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Cooking For One Or Two Recipes

Recipes and resources focusing on cooking for one or two persons.
Cookbook Recommendations
A listing of nearly nineteen different available cookbooks written with cooking for one or two in mind.
Cooking for 1 or 2 Recipes
It can sometimes be difficult to scale down recipes to cook for 1 or 2 persons. Whether you live alone or with another, sometimes you just don't want leftovers. These recipes are designed to serve one or two persons, but many of them can easily be doubled or tripled when the need arises. Great recipes for romantic dinners for two.
Cook's Corner
Nine tasty recipes including Tomato Dill Bisque, Hurry Curry Turkey, Orange Shrimp and Rice, Scallops Pesto and more.
Cooking Solo
Recipe suggestions, shopping tips, cutting recipes and more great information from the NDSU Extension.
Debertin's Collection
Dave has five simple suggestions that may appeal to bachelors, but definitely not gourmet.
Microwave Cooking for One
Marie T. Smith, author of Microwave Cooking for One, shares sixteen recipes - one from each category in the book, along with microwave tips and a comparative microwave oven wattage cooking time chart.
Seasoned Cooking Thanksgiving for Two
Turkey recipes for two, plus other alternative but elegant suggestions. Side dishes are also included.
SingleSites Recipes For Two
Nearly twenty recipes for two, including Chicken Caribe, Bean and Cheese Quesadillas, Beef Stroganoff and more.
Thai For Two
Four Thai recipes designed for two, plus ingredient, preparation and presentation information.
Thrifty Meals For Two
The USDA's Human Nutrition Information Service has much information on cooking for two, plus over 40 recipes. Be patient for this PDF file to download. It should open automatically in most browsers.

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