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Best Simple Suppers for Two: Fast and Foolproof Recipes for One, Two, or a Few
Enjoy delicious small-portion meals in minutes Whether you’re preparing for a romantic night in, cooking for you and a friend, or just don’t feel like packing up leftovers, these quick and easy meals for two are sure to make dinner a whole lot easier. You’ll never sacrifice flavor for convenience when whipping up these simple salads, starters, and main dishes. The fast and flavorful recipes Once you’ve discovered the joys of cooking for two, you’ll never go back! 50 color photographs
128 pages, Paperback
Published July 11, 2017
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March 29, 2018
I made the chicken tacos with cilantro salad, slow cooker pulled pork sandwiches, blackened tilapia with mango salsa, and crab cake salad. I would say this is a beginners type of book, which is fine because I am still learning. I like the format with the recipe and the picture of the food beside it. There were a few instructions I had to look up online separately from the book.
Chicken tacos came out ok. I was a big fan of how the chicken came out, it was my first time using the spices they suggested. The salad part was more like coleslaw, which I'm not a fan.
Slow cooker pulled pork was one of my favorite dishes we made! I've never deglazed the sauté pan with beer before and it defiantly made the flavor really pop! (This was an instruction I had to look up online) I will always do this from now on, the smell it created in the kitchen was like a brewery and mouthwatering!
I first tried some crab cakes at a dinner party and they we're phenomenal! The recipe they have in this book is really good, but I would suggest adding some corn to the mix. We used both real and imitation crab meat (made it twice) both turned out excellent!
Blackened tilapia was a fish I've been interested in finding a recipe for. The fish came out perfect, we made our own blacken seasoning. Not a fan of the seasoning, I'll probably make this again and replace it with something different. The mango sauce I messed up!
~Ashley
Chicken tacos came out ok. I was a big fan of how the chicken came out, it was my first time using the spices they suggested. The salad part was more like coleslaw, which I'm not a fan.
Slow cooker pulled pork was one of my favorite dishes we made! I've never deglazed the sauté pan with beer before and it defiantly made the flavor really pop! (This was an instruction I had to look up online) I will always do this from now on, the smell it created in the kitchen was like a brewery and mouthwatering!
I first tried some crab cakes at a dinner party and they we're phenomenal! The recipe they have in this book is really good, but I would suggest adding some corn to the mix. We used both real and imitation crab meat (made it twice) both turned out excellent!
Blackened tilapia was a fish I've been interested in finding a recipe for. The fish came out perfect, we made our own blacken seasoning. Not a fan of the seasoning, I'll probably make this again and replace it with something different. The mango sauce I messed up!
~Ashley
September 17, 2017
Given that there are only two people in my family, Best Simple Suppers For Two by Laura Arnold is a good book for me. Cooking for two is what I want to be able to do when I’m not looking for more leftovers.
The small 128-page cookbook begins with the introduction. Here the author claims that these recipes are just as effortless as ordering takeout or going to a restaurant. While I agree they aren’t overly complicated, neither is eating out. We will agree to disagree on that. Leftovers can sometimes be more hassle than they’re worth for sure though.
After the brief introduction is a short page for “Ingredients And Equipment”. This details the essential equipment for this book, nothing surprising here. All of these pans, skillets, baking dishes, etc. would be in pretty much every kitchen.
Without further ado, the author gets right to the recipes. The first chapter of recipes is “Salads”. Each comes with beautiful full-colour pictures. The longest recipe in this chapter takes about 20 minutes of prep time and 45 minutes of cook time. Most of that is not active cooking. Many of the other recipes require much less time to make.
Simple and Straightforward
“Chicken, Beef, And Pork” comprises Chapter 2. Many of the recipes admittedly have a number of different ingredients, most of those ingredients are seasonings and so doesn’t really increase the difficulty level of the recipe. Each of the recipes seems to be easy and straightforward.
With Chapter 3 “Seafood” there are a number of recipes for tilapia, shrimp, salmon, crab, etc. The “Vegetarian” Chapter 4 offers vegetarian main dishes. I found the “Couscous with Roasted Butternut Squash” recipe a little confusing. The description depicts it as a perfect salad for bringing to a party or entertaining guests. As this is a recipe for two, I’m assuming one would have to double, triple, or quadruple the recipe in order to entertain with it. Also, the name “Couscous with Roasted Butternut Squash” is a bit of a misnomer given that you have 2 cups of Butternut Squash with only 1/2 a cup of Couscous. It would be better named as “Roasted Butternut Squash With Couscous”.
