Cooking for One: Comfort Food for a Party of One

Cooking for one is not sad. It's a party of one. Dr. Christopher D. Pritchard, D.D. cooks for himself every night — and eats like he means it. Cooking for One collects 51 real comfort-food recipes scaled honestly to a single serving: a single meatloaf with the glaze on top, chicken pot pie in a ramekin, one-pan pork chop dinners, skillet breakfasts, sides made from the one potato you actually have, and sweet endings that don't leave a whole cake staring at you for a week.

No family-size pans. No eating the same leftovers four days running. No waste, and no pity. A Shopping for One chapter wins the battle at the store — butcher-counter singles and a freezer stocked in single portions — and Cook Once, Eat Twice (Differently) turns tonight's roast into tomorrow's brand-new meal. Set the table. You're worth cooking for.

WHAT'S INSIDE:
- Introduction: the party-of-one rules
- Shopping for One: butcher-counter singles, loose produce, the freezer system, a small smart pantry
- Part One — Breakfasts for One (8): skillet breakfast, French toast bake, diner omelet, pancakes, sausage gravy over one biscuit, breakfast burrito, steel-cut oats, corned beef hash
- Part Two — Real Suppers for One (12): single meatloaf, chicken pot pie, solo lasagna, one-pan pork chop dinner, small-batch chili (2 bowls, labeled plain), Salisbury steak, chicken Parmesan, beef stew, shrimp scampi, baked mac and cheese, country-fried steak, lemon herb chicken thigh with rice
- Part Three — One-Pot & One-Pan Wonders (10): skillet chicken and rice, one-pot spaghetti, sausage and white bean skillet, quesadilla supper, tuna noodle, kielbasa and cabbage, tomato soup and grilled cheese, gnocchi, egg fried rice, cornbread-topped bean chili
- Part Four — Sides for One (9): loaded baked potato, mashed potatoes, corn on the cob three ways, green beans, glazed carrots, coleslaw, skillet cornbread, garlic bread, cucumber-tomato salad
- Part Five — Sweet Endings for One (8): peach cobbler, bread pudding, ONE big chocolate chip cookie, baked apple, strawberry shortcake, banana pudding, rice pudding, skillet brownie (oven/skillet single servings — no mug recipes; that's Mug Shots' turf)
- Part Six — Cook Once, Eat Twice, Differently (4): roast chicken night one becomes chicken salad night two; pot roast night one becomes beef vegetable soup night two