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It's time to leave leftovers behind. One-Pot Cooking for Two shows you how to put an end to oversized servings and wasted food using easy-to-make and tasty recipes that only need a single pot to cook―and two dishes to serve. From Mediterranean Breakfast Pitas to Broccoli Cheddar Soup and Garlic-Lime Fish Tacos to Sheet Pan Steakhouse Dinner, discover tons of delicious one-pot dishes, each featuring informative labels and tips that make picking the right meal and customizing it to your needs a breeze. One-Pot Cooking for Two is also filled with simple and effective tips for minimizing food waste, as well as guides to shopping, meal planning, and cooking for just the two (or one) of you. One-Pot Cooking for Two includes:
When it comes to cooking for two, there's no better option than these scrumptious one-pot plates.
Have your cake and eat it too without any leftovers or waste with these 175 essential, delicious, and decadent baking recipes perfectly crafted for one. Baking for one is harder than it may seem. It's tricky to make sure you have the right measurements and ingredients to recreate a more manageable amount of your favorite treats. The good news is that it's now possible to prepare single-serving recipes that are full of flavor, easy to make, and economical with The Ultimate Baking for One Cookbook. This cookbook allows you to make fresh, homemade baked goods for one without having an entire cake, dozens of cookies, or a full tray of brownies leftover. Each of the 175 single-serving recipes are quick and simple to make and will save you both time and money. And while the common ingredients can be found in everyone's pantry, the results are anything but ordinary. From mug cakes to muffin recipes, you'll be able to enjoy delicious versions of all your favorite desserts, no matter what the occasion. Whether you live alone or are just searching for the perfect sweet treat, baking solo never needs to be challenging (or overwhelming) again!
With the addition of just a few store cupboard staples or a handful of fresh ingredients picked up on your way home, Batch But Better shows how easy it is to transform one meal into three - saving you time and money and reducing waste. For every recipe cooked from scratch, Lizzie provides ideas for two more fuss-free dishes. Roast aubergine with tomatoes transforms into a pasta bake and mini calzones. A supper of lamb koftes becomes a comforting moussaka as well as spiced lamb and hummus wraps. Deliciously sticky short ribs cooked at the weekend give you a fresh and feisty Thai beef salad and Vietnamese summer rolls in the days after. From vegetable-based dishes to fish, meat and also desserts, this book will not only help you save time in the kitchen, spend less and avoid waste, but also cook simple, good-for-you meals that you really want to eat.
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | NAMED ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR BY TASTE OF HOME A thoroughly modern guide to becoming a smarter, faster, more creative cook from Molly Baz, featuring fun, flavourful recipes anyone can make. If you seek out, celebrate and obsess over good food but lack the skills and confidence necessary to make it at home, you've just won a ticket to a life filled with supreme deliciousness. Cook This Book is a new kind of foundational cookbook from Molly Baz, who's here to teach you absolutely everything she knows and equip you with the tools to become a better, less stressed, more efficient cook. Molly breaks the essentials of cooking down to clear and uncomplicated recipes that deliver big flavour with little effort and a side of education, including dishes like Pastrami Roast Chicken with Schmaltzy Onions and Dill, Chorizo and Chickpea Carbonara, and, of course, her signature Cae Sal. But this is not your average cookbook. More than a collection of recipes, Cook This Book teaches you the invaluable superpower of improvisation through visually compelling lessons on such topics as the importance of salt and how to balance flavour, giving you all the tools necessary to make food that tastes great every time. Throughout, you'll encounter dozens of QR codes, accessed through the camera app on your smartphone, that link to short, technique-driven videos hosted by Molly to help illuminate some of the trickier skills. As Molly says, 'Cooking is really fun, I swear. You simply need to set yourself up for success to truly enjoy it.' Cook This Book will help you do just that, inspiring a new generation to find joy in the kitchen and take pride in putting a home-cooked meal on the table, all with the unbridled fun and spirit that only Molly could inspire.
