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(More customer reviews)This is typical of the other "Everything" books or "The Idiot's Guide", it's a comprehensive cookbook to cover 30 minute meals. As if you've not had enough of Rachael Ray and Robin Miller.
The biggest tip for any of the quick cooking books is to have a plan. Whether it's a plan of what to have for dinner or a plan how to use leftovers or a plan to make a menu. Either way it's what gets you going. So as soon as you hit the door from work you know what to start making. You're not standing gazing in the refrigerator as though you're a deer in headlights.
This is an OK cookbook, I like that it does give how many the meal serves, it includes prep times and cooking times up front. The recipes are not divided into those categories, you'll still have to scan all the recipes to figure out if you have 30 minute recipe or a 10 minute recipe (and yes there are 10 minute recipes in this book). And this cookbook is much better than the BHG "Off the Shelf" one.
If you want a cookbook divided into quick, quicker and quickest look at The Family Dinner Fix: Cooking for the Rushed, it's sorted that way.
An example of a recipe in this book is buying a rotisserie chicken from the supermarket, coming home and shredding it and then putting it over a bagged salad, adding drained mandarin oranges, golden raisins and italian salad dressing. Hummm...I don't know if that's much of a recipe? Another recipe to cook chicken thighs and then spread store bought salsa verde over them. There's are no suggestions for side dishes, accompanying dishes, etc. If I'm in such a hurry that I can't figure out to pour a jar of sauce over some cooked chicken thighs then I probably need help with the whole meal, not just one component of it.
I wasn't real impressed with this book. If it had been divided into menus or suggested side dishes then I would rate it a little higher. There are no pictures, there are 3-4 recipes crowded onto one page. It's printed on recycled paper so don't get the pages dirty or wet. Overall, it's what's expected of the Everything series books. I would spend my money on Saving Dinner: The Menus, Recipes, and Shopping Lists to Bring Your Family Back to the Table or The Food Nanny Rescues Dinner: Easy Family Meals for Every Day of the Week.
Another suggestion would be The Good-to-Go Cookbook: Take-along Food, Quick Suppers, and Satisfying Snacks for On-The-Go Families. They're in the similar vein as they cookbook but put together a little better. HTH.
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The Everything Quick Meals Cookbook: Whip up easy and delicious meals for you and your family (Everything (Cooking))American families are busier than ever, and a nutritious dinner often falls to the bottom of the priority list. This cookbook shows them how easy it can be to prepare wholesome meals everyone will love. This second edition of an Everything? bestseller is packed with quick-cooking tips and 300 all-new, easy-to-follow recipes, including: 10-Minute Yogurt and Rice Pudding; Fast Frittata with Beans; Easy Skillet Zucchini Quiche; One-Dish Baked Chicken and Potatoes; Five-Ingredient Steak Diane; Foil-Wrapped Fish Fillets with Dill; Simple Rigatoni with Tomato Sauce; 5-Minute Chocolate ?Mousse?; Fast Chicken Fajitas, and more. With these recipes, readers will learn how to make delicious, quality meals in minutes, not hours!
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