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100 simple, comforting, and special one-pot recipes that yield the perfect single serving for people who cook, eat, or live alone and want to eat well.

Cooking for one just got easier and more delicious--no more eating leftovers or washing multiple pots and pans. Here you'll find 100 easy recipes for everything you're craving, even dessert. And to solve the solo cook's dilemma of what do with the rest of that butternut squash or a half-can of coconut milk, each recipe references another that uses one or more of the same ingredients. If you've used an egg white to make the Crispy Chili Beef , you can use the leftover egg yolk to make a cozy Lemon Bread and Butter Pudding for a sweet treat. The chapters include:

COMFORT recipes for ultimate warmth: Risotto Carbonara, Pumpkin Curry, and Meatball and Mozzarella Orzo . FRESH recipes packed with color and vibrancy: Ginger Chicken Rice Bowl, Peanut Noodle Salad, and Pork and Ginger Lettuce Wraps . SIMPLE recipes for satisfaction without stress: Tortellini and Sausage Soup , Brothy Pasta with Beans and Greens, and Chorizo, Potato and Feta Frittata. SPECIAL recipes for next-level joy: Lobster Spaghetti with Lemon and Tomatoes , Salami and Hot Honey Pizza, and Tuna Tostadas with Avocado, Jalapeños, and Pickled Ginger. SWEET recipes to add extra sweetness to your day: Cardamon and Coconut Rice Pudding with Mango , Apple Tarte Tatin , and Self-Saucing Chocolate Mug Cake .
One Pot, One Portion also includes an index of all the ingredients and the recipes that use them to help make grocery shopping easier, plan your meals ahead of time, and minimize waste. Cooking for one has never felt easier, more practical, or more satisfying.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Introduction (6)
• Comfort (14)
• Fresh (56)
• Simple (96)
• Special (136)
• Sweet (176)
• Acknowledgments (218)
• Index (219)

Reviews provided by Syndetics

Library Journal Review

Wilkinson is a content creator and recipe developer with a large following, whose TikTok series "One Pot, One Portion" led to this cookbook. A welcome addition to the slim ranks of books for solo cooks, this volume is sure to please those who cook for one every day or on occasion. Recipes are collected in four sections: "Comfort," showcasing warming dishes such as risotto carbonara; "Fresh," featuring vibrant colors and seasonal options; "Simple," celebrating quick and easy dishes; "Special," dishes that take a little longer, including lobster spaghetti with lemon and tomatoes; and "Sweet," allowing cooks to feed their sweet tooth with desserts such as chocolate pot. A welcome element is Wilkinson's advice to use what is leftover from one recipe for another, recognizing that ingredients are rarely sold in single portions. Each recipe is highlighted by a gorgeous photograph that will inspire readers. VERDICT An often-overlooked need gets a gorgeous entry that will inspire solo cooks to make memorable dishes.--Ron Block

Publishers Weekly Review

Table for One newsletter creator Wilkinson debuts with a practical if slight collection that reads like a chirpy blog. The recipes tend to fall into one of two categories: gussied-up convenience foods (for example, a fish stick sandwich on a baguette, and frozen dumplings served with vegetables) or ersatz takes on international favorites (including a shrimp pil pil with no trace of the namesake sauce, risotto carbonara, and the contents of a meatball banh mi transformed into a salad). The organization occasionally feels arbitrary: penne with broccoli in a cream sauce appears in a chapter on comfort foods, while linguine with broccoli in a cheese and egg sauce (the author's first recipe to go viral) appears in a chapter on simple foods. The "Special" chapter, for solo celebrations, features recipes that require a bit of extra effort, such as a mozzarella, mortadella, and pesto sandwich on a single-serving homemade focaccia. Desserts round things out, including a sticky toffee pudding assembled by mixing the ingredients in the pan in which it bakes and a chocolate mug cake made in the microwave. Though little here is innovative, it's sure to prove a helpful resource for those living and cooking on their own for the first time. (Feb.)

Booklist Review

Food developer Wilson offers a debut cookbook of one-pot meals with unique charm. Many books on cooking for one offer quick recipes with promises of reduced waste and saved time; Wilkinson not only makes good on those promises, she also offers a meditation on the joys of cooking for oneself as an act of self-care. The recipes are organized by feelings--comfort, fresh, simple, special, and sweet--and lean toward uncomplicated, with some taking as little as five minutes to prep and cook, like the smash burger flatbread. At the bottom of each recipe, Wilkinson provides a complementary recipe that will reduce food waste. Recipes can easily be doubled to make two servings, like the pork and kimchi steamed buns. Desserts, just the right amount of indulgent, include a one-portion chocolate chip cookie skillet. Simple, charming, and scrumptious.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Eleanor Wilkinson is a content creator and recipe developer from East Yorkshire. Her love of food and cooking inspired her to start sharing recipes on social media; her One Pot, One Portion series has garnered millions of views on TikTok and a community of more than half a million people on Instagram. In a culinary landscape that caters to couples, families, or larger groups, Eleanor wanted to provide something for everyone left out. She believes that cooking for yourself is a huge act of self-care; her aim is to bring the joy and excitement back to the kitchen, showing solo cooks that they don't have to choose between eating leftovers for three days straight or sticking to soup! Eleanor previously worked in the non-profit sector and trained at the prestigious Ballymaloe cookery school in Cork.