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A cookbook for one · priced to the penny

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Supper for one,
priced to the penny.
From 40¢ a plate.

Forty real dinners for one person: one plate, one pan, nothing wasted. Every ingredient priced from the government's own grocery survey, and every plate added up. The dearest is $2.32. On average, $1.25 a plate.

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Oma Hilde at her kitchen table in a blue cardigan
From40¢a plate
Oma Hilde, at her kitchen table
40 suppers for one✦every plate priced✦from 40¢ a plate✦large print included

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All forty suppers,
for $27.

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40 suppers · 9 chapters · 3 books · 4 printables · yours to keep

The bundle: Suppers for One, the large-print edition, Hilde's Winter Notebook and the Winter Price Card

What comes in the download

  • Suppers for One, 66 pages: 40 suppers for one plate, each with the price of every ingredient and the plate added up
  • The large-print edition, 86 pages: the same book in big type, ingredients above the method
  • Hilde's Winter Notebook, 16 pages: staying warm for pennies, the power-out plan, a snowed-in week of suppers
  • Four printables: a week of suppers, price your own plate, a shopping list for one, a freezer list
  • The Winter Price Card, for the fridge door

Prices: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, September 2026, and USDA Fruit and Vegetable Prices (2023 data) for the vegetables the Bureau doesn't track.

Launch$27price
Oma Hilde's KitchenSuppers for One · bill of sale
Suppers for One66 pp
Large-print edition86 pp
Winter Notebook16 pp
Printables4
Winter Price Card1
40 suppers, average$1.25/plate
Total$27.00
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The penny ledger

A week of suppers for $4.62.

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Not a guess: these are the seven cheapest suppers in the book, priced the way every page is, from the government's own price survey. And because the Winter Notebook comes with it, the same sums for staying warm at night.

The cheapest week

Seven suppers from the book

Butter Dumplings40¢
Rice and Beans52¢
French Toast with Bananas67¢
Haluski (Cabbage and Noodles)70¢
Eggs Goldenrod73¢
Egg Fried Rice79¢
Egg Salad Toast with Lettuce81¢
Seven suppers$4.62

The dearest week

The seven most expensive in the book

Hamburger Steak and Mashed Potatoes$2.32
Sunday Beef Stew for One$2.16
Thanksgiving Dinner for One$2.08
Sloppy Joe on Toast$1.99
Pork Chop and Skillet Potatoes$1.89
Chili for One$1.85
Pork Chop with Apples and Onions$1.83
Seven suppers$14.12

A winter of warm nights

November to March, from the Winter Notebook

Space heater on high, all night$355.15
Electric blanket, all night$23.68
Electric blanket to warm the bed, then off$1.48
A blanket under you, not on top$0
The difference$355.15
“When you know what a plate costs, you stop worrying about what the week costs.”

Prices: BLS Average Retail Food and Energy Prices, Sept 2026 · USDA ERS (2023) · DOE appliance wattages

The bill of fare · nine chapters

Forty suppers.
One plate each.

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Plain American home cooking, sized for one, with the USDA's safe cooking temperatures written into the recipes. Every price below is the real plate price from the book.

From73¢

Nº 1

Eggs

19¢ an egg this fall. Two eggs and something hot under them is a supper.

  • Eggs Goldenrod73¢
  • Egg Fried Rice79¢
  • Tomato Scrambled Eggs on Toast98¢
  • Potato and Egg Skillet92¢
  • Egg Salad Toast with Lettuce81¢
  • Eggs in Tomato Sauce$1.33
From83¢

Nº 2

Potatoes

99¢ a pound, so one potato is a supper's worth of filling.

  • Potato Soup88¢
  • Baked Potato with Broccoli and Cheese$1.50
  • Potato Pancakes with Quick Apple Sauce$1.22
  • Ham and Potato Hash with a Fried Egg$1.34
  • Fried Cabbage and Potatoes with Bacon$1.17
  • Stuffed Sweet Potato with Beans and Cheese83¢
From52¢

Nº 3

The Sunday Bean Pot

One pound of dried beans, eight portions, four suppers.

  • The bean pot itself21¢ a portion
  • Rice and Beans52¢
  • Bean Soup with Ham97¢
  • Chili for One$1.85
  • Beans on Toast with Cheese85¢
From40¢

Nº 4

Pasta and Dumplings

The cheapest hot suppers in the book, including the cheapest of all.

  • Stovetop Macaroni and Cheese97¢
  • Spaghetti with Tomato Sauce$1.01
  • Haluski (Cabbage and Noodles)70¢
  • American Goulash$1.74
  • Pasta with Peas and Ham$1.15
  • Spaghetti with Broccoli and Garlic89¢
  • Butter Dumplings40¢
From$1.00

Nº 5

Chicken

Legs at $1.74 a pound: the cheapest meat in the survey.

