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After all the PB&J/Grilled Cheese talk, I decided to make myself a grilled cheese last night since my husband was teaching until late. Cheddar, griddled Canadian bacon and hot sauce on English Muffin bread. YUM!

I also eat a lot of breakfast for dinner when I'm eating alone. Eggs on toast, omlettes, etc.

A big pot of vegetable soup. Then I have a go-to dinner for a few days.

my bf is sick too! last night I made him a big batch of chicken noodle soup. Usually if Im cooking for myself, I like to make something easy and nutritious, and then add something fun that my bf doesn't like. Last night I made a salad with arugula, fresh figs (he hates figs) and some parm with lemon juice and olive oil. sometimes I'll make some kind of grain salad with quinoa or barley. I love to do a quinoa salad with a fried egg on top with the yolk still runny. it's like healthy comfort food for me.

Open faced sandwich broiled til the cheese is melted and started to brown. -- Any type of sandwich -- tuna, turkey tomato and swiss, ham and cheddar etc.

Poached egg over rice... takes very little brain work and seasons and sauces itself. Sometimes, if I'm really motivated, I'll add a few veggies and things to make an incredibly inferior and misappropriated Bi Bim Bop.

Summer: A big salad or a cottage cheese and fruit plate.

All other seasons: A nice, warm bowl of soup.

Potstickers from Trader Joe's or rice with beef and peas (and oyster sauce). Yum!

To ChelleyD01, who said "a glass of pino and a xanex."

Thanks, you made me smile!

Cook some macaroni. Drain but leave in a bit of cooking water. Mix in some butter, parm, sour cream, baby peas. Season w/salt and a pinch of pepper and nutmeg.

@savecara ~ You know it! A little music, a little vino, a lot of quiet. Ahhhhhh, next time it will be lobster!

So embarrassing but I would have a big bowl of Kraft Dinner with generous squirts of ketchup/Sriracha. He hated the smell so that's why I could only have it when he was gone!

Hah, I live alone and I'm single, so anything I cook is for one.

My DH is gone M-F every week so you would think I would be getting good at the meals for one right? *sigh*

Usually I have tuna, either in pasta salad or on toast, beans and rice, plain, or a grilled cheese or salad. That's if I am feeling ambitious. Last night was a bowl of blueberries and a yogurt, plus a handful from my always there go-to sack of carrot, celery and pepper sticks.

I cook like crazy when he is home, but I just can't seem to be motivated to do much actual cooking when I am alone.
Occasional takeout and occasional treat runs to the gourmet wine/cheese/deli shop near me for just an ounce of this, slice of that, bottle of wine and nice chocolate. Add fruit and I have dinner!

I *should* be a good girl and make things up and freeze at least, but I am so caught up in summer canning I am not even doing that. Bad me.

Happy to know that I'm not the only one that turns to Trader Joe's potstickers for an easy meal. Surprisingly, you can also do green beans in the same pan at the same time and they're pretty good in the same sauce I dip the potstickers in.

I"m a totally eclectic cook for one, but I usually turn to eggs if I'm tired. If I have time, I'll cook full meals just for myself, or do some crazy baking project that ends up going to work so I don't eat the whole thing.

I'm bad at dinner for one...but usually just pasta or chicken breast, a frozen entree or take out! Terrible...I know.

I almost always eat by myself, but I make enough for two or more meals; great lunches, midnight snacks, something to offer a guest. I clean out my fridge every week so I'm not afraid of leftovers.

Some kind of gigantic bowl of veggies--I can scarf down Chinese-seasoned broccoli, zucchini, leafy greens, etc, in freakish quantities (we're talking in pounds here). :) Then afterwards, I nibble and snack on whatever catches my mood. But if there's fresh bread around...then watch out.

Cheeseburger with grilled onions

Shit on a shingle w/peas and Totino's frozen, tiny "party Pizza" Both are my go-to favorite comfort foods from childhood.

runny egg and sauteed vegetable (whatever isn't dead in the fridge) samdwich.

takeout sushi and beer - DH wants sushi 2-3 times a year; my requirement is 2-3 times a month, so I get it in whenever I can!

I go directly for the throat and cook things that I can only have when I'm home alone. They include things that disgust most others like fried chicken livers or liver and onions.
@SavtaShayna, I'm not waiting until I'm alone to use your idea, it looks like a winner for a night when I'm just feeling lazy and uninspired. Looks like a keeper!

sad to say that it's probably dry cereal and nuts, or cakes and cookies ( or whatever's in the fridge) eaten while reading a book...I always want to have a good meal when I'm eating with family and friends, but I dont really like eating a proper meal alone in the dining table

Weird, I love dinner on my own, now. I used to hate eating alone, but this past year I've had to have dinner on my own a couple of times a month and I really like being able to eat what I want, when I want.

Usually I plan the meals for hubs and myself, keeping in mind his preferences. While we like the same things, I could eat Asian everyday and not get tired of it; whereas, hubs needs a few meat & potatoes meals a week.

I figure if I have to be on my own for a meal, then I only need to please myself. I allow myself to be indulgent and have a Korean feast if I feel like it.

garlic shrimp and bread, smoked salmon and cream cheese on a giant potato pancake, or leftovers

Usually I'll have eggs of some sort if I feel like cooking. Been very partial to Nigella's Masala Omelet (from Nigella Bites, I think).

If I don't feel like cooking, it's usually bread and cheese.

Dinners alone usually give me a chance to cook all the things my boyfriend hates. I once ate an entire pan of roasted brussells sprouts for dinner. Other delicious meals have included a big bowl of mussels in white wine and garlic broth, pasta puttanesca (capers AND anchovies---heavenly!), and the occasional container of cottage cheese.

Still, the ultimate dinner for one is a fat heirloom tomato, a ball of burrata cheese, and a crusty chunk of bread, with lots of olive oil and a little bit of salt. Luckily, the boyfriend agrees with me on this one, so I don't have to wait for a night alone to eat it!

this week i've made mario's pasta pomodoro twice in a row and would have made it again last night but i got home late and had an unexpected visitor.

it's so wonderful: saute some chopped garlic and a pinch of red pepper flakes until they're brown in the inevitable EVOO, then add a handful of halved sungold cherry tomatoes and stir it around for a minute. add a handful of chopped basil. throw it on top of some noodles along with some grated parmesan.

if i don't eat an enormous salad before i sit down to this, forget about it... i'll eat until i'm coma

Spaghetti stir-fried with onions and sliced ham, with soy sauce and butter.