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This tasty dish can be put together in 30 minutes. Delicious, filling, and easy to make, the best recipes use mozzarella as well as Parmesan cheese for an extra rich and creamy hit.
How's this for thirst-quenching liquid comfort? If you want to, use Guinness as a boozy bonus. But go easy on the refills.
Toasted bread rubbed with garlic and topped with olive oil and salt. The crowning ingredient? Finely chopped fresh tomatoes.
Add bread crumbs to fresh ground beef, add egg, salt and pepper, and you have the mix for a burger that shoves restaurant fast food into the bus lane. Use a good quality melting cheese, garnish and season to taste, and savor with splendor.
This is all about the marinade—honey, mustard, garlic, olive oil, salt, and pepper—that's poured over the chicken and chopped bacon before frying. Greet the meat with a salad of romaine, cherry tomatoes, red onion, and avocado.
This irresistible snack is so easy to prepare. Just combine the brown sugar and pecans in a food processor and process the mix until finely ground. Sprinkle on the bacon and bake in the oven.
An Italian classic, serve hot and sizzling, and don't skimp on the wine even though you're dining alone. Quality counts!
Here's a great "surf & turf" suggestion—chicken with shrimp and smoked Spanish-style chorizo, cooked with the usual suspects: garlic, olive oil, and tomato. For a dash of extra color, add a pinch of saffron strands.
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Rich and hearty, this really gets your spirits up. Use sausages and lots of tomato, and add spinach or other vegetables, something like zucchini or bell peppers, for taste and texture.
If nothing works and all else fails, throw caution to the wind and confiscate a bag of chocolate chip cookies in double-quick time.
This is a lovely weeknight meal option. Tasty and comforting, a stroganoff is basically beef and mushrooms in a rich creamy sauce. And while the wine is breathing, stir in the egg noodles.
Comfort can mean calories, so here's how to stay healthy while solo. A simple salmon dish is a great source of protein and rich in omega-3 fatty acids. Smother with butter, add a dash of garlic, and sprinkle with parsley.
A little more effort is required to make this ramen bowl, basically an Asian noodle soup of spinach, mushrooms, green onions, and egg. Add chicken if you wish, or tofu. An optional dab of chili paste helps liven things up.
Even the laziest and most demotivated of us can get to grips with this standby dish. The ingredients are very simple: black pepper, grated Pecorino Romano cheese, and spaghetti.
Soup is a great leveler. A bowl of broth can be enjoyed anywhere at anytime. And how easy is it to prepare? Try a parsnip soup, with a topping of lightly fried parsnip crisps.
A favorite Gallic snack, this is essentially a breakfast treat. The heavenly soft caramelized apple and cinnamon topping is spread over hot crispy toast to be devoured with vigor.
This is another healthy breakfast pick-me-up that should banish any comfort food guilty streak you may be harboring. Enjoy with blueberries, banana, and chia seeds.
You can bake a potato while watching TV. So why not catch up on your favorite Netflix episode while cooking up baked sweet potato with cream cheese, butter, and parsley?
A typical snack from Colombia and Venezuela, maize-based arepa pairs up with cheese and bacon big time. Go on, live the vida louca!
Savory pumpkin chips? You bet! Bake up a batch until the edges begin to curl. Sprinkle with salt and paprika. Serve with lime wedges for added zest.
The thing about being on your own is that the imagination tends to wander, outrageously so on occasion, like heating up chocolate chip cookies in a pan and then topping the lot with melting vanilla ice-cream. Make it a reality!
Was it by a quirk of nature or divine intervention that your average cup just happens to be the same size as a blueberry muffin? Serve up a mug with fresh berries and maple syrup.
Equally fortuitous are the dimensions of the household mug, which can accommodate a peanut butter and chocolate chip cake with alarming ease.
Use a small pan for individually sized pancakes... and then fire up half a dozen or so for those reflective moments by the window. Let fresh fruit and maple syrup be your soul mates.
Sweet treats are made of this, a cupcake's worth of crispy apple crumble. Well, an apple a day, so they say.
This takes a bit of time to rustle up but hey, what else are going to do? Oozing sauce and cream, this is not the healthiest of foods. But the feel-good sensation is priceless.
A mug of ultra-creamy macaroni cheese—all that melted Cheddar—is why waist belts have notches. So, eat a bowl in your dressing gown!
Still bored? Going stir-crazy? Then get hot 'n' bothered with a chili soup cup, all chili powder, cumin, sugar, tomato paste, garlic powder, salt, pepper, cayenne, and beans.
Lonely? Down in the dumps? Fix yourself up with this delectable concoction and wait for the angels to sing.
Home by yourself with little to do? One-on-one not working out? Self-isolation getting you down? Well, there's no curfew in the kitchen, and there are some tasty comfort food ideas out there that will help cheer you up. In fact, dining alone is the new banquet, and with a bit of culinary creativity it's surprising what you can serve up on a table for one.
Click through this gallery and find out how to make dining for one fun.
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Home by yourself with little to do? One-on-one not working out? Self-isolation getting you down? Well, there's no curfew in the kitchen, and there are some tasty comfort food ideas out there that will help cheer you up. In fact, dining alone is the new banquet, and with a bit of culinary creativity it's surprising what you can serve up on a table for one.
Click through this gallery and find out how to make dining for one fun.