68 single recipes

Single-jar homemade dill pickles with fresh dill heads, garlic, and apple cider vinegar brine. Small-batch refrigerator pickles that cure for 2 weeks before they're ready.

Single-serving crustless quiche Lorraine with Swiss cheese, bacon bits, and a water-bath custard. Light, low-calorie breakfast quiche baked in a ramekin in about 30 minutes.

Crispy pan-fried salmon patties packed with onion, green pepper, and shredded carrot, bound with cracker crumbs and egg. A homestyle dinner from a single can of salmon.

Buttery blueberry muffins bursting with berries thanks to a clever trick: mashing half a cup of blueberries into the batter for intense fruit flavor in every single bite.

Rugelach four ways: a single cream cheese pastry dough turned into raspberry-almond crescents, layered chocolate-pecan squares, apricot pockets and honey-pecan triangles. Holiday cookie tray showstopper.

Shortcut tamale casserole with masa harina dough layered over chili and baked until golden. All the corn-and-chili flavor of real tamales without rolling a single corn husk.

Stuffed lemon eggs filled with yogurt, lemon zest, lemon juice, and hot sauce instead of mayo. Topped with a single caper for a lighter, tangier take on deviled eggs.

Maryland-style crab cakes with backfin lump crab, one egg, a single slice of bread, and just enough green pepper, mustard, and Worcestershire to bind. No breadcrumbs, no fillers.

Low-fat curried egg salad for one stretches a single hard-boiled egg with cottage cheese and a touch of light mayo. Curry powder adds warmth, ready in 10 minutes.

Three-ingredient meringue cookies loaded with chopped pecans and brown sugar. These featherlight kisses bake in just 5 minutes and make 30 bite-sized treats from a single egg white.

One egg omelet made fluffier by whipping the white to soft peaks before folding in the yolk. A clever technique that turns a single egg into a full-sized omelet.

Orange nog blends fresh orange juice, a whole egg, sugar, and a dash of bitters into a frothy single-serve breakfast drink. Five ingredients, blender to glass in 5 minutes.

Cheddar olive tart: a savory custard of eggs, cream, sharp cheddar, and sliced black olives baked into tart shells. Brunch or appetizer, ready in 40 minutes from a single bowl.

Homemade dried orange or lemon peel air-dried at room temperature and ground into powder. A single-ingredient pantry staple that replaces citrus extract in baking, flavors teas, and punches up sauces.

Baby banana mash thins ripe banana with a splash of breast milk or formula for a smooth, naturally sweet first food. Single-ingredient simplicity that introduces babies to the joys of solid food.

Shaved fresh asparagus takes place of greens, it adds crunchiness and freshness, the lemon and parmesan dressing gives the citrus and cheesy flavor. You will enjoy every single bite of this delicious spring salad.