Small Batch Recipes for Two

Small-batch cooking for two — recipes developed and tested at two-serving scale so portions, pan sizes, and timings are right the first time.

The collection is a tour of what changes when you cook for two instead of six: stovetop mac and cheese that skips the baking dish, lasagna built in one skillet, a sheet-pan-style chicken pot pie with a puff pastry lid, molten chocolate lava cakes, and creamy mashed potatoes in a small pot.

Each recipe adjusts the technique that actually matters at small scale — smaller pans, faster reduction, shorter cooking windows — so a two-serving dish comes out the way a family recipe does in a full-size vessel. This is the collection to read first if you keep ending up with leftovers you didn't want.