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Look for more than 70 two-serving recipes for old-fashioned favorites, healthful entrées, or fast-to-the-table meals that are sure to please new cooks and empty nesters in Cooking For Two, published by Better Homes and Gardens (R).

From the Inside FlapTwo for dinner? Better Homes and Gardens (R) Cooking For Two promises more than 70 enticing two-serving recipes for palate-pleasing meals without waste or endless leftovers. Whether you’re looking for healthful entrées, fast-to-the table dinners, or old-fashioned favorites, you will find plenty of ideas for great tasting dinnertime solutions.Here’s a taste of what’s inside:More than 70 recipes including breakfast and dinner entrées, quick-toss pasta ideas, simple salad combinations, and dessertsMore than 40 recipes ready in 30 minutes or lessA guide to storing leftovers and make-ahead foodsSample menus for dining duosHelpful hints from the Home Economists in the Better Homes and Gardens (R) Test KitchenNutrition information, including diabetic exchanges, for each recipe

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The enthusiasm surrounding Brenda Shriver’s “Healthy Cooking for Two” continues in this 3rd revised edition. She has included the new products available in the marketplace such as non-fat ‘Half-and-Half’ and added new delicious heart healthy, easy-to-prepare recipes for the 21st-century chef who doesn’t want to spend all day in the kitchen. Brenda has given us more than fifty full menus for every occasion that you might imagine, such as a lazy weekend breakfast, a small intimate lunch for a guest, and dinner for the boss. This is a must-have cookbook.

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From Booklist
With the introduction of a smaller model that cooks in quantities for one or two people, the slow cooker’s popularity has grown even more. This downsized appliance for the single person or the childless couple allows the cook to prepare a meal in the morning, head off to a job, and still have a hot meal virtually ready when the workday has ended. Hensperger demonstrates this diminutive cooker’s versatility with a collection of recipes that fit in with today’s changing tastes in food. Chilis and soups show off the slow cooker’s obvious virtues. In addition to beef- and pork-based stews and braises, plenty of turkey and chicken recipes appeal to devotees of lower-fat cooking. Polenta and risotto enhance the usual pasta dishes. Hensperger further offers some recipes for accompaniments designed for stovetop or oven preparation such as cornbread, pilafs, and dumplings. Mark KnoblauchCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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Today, 58 percent of American households consist of only one or two people, yet most cookbooks still contain recipes designed to serve 6-8. In this follow-up to the bestselling Not Your Mother’s Slow Cooker Cookbook, Beth Hensperger offers 125 new recipes specifically designed for the increasingly popular 1 1/2 to 3 1/2-quart slow cooker. This is the perfect book for busy singles and small families who want the convenience of a small slow-cooker-made meal without sacrificing wholesomeness and flavor.

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If you’re cooking meals for only two people, you may have had difficulty finding recipes that don’t make tons of food–or require tons of time in the kitchen. The Everything(r) Cooking for Two Cookbook is the perfect solution for all your cooking needs! Forget about leftovers or throwing food away–each recipe makes two servings so you’re never wasting food or buying and making more than you can eat. Whether you’re preparing meals for your spouse, significant other, or roommate, you’ll find these carefully crafted and tested recipes are sure to be a hit! Features recipes for: Mini lobster quesadillas with creamy avocado sauce Broiled goat cheese salad with wilted chicory and dried cranberries Garlic-brined chicken thighs with maple and mustard glaze Veal scaloppini with proscuitto and fontina cheese Butternut squash soufflé with fried sage leaves Roasted peach crisp with granola crust Cheddar cheese biscuits with apples With these stress-free meals you can save time and money, relax, and best of all, enjoy what you create! Packed with 300 delicious recipes to prime your palate, The Everything(r) Cooking for Two Cookbook puts the fun back in food—for you and your culinary cohorts!

About the Author
David Poran, a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, has worked throughout the culinary world in New York City and is the former executive chef of the National Football League’s headquarters. He co-created and produced the 2002 James Beard award nominated program “Heat” which aired on PBS.He lives in Brooklyn, NY.

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Forget trying to adapt standard recipes to smaller portions, these 100+ dishes were designed expressly for intimate servings for two. Divided seasonally, the tempting suggestions include easy, everyday summer fare such as warm chicken salad with fresh peaches, cornmeal-crusted scallops with corn relish, and orange gingerbread with citrus cream. As the autumn chill sets in, settle down with a bowl of tortellini stew with spinach and tomato, Moroccan lamb chops, and a warm chocolate truffle tart. With serving suggestions displayed in full color, the offerings span the complete meal, from appetizers through dessert. There are also numerous sidebars with wine pairing suggestions, tips for cooking and grilling smaller amounts of food, and money-saving ideas for reusing excess ingredients.  

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Perfect for young working couples and empty-nesters! This book offers familiar favorites and new dishes to tempt your taste buds … all specially developed to serve two, without dealing with leftovers for the next week. Each recipe is created to maximize ingredients and minimize spending, so you buy only what you need, and use all of what you bought. –Ideal for young couples who both work, as well as empty-nesters or a parent and child who are interested in great recipes –Each recipe includes an icon for quick reference to help you decide which dishes best fit the occasion, and features variations sure to please anyone’s palate –Recipes are quick and easy, but do not rely on prepackaged foods –Includes recipes for small-batch baking

About the AuthorEllen Brown was the founding food editor of USA Today and has authored the IACP/Seagrams Award-winning Gourmet Gazelle Cookbook, along with several other cookbooks. She is the author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Slow Cooker Cooking, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Smoothies, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Cover and Bake Meals, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Juicing, and The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Fondues and Hot Dips.

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From Publishers Weekly
An introduction covering the most basic of basics and dishes such as Tex-Mex Taco Salad might send serious home chefs in search of another book, but this straightforward, convenience- and health-driven volume has more gourmet gusto than readers might expect. And Romanoff, recipe developer for EatingWell magazine, provides recipes that make enough dinner for two people and can be prepared “in 45 minutes or less (under 30 minutes, in some cases).” Each recipe includes information on active time and total time to complete the dish and nutrition data; many have make-ahead instructions. Especially tempting options include Lamb, Fig & Olive Stew; a dressed-up grilled cheese (Grilled Manchego with Spinach and Spicy Plum Chutney); Pomegranate Duck; Coffee Bean & Peppercorn Steak; and quick desserts like Balsamic Vinegar-Spiked Strawberries, and Roasted Grapes. A section on sides such as Quick Cheese Grits and Avocado-Corn Salsa and suggested menus for a variety of occasions—New Year’s Eve, a “hot date,” pizza night—make planning a healthy meal easy, even when time is limited. (Oct.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

A fusion of simplicity, healthy ingredients and just-right quantities, these delicious, exciting new recipes are designed for today’s growing world of empty-nesters, couples without children and smaller households.For millions of fast-paced, modern households, the old cookbook standard of “serves four” is increasingly outdated and a daily nuisance. With more than 77 million baby boomers adjusting to the Empty Nest Syndrome, and with their adult children setting up their own new homes, there is a mounting demand for quick, easy, healthy recipes yielding fewer servings.But cooking for two people or even singles isn’t as simple as cutting a recipe in half. In EatingWell Serves Two, the award-winning editors and recipe developers for America’s leading food and nutrition magazine have created 150 dinner recipes from their hugely popular “Healthy in a Hurry” and “Serves Two” columns to meet the specific needs of smaller households.More than a cookbook, EatingWell Serves Two provides a smart guide for how to shop in small quantities, how to store leftover ingredients, keep a well-stocked pantry and use easy cooking strategies that result in minimal waste while putting a healthy, delicious meal on the table in 45 minutes or less.Filled with mouthwatering photography and tips on shopping, planning and simple cooking for two with healthy ingredients and without waste. Full-color throughout.

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HARD-TO-FIND EARLY COOKING SOFTWARE ON CD-ROM! OVER 10,000 RECIPES: ILLUSTRATED, PRINTABLE, CROSS-REFERENCED, AND WITH NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION! HELP AVAILABLE RIGHT DOWN TO THE SHOPPING LIST! UPC 081656080189 ISBN 1-57709-193-0. 1997 EXPERT SOFTWARE #B-8018-02X 50906. FOR WINDOWS 3.1/HIGHER OR DOS 3.1/HIGHER. WARNING: THIS OLDER SOFTWARE WILL REQUIRE “WIN DOS” PROGRAM OR OTHER DOS-EMULATOR PROGRAM TO PLAY ON WINDOWS XP.

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From Publishers Weekly
Weinstein and Scarbrough, both writers for Gourmet and Fine Cooking, have amassed a nice assortment of recipes aimed at twosomes. Although the cookbook lacks pictures, the recipes are understandable and relatively easy to prepare. The authors modify ingredients so that instead of having to store, and a week later throw out, the leftovers, one can buy just the amount necessary of a particular item. For example, they show that one can actually bake a batch of two large Linzer Cookies as a dessert, or prepare just two servings of a Lardons Salad with Poached Egg and Warm Bacon Dressing. The authors point out, however, that dairy ingredients are more difficult to find in smaller quantities, and even when substitutions can be found, they don’t always work quite right. Each dish is rated according to its ease of preparation and follows Weinstein and Scarbrough’s mantra of “you’ll buy what you use, use what you buy.” Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Tea for two. That’s what it’s all about, right? So how come every recipe you pick up says “serves 4 to 6″? Or more! What do you do when you want macaroni and cheese, but don’t want to be reheating it for three nights? Or a couple of cookies, but don’t want to be tempted by two dozen sitting on the counter all week?Creative cookbook authors and cooks Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough have all the answers in Cooking for Two.Brimming with 120 smaller-serving, big-taste recipes,Cooking for Two offers cooks familiar favorites such as PastaBolognese, Chicken Pot Pie, and Mushroom Barley Soup, as well as new dishes for today’s tastes like Pork Satay Salad and Snapper Fillets Sautéed with Orange and Pecans. Simply cutting down larger recipes leads to wasted ingredients. But Bruce and Mark have developed each recipe so you buy only what you need, and use all of what you buy. Instead of opening a can of vegetable stock only to use three tablespoons, use the liquid the dried mushrooms have soaked in. If an onion is too large for a recipe, chop a shallot instead. The dessert chapters are filled with cookies, puddings, and cakes, all designed for two servings. Small-batch baking requires strict attention to detail. A regular egg can be too big for a small batch of six cookies, so they suggest quail eggs or the easy-to-find pasteurized egg substitutes, which you can measure out in tablespoons.Truly a cookbook for everyday use, each recipe is labeled as quick (ready in minutes with minimal cooking), moderate (requires a bit more preparation or cooking), or leisurely (perfect for quiet celebrations or weekend meals) to help you decide which dish best fits into your day. With ingredient and equipment guides, as well as tips on how to stock your pantry to avoid those there’s-nothing-in-the-house-so-let’s-go-out moments, Cooking for Two will surely become the cookbook you reach for every night of the week.It’s just two perfect.

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