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Simple and flavorful 5-ingredient meals―tailor-made for your table of two
Small-batch cooking is a great way to save time and reduce waste―and with just a few ingredients, you can truly let the natural flavors of your dishes shine. This cookbook simplifies cooking for two, highlighting wholesome, healthy recipes requiring only five everyday ingredients.
You’ll find 100 delicious two-person meals, from Breakfast Quesadillas to Blueberry Clafoutis, as well as budget-savvy shopping lists, tips on meal planning, and easy cooking techniques to elevate each flavorful dish.
Enjoy wholesome meals made for two with:
Tasty variations―Make your dishes special with elegant garnishes and pairing tips.Quick and easy recipes―Spend less time in the kitchen with 30-minute meals that can be made in one pan or one pot, or make-ahead freezer-friendly options.Tips and tricks―Reduce cook times and cost with advice on making your own spice blends, buying in bulk, and minimizing food waste.
Scale down your recipe yields without sacrificing taste with this delicious couple’s cookbook.
From the Publisher
The art of cooking for two, simplified
With just five ingredients or less, it’s easy to prepare dishes you and your partner will love.
So good. So quick.
Discover 100+ wholesome recipes that can be made in a snap, or at least on a weeknight.
5-Ingredient Cooking for Two is more than a couple’s cookbook. Inside, you’ll find:
Shopping tips
Learn when you should buy in bulk, what you can freeze, and which fresh ingredients you should splurge on.
Kitchen shortcuts
Explore tips on how to reduce prep time and cleanup, so you can spend more time with each other outside of the kitchen.
Meal planning
It’s easier to save time and effort when you have a plan. Discover advice on how to approach a week’s worth of meals and use ingredients before they go bad.
Publisher : Callisto (June 9, 2020)
Language : English
Paperback : 188 pages
ISBN-10 : 1646110986
ISBN-13 : 978-1646110988
Item Weight : 1 pounds
Dimensions : 7.5 x 0.46 x 9.25 inches
Customers say
Customers find the recipes in the book simple, delicious, and easy for beginners. They say it’s a great book for beginning cooks with quick prep time. Readers also mention the book is easy to read, not overwhelming, and a joy to browse through. They appreciate the diverse selection and variety of dishes. However, some customers feel the book lacks pictures and isn’t worth the price. Opinions are mixed on the value for money and taste, with some finding it tasty and others saying the meals lack flavor.
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Jose –
Great book to start off
I liked how easy to read it was as well as grateful for simplicity of the recipes. Perfect for college bound students.
Curious Epicure –
The easy way to delicious food every night
I bought this on a whim because the kindle price was low. The author wasn’t familiar to me, but I desperately needed a break from cooking from “serious” cookbooks – while still having to cook – and “5 Ingredients” was enough to reel me in. I love this book so much that I’m already waiting for the author’s next.Since the recipes in this book are only five ingredients (not counting things like oil, salt, pepper, water, etc), they are somewhat basic, but I actually love that because it gives me a bit of leeway to add an additional ingredient or two which makes me feel as though I’m a more natural cook than I am.Because of that, I think it would be a great book for beginning cooks who can see what’s possible at a minimum before learning by trial and error to build on them.Most of the recipes have boxes at the beginning noting the following: Freezer-Friendly, 30 Minutes or Less, One Pot, Feeling Fancy, or a combination of some or all of those. Most recipes have a list of “Optional Finishing Touches” at the end.Many of the recipes are for dishes that are usually much more complicated, having many times more ingredients, taking too much time and utilizing too many pots and pans. The complexity of taste that comes from all of that may be somewhat lacking, but I will honestly take Donovan’s quick and easy, pared down versions for delicious weeknight meals, saving the crazy-difficult recipes for weekends and those times when I really want to spend some time cooking.The Pork Chile Verde is a case in point. A typical recipe for it has 3x the ingredients and steps to go through that result in something only slightly more complex than this version. I added cannellini beans to mine because I didn’t have rice to serve it with and we love both versions.Tailoring the recipes on purpose is also easy. The Italian-Style Oven Baked Fish was very good and reminiscent of a puttanesca sauce minus the capers. The next time I make it, I’ll throw in some capers and voila! I’ll feel like a chef!The Sausage with Caramelized Cabbage and Onions is as good as it sounds and took 20 min to put on the table. Changing it up is as easy as serving it with wide noodles, using another type of sausage or tipping some caraway seeds in.Note about the Kindle version of this book:It does not have an index. The recipes, however, are all listed in the Contents and are clickable links. There are not so many recipes that that is a problem.Bottom line: I have a feeling that this will become one of my most-used cookbooks… out of the 400+ I have. And that is saying something!
Marsha Deal-Brown –
No reservation needed
Staple ingredients that come together to create delicious meals. This book is not overwhelming and the instructions are simple enough that a beginner can successfully cook meals for two or leftovers for one. Looking forward to experimenting with the dishes.
Catherine A Olson –
Bridal Shower Gift
Looks to be just as Advertised, I bought it with the spiral binding, much easier to use while cooking !!
Sharon English –
Excellent cookbook for two!
This cookbook has interesting and easy recipes. I feel inspired to make some new,as well as, familiar dishes.Sharon
Sara –
No pictures
Recipes seem good, but no pictures of any of the recipes for reference
Ann Marie Fields –
Great for empty nesters
I like this so there wonât be a huge amount of leftovers.
Kellye Nelson –
Cookbook
Great ideas for us empty nesters
SUSANA –
Recetas muy prácticas y rápidas, pero el libro no trae ninguna foto. Si está echo para gente que casi no sabemos cocinar serÃa bueno ver cómo es el platillo.
emmeblu –
Qualche foto in più e sarebbe stata perfetta!
Louise –
Just my spouse and I and we are seniors, but there is not many recipes in this book ..waste of my money .