Solo Dining Goes Elegant and Delicious With These 4 Recipes

Making a nice dinner for one has never been easier.

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Published April 17, 2023
A light stone circular table set for one person. A yellow chair, blue plate, pink checkered napkin and pink candle that's lit sit on the table. As well as a yellow vase filled with yellow, orange and pink flowers. A silver set of salt and pepper shakers, a wine glass and a water tumbler sit off to the side of the plate. Tuna Poke bowl with fresh tuna, avocado, edamame, and carrots sit inside the p
Photo: Caitlin Bensel; Food Stylist: Margaret Dickey; Prop Stylist: Christine Keely.

A light stone circular table set for one person. A yellow chair, blue plate, pink checkered napkin and pink candle that's lit sit on the table. As well as a yellow vase filled with yellow, orange and pink flowers. A silver set of salt and pepper shakers, a wine glass and a water tumbler sit off to the side of the plate. Tuna Poke bowl with fresh tuna, avocado, edamame, and carrots sit inside the plate.

Marcia Kester Doyle is a Yahoo Life columnist and the author of Who Stole My Spandex? Life In The Hot Flash Lane. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Huffington Post, The Independent, Stylist, USA Today/Reviewed, Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping, AARP, Woman's Day, Country Living, House Beautiful and many others. You can find her at marciakesterdoyle.com.

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