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If I'm being a good girl, chicken or beef w/ stir fry veggies & Soy Vay Teriyaki sauce with basmati rice... if I'm eating whatever I want, it could be cereal, grits and eggs, cheese toast w/ some kind of soup or just ice cream. Yummy yum!

i make big pots of food that'll last me a few days. during the winter, its chicken and rice soup. yesterday it was beef stir-fry. basically anything that will feed me for a few days on 11 or 12 dollars.

I eat leftovers or something with cheese. My boyfriend has a cheese-phobia so when I'm alone it's always a good time for me to divulge my senses in all that is cheesy goodness =)

when it's in season, a steamed artichoke! With melted butter for dipping. it's the perfect "food for one."

A few year's back, I tried Crescent Dragonwagon's recipe for Garlic Spaghetti. It's perfect for eating alone with a small salad or sliced tomato.
you don't really need a recipe, just fine-chopped garlic in butter and noodles with lots of cracked pepper

Thanks to her articles in Gourmet, I often make gingerbread, recipe courtesy of Laurie Colwin. It's delicious topped with lemon curd and I can usually find a chunk of it in the freezer, if it's not on the kitchen counter.

For someone who loves cooking for friends and family, I'm supremely lazy when it comes to my own meals. Take for example my dinner tonight - some lonely looking crackers rattling around a nearly empty box, the tail end of some cheese, and a still-hard-yet -deliciously-tart nectarine. It's a change from my usual bowl of cereal.

I only know how to cook in mob-sized amounts; I can't seem to get the hang of cooking in small enough batches (with just enough for some leftovers to toss in the freezer.)

When I'm alone, I make & eat all those things that my wife won't go near, she being a particularly finicky eater: anchovies, olives, and capers (puttanesca sauce, say), and mayonnaise (chicken salad, for example.)

Problem is, I don't eat alone very often, so I don't get to eat these things much.

noodles.

Left-overs, cereal, pasta, soup, deli sandwich, steamed veggies.

If I'm on my way home and I know I'll be eating alone, then a slice of NY-style pizza (plain, of course). It is one of the most satisfying, easy, quick and cheap things that you can't go wrong with. If I'm already home, then I like to do crackers, different types of cheeses (we usually have at least a Pecorino, a blue cheese, and soft cheeses in the fridge), olives, cherry tomatoes and salami slices. Cheese and crackers with a little fig jam is quite satisfying. And we always have at least 5 pints of ice cream in our freezer to finish off with. If all else fails, I'm pretty happy with steamed and salted edamame.

Definitely eggs. My husband doesn't eat eggs, so when I'm alone I'll often make an omellete - goat cheese, greens, and tomato is a favorite, along with some buttered toast. mmmm.

What I'd like to say: something delicious, homemade, locally sourced, organic, and healthful.

What is true (on those rare occasions that I cook for myself): something hideous and processed like Hamburger Helper - lasagna flavor, natch. Or a frozen pizza. Or ramen noodles scrambled into eggs.