The Ultimate 4 Ingredient Cookbook Simple Yet Delicious Meals in Minutes
August 21, 2009 by Microwave Recipes · Leave a Comment
The Ultimate 4 Ingredient Cookbook Simple Yet Delicious Meals in Minutes
The 4 Ingredient Cookbook takes up to four ingredients per dish and creatively combines them to produce simple, yet mouthwatering meals in minutes. Contemporary flavors and cooking techniques are inventively mixed to create more than 700 time and energy saving dishes for every occasion.
User Ratings and Reviews
4 Stars Super Easy!
I found this in a discount store for five bucks, and as a person who doesn’t care to spend time in the kitchen or know much about cooking I couldn’t resist. I really like it. It includes many new and different recipies that are easy, fast and interesting, not the same old boring pasta or soup dishes. If you can find it and you like books in this genre, definitely pick it up.
4 Stars Super Easy
This cookbook gives beginners several easy dishes to choose from. I love the pasta recipes. My only issue is that a lot of the recipes called for ingredients not commonly found already in the kitchen, making last minute dinner ideas almost impossible.
Noodles Express Fast and Easy Meals in 15 to 45 Minutes
August 7, 2009 by Microwave Recipes · Leave a Comment
Noodles Express Fast and Easy Meals in 15 to 45 Minutes
Don’t have time? Think again. Most of the dishes take 15 minutes or less to prepare — just slightly longer than popping the lid off a jar of sauce. What you really reap here are the basics of good cooking: fresh ingredients, innovatively combined. Pasta just happens to be the perfect palette for easy meals no matter how creative you get. — Lisa Messinger, Torrance Breeze, Nov 24, 1999
The layout of the book makes a lot of sense … the colors and graphics are downright appetizing. — Carole Gainesborough, Culinary Trends, December 2000
This is a great cookbook that is well indexed, making it extremely easy to locate recipes both by main ingredient and name. This is quick, healthy cooking at its best and most delicious. — KLIATT, Nov 1999
Preventions Healthy One Dish Meals in Minutes 200 No Fuss Low Fat Recipes for Busy People
June 29, 2009 by Microwave Recipes · Leave a Comment
Preventions Healthy One Dish Meals in Minutes 200 No Fuss Low Fat Recipes for Busy People
Prevention’s Healthy One-Dish Meals in Minutes delivers on every promise in its lengthy moniker. Hard to believe, but you still need to add a word–delicious. This book is excellent for beginning, unsure, or disorganized cooks, as well as for anyone more experienced and health-conscious. The food is interesting middle-of-the-road fare, mostly using meat, poultry, and seafood in modest 4-ounce portions, and lots of non-fat or reduced-fat products. The Express Recipes, ready in 15 minutes, are amazing. In 20 to 30 minutes, recipes for intelligently updated classics will also win smiles.
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars My Favorite Cook book
I have had this cookbook since Prevention first published it. Although I have many cookbooks, this one is my absolute all-time favorite for quick, healthy, delicious meals. Every week, when I plan my meals, I use at least 3 out of this book. I can’t say enough good about it. The food is low fat, healthful, easy and quick to prepare and doesn’t require alot of exotic ingredients. In fact there is a list in the introduction of the basic foods you need to have on hand to prepare the dishes in the books. There are even suggestions on the side for the use of leftovers. Get this one! I’m getting another for my daughter.
5 Stars One of my most-often used cookbooks!
My husband and I both love to cook, and we have about six dozen cookbooks representing a wide range of cuisines. Yet I keep coming back to this one cookbook again and again. I’ve had it for about five years, I think, and probably a month hasn’t gone by that I haven’t cooked at least a few recipes out of it — which I can’t say for most of our cookbooks.
The meals are generally pretty easy to prepare; very few of the recipes require any special equipment or techniques that would throw off the beginner. There’s a nice variety, with at least a few real “keepers” in every category (e.g., soups, sandwiches, stir-fries, meat-and-potatoes, etc.).
I especially like the fact that they give nutritional information for each dish, although I wish they included fiber (and sorry folks, no carb counting). The dishes are lower in fat and lower in calories than usual, and yet they don’t require a lot of silly, time-consuming techniques to do so.
Also, many recipes have sidebars with hints about variations on the recipe, or how to use the leftovers to make a new dish.
The one thing I find a little annoying — or more, amusing — is that some of the pictures do NOT look like the finished dishes. The funniest one is the recipe for microwave polenta: the picture clearly shows *grill marks* on the polenta, yet the recipe never involves an oven or broiler, much less a grill. But the important thing is that the recipes come out tasting good.
My two favorites are Moroccan Chicken and Indonesian Rice with Chicken. The only recipe that really bombed (and we’ve probably tried 80% of them by now) was the Javanese Tempeh Curry. But the picture looks so delicious… haha.
Buy this book while you still can; I’m planning to buy all the used copies I can find to give to all my friends and relatives.
5 Stars Really like this one
This cookbook is great for those of us who are busy, but who want healthful and tasty meals. The dishes are quick and easy to prepare and use common pantry items. The nutritional content is provided for each recipe, which is great if you are watching your calorie or fat (or any other) intake. Another feature I like is a “To Your Health” box that provides interesting and pertinent nutritional information about some of the ingredients used in the recipe. I rented this from the library but plan on purchasing it–even though it is out of print now!
Mix n Match Meals in Minutes for People with Diabetes
June 23, 2009 by Microwave Recipes · Leave a Comment
Mix n Match Meals in Minutes for People with Diabetes
Diabetics may also turn to Linda Gassenheimer’s Mix ‘n Match Meals in Minutes for People with Diabetes. Gassenheimer seeks to make following a limited regimen easier by restricting kitchen preparation time. She also gives advice on shopping efficiently to save even more time and energy. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner all figure into Gassenheimer’s dietary recommendations. Breakfasts focus on low-carbohydrate eggs prepared as omelets with assorted savory stuffings. Dinners range widely among goulashes and Chinese, Korean, and Italian offerings. All recipes are designed to serve two, and many dishes can be frozen for future consumption. Mark Knoblauch
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Weight Watchers Meals in Minutes Cookbook
June 22, 2009 by Microwave Recipes · Leave a Comment
Weight Watchers Meals in Minutes Cookbook
Weight Watchers’ “60-Minute Gourmet,” with some 300 quick recipes, 100 of them for the microwave. The dishes are less fussy and cutesy than in some Weight Watchers’ cookbooks; some are standard, but others are more thoughtful (although the idea of a caviar-Cool Whip dip is a bit hard to take). For some reason–to make the ingredients lists appear shorter?–many recipes lump disparate ingredients together, as in ” cup each pearl onions, sliced carrots, and canned beef broth,” which can be confusing. Still, bound to be popular.
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Indian Cooking Made Easy Simple Authentic Indian Meals in Minutes Learn to Cook Series
May 24, 2009 by Microwave Recipes · Leave a Comment
Indian Cooking Made