Linda Kurniadi - One-Pot Cooking for Two: Effortless Meals for Your Sheet Pan, Skillet, Slow Cooker, and More

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Food styling by Mollie Hayward. ISBN: Print 978-1-64152-808-5 | eBook 978-1-64152-809-2 To my dear readers. Thank you so much for your support. Contents EVERYONE HAS A FOOD STORY. I took food for granted until I moved to the United States from Indonesia and became a frugal student. Short on cash, but hungry, and haunted by memories of the tastes of my childhood, I began to try my own hand at cooking. Cooking at home was much cheaper than eating out, but more importantly, it reminded me of Indonesia, where my mom prepared meals for us every single day.

Looking back, I dont know how my mom was able to prepare all that food for the whole family while working a full-time jobshe made not just one meal a day, but a minimum of two or three dishes for lunch and dinner. Meals were a time to gather around the table as a family. And as I write this cookbook, I think back to my parents and siblings eating and talking around the table, especially at dinnertime. When I got married, I had to confront the fact that my husband and I have different cooking styles and skill sets, as well as different ideas about what constitutes a proper dinner. Whereas I was accustomed to variety, he wasnt, and we often ended up eating the same foods each day. Thats when I decided I needed to get more creative in the kitchen.

Thankfully, we agree on the importance of having dinner together as a family as often as possible. After the chaos of the day, cooking has become our way to unwind together. The heart of our home is the kitchen, the site of many delicious victories (as well as a few epic failures!). My years of cooking for myself, and now for two, have shown me that cooking small batches can actually be trickier than cooking for a crowd. When I first started learning how to cook, I followed recipes made for four or six people, and I was often left with piles of leftovers. Bored with eating these same flavors again and again, I developed the skills and know-how to cook much smaller yields.

Many people, though, find cooking for oneself or for ones family difficult. A good number of people have told me how frustrated they are, for example, with the lack of time they have to get dinner on the table after coming home from a full day of work or school. We are all busy, so finding an hour (or longer!) to cook a nutritious and delicious meal can be hard, especially when youre only cooking for one or two. This book proves that cooking dinner for two can be easy. All the recipes can be made in one pot, most take fewer than 45 minutes to make, and they use 10 or fewer main ingredients. You might think one-pot recipes can only be pasta dishes or casseroles, but with a little creativity you can make anything from sheet pan .

In this book, you will find both casual weeknight recipes like fish tacos and a steak-and-potatoes sheet pan meal fit for a Friday date night. Cooking for two does not need to be complicated. Make this book your go-to cookbook for inventive and satisfying meals that are easy and quick to whip up. When cooking a meal for two (or one) in a world filled with supersize recipes better suited for four or six people, the biggest concern is waste. You either quickly tire of eating the same thing three days in a row or end up throwing away food that has gone bad. At the same time, we live in a fast-paced world where time is limited, and cooking a new dinner every night feels impossible.

To all of you busy people out thereI feel you. I know that by the time you get home, youre tired and hungry and often dont feel like cooking. Its tempting to either order takeout or just warm up leftovers. But you have this book, and this means you are looking for solutionsyoure in the right place. Luckily, you dont have to compromise. PLANNING AHEAD FOR TWO Youll want to start by choosing a daymost will find a weekend day bestto leisurely plan out your meals for the week (I promise, it wont take all day). PLANNING AHEAD FOR TWO Youll want to start by choosing a daymost will find a weekend day bestto leisurely plan out your meals for the week (I promise, it wont take all day).

Then: MEAL PLAN AROUND MAIN INGREDIENTS. This may seem like commonsense advice, but sitting down and planning your meals for the week around the main proteins or ingredients you want to eat will allow you to eat a variety of dishes while limiting food waste and overspending at the grocery store. For example, if you are craving steak, you can turn one package of skirt steak into grilled steak for dinner one night and a steak salad for lunch another day.