Shallots Are the Perfect Single-Person Onion Alternative
by Claire Lower on Skillet, shared by Claire Lower to from Lifehacker on (#53YJV)

Cooking as a single person" is really about mastering portion control and learning how to scale. A single onion may not seem like too much onion, but a single-person portion of a recipe rarely calls for an entire onion. Enter the shallot, which is naturally the size of about half an onion (or less) and is much better...