We've all spent a little more time at home recently and this has meant we've a new-found appreciation for what lunch represents to us: a break, excitement, something that isn't typing emails or Zoom meetings. Without the crutch of highstreet chains, we've had to start fending for ourselves and this means endlessly trying to come up with different, filling and nutritious meals for our family and ourselves. But there are only so many great ideas about what you can put between two slices of bread or do with an egg and a piece of toast. Lunch is the best way to brighten your day, but it involves a level of imagination we don't have the time for. This is where Let's Do Lunch steps in. You can decide how much time you want to dedicate to your lunch, then pick a straightforward, satisfying meal and get cracking. At the heart of this book is this lack of fuss. There will be no challenging techniques, hard-to-find ingredients or decadent cooking times. Just quick, accessible and clever recipes that will have you wondering how on earth you managed to make something so delicious in so little time. The book is filled with encouraging tips and tricks to help energise and transform your cooking experience from something you have to do into something you look forward to doing. All recipes are all light on meat and fish, with the emphasis on fresh vegetables, grains, cheese and nuts so you can feel energized right through to till dinner. Ditch the al desko and make a ritual out of lunch again.
*The Sunday Times Bestselling Author* From TV's award-winning qualified nutritionist, Dale Pinnock, comes The Medicinal Chef: Plant-based Diet, a cookbook that will transform your thinking and ensure that you are eating nutritiously. Starting with the science behind a plant-based diet, Dale takes a look at the health benefits as well as rectifying the pitfalls that so many of us suffer when eating vegan, arming you with the knowledge to eat well. This nutritional information can then be utilised through the more than 80 simple, quick and delicious recipes that will promote good health, with each recipe being helpfully labelled, letting you know if it contributes to skin, skeletal, immune or cardiovascular health as well as listing other key nutritional benefits. Recipe chapters include: RAW BLITZ AND BLEND STOVE TOP READY IN A HURRY MINIMAL EFFORT TIME ON YOUR HANDS A BIT ON THE SIDE
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'The book that every home baker - including me! - needs' - Nigella Lawson 'You're always safe with Edd Kimber' - Diana Henry, The Daily Telegraph Baking recipes typically serve large groups, which is perfect for a party, a celebration or a crowd, but not when there's just one or two of you and you would rather not spend the money on making a big batch, or be faced with eating leftovers for a week. Following on from the huge success of One Tin Bakes and One Tin Bakes Easy, Great British Bake Off winner Edd Kimber's new book proves that good things really do come in small packages! It offers accessible, easy bakes that are perfect for singles, small households, students or anyone who likes to bake a lot. Primarily sweet, the recipes include cookies, cakes, tarts and bars a well as desserts and a sprinkling of savoury breads, buns and pies. The skill level is on the easier side, and equipment is kept to a minimum, so everyone can have a little of what they fancy.
EATING BETTER ON A BUDGET The One Pound Chef is back and wants to help make our lives a little bit 'greener'. Whether you eat meat or follow a vegetarian or vegan diet, we all now recognise the importance of doing our bit to help the planet. In Green One Pound Meals, Miguel brings his no-nonsense approach and shows you how to eat more consciously, with delicious, planet-friendly, healthy food on a budget. The book is packed with plenty of veggie and vegan recipes, along with some meat and fish dishes for those days when you might want something different. Miguel wants us all to be more aware of the food we eat: where it comes from, whether it is in season and is it good for you. He includes lots of tips and ideas for shopping smart and how to avoid food waste, as well as time-saving hacks. Why not switch things around and try 'Meat Mondays' and enjoy plant-based, nourishing meals during the rest of the week? Miguel will show you that you that these quick, easy and nutritious meals don't have to cost you the earth and can help you do your bit towards helping the planet. Minimum fuss, maximum flavour and all for GBP1 per person.
