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Busy People's Super Simple 30-Minute Menus: 137 Complete Meals Timed for Success

Dawn Hall

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Total reviews: 9 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Party Planning Made Easy! 5 out of 5 stars.
7 of 7 people found this review helpful.

I hosted a bridal shower luncheon for my soon-to-be sister-in-law and wanted to make a great impression. I'm pretty good at planning events, but I'm lousy at making food, so was in a quandary until the 30-Minute-Menu cookbook saved me! In it I found the perfect menu for my luncheon, start to finish, and it was a huge hit! With the timings spelled out, I was able to coordinate the entire event seamlessly. No waiting, no soggy sandwiches, no missing ingredients or last-minute dashes to the store. And Dawn has a great knack for finding flavors that combine well together. What a great tool!

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Easy step-by-step instructions for entire meals that you can make in 30 minutes or less.

After a busy day at home or in the workplace, the best answer to "What's for dinner?" can be found in one of these delicious super-simple, low-fat, heart smart 30-minute menus.

The uniqueness of this can't-miss cookbook is that each menu has clear step-by-step instructions on how to put together the entire menu. Gone are the days of the vegetable being ready five minutes after the meal starts.

In addition, each menu has a pantry list of items you will need but probably already have, a list of cooking pans and bowls, and a grocery list arranged by supermarket department. Also included is a nutritional analysis of each recipe.

Busy People's Super Simple 30-Minute Menus ensures that all the elements of your busy-day dinner are ready to each when the family sits down.

Rice Cooker Meals: Fast Home Cooking for Busy People

Neal Bertrand

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Total reviews: 3 Average rating: 3.5 of 5

Editorial Review:

Rice Cooker Meals: Fast Home Cooking for Busy People contains 60 quick and easy meals you can make in a rice cooker, most in 30 minutes or less. Enjoy delicious, multicultural recipes that are less expensive and healthier than fast food. Includes Mexican, Italian, Tex-Mex and Cajun recipes! And one-pot cooking means less mess to clean up! You'll see how easy it is to cook jambalayas, seafood dishes, pastas, "casseroles", soups, rice side dishes, and various vegetable recipes including potatoes, cabbage, and sweet potatoes. "IN A RICE COOKER?" Yes, they're all cooked in a rice cooker. Here are a few recipes from the book: Easy Chili, Mexican Rice, Tex-Mex Pasta, Shrimp Jambalaya, Cabbage Casserole, Cajun Pepper Steak, Chicken Fried Rice, Rice & Shrimp Pilaf, Chicken & Sausage Gumbo, Chicken Fajita Stuffed Potato, Black-eyed Pea & Sausage Soup, Candied Yams with Marshmallows, Easy Smothered Potatoes & Sausage, and Black-eyed Pea & Sausage Jambalaya. The cookbook also has two indexes so the recipes are easier to find: indexed by chapter and indexed in alphabetical order. It has numerous testimonials from good cooks affiliated with the LSU AgCenter Homemaker Clubs. They tested the recipes and gave their honest opinions. It includes short articles about time-saving tips on food preparation, how a rice cooker knows when the food is cooked, how to teach children to safely cook with a rice cooker, how to brown meat in a rice cooker, plus many more.

Quick & Easy Thai Cuisine: Lemon Grass Cookbook

Panurat Poladitmontri, Judy Lew

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INTRODUCTION
The foods of Thailand consist of many combinations and blends of different flavors, herbs, spices and peppers. It is a fiery cuisine which has become very popular due to the many Thai restaurants offering dishes that are appreciated by the adventurous and sophisticated palates of so many people of today.
Thai cooking has been influenced by Thailand's neighbors, including Burma, India, Laos and Malaysia. Also coloring Thai cuisine are countries such as China and Portugal. The versatility of the Thai people enabled them to refine this variety of traditions to develop one of the most beautiful and flavorful cuisines in the world.
Thai cuisine offers not only well balanced flavors but also the unforgettable fire of peppers (prig kee noo), which makes this style of cooking very addictive. The rich and varied sauces make each dish distinctive and unique.
With the increasing availability of Thai ingredients in the market, Thai cooking can be enjoyed in the home. Employing a variety of fresh seafood, vegetables and tofu, Thai cooking is one of healthiest and most nutritious ways to enjoy meals that are quick and easy to prepare.
This book offers a collection of recipes from dishes served in restaurants that were owned and operated in Thailand by Chef Rut's mother. Many of the dishes are also found on the menu of Chef Rut's restaurants in the United States, The easy-to-follow instructions and step-by-step photographs will yield dishes that are as authentic as any found in Thailand.

