Average Reviews:
(More customer reviews)I love my other cookbooks BUT they often are separated into appetizers, meats, vegetables, pasta and rice, desserts, and drinks. Yikes! I needed a cookbook where all the different food groups are together in one dish. Who has time to make four different things just to have a complete meal? This cookbook is the perfect solution.
It offers over 320 one-pot recipes that are all complete meals. There are soups, stews, casseroles, skillet meals, and more. Most of them have a meat and beans, rice, pasta, cous cous, polenta, or vegetables. You can substitute meats to make it healthier. For instance, I substitute smoked turkey sausage if the recipe calls for chorizo. There are also some vegetarian meals.
The food tastes great! Each recipe is well-seasoned. Most of them don't even call for adding salt. I cooked the chicken chili today (seasoned w/ chicken broth, cumin, and ground red pepper) and it was excellent. I felt like I made something that would be sold in a restaurant. Other dishes that I look forward to making include the baked fish and potatoes, paella, potato and corn chowder, shepherd's pie, dublin stew, beef and spinach stir-fry, curried chicken and peanut stew, pan-roasted garlic pork with vegetables, thai vegetable fried rice, baked spaghetti, cream of potato soup, tomato noodle soup, and chicken and dumplings! This cookbook is great for single, busy people who might want to fix a filling dish that they can eat for leftovers throughout the week. One might also easily take leftovers to work because you'd only need to take one dish. Each recipe lists the amount of time it will take and they range from 15 minutes to several hours in the slow cooker.
There are plenty of recipes that have everyday ingredients. Some of them call for things I have never used (e.g., dry white wine, leeks, saffron threads, or rutabaga), but the recipes look so mouth-watering that I might try them. The book has about 10-20 ingredients on average per dish. However, because these dishes can be eaten for several days as leftovers, I haven't found the ingredient lists to be cumbersome.
Finally, this book has lots of beautiful pictures of the dishes. The pictures are so mouth-watering, that you can't wait to get the ingredients and try them.
Click Here to see more reviews about: Just One Pot: Over 320 Simple and Delicious Recipes, from Hearty Stews to Tasty Tangines
From Italy to Indiana, Japan to Louisiana, one-pot cooking has been the basis of many cuisines around the world. Before the advent of electric stoves and central heating, a pot would often be hung over the fireplace, and meat and vegetables added as required. This was the hearth, the center of the home, and it was here that families gathered to eat and talk. Many of those same dishes-updated for today's palates-are featured here. Arranged in chapters by type of pot used-from soup pots to slow cookers to Dutch ovens, Just One Pot includes more than 300 classic recipes, compiled by chefs from around the world. Hundreds of color photos showcase the recipes, and historical anecdotes about the culinary traditions from which they sprung are sprinkled throughout. Soups. Stir-frys. Casseroles. Curries. What is more satisfying than combining foods cooked together in a single vessel, providing an array of wonderful aromas, textures, and colors? Whether you're a gourmet chef exploring new methods or a busy mom concerned about easy nutritious meals, Just One Pot offers something for all tastes and every occasion.
No comments:
Post a Comment