starch.

(( Frozen chicken breast + frozen Stouffer's lasagna ) * Microwave on high for 10 minutes ) + hot sauce of choice = Surprisingly delicious dinner when you're lazy and don't want to go out. Tastes like... chicken parmigiana without the breading.

One of the many... "scavenger dinners" I've had.

Dry cereal out of the box in front of the computer. Or oatmeal with chili powder. Mmmmm...

All the things my boyfriend hates - shrimp, cheese, polenta, broccoli, etc.

Sounds like a good meal right there! :)

offal - sauteed kidneys on toast or liver & onions/bacon - neither of which my SO will eat!

White rice with sriracha, salt/pepper, butter, soy sauce, hot yellow peppers and maybe a piece of broiled tilapia.

Pasta with vegetables.

Baked beans from the can with bread and butter.

I put all of my "alone meals" in a bowl-- never on a plate.

pierogies in brown butter with sour cream-washed down with root beer float

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Glop. That's what my husband calls it. Usually risotto based, with spinach, whatever veggies I can find and Parm Reg cheese...lots. So it's...well...gloppish. Turns out my daughter loves it too! (The boys here are carnivores... so glop is not on their menu).

I saw lots of variations of glop in the comments. The starchy/veggie/cheesy thing is the only way to go. Go Glop!

i love creating things with ramen noodle soup when i am alone, making it into an egg drop soup with veggies and noodles. otherwise, nothing too odd...

Shrimp with homemade cocktail sauce, oodles of pickles straight from jar, hummas and pita...
Or a ridiculously complicated meal that no person should eat alone: Steak au poirve, bourbon sauce, roast potatoes with sour cream, wilted frisee and spinach salad and crispy green beans

The last time I was alone, I had Spam and egg on rice! Sometimes a simple pasta. Once I made risotto for just myself - I felt like taking care of myself that day. Revuelto. Rillettes on bread. Spicy noodles. Instant noodles. It all depends on my mood really! There's usually a clearing out the fridge element to it.

Aside from the crazy experiments that occur when I'm cooking for myself the standard loner lunch is:
2 freshly (hot) hard boiled eggs with salt and pepper
1 or 2 pieces of buttered french bread toast
A hunk of cheese or 1piece of string cheese.

Cheese on toast or scrambled eggs on toast, with a side of baked beans.

Tinned tomato vegetable soup with a hot, buttered crusty roll.

Two packets of ramen with sauteed mushrooms, onions and peppers.

Grilled cheese with tomato and bacon, dipped in mayo.

Comfort foods, mainly.

Whatever looks good in the Japanese cooking-for-one cookbooks I have. The other day it was microwaved lasagna, which included cream and ketchup. It looked and tasted (I think) like cat food.

What's wrong with crackers and milk? Or a cookie and (almond) milk for that matter?

For me it totally depends on whether I'm tired or not. If I'm exhausted after a long day of work, and for some reason don't need to worry about cooking for the crumb-crushers or dahlin' husband, I'll just reach for a yogurt or maybe make some cheesy toast or english muffins. However, if it's on a weekend, and again, for some reason I'm able to dine solo (do I hear angels singing?), I'll treat myself to a meal full of all the yummy goodies the rest of my family won't eat...probably something involving artichokes, mushrooms, and/or eggplant. I'm the only one who truly loves and appreciates these glories of nature, and so to be able to prepare a meal consisting of these wonderful things and not hearing anyone in the background saying "eewwww, how can you eat that?!" is blissful.

Usually a type of breakfast food - cereal, oatmeal, an English muffin topped with peanut butter and a sliced banana, or an egg sandwich. If I'm feeling really lazy, I'll cut up slices of hard cheddar and snack on it with some TLC crackers.

I live alone and eat most of my meals alone and cook on almost a daily basis. For those "lazy days" though, favorites are rice with soy sauce and sesame oil, cold soba, frozen dumplings, cheese quesadillas, or just grapes and cheese and crackers.

My boyfriend is not a sushi fan, so I often pick some up for dinner alone. Either that, or my favorite food of all time - pasta! When I'm alone, I have it plain with butter, salt, garlic, oregano & I add so much parmesean that others would probably find it gross, haha!

Good gravy! Let's see.... only healthy and nutritious food.... Sausage's (all and any will do) as many as I can eat. (God help me) pizza rolls, and again quantity is of the highest importance here. A nice (very large) steak.... usually by itself, and a lonely downtrodden looking beer! Add 1 TV, 1 remote and 1 couch... sounds like a beautiful night!

Only me , Im completely lazy.........
Cut up pieces of cheese with a glass of red
Baby carrots and Ranch dressing
Sliced Tomatoes with blue cheese and lots of salt and pepper
Hard boiled/fried egg on toast
Nuke some popcorn
Sliced of hard salami with cream cheese and olives
KFC.......(sigh)

i'm +1 on the comments responding anything my other half won't eat... and he won't eat lots of things. +1 on eating from a bowl, too. Either salads, sandwiches, ramen, borscht, or sashimi, as i made the other night. There is actually little i make he does eat, so we rather eat out when we are together.

The stuff my gluten intolerant, lactose intolerant, shrimp allergic, fish (except for sushi) disliking husband can't or won't eat! So I go for shrimp, seared tuna, smoked salmon with creme fraiche or the occasional slice of greasy pizza!

Fresh italian bread with butter with a sidecar of pepperoncinis eaten directly from the jar.