The final chapter “One Pot Meals” features Chili, Chowder, Curry and others Stew-like pot meals. The recipes throughout the book are appetizing and have clear, easy-to-follow instructions. The longest recipe in the book is in a stew recipe with a cook time of 1 hour 45 minutes. Given that it is a stew in the oven and you could be doing other important things (like pet the cat), it is still well within the range of EASY.
The “Zucchini And Mushroom Frittata” looks delicious as “a gourmet take on breakfast for dinner”. I will also definitely be trying the “Portobello Burgers” and the “Skillet Chicken Pot Pie”.
See the full review with the “Honey Barbecue Baked Chicken Wings” recipe at RecipesNow! The Reviews And Recipes Magazine.
The review was completed using a complimentary hard copy of the book sent to me by the publishers in hopes of an honest review.
The small 128-page cookbook begins with the introduction. Here the author claims that these recipes are just as effortless as ordering takeout or going to a restaurant. While I agree they aren’t overly complicated, neither is eating out. We will agree to disagree on that. Leftovers can sometimes be more hassle than they’re worth for sure though.
After the brief introduction is a short page for “Ingredients And Equipment”. This details the essential equipment for this book, nothing surprising here. All of these pans, skillets, baking dishes, etc. would be in pretty much every kitchen.
Without further ado, the author gets right to the recipes. The first chapter of recipes is “Salads”. Each comes with beautiful full-colour pictures. The longest recipe in this chapter takes about 20 minutes of prep time and 45 minutes of cook time. Most of that is not active cooking. Many of the other recipes require much less time to make.
Simple and Straightforward
“Chicken, Beef, And Pork” comprises Chapter 2. Many of the recipes admittedly have a number of different ingredients, most of those ingredients are seasonings and so doesn’t really increase the difficulty level of the recipe. Each of the recipes seems to be easy and straightforward.
With Chapter 3 “Seafood” there are a number of recipes for tilapia, shrimp, salmon, crab, etc. The “Vegetarian” Chapter 4 offers vegetarian main dishes. I found the “Couscous with Roasted Butternut Squash” recipe a little confusing. The description depicts it as a perfect salad for bringing to a party or entertaining guests. As this is a recipe for two, I’m assuming one would have to double, triple, or quadruple the recipe in order to entertain with it. Also, the name “Couscous with Roasted Butternut Squash” is a bit of a misnomer given that you have 2 cups of Butternut Squash with only 1/2 a cup of Couscous. It would be better named as “Roasted Butternut Squash With Couscous”.
The final chapter “One Pot Meals” features Chili, Chowder, Curry and others Stew-like pot meals. The recipes throughout the book are appetizing and have clear, easy-to-follow instructions. The longest recipe in the book is in a stew recipe with a cook time of 1 hour 45 minutes. Given that it is a stew in the oven and you could be doing other important things (like pet the cat), it is still well within the range of EASY.
The “Zucchini And Mushroom Frittata” looks delicious as “a gourmet take on breakfast for dinner”. I will also definitely be trying the “Portobello Burgers” and the “Skillet Chicken Pot Pie”.
See the full review with the “Honey Barbecue Baked Chicken Wings” recipe at RecipesNow! The Reviews And Recipes Magazine.
The review was completed using a complimentary hard copy of the book sent to me by the publishers in hopes of an honest review.
August 17, 2017
I never actually finish reading a cookbook, as I will dip into them a page or two at a time over the course of years. I only recently purchased this one, and prepared one of the first dishes that I noticed. Preparation is indeed fast and simple enough for a beginning cook, but the combination of flavors original enough to enable an experienced cook to create something refreshingly new.
I posted the first of what I expect will be many experiences on our cooking blog at
http://nuevareceta.blogspot.com/2017/...
I posted the first of what I expect will be many experiences on our cooking blog at
http://nuevareceta.blogspot.com/2017/...
July 23, 2017
Not many useful recipes
December 16, 2017
actually had some useful, quick recipes that I use variations of on a regular basis.
April 29, 2021
Pulled a few recipes out of here. Nothing mind blowing, but they look good and, as the title suggests, they appear really easy to make!
August 6, 2017
My favorite format for a cookbook, recipe with the picture next to it.
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