Reddit reviews One Pan, Two Plates: More Than 70 Complete Weeknight Meals for Two (One Pot Meals, Easy Dinner Recipes, Newlywed Cookbook, Couples Cookbook)

This rule dictates 95% of what I do in the kitchen.

There is a cookbook called "One Pan, Two Plates," it is legit, I highly recommend it

Edit: here ya go fam: https://www.amazon.com/One-Pan-Two-Plates-Weeknight/dp/1452106703

One Pan, Two Plates has a lot of great recipes with sensible portion sizes for two people. Don't trust her cooking times for things like rice and lentils and stuff like that though, they take way longer than she says.

Start with the basics, the 'minimum viable kitchen' - http://priceonomics.com/cookware/

Really you just need a big knife and a little knife, a big pan and a little pan, measuring cups and spoons, things like spatulas and tongs. Buy as you go.

If you're a carboholic, start out with pastas. Different sauces and lots of vegetables and you can use any meat you want, but you don't have to if you don't want to.

You might want to try one of the 'one pan meals' cookbooks as well http://www.amazon.com/One-Pan-Two-Plates-Weeknight/dp/1452106703/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1410206314&sr=1-1&keywords=one+pan+meals

As a time to end boredom, my friend from school took me to a Japanese restaurant on our break between classes. He wanted me to try sushi, and I was so scared. I eventually caved, and now LOVE IT!!! In fact, that is what I am going to have today for lunch! Happy birthday by the way, even though it is late at this point <3 If I win, I would love this cookbook. Thanks!

I was recently given a cookbook that I have really enjoyed: One Pan, Two Dinners. I've yet to make anything in there that I didn't really enjoy, and they combine different foods in interesting ways. Perfect amounts of food for the wife and I.

I love this one and use it all the time.
http://www.amazon.com/One-Pan-Two-Plates-Weeknight/dp/1452106703/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1449342825&sr=8-1&keywords=One+pan+two+plates

I try to eat mostly paleo so the America's Test Kitchen Paleo cook book is great. In fact, America's Test Kitchen anything is great.

It's not health related but you can certainly modify the recipes to be low-carb but I also really like 2 plates, 1 pot I haven't come across a recipe I didn't like in that book. I will say that I usually have a ton of leftovers from the side portions of the meals.

When I go to the store I try to shop in the bulk section so I can buy exactly how much I need for a recipe instead of a box of something. Also, I am really good at eating leftovers.

I use One Pan, Two Plates by Carla Snyder for my husband and I. I think the recipes are really delicious and easy and (mostly) healthy. You could prepare one of the recipes and then have leftovers for lunch or dinner the next day.
http://www.amazon.com/One-Pan-Two-Plates-Weeknight/dp/1452106703/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1418833179&sr=8-1&keywords=one+pan+two+plates

I have not used this book, but I've heard it's good (Cooking for One by Judith Jones): http://www.amazon.com/Pleasures-Cooking-One-Judith-Jones/dp/0307270726/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1418833055&sr=8-1&keywords=cooking+for+one

My SO is just like that but worse because though his income has lessened we still eat at restaurants. I have always made do and I think there are some fundamental beliefs that differ. For instance, stopping what you are doing to go get a meal is taking the time you could be using to make your own. That doesn't seem to jive when you are comparing Wendy's drive through with a home cooked meal. So don't make home cooked meals. Wendy's is cattle fodder. Just replace the dislocated cattle fodder for pantry and freezer fodder. If you are seriously eating fast food just microwave some Toquitos with shredded cheese and get back to work. Since overdosing on restaurants I really believe that what I can cook at home is 99% of the time better than any mass consumption trough in the nearby metropolises. Poor people don't eat meals. They consume enough carbs or protein to keep going. So make a PB&J hell, make a Rolodex of fine sandwiches to be eaten cold or hot for your fridge door. You can buy dehydrated meat and vegetables and pack them in jars with spices to be boiled into soups later (some hiking and camping forums will have tutorials

https://scoutingmagazine.org/2013/12/create-dehydrated-meal-plan-next-backpacking-trek/amp/

http://www.backpackingchef.com/dehydrating-meat.html

You can freeze entire meals to be cooked later. There are plenty of recipes on "freezer meals" on Pinterest.

Just like blogging you can set aside a few hours and have a weeks worth of work done. I never learned to cook either. I get that. Here's a book I can't live without because cooking for less than a herd is not widely promoted.

One Pan, Two Plates: More Than 70 Complete Weeknight Meals for Two https://www.amazon.com/dp/1452106703/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_visqzbS1XTHA5

Here are some I have saved:

• Pho (NY Times)
  
  
• Ribs
  
  
• Bone Broth, I do both chicken and beef
  
  
• Carnitas
  
  
• Pot Roast
  
  
• French Onion Soup (Slow Cooker setting)
  
  
• Duck Confit
  
  
• Short Ribs
  
  
• Chicken and Rice Burrito Bowl
  
  
• Baked Potato Soup
  
  Really I just think about of what I'm craving and Google that thing cooked in the InstantPot, some recipes are good, some are bad. It's just a matter if figuring out which blogs and sites know what they're doing. Also I'll adapt Slow Cooker or Dutch oven recipes
  
  I also suggest the following cook books for one pot cooking:
  
  
• One Pan Two Plates
  
  
• All-in-One Dutch Oven Cookbook for Two
  
  
• The Essential Instant Pot Cookbook
  
  
• Dinner in an Instant