Dinner alone

What do you make for dinner when you are all by yourself? My sexy husband is starting two-a-week practices for his band. I'm not sure how long this will last, but I was stuck by myself all evening last night and will be again tonight. I can't say that I have difficulty entertaining myself. Usually, when he's gone he comes home to a totally clean house (though last night I didn't even do laundry because it was the last competition night for "So you think you can dance?"). However, I do have difficulty figuring out what to make for myself. I generally don't like making boring food, and I never had to learn to cook for one. So I have a very limited repertoire, and if I can't come up with something interesting, I might not eat at all.

Last night I felt like using the Irish Whiskey whole grain mustard (very mild) I got at the Irish Festival last weekend. I decided on a grilled cheese sandwich (obviously very easy for one) with cheddar cheese and the whole grain mustard. I got the idea from rarebit (bread broiled with mustard-beer cheese)...my most sought after party food (you can find the recipe here and a video here). The sandwich was fantastic, but it didn't seem complete. So I made myself a huge salad. Still not complete. At about 9:00pm I decided that I needed tomato soup. Tomato soup is also really easy to make in small quantities. I just approximated the recipe with only one small can of tomatoes (if you don't have a good recipe for tomato soup, let me know. Please do not substitute canned tomato soup. That stuff is nasty!).
Oh man...it totally hit the spot. I can't wait to eat it again tonight...only this time I will be able to have the soup and sandwich together, and I think I'm going to put the mustard on both sides of the bread with the cheese in between for extra mustard flavor (the mustard is surprisingly very mild for whole grain).