Cooking for Two (Better Homes & Gardens) [Illustrated] [Spiral-bound]

Better Homes and Gardens (Author)

Book Description

Series: Better Homes & Gardens | Publication Date: March 15, 2002

More than 70 main entree recipes including simple salad combinations, quick-toss pasta, and easy desserts.

Variety of comfort foods—ethnic, low-fat, and quick.

Roasting charts for smaller cuts of meat.

Menu-planning tips and storage guidelines.

Editorial Reviews

From the Inside Flap

Two 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 desserts

More than 40 recipes ready in 30 minutes or less

A guide to storing leftovers and make-ahead foods

Sample menus for dining duos

Helpful hints from the Home Economists in the Better Homes and Gardens (R) Test Kitchen

Nutrition information, including diabetic exchanges, for each recipe

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 96 pages
• Publisher: Better Homes and Gardens; 1st edition (March 15, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0696213443
• ISBN-13: 978-0696213441
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #897,339 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great cookbook for one or two people, April 11, 2007

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Dawn Smith - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cooking for Two (Better Homes & Gardens) (Spiral-bound)

This is a great cookbook. Lots of great recipes, broken up into breakfast, beef/pork, chicken/turkey, seafood, vegetarian, and dessert sections. It is not a huge cookbook, but has lots of variety. The recipes do not require too many ingredients and no hard-to-find ingredients like some other cookbooks. The recipes also have low fat or fast labels (or both) on them. This cookbook also has many pictures and nutritional breakdowns for every recipe. The only thing I do not like about this cookbook is some recipes often require lots of pots and pans and sometimes too many things going on at once (but I'm a beginner cook though). However, with practice, I'm sure I'll get the hang of it. I've made about 10 recipes so far and loved every one! There was no review of this book when I bought it, so I was a little nervous, but very impressed!

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for 2!, January 4, 2007

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J. Greb - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Cooking for Two (Better Homes & Gardens) (Spiral-bound)

I really enjoy this cookbook. It had some great ideas and good portions for 2 people. There were also plenty of illustrations which I always appreciate. I would definitely recommend this coobook.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Taught me to cook!, April 16, 2007

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ms. mom "jerseynin" (san francisco, ca) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cooking for Two (Better Homes & Gardens) (Spiral-bound)

This was a gift when I got married and could not boil eggs,over 30 years ago - to this day one of the recipes (chicken a la king) is my youngest son's favorite meal! I do hope that the recipe is still in the book! We would have starved without this well-written, simple cookbook! Thank goodness, a book for beginners!