Here is a recipe for a stuffed turkey breast that you might find interesting -

http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1939,145160-243193,00.html

Also, here is a cute recipe for single serving pies in a jar -

http://www.ourbestbites.com/2009/09/single-serving-pie-in-jar.html

Have a great Thanksgiving!

The stuffed turkey breast recipe looks great! It's about more than the meal at Thanksgiving though-- last year when I wasn't going to be with family for Thanksgiving, I signed up to volunteer to deliver Turkey dinners to the elderly through a local elderly assistance program. They just needed drivers and people to stop by and say hello to hand-deliver the boxed dinners. I'd strongly recommend something like this to make the day really special!

You could pound a turkey tenderloin (they're plenty big), make some stuffing (even Pepperidge Farm would do fine, along with any other mix-ins you like) put it on top, roll it up, tie it with twine, brown on the stovetop and roast in the oven, and there's your turkey and stuffing. I do this quite a bit with chicken breasts and even wrap them in bacon. Mashed potatoes and gravy and whatever sides you like as well. And wine.

I've also done the solo Thanksgiving (these days, when my brother is at his in-laws and it's just my parents and me, we say "screw it" and gather the weekend prior, so I use the Thanksgiving proper to spend all day in my jammies). Turkey breast is a way to go, and you've gotten good ideas for this -- this also gives you enough leftovers to make soup stock and turkey tetrazzini and all that jazz.

A lot of the other sides are very down-scale-able, though; I cheated and used Stove Top for the stuffing (because you can scale that down way easily), and there was just a "recipe" in here for mashed potatoes for two; I gilded the lily and added cream cheese and sour cream (a good blob of each). I had to have cranberry sauce (my family owns a bog), but that was very easily done with a handful of cranberries and a couple orange segments whizzed through the food processor. I went with a butternut squash soup rather than pureed squash, because that was more "store-the-leftovers-able". Some frozen green beans, steamed, and dressed with a handful of slivered almonds toasted in a little butter.

I saved the real getting-fancy for dessert -- I found adorable little 4-inch cake pans and made myself a chocolate cake for one, with pureed pumpkin mixed in with a plain buttercream icing as the filling, and a chocolate icing for the icing. And then I think I also made a really simple apple-and-cranberry tart with another 4-inch tartlet pan.

That was the only time I went 'traditional". Other years, I've figured that since it's just me, I can eat whatever the hell I want -- so I've also had a simple lamb stew with butternut squash, and this year I found a recipe for a Mexican-influenced stew with turkey, lima beans, and chiles, that I can do in a slow cooker.

Has anyone done a turkey breast in a slow cooker? My husband requested turkey for dinner one night this week, but I really don't have time to bake it after I get home from work.

Try stuffing a cornish game hen!

what about doing a shepherd's pie with ground turkey? yum!

You can come to our house. You can cook, and we'll keep you company.

sometimes we bypass turkey altogether (turkey breasts are never the same...) and go for the beer can chicken!

I've done solo Thanksgiving dinners, too, and wanted to make them special. I've done single baked sweet potatoes, stovetop mac and cheese, tiny ratatouilles, green beans--just buying and cooking in small quantities. Dessert I'd usually get from one of my favorite local bakeries. Just don't foget to do up your table--get a nice bouquet of flowers and break out your best tableware. A nice dinner, even for one, is worth it. I hope you have a wonderful dinner!

cornish game hens!!!!!!!!

Second the comment on making the eating part of your dinner special; whatever you are having. Set the table with some nice linens, light a candle, turn on the music/talk radio-whatever suits your fancy, and pour yourself a glass (or 2-you don't have to drive!) of wine if you imbibe. Make it special. I do this all the time when its just myself and I love it.

@ acvaz: Just this week I was discussing cooking poultry in the slow cooker. Turns out, several people I know have had great success doing turkey breast in the slow cooker. I'd google it for an exact technique/recipe, but basically they said they just season it a bit and add a touch of broth and cook away!

Thanksgiving leftovers are the best! I've made dinner for 1-2 before, but always made at least 6 servings of everything so that I could enjoy the holiday a few extra days. :) (And they freeze well!)

Yep. Slow cooker is great for a turkey breast. There are lots of recipes online:

http://www.food.com/recipe-finder/all/turkey-breast?Ns=recipe_mostpopular|1

You can go to my in laws and I will stay home :))

I would think a slow cooker would do better with a thigh than a breast. The white meat gets dried out too quickly for braising.

I think I may buck tradition a bit and go with a couple of buffalo turkey wings this year.

Tyler Florence has a great pomegranate glazed cornish game hen with cornbread stuffing, which is made from a cornbread muffin so easy to scale for one. It is what I am having this Thursday, yum!

Doing Thanksgiving solo can be as exciting as with a group of people (if you love to cook). If your like me where it takes too much effort to cook every side dish let Trader Joe's be your friend! They have a lot of options: http://www.skinnyscoop.com/list/claudia/thanksgiving-sides-your-trader-joes-cheat-sheet