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Chefs Mark and Lisa Erickson utilize their CIA training and life experiences to create delicious and healthy single serving recipes. A variety of flavors, easy to follow preparation instructions, and ingredient substitutions make Cooking for One a valuable resource you'll turn to again and again. Living apart during the weekdays, Mark and Lisa share their menu planning and shopping tips along with more than 125 delicious recipes from main meals to side dishes and even desserts. You'll also find his and hers versions of several recipes.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
My New Favourite Cookbook,
This review is from: Cooking for One: A Seasonal Guide to the Pleasure of Preparing Delicious Meals for Yourself (Paperback)
I love this cookbook! Every recipe I've made so far has turned out beautifully. I feel like I'm spoiling myself eating such wonderful food, but its all very healthy and nutritious. The flavour combinations are interesting yet well-balanced. I especially appreciate the comments and suggestions from the authors included with each recipe.My favourites include: * Stracciatella * Grilled Pancetta-wrapped Shrimp with Meyer Lemon Relish * Middle Eastern Carrots * Chicken with Apples and Prunes * Buffalo Salisbury Steak * Fried Shallots * Baked Apple with Oatmeal Crunch. I feel like this cookbook has really helped to make me a better cook. I bought it hoping to find some great recipes for one, without having to eat leftovers for a week, or get out a calculator and try to figure out how to decrease a recipe so that it only makes one or two servings. It's a little ironic that I am still doing the math, only now I'm doubling recipes so that I can serve these fabulous meals to family and friends. I hope these two are already working on their next cookbook! Laura G. [...]
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4.3 out of 5 stars (12 customer reviews) 14 of 16 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
A wonderful book for people who enjoy good food,
By palmer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Cooking for One: A Seasonal Guide to the Pleasure of Preparing Delicious Meals for Yourself (Paperback)
I have prepared several recipes in this book and love it!! It is so nice to be able to easily cook and enjoy a fresh, seasonal meal after a long day at work. I actually look forward to the dinner routine. The format and organizational tips are very useful and so far everything I have prepared has been delicious. The recipes can easily be increased to accomodate for a guest. I think single cooks and couples who enjoy good food would love this book.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Real meals that don't require exhaustive work. A winner.,
By Esther Schindler - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Cooking for One: A Seasonal Guide to the Pleasure of Preparing Delicious Meals for Yourself (Paperback)
My husband goes on 10-day trips every few months, leaving me at home with the cats and plenty of my own work to do. For a few days I wallow in the things he won't eat (for some reason he thinks herring in cream sauce is an abomination -- how could that be?!) but then I am ready for a _real dinner_ again. I learned the hard way that the definition of Forever is "one serves-6 corned beef, eaten solo," so when I came across _Cooking for One: A Seasonal Guide to the Pleasure of Preparing Delicious Meals for Yourself_ at the library, I thought, "That's for me!" And oh boy am I glad I did.In many ways, this is just another collection of good recipes emphasizing the advantages of eating what's in season: asparagus in the spring, summer corn, etc. What makes it special is that everything is sized for one portion, rarely encouraging you to make leftovers (unless they appear in another form). That includes the grocery shopping list. Many of the recipes use cherry tomatoes, for instance, so you don't use half a tomato in one recipe and have the other half to use up (or watch it rot). And the recipes are *excellent*. I made three dinners for myself. Ratatouille and polenta was awesome; I had a little ratatouille left over, which made a good omelet filling. I loved the simplicity of the oven roasted snapper with potatoes, tomatoes, and olives (though I used halibut, and substituted capers for the olives); basically it's a "shove it in the oven and go watch the baseball game until the timer goes off" meal. Poached salmon "au printemps" -- with green peas, chives, a hard-boiled egg, and beurre blanc -- was "only" very good. There's plenty more to explore, too, such as blackberry barbecued pork tenderloin with sweet potato salad, and desserts-for-one such as a peach-and-raspberry galette. Though I'm happy to postpone that, as my husband comes home today. (Yay!) The book doesn't promise that these are all super-fast recipes, but they are easy and most did come together quickly. They certainly have a good payout. I ate far better (and cheaper) than if I had bought a bunch of frozen dinners to stick in the microwave. This cookbook is a winner. Highly recommended. 9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
cooking for one,
By dmd - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Cooking for One: A Seasonal Guide to the Pleasure of Preparing Delicious Meals for Yourself (Paperback)
I love this book and the comments added by each of the Ericksons. I not only use this book when cooking for myself but also when entertaining a few people. The recipes are fresh and easy to follow. I particularly love the recipes for the raw vegetable salds. I never knew raw asparagus were wonderful!
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