Easy Everyday Favorites: From the World's #1 Cooking Website

allrecipes.com

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Total reviews: 2 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Love this cook book!!! 5 out of 5 stars.
7 of 8 people found this review helpful.

I bought this cook book as a gift and I love it so much that I am going to buy myself one. The recipes vary in difficulty and time. And I love that they list the nutritional information. There are also reviews included with many of the recipes that offer different twists and ideas that are really helpful. This is just truly a cookbook you should have in your collection.

Great variety 4 out of 5 stars.
1 of 2 people found this review helpful.

I like this recipe book because it has some new and easy recipes submitted and made by folks just like us, not fancy chefs in a test-kitchen somewhere.

Sushi (coleccion Cocina Facil)

Ryuichi Yoshii

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Easy to Read... Easy to Follow... Great for sushi beginners 4 out of 5 stars.
7 of 7 people found this review helpful.

Excellent book for beginners who want to know more about making Sushi. Nicely laid out with step-by-step instructions and lots of beautiful photos to complement the text. Easy to read and follow - I read it in a couple hours. May be too "simple" for those who've already made sushi.

Good basics sushi cookbook for your collection 4 out of 5 stars.
5 of 5 people found this review helpful.

This was a good cookbook that covered the basics of making sushi. Things like equipment & utensils to use, ingredients explanations, how to fillet fish, cleaning squid, etc. There were a few creative ideas but for a creative sushi display but not for unique sushi rolls. Buying this book used and adding to your collection would be worth spending the money.

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Now, with this practical and attractive guide, you can learn to make sushi at home. Sushi's step-by-step instructions and photographs show you how to make a variety of dishes using easy to follow recipes suitable for both beginners and experienced cooks. Filled with elegant photographs, this beautifully designed volume is a must-have for your cookbook collection.

Semi-Homemade Cool Kids' Cooking (Sandra Lee Semi Homemade)

Sandra Lee

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It's called SEMI homemade for a reason 4 out of 5 stars.
5 of 7 people found this review helpful.

I got this book for my nieces & nephews. My sister has 4 children and a full time job. Maybe other people's children have the attention span and skills to learn how to steam, sautee, reduce, glaze, dice etc. If so this book isn't for you, your children are already perfect. For those of us who want to get in the kitchen with our kids and make something tasty with as few steps and ingredients as possible (the name SEMI homemade is a clear giveaway) buy this book.

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• Now, Semi-Homemade Cooking made perfect for kids!
• With Sandra's guidance throughout the book, kids learn to have fun and succeed at cooking in the kitchen – with nothing made from scratch!
• Cool kid cuisine includes recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, after-school, snacking, desserts and drinks. Chapters speak directly to kids with Bright Breakfasts, Movie Munchies, Smart Snacks, Sleepover Sensations and more.
• Plus, each chapter is filled with lively illustrations to draw kids into the book and into the kitchen.

Semi-Homemade Gatherings

Sandra Lee

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Sandra Lee's Best Book 5 out of 5 stars.
4 of 7 people found this review helpful.

Love this book-tons of gorgeous photos make you want to run to the grocery store and cook everything in the book after you run to the decorating store & create the tablescapes.

Way too much trouble to create these "gatherings" 3 out of 5 stars.
3 of 6 people found this review helpful.

I gave the cookbook 3 stars because it has beautiful photography, layout is nice, and it's a well-done book. Having said all that...

I just don't see anyway to re-create these productions Sandra Lee has made. These tablescapes are elaborate, the food is time consuming to prepare, and then to purchase all these items would cost a small fortune.

The Easter tablescape involved a ton of moss, hollowing out eggs and writing cutsy stuff on them and then cooking for 3 days to make it all happen. And I don't even know where you'd buy all that ribbon.

I love most of Sandra Lee's books because they are budget conscience but this is just too much. Even the recipes require lots of ingredients, even if some are shortcuts, as well as lengthy cooking instuctions. There's no way I could see actually doing the things she describes. Many of the instructions were vague.

Now, the cookbook itself is a work of art. It's very pretty and would made a nice gift because of the pictures. But in reality you'll never make any of this stuff. If you're truly a connoisseur of party planning you will go with a different book. Seems she's trying to be more Martha Stewart everyday.

Sandra Lee has marketed herself for being budget conscious so for those of us who are then you would purchase Betty Crocker "Buffets", not this one. This cookbook is not budget friendly. I actually recommend this cookbook more of a bartending guide than anything. She had more time and space devoted to the cocktails in their elaborate stemware than any other aspect of the book.

