Customer Reviews

Microwave Cooking for One

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Alone in my dark apartment, having worn my 3 Wolf Moon T-Shirt as well for countless weeks, found this book to be my bible. I sit at my dining room table, playing World of Warcraft night after night, sobbing silently for want of notice by another human being. Pizza boxes piling up, chinese food leftovers filling my fridge, I was beginning to run out of options. I recently lost my job as a Custodial Consultant for sniffing the amonia in the utility closet. My funding for my gourmet meals from such world reknown chefs as Boyardi and Uncle Ben had begun running low. Stumbling in a drunken daze through the local bookstore, my elbow carelessly knocked a book onto the floor as I turned a corner. As I peered down, I saw the title, "Microwave Cooking for One."

Curiously, I picked it up and decided to have a a quick read. As I began flipping through the pages, I began to see that this was no ordinary cookbook. No my friends, this was a book passed down from the Gods themselves, displaying the infinite beauty of their messenger Marie T Smith on the cover. I knew at that moment, that this book would change my life. I purchased it with the last few dollars to my name and brought it home. Because of this book, I now eat like a King. Filet Mignon? Chicken Alfredo? Caviar? Its all in there. Not only do you never need to buy another cookbook, there will never be a book so beautifully written ever again. From that point, I ahve divided my life into two different categories, life before Microwave Cooking for One and life after, much like the Old and New Testament.

From this book I have made more friends than I can count, gained 30 pounds of rock hard muscle, and have a new job as VP of a major financial holdings company. This book worked for me, and I am sure it will work for you.

As an elderly gentleman who lives by himself in a condo I found this book very helpful in planning my daily meals.
Since owning this book my microwave does more than just heat up left overs. And this was essentially the purpose of this purchase.

If you are single, this cookbook is a must for you. The recipes are easy to prepare and don't require any fancy ingredients. Most of them are recipes you wouldn't mind serving to a guest either, and doubling the ingredients for such a purpose is easy. I had no idea my microwave could do so much!

If your microwave's main function in life is to heat leftovers or bake potatoes, "Microwave Cooking for One" can make you the best cook on the block without sacrificing your time, taste or pocketbook.

Make homemade lasagna, biscuits, cookies, jams--or just boil an egg! The nearly 300 recipes are kitchen tested, easy to follow, and specific, from breakfast foods to midnight snacks. Best of all, you start with a recipe for one, and multiply each dish to make the amount you need--from a hot sandwich to brunch for the holiday crowd.

The difference between this book and all those others is Author Marie Smith's emphasis on measuring portions, timing carefully, and simply using the correct size dish--all of which she explains clearly. The result is that whatever your degree of culinary skill (or interest!), "Microwave Cooking for One" makes it easier to prepare great food. Fast. And isn't that why you really invested in your microwave?

Send for your copy of "Microwave Cooking for One," today, and unchain your microwave oven from leftovers! Get the convenience--and taste--you deserve from your microwave oven.

Sigh... another night of me and the boys...Alpha, Lunar and Windsong (the wolves on the t-shirt i'm wearing). As comforting as they are, they don't know a damn thing about making a meal for me. Tired of stouffers and hungry man i decided enough was enough and I was going to lower the salt in my life and hopefully my lonlieness. I think it was the piles of microwave dinners in my shopping cart that c-blocked my efforts with the ladies at the supermarket (it certainly wasn't my shirt or be-dazzled jeans, thank you very much). This book forced me to come up with a plan and actually buy groceries. Armed with a list, a shopping cart, and the Black Panther cologne i doused myself with before leaving the house, I went about the searching for the things needed for these easy to make recipes all the while keeping an eye out for someone to invite over for some company and maybe share my collection of precious moments figurines with. That day I got 3 phone numbers, and only 2 of them were fake. is there a microwave cooking for 2?

Eating frozen pizzas, rice and mac & cheese gets old after a few years. After finishing another week of the same old stuff, I just couldn't take it anymore! It became that I'd rather be hungry than have to choke down another cheese covered noodle.

That's what lead to me finding this book. What a life changer! I can't believe all the varieties of foods I've been making! Almost every night I can heat up a new meal, and even some of the most complex foods don't even take an hour! It's completely changed my eating habits! Now if only if I had someone to eat with. As happy as I am to pull those meals out of the microwave a quick and painful rush of sadness always washes over me as I sit my plate down in my dimly lit dinning/living room area of my apartment.

If you're teetering on the edge of buying this or passing it up, I say the choice is easy! It's really cheap too! Go ahead and add it to your cart, it'll change your perspective on the appliance!

This book has not been updated for the new microwave ovens of today. Although the recipes are satisfactory the cooking times can't be used. The food would be cooked into a brick. Needless to say, this book should be rewritten.

excellent book. I decided to start eating better and this has helped my limited cooking skills greatly.

I got this book and it seems like the recipes would be wonderful but I haven't saved up enough for a microwave yet. Will update after Christmas if I'm lucky :)

The recipes are certainly easy enough. But with all the emphasis on precision--a few seconds either way can spoil a dish--its a shame that none of the three basic, recommended Corningware utensils are currently available. I'm sure something can be substituted but we're not off to a good start, here.