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

One pan fresh ingredients = dinner for two! With an emphasis on reducing prep time and the usual sinkful of dishes, cooking instructor Carla Snyder serves up the ideal couple's guide to simple, complete, and truly delicious meals—imagine Balsamic Braised Chicken Thighs with Figs and Creamy Polenta or Thyme-Rubbed Salmon with Shallots and Caramelized Cauliflower "Risotto"—that can be made in one skillet, in less than 60 minutes. With recipes for home-cooked pasta, grains, sandwiches, beef, pork, chicken, and seafood, plus wine or beer pairings for each dish, One Pan, Two Plates will nourish couples, from newlyweds to empty nesters, every night of the week. One pan + fresh ingredients = dinner for two! With an emphasis on reducing prep time and the usual sinkful of dishes, cooking instructor Carla Snyder serves up the ideal couple's guide to simple, complete, and truly delicious meals#8212;imagine Balsamic Braised Chicken Thighs with Figs and Creamy Polenta or Thyme-Rubbed Salmon with Shallots and Caramelized Cauliflower "Risotto"#8212;that can be made in one skillet, in less than 60 minutes. With recipes for home-cooked pasta, grains, sandwiches, beef, pork, chicken, and seafood, plus wine or beer pairings for each dish, One Pan, Two Plates will nourish couples, from newlyweds to empty nesters, every night of the week More and more people are making the shift to a vegetable-centric diet. Yet, in a two-person household it can be challenging to find quick, easy, and satisfying recipes to cook up at the end of a busy workday (especially without leftovers). This follow-up to the successful One Pan, Two Plates provides 70 perfectly sized vegetarian entrées--think Butternut Risotto, Gnocchi with Wild Mushrooms and Edamame, and Eggplant Rollatini--all requiring only one pan and one hour or less to prepare. With beverage pairings for each recipe and an "Extra hungry?" feature for heartier appetites, each dish is one that home cooks will make again and again. Snyder shows you how to make fresh, cooked-from-scratch weeknight meals and still have time to savor every bite! These recipes cut prep time and practically eliminate the sink full of dishes. By using fresh ingredients and simple techniques, they can be prepared in one pan in a doable time frame. Introduction Kitchen counter points The carbohydrate cure: pastas, grains & hot sandwiches Hungry for more: meat dinners Poultry with soul: egg, turkey & chicken dinners Angling for more: fish dinners. 100 great recipes for fresh and delicious meals for two that can be made in less than an hour