8 Lazy Sheet Pan Dinners for Seniors Living Alone (Small Portions, No Leftovers)

Cooking for one shouldn't mean a big pan of food you eat all week and throw out on Saturday. For 38 years I fed six people every night, and when my table went down to one plate I had to learn small cooking all over again. These are the eight lazy dinners I make now on a small quarter sheet pan: a handful of ingredients, a single plate tonight, sometimes a second for tomorrow, and only one pan to wash. 🍽️ THE 8 DINNERS (each one sized for one person) 8. Garlic butter steak bites with potatoes and broccoli: 425°F, about 25 minutes, around $5 a plate 7. Crispy sheet pan chicken quesadillas, no flipping: 375°F, about 30 minutes, around $2 for two 6. Kielbasa, pierogi and cabbage with honey mustard: 425°F, 30 to 35 minutes, around $3.50 a plate 5. Sheet pan BLT bowl with bacon fat croutons: 400°F, about 25 minutes, a little over $2 4. Lemon salmon with baby potatoes and green beans: 425°F, about 30 minutes, around $4.50 3. Ernie's Friday chicken pot pie for one: 400°F, 20 to 25 minutes, about $3 2. Pork chop with roasted apples and sweet potato wedges: 425°F, 30 to 35 minutes, around $3 1. The one thigh chicken dinner: 425°F, 30 to 35 minutes, around $2 👇 Tell me in the comments which one you're making first. 🔔 Subscribe for easy dinners for one, three times a week.