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Cheap Dinners for Two That Got Us Through Lockdown
Ten cheap dinners for two we built into a rotation when lockdown forced us off restaurant food. Real two-portion meals, no four-serving leftovers haunting the fridge for half a week.
Joni
Recipes
Couscous and Salmon Recipe (Twenty Minutes, Serves Two)
Sixty grams of couscous, one reduced-shelf salmon fillet, a zucchini, and twenty minutes. A weeknight dinner that fits in a kitchenette and comes in around 425 kcal per plate.
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Dinner for One Ideas & what I Actually Cook When It's Just Me
Thirteen real dinner for one ideas from someone who actually cooks for one most nights. Pasta, pan-fried protein, lentils, eggs, plus the single-portion rules nobody writes about properly.
Recipes
Air-Fryer Turkey Breast With Rice (74g Protein)
Air-fryer turkey breast, basmati rice finished in the turkey juices, frozen Italian veg. Twenty-five minutes, 555 kcal, 74g protein, no fitness-bro vibes.
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Cheap Student Meals That Taught Me How to Cook
The cheap student meals I actually ate in when I was one and still cook now. Twelve real, single-portion dinners under the price of a pizza, with the habits that make cooking for one work.
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No-Oven Dinners I Actually Cook
Twelve no-oven dinners I actually cook, from one-pan pasta to risotto to pan-fried pork. Honest stovetop dinners for kitchenettes, sublets, and summer apartments.
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Pantry Meals: Dinners You Already Have the Ingredients For
The pantry meals I actually cook, from tuna pasta to lentil soup to risotto. Plus what to keep in the cupboard so dinner is already there.
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One-Pan Pasta in a Hotel Kitchenette
The pasta dish I cook when I arrive late at a hotel kitchenette with nothing in the fridge and a dead town outside, plus four more that fit the same shopping list.
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Easy Meals to Make in a Hotel Kitchenette
The six meals that actually cook in a hotel kitchenette — plus what to buy before you check in, what breaks in practice, and what to do when the fridge barely works.
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Types of Ravioli Sauces (And Which Filling They Work With)
Brown butter, goat cheese, tomato, cream, pesto. The sauces that work with ravioli and the one rule that ties them all together.
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What to Serve with Ravioli
The sides that actually work with ravioli and why — plus what to avoid when the pasta is already rich and filling.
Recipes
Goat Cheese and Caramelized Onion Ravioli
Sharp goat cheese, sweet slow-cooked onions, a simple butter sauce. How to make filled pasta from scratch and why the onions take 40 minutes.