Last time I was eating at home alone I made Mashed Potatoes with Cheddar and Broccoli. Yum. Or, I end up with a cheese plate of sorts, or pizza. The theme here is cheese. Must have cheese.

Goat cheese, brie cheese, any old cheese on Wheat Thins. Lemon hummas on crackers. Antipasta: Olives, mushrooms, sun dried tomatoes, onions either all together on a plate or one at a time. Peanut butter and crackers. Grilled cheese sandwiches with or without tomato. Polenta with whatever kind of cheese I have in the house (last time it was goat cheese). Before losing weight, I used to eat a whole bowl of instant mashed potatoes with lots and lots of butter. Seems gross to me now.

I almost always eat alone, which frees me to make anything I want, whether it be the slice of cheese on a cracker I had for breakfast or the fusiony morcilla and kimchi lettuce wraps I had for dinner last week. I can go small as with the tandoori chicken I'm having for lunch, or as elaborate as the pasta con sarde and fiddleheads I had for lunch on Friday.

hmm... if we're going for the "that's just sad" angle then i'd have to say my specialty is peanut butter spoon

shrimp is also a reliable "my S.O. won't eat it" dish. he's so allergic to shellfish, i can't even order it in a restaurant if i'm out with him.

Bacon -- my husband and sons are vegetarians so anytime they are away, I usually see this as a bacon holiday for me!

I usually make a quesadilla, creamed spinach, lots of chicken and tuna salad sandwiches, pb&j and lots and lots of snacks involving potatoes.

Canned salmon mixed with mayo and dill pickle relish, crammed in a pita, and a cream soda if it's lunch. If we're talking dinner (or supper), the Yellow Dinner--chardonnay, cheese, cake.

When I'm feeling like I can't be bothered, it's a bowl of Lucky Charms and a cocktail (or two) for dessert!

I am even less motivated and I just drink an extra glass of wine and go to bed.

Spaghetti or other pastas with jarred garlic pasta sauce from Trader Joes.
Velveeta Mac 'N' Cheese or gross chef boyardi type canned ravioli.
Various boxed/canned tomato soups, crusty bread and a hunk of cheese or some cucumber.
Boca burger with cheese, garlic salt, grilled onions, ketchup and ranch dressing.
Vegetable cream cheese, babybels, or brie with Ritz, Triscuits or other assorted crackers.
Sliced cucumbers with a dash of salt.
A bowl of raspberries, strawberries or bluberries.
Frozen veggies and a cheese sauce.
Roasted red potatoes, with onions.
Turkey sandwiches on wheat or sourdough bread.
A couple servings of snack foods such as trail mix, veggie stix, or goldfish crackers.
Basically, I eat comfort food that reminds me of my childhood. I'd second anyone who said foods that are guilty pleasures.

Potato chips. But potato chips over rice if I'm feeling fancy.

wheat crackers with smoked turkey and whatever cheese is available, usually colby jack

In college I would buy Pork Chops. Cheap and I could make just one. I got really really good at baking it just right. Juicy and cooked all the way. Side dish would be green beans.
One time when I couldn't afford pork chops it was oat meal, bread and OJ for two weeks.

Now with children in the house it is whatever they don't finish or a soup. Sometimes I buy potato salad or salmon dip the store makes themselves, sometimes I eat with crackers and sometimes not.

My go to meal for my son is easy, bologna and cheese and crackers and for my daughter she prefers oatmeal.

Hot dogs and Peanut Butter. This was a trick I learned in the Navy as part of the World Famous VA-165 Boomers while on cruise aboard the USS Nimitz CVN 68.

While working the flight deck during flight ops there was not a lot of time to eat. You may have had 10 - 15 minutes and the chow line was at least 30 - 40 minutes long. So you went thru the slider line, grabbed a hand full of hot dogs and a dollop of peanut butter, dip the dogs in the PB and eat them on the way back up to the flight deck.

My 6 kids originally thought it was weird, but after trying it they like it. Even better with all beef dogs or PB & breaded chicken patties with OJ.

Don't knock it until you try it!

Tomato and mayo sandwich with arrugula and red onion on toasted bread.

Low-Fat Triscuits topped with squares of melted Tillamook cheddar (10 seconds in the micro) and a circle of Sriracha sauce on top. Delish!

oh, and scrambled eggs, of course.

At home alone - it's steamed veggies, baked potato and simple salad with tomatos and crutons.
Eatting out alone - it's my favorite greasy taco shop for 2 beef tacos sometimes 3-rolled tacos too OR it's a NewYork style pizza with sausage, onions, mushrooms, olives, fresh garlic and pineapple pieces yes pineapple. This hits the sweet, salty, spicey and sour tastes buds for me.

Longhorn cheese on rye bread w/caraway seeds,French's yellow mustard and a big glass of sweet iced tea
Blue cheese on saltines
Ruffle potato chips and French onion dip
cold, leftover spaghetti with meaty sauce
popcorn and a can of diet Pepsi
cold fried chicken legs
YUM......pass the Tums

Before my little baby was born and my husband traveled a lot for work, I would often have scrambled eggs and some kind of whole-grain toast (or "eggs in the hole," where you cut a little circle out of the bread and fry an egg in it, yum). Or oatmeal with a spoonful of peanut butter in it. Or PB&J. Or a slice of veggie pizza with lots of crushed red pepper on top. Or Annie's frozen tofu lasagna. Or whatever frozen meal looked good that day from Trader Joe's. And, of course, I would have to scrounge for something sweet from my stash of baking supplies, like chocolate chips!