Comfort Food Recipes for Two

Small-batch comfort food for two — creamy pastas, hearty stews, and slow-simmered dishes that taste like a long cook even on a short night. Portions sized so you don't drown in leftovers.

The lineup keeps the classics you crave at two-person scale: stovetop mac and cheese made in one pot with no baking step, chicken pot pie under a flaky puff pastry lid, and creamy mashed potatoes portioned for two plates.

Each recipe solves the small-batch version of the problem — a béchamel that reduces in a smaller pan, a pot pie filling that sets without a family-sized casserole, mashed potatoes that stay creamy in a 2-quart pot. They're sized so the indulgence stops at the edge of the plate, not the fridge.