'Inspires you to spoil yourself.' - Claudia Roden "Cooking for yourself is, I know now, nothing more or less than an exercise in loving yourself." Solo Food is the first cookbook that celebrates cooking for yourself. Many people love to spend hours in the kitchen for their family or friends, but eat a pizza in front of the TV if they're alone. Janneke Vreugdenhil shows that cooking without the other mouths to feed can be extremely satisfying. You don't need to take anyone else's tastes into account; you and you alone know exactly how long you like your steak to be cooked and you can go ahead and enjoy that delicious pasta with prawns and smoked whiskey tomato sauce. Solo Food is an exciting and personal, inspirational cookbook with 72 recipes that you'll love putting on the table.
Incredibly simple, delicious recipes that encourage healthy ageing and boost immunity, based on Manju Malhi's popular Open Age cookery classes. Whatever your age, it is beyond doubt that an active lifestyle and eating a balanced diet is an important part of maintaining good health. It helps to reduces risk of disease, infection and other illnesses. But, above all, it can help you feel your best. As we get older, many of us find our appetite shrinks because our energy output lessens. However, our fundamental needs haven't changed. Even if you have a smaller appetite and require fewer calories, your body still needs the right vitamins, minerals and nutrients to sustain you. Manju Malhi wants to inspire people of all ages to enjoy the time they spend in the kitchen and view cooking as a joy instead of a chore, and she has been awarded the British Empire Medal for her work with Open Age. The Seasoned Foodie is a collection of dishes that are easy to follow and will satisfy both your dietary needs and your love of good food, however young you feel. Inside you will find simple, tasty recipes that pack maximum nutrition, such as: - Scandi-style Salmon with Pickled Potatoes - Herby Pumpkin Soup - Brazilian Black Beans - Jerk Jambalaya - Oat and Ginger Cookies This collection of delicious recipes that encourage healthy ageing and boost immunity make you fall in love with the kitchen again.
Move over soggy cereal and plain toast, there's a new skillet in town... Breakfast isn't only the most important meal of the day - it's the most delicious one. From the genius behind the Instagram sensation @whatiateforbreakfast comes the breakfast bible to help you start your day the tastiest way, whether you're in a hurry and grabbing brekkie to go or enjoying it on a lazy Sunday. From Emily's signature stacked crumpets and scrumpets, to mouth-watering dishes like banoffee porridge and French toast nachos, these recipes are so delectable that you might just look forward to the sound of your alarm clock.
Jan Arkless's bestselling recipe book has given confidence to a whole generation of new cooks. This new edition has been fully updated to include such new recipes as Hoisin Chicken Stir Fry, Tabbouleh and Winter Pork Casserole. Leaving home for university or to start a new job? Suddenly faced with cooking for yourself for the first time and don't want to exist on a diet of takeaways or squander your money on expensive ready-made meals? Don't worry! All the recipes you need are here, starting right at the beginning with how to boil an egg - and then how to poach, scramble and fry it as well! The essential guide for those new to cooking. Includes:
Most of the recipes serve one - but some feed two or more for when you're entertaining friends. How to Boil an Egg explains all the things that other cookery books assume you know.
Perfect for when you need an instant indulgent treat, these foolproof vegan mug cakes require just a mug, a microwave and a few simple ingredients. From classics such as Coffee and Walnut Cake to irresistible flavour combinations such as Blackberry and Lime Upside-Down Cake, these are quick, easy bakes for every mood and occasion. With tips on plant-based ingredients and the dos and don'ts of microwave baking, Vegan Mug Cakes provides all the know-how you need to whip up delicious treats in a matter of minutes, with no waste and little washing up.
Supper for one? Whether you're a career girl, eccentric bedsitter or
wild bachelor, this vintage 1950s cookery gem is the essential guide to
dining in solitude (with a new foreword by Bee Wilson).
Knock-out recipes for award-winning, Philadelphia-style pizzas, wings,
shakes, and more, from Down North, the pizzeria owned and operated
exclusively by formerly incarcerated people, featuring poignant stories
from its employees.
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