Wrap chicken around strips and place, seam side down, in greased small shallow baking pan. Melt butter in small pan and stir in lemon juice. Brush chicken with butter mixture and bake at 350 degrees about 30 minutes or until chicken is done. Baste chicken occasionally with butter mixture during baking period. Makes 2 servings. DEVILED CRAB MEAT CASSEROLES

PHOTO: Beef Paprikash, left, served on parslied noodles makes an attractive main dish for two. A crisp salad and light dessert will complete the meal. Boned chicken thighs wrapped around celery and carrot sticks, above, are even easier to prepare for just two. Sliced tomatoes add color. An unusual treatment for salmon turns it into a delightful main dish for two. A three-inch-wide center cut chunk of the fish is seasoned with coarse salt, filled with fresh dill and thinly sliced onions, then wrapped in foil and baked. It's as delicious as it is easy to prepare. / MARSHA TRAEGER / Los Angeles Times Butcher Merle Ellis says a four-pound blade chuck roast can be cut into two steaks with enough meat left for three meals. Step 1-Cut off bottom bone. Cut rib eye, upper right, from middle muscle at natural seam. Split rib eye into two steaks. Step 2-Separate top steak from middle muscle by cutting along the sides of remaining bone (save bone for stock). Step 3-Cut top into two pieces. Butterfly half into two thin breakfast steaks; cut rest into strips. Cut middle muscle in cubes. Roast is now divided into cubes for stew, strips for stir-fry, bones for stock, two tender rib-eye steaks and two butterflied steaks. / ROSEMARY KAUL / Los Angeles Times