cooking for one or two?

Question

I'm looking for cookbook titles here. My mother still has problems with ideas for cooking just for herself, and she doesn't have a computer. So, it has to be cookbooks and not links. I'll take the titles that are offered, check our local library system and reserve some of them for her. It's just that the local library system is huge, so blindly searching the catalogue is not all that efficient.

Thanks in advance for all of your help.

Answer 1

I would enthusiastically recommend "The Improvisational Cook" by Sally Schneider. The premise of the book is that, if you know the basics of lots of dishes, it frees you to have fun with different versions of it, including whatever is fresh or onhand. The great thing about with with a household of only a few is that there is more possibility for re-using leftovers and smaller portions.... Plus, the recipes are just really fun.

Good luck.

Answer 2

Most of the newer cookbooks for 1 or 2 people are "healthy', with an emphasis on salads, low-fat foods, fish.. While I have nothing against these kinds of foods, they don't actually require recipes.

I have a book published in the late 70's called "Cookery for One or Two". It was published by HP Publishing. The author is Barbara Swain. I've used mine so much that I had to go to Kinko's and punch holes in all the pages and put it in a three ring binder because it was falling apart. It has recipes for things that you actually need recipes for, like baked things with measured ingredients.

I hope you can find a copy!

Answer 3

I have a cookbook called "Healthy Cooking For Two (or Just You)". It has scaled proportions for either 1, 2 or 4 people. I got it through amazon.com

Answer 4

I'm with Doug. I also have the book "Cooking for One or Two". One of the things I do is make my favorite recipes, but cut the recipe in half. Then I eat half and save the other. I think it's Ziplock that has little containers with lids. They come in different sizes and you can put the unused portion in one until you are ready to have another meal. What you might do is go through her (and your) recipes and look for those that can be cut in half (or quarters) easily.

Answer 5

I have a betty crocker cookbook titled: Cooking for two

Answer 6

there is a magazine that put out a cookbook that had a section with cooking for one on it....also rachel ray has a cookbook dedicated to cooking for one or two

Answer 7

Look cooking for one or two is easy. The problem is it is lonely! it is sad. In our culture one of the big things we do to socialize is eat!

Think about it. Every celebration has food. Every holiday, food. Friends gaterh, they eat. Family gathers, they eat. Even funereals have food. State Fair, county fair, farmers market, bake sales, on and on and on.

Food is about socializing. Your mom knows how to fix bugers for one, chicken for one, soups for one etc. The problem is the "one". I odn't know why your mom now cooks for one but find her some ideas on socializing. Get her a puter and introduce her some chat sites for her age. take her to church and get her interoduced to groups there. Look for a senior group in your area.

I bet she needs reasons to cook not recipes

Answer 8

why not use ordinary 4 portions or more recipes and store half of it in the freezer or the fridge,
Often you cant get hold of small portions of raw food to cook at reasonable prices and you use much energy and time for small results.
Get hold of a vacuum sealer. it costs about the amount of a cook-book for one. makes storing easy and clean.

Answer 9

I dont know if its Rachel Ray or Nigella Lawson who does cooking for one or two...try foodnetwork.com

Answer 10

http://www.bordersstores.com/search/title_detail.jsp?id=53331703&srchTerms=Joy+of+Cooking&mediaType=1&srchType=Keyword This book is huge. Good Luck.