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• New York Times best-selling author Sandra Lee brings her approach to entertaining.
• With more than 40 party themes featuring easy to duplicate, beautifully decorated and artfully arranged tabletop settings for every celebratory occasion imaginable.
• To round out every theme, Sandra offers 100 sensational Semi-Homemade recipes for quick and delicious appetizers, desserts, and signature cocktails-perfectly suited for each specific party theme.

3-Ingredient Slow Cooker Recipes: 200 Recipes for Memorable Meals

Suzanne Bonet

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Total reviews: 15 Average rating: 3.5 of 5

Not for me 1 out of 5 stars.
7 of 8 people found this review helpful.

Most of these recipes are based on canned ingredients. Since I prefer using natural ingredients as much as possible, this book is a disappointment. See my review of the 5 ingredient book.

The Best Cookbook for the Busy Person 5 out of 5 stars.
4 of 4 people found this review helpful.

I just began a new schedule and I was having a very hard time adjusting to having dinner on the table and not getting home until 6:30 at night. My daughter was starving by then so I couldn't just start cooking - I needed something ready when I got home. Hence the slow cooker meals. I tried using the slow cooker recipes that I found in other cookbooks but the food prep before hand meant that I would have to wake up 2 hours earlier just to chop, dice and assemble.
This cookbook is so easy and the recipes are quite good! I love it. Put the main ingredient in and add some prepared soup, gravy, spices, fruit, etc and voila...when you come home it is done. Now, I said prepared ingredients. My biggest objection to the book is that the recipes call for a lot of prepared/processed ingredients that I would not normally cook with. But, I figure that it is a whole lot better for you than a meal from a fast food restaurant or eating out. I usually serve the meal with rice/potatoes/noodles that I prepare the night before and heat up in the microwave plus a fresh or frozen veggy.
If you are a busy person who needs help with feeding your family - this book will not disappoint you.

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People love the convenience of their slow cookers. What could be better than walking in the door after a hard day's work to the smell of beef stew, ready and waiting? A beef stew that only requires three ingredients, that's what!

The problem with most slow cooker recipes is that they require lots of ingredients and steps before you actually "fix it and forget it." Not this book-these are truly simple recipes, and best of all, they are memorable, not mushy!

You'll find recipes like:
*Rosemary Lamb Stew
*Chicken Curry
*Three-Alarm Chili
*Spicy Pot Roast with Onions
*Coq au Vin
*Pork Roast with 40 Cloves of Garlic

Plus, you'll find recipes for desserts like cheesecake and custard and appetizers like chicken wings and artichoke dip!

Glorious One-Pot Meals: A RevolutionaryNew Quick and Healthy Approach to Dutch-Oven Cooking

Elizabeth Yarnell

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Like the ease of Crock Pot cooking but not the mushy results? Elizabeth Yarnell developed her revolutionary infusion-cooking method to make cooking and cleaning up after dinner a breeze. Now anyone with too many tasks and not enough time can use her technique to get dinner on the table in an hour or less, with no more than twenty minutes of hands-on prep work—and just one pot to clean.

From classics like All-American Pot Roast and Macaroni and Cheese to savory specialties like Indian Red Curry Chicken with Rice or Sweet and Spicy Tofu, each of the recipes in Glorious One-Pot Meals calls for plenty of vegetables and lean meats, and all can be made with any protein available. (Don’t want chicken? Swap in fish.) All it takes is a Dutch oven and a few basic ingredients layered—never stirred—according to the simple, straightforward directions.

Complete with lists for items to keep stocked in both the pantry and the freezer, Glorious One-Pot Meals provides the most convenient method yet of serving up highly nutritious, satisfying suppers every night of the week.

Woodstove Cookery: At Home on the Range

Jane Cooper

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Burn Like A Pro 5 out of 5 stars.
20 of 20 people found this review helpful.

When I first bought a house in the Blue Ridge Mountains I found that (being built in 1810) the most efficient and economical way to heat it was with wood. So although I didn't buy this book for the cooking aspects (which proved nice anyway), it was INDISPENSABLE for a beginning wood-burner. You get the low down on maintenance, safety, and a host of other must-have information. Should be required reading with every wood burning stove/heater purchase. Two thumbs up.

A complete guide! 5 out of 5 stars.
12 of 15 people found this review helpful.

We are building a house and I am considering using a wood cook stove outside on the patio, to be used during the summer months, when the inside electric stove would heat up the house, so I bought this book as an introduction to using one.

This book covers a lot of ground, including new and used stoves, various types of wood for fuel, coal stoves, how to operate the stove, recipes, and a whole host of other topics. Now I can't wait to buy a stove and get 'cookin'.

Editorial Review:

Filled with tips on buying, setting up, cleaning, and enjoying a woodstove with breakfast, dinner, and dessert recipes from Cooper's eclectic collection.