  • Oven Chicken Drumsticks and a Potato$1.45
  • One-Pot Chicken and Rice$1.26
  • Chicken and Dumplings for One$1.01
  • Chicken Noodle Soup for One$1.00
  • Chicken Breast with Milk Gravy and Peas$1.74
From$1.49

Nº 6

Beef and Pork

Meat goes in small: divided and frozen the day you buy it.

  • Hamburger Steak and Mashed Potatoes$2.32
  • Pork Chop and Skillet Potatoes$1.89
  • Pork Chop with Apples and Onions$1.83
  • Unstuffed Cabbage Roll Skillet$1.74
  • Ham, Cabbage and Potatoes$1.49
  • Sloppy Joe on Toast$1.99
From67¢

Nº 7

Supper on Bread

Quick, one pan, and a real meal, whatever anyone says.

  • BLT for Supper$1.64
  • Grilled Cheese with Tomato$1.14
  • Creamed Ham and Peas on Toast$1.07
  • French Toast with Bananas67¢
From$2.08

Nº 8

Sundays and Holidays

For the days that should feel different, Thanksgiving included.

  • Sunday Beef Stew for One$2.16
  • Thanksgiving Dinner for One$2.08
From54¢

Nº 9

Something Sweet

Two puddings for the evenings that need one.

  • Rice Pudding for One54¢
  • Baked Apple with a Crumble Top98¢

Look inside

Real pages from the real book.

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This is exactly what you download. Tap a page to see it full size.

Page 7All 40 suppers, cheapest first, for the week before payday.

Page 10Eggs Goldenrod, 73¢: every ingredient priced, the plate added up.

Page 57A whole Thanksgiving dinner for one, $2.08.

Winter Notebook, p. 4Every way to stay warm at night, priced.

A taste of the book

The card that got me cooking again.

After my husband Bill died, I stopped cooking. Five o'clock would come, and it felt silly to make a supper for one. So I ate toast, for three months.

Then I found my mother's recipe card: flour, an egg, a little milk, a pinch of salt. Butter dumplings. Here it is, exactly as it is in the book, free. It costs 40¢ a plate.

Hilde

Butter Dumplings

One plate · 15 minutes · 40¢

Ingredients

  • ½ cup flour8¢
  • 1 egg19¢
  • 2 tbsp milk3¢
  • Pantry: salt, 1 tsp butter10¢
  • One plate40¢

Method

  1. Stir the flour, a pinch of salt, the egg and the milk together with a wooden spoon for about a minute, until thick and sticky.
  2. Bring a pot of salted water to a boil.
  3. Dip a teaspoon in the water, take a little dough and push it off into the pot with a second spoon. Little pieces, the size of your thumbnail.
  4. When they float, they're done, 2 or 3 minutes. Drain and toss them in the butter.
A plate40¢Mama's card
Cover of Hilde's Winter Notebook

Included · the winter half

Hilde's Winter Notebook.

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  • Every way to stay warm at night, priced per night and per winter, from a space heater at $355.15 a winter down to the free ones
  • Space heater safety from the National Fire Protection Association
  • When the power goes out: the first hour, carbon monoxide, and the food in the fridge
  • A snowed-in week of suppers for $5.54, with what to keep in the cupboard
  • The early signs of hypothermia, from the National Institute on Aging
  • Printables: price your own heat, a power-out kit, important numbers, a daily check-in plan

And the whole cookbook again in large print, for reading at the stove without hunting for your glasses.

Questions

Before you buy.

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Is a paper book coming in the mail?

No, and I say it plainly so nobody is surprised. It's digital, and nothing ships. Right after you pay you download the cookbook (US Letter, to read or print at home), the same cookbook in large print, the Winter Notebook and the Winter Price Card.

I'm not good with computers.

You don't need to be. You press one button and the books download. The links also come by email, so you can open them again whenever you like. You don't have to make an account.

Why is it $27 now and $32 later?

$27 is the launch price. It ends at midnight on Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 26. After that the book is $32.

Is this a subscription? Will you charge me again?

No. One payment, one time. No membership, nothing monthly, no trial that turns into a bill.

Will the prices match my store?

Not exactly, and no book can promise that. Every price is a U.S. national average from the government's own price surveys. Your store will be a little cheaper or dearer, but the order hardly changes: meat makes a plate dear, and eggs, potatoes, beans, rice and flour make it cheap. The Price Your Own Plate sheet shows you how to work out your own from your receipt.

What do I need in my kitchen?

A skillet, a small pot and a sheet pan. A few recipes use the microwave to save time, and only a handful use the oven.

Is it only for older people?

It's for anyone who cooks for one. It's written with older cooks in mind: one pan, small portions, the USDA's safe cooking temperatures, and a large-print edition.

What if I lose the file?

Keep the receipt email: the links in it open your books again. If you lose that too, write to us and we'll send your receipt again.

What if it's not for me?

Contact us within 7 days of your purchase (your Gumroad receipt email shows how) for a full refund.

Tonight

Start with the 40¢ supper.

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Flour, an egg and a little milk. The card is up above. Then let the book give you the other thirty-nine.

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