Healthy Cooking for Singles & Doubles: Recipes for Fitness for Those Who Eat Alone or with One Other Person

As a neophyte cook, this book was excellent. I love the Indonesian chicken and the Angel Hair Pasta Primavera. I didn't know eating healthy could be so easy. True, some of the recipes are not so light, and some I choose to not make so light, but overall, this book was wonderful! I went from novice cook to feeling like a gourmet in a few weeks.

I bought the author's first cookbook (Ultimate Recipe for Fitness) at the Oaks at Ojai Spa and loved it. It helped me drop 60 pounds (from 290 to 230 pounds, 6'-4" tall)in a little more than a year. And this book has many of the same qualities, good food, easy to prepare, very healthy, but is geared for single persons and married couples with no children such as myself. Just what we needed!!

I love this book! I enjoy cooking but don't have a lot of extra time. This easy-to-use cookbook gives me plenty of simple, fast and healthful recipes to choose from whether I am cooking for just my boyfriend and myself or a whole dinner party (just double or triple the recipes). The food I prepare is low calorie, yet so delicious. I get the best of both worlds!

I have the book Healthy Cooking for Singles and Doubles, and I like it because it is simply written with few odd ingredients that are hard to find. It is also nice to have a book that has receipes that do not have many days of leftovers if you are just cooking for yourself. It is proof that simple is good. It is helpful to have calories and nutritional info for each receipe. I think this is a good book for busy people who want to eat healthy and not spend a lot of time, money and effort to do so.

I have prepared many of the recipes in this book and none have been less than fabulous, and so easy too.As a cookbook author myself, I got into a little trouble with my weight while testing recipes for a new dessert book. After a short stay at the Oaks Spa, tasting many of Eleanor's dishes, I was thrilled to be able to take home a book filled with these great recipes. Even though the book is written for "Singles and Doubles," I had no problem doubling the recipes. My family had no idea they were eating low fat. I have prepared the Ratatui (page 99) many times. Rolled up in a tortilla it is so YUMMY! I've also made Creamy Potatoes (page 91) over and over again. I've prepared dozens of the recipes and none tasted like "diet" food.I'd also like to mention the artwork on the cover of this book is very attractive and looks very pretty sitting out on the counter. Thank you Eleanor Brown for helping me lose some of my "dessert" pounds!