Widow Girl Dinners · Founded by Carol Donovan
For the meals
after the casseroles.
Widow Girl Dinners shares simple comfort meals and gentle company for widowed people learning to cook for one.
For widowed people—and friends who want to show up. Participation in #MyFirstTable is free.
Our promise at your table
- 01 /Simple meals, small grocery lists
- 02 /No pressure to feel better
- 03 /Sharing is always free
Free recipe interest test
One comforting dinner, on us.
We’re starting with one free recipe to learn whether simple comfort meals for one are useful. Enter your email to count your interest and reveal the recipe. The $12 dinner kit is an optional next step.
The launch line
“Everyone brings food when someone dies. But eventually, the casseroles stop coming. Widow Girl Dinners is for the meals after that.”
After you try the recipe, you’re welcome to share a meal or table photo with #MyFirstTable and one thing you’re learning about cooking for yourself. Joining in is free.
Dinner for One, With Company
Less figuring it out.
More sitting down.
When the food from friends stops coming, dinner still comes around. This little kit is designed for those evenings—not to fix grief, but to make feeding yourself a little gentler.
An invitation, included
“You don’t have to fix anything. Just come eat with me.”
Print it. Send it. Leave room for someone at the table.
Seven dinners. Smaller lists.
Simple comfort meals with small grocery lists, so deciding what to cook doesn’t have to become another big task.
Cook once. Eat twice.
Leftover ideas that turn tonight’s effort into tomorrow’s meal. A little less cooking, a little less waste.
Something besides silence.
Funny, heartfelt notes about life after loss, plus gentle conversation prompts to bring to the Widow Girl Dinners Facebook group.
A way to let someone in.
A printable dinner invitation for the nights you want company—and a concrete way for friends to offer more than flowers.
One small purchase. No subscription.
A little help
for the next dinner.
Buy it for yourself, or choose it as a thoughtful gesture for someone learning to cook alone. The $12 kit is optional; belonging and participation in #MyFirstTable are free.
Dinner for One,
With Company
$12
Digital kit · one-time purchase
- Seven comfort meals + small grocery lists
- Cook-once, eat-twice leftover ideas
- Heartfelt notes + conversation prompts
- A printable invitation to share dinner
See current availability and purchase details in the shop.
Your table doesn’t have to be perfect
One meal. One small beginning.
If you feel like sharing, post a meal or table photo with #MyFirstTable and one thing you’re learning about cooking for yourself. A sandwich counts. So does simply sitting down.
Participation is free. No kit required. No need to share more than you want.