Customer Reviews

Betty Crocker's Cooking for Two

5 star:		(6)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

Everytime I cook something from this book my husband loves it -- just once! No more leftovers! You can through out your Tupperware and start cooking the right amount for two. The ones I've tried have been really tasty and healthy too; the portions aren't skimpy either. I like that the nutrition info is so clear.

I have found this cookbook to be a great addition to my kitchen. It has recipes of varying levels and diversity througout. Good buy especially if you hate eating leftovers for days!

This was my husband's choice when we went shopping for cookbooks together. I grew up in a big, hungry family with no idea how to keep cooking for two people interesting. I don't have to worry about leftovers or the results of reducing a recipe's servings. Now I can watch our calories by making small portions of guilt-causing foods such as biscuits or Eggs Benedict. The Honey Lime Fruit Salad is so easy and tasty that I have doubled and quadrupled the recipe for groups.

This may not have the best recipes Betty Crocker has to offer, but it has the best collection of usable recipes for couples that I have seen. This is an excellent book to give to someone of any average cooking level who feeds a small crowd. I would give this to a young person moving out on their own and any Newlywed couple.

I read the other reveiws and people, it's just a cookbook. It has beef, pork, chicken, it has vegetables, soups, salads, desserts. Just like every other cookbook, but these portions are smaller and I am so thankful for that. I bought one for my house (now that we are empty nesters) and I gave one to my married to be nephew and future wife. I love the fact that I have no more leftovers and my nephew and his fiance love the new food to try other than the fast food and take out they are used to eating.

This cookbook calls for "real" food that you have on hand or that is easy to purchase without breaking the bank and does not require a lot of "special" food or cooking processes. I love that because in this busy day and time, I don't have a lot of time to shop for "different" food.

I hope you enjoy this as much as we have.

My husband and I received this book for our wedding, and 4 years later we still love it. All our other books yielded 4 servings in most recipes, and we would end up with piles of tupperware containers in the fridge holding leftovers that inevitably went bad. We have tried all of the entree recipes in the book and love them. There are also a lot of recipes for soups, salads, and even some sandwiches food that is easily portable. My husband is the cook in our house- I rarely cook, and am very much a beginner, but all of these recipes were simple enough for me. Yes, there is a lot of chicken, but I don't know too many people who don't like chicken! And yes, there are a lot of vegetables too- but you're gonna be looking a long time for a recipe book without chicken or vegetables. If we didn't want to eat chicken or vegetables, we'd go to McDonalds.

This cookbook is only useful if you live on an above average income and love chicken. Eighty percent of the dinner recipes are chicken, most of the rest are salads or some variation of noodles. The portions are all divided into two person sizes, however there is nothing to help you buy only what you need to prepare a meal for two without left over rations. In short, this cookbook is completely useless for anyone closely resembling a newly-wed couple on a tight budget who happen to not love chicken. Now I'm off to find a cookbook I can hopefully actually use. Very disappointing...

This is not at all like the original
version put out by Betty Crocker that
is now a classic. I think the title itself
is a rip off and don't waste your money on
it. (Dinner for Two--was the great one that is
now unfortunately out of print)

Great recipes and a very graphic and cleanly designed book. Me and my girlfriend love these recipes (and that's tough when she is this picky!)

I love this book. I have bought an assortment of books for cooking for 2, and this one is the best by far! The recipes are delicious and the portion size are generous. This is also a healthy cookbook, the calories per serving are generally low (I have lost weight simply since I started using this book, and I find the calories to be better per serving then my healthy cooking for 2). Most recipes take 20 minutes to make, and we are left with no leftovers!! Great book, I would recommend without a doubt, but I do agree with one review it does contain many chicken recipes.

This book made a nice Christmas present for my niece. She liked it very much and said it was very helpful and easy to follow. I am glad I made the purchase. Shipping was extremely fast and the condition of the book was great.