NEVER Drain Your Pasta Again — 10 One-Pot Dinners for Seniors Living Alone

When you cook for one, the hard part of pasta was never the pasta. It's the big pot of boiling water, and carrying it to the sink to drain it. For a lot of us, that's one of the riskiest minutes in the kitchen. These 10 one-pot pasta dinners skip that step entirely. The pasta cooks right in its own sauce, in one small saucepan, on one burner, and every recipe is sized for one plate: 1. Tomato spaghetti with garlic 2. Chicken noodle skillet 3. Sausage and pepper penne 4. Beef and shells (the homemade boxed-dinner classic) 5. Lemon garlic shrimp orzo 6. Pasta and beans (pasta e fagioli) 7. Tuna noodle, no oven 8. Saucepan lasagna for one 9. Peanut noodles from a block of ramen 10. Real one-pot macaroni and cheese You'll learn the one stirring rule that makes one-pot pasta work, how to thicken the sauce with the pasta's own starch, and the safe temperatures for ground beef, chicken and shrimp. Prices vary by store. This is general cooking information, not medical or dietary advice. If you watch your salt or sugar, ask your doctor what's right for you. Which one will you make first? Tell me in the comments. The most popular comment picks our next video. #cookingforone #seniorcooking #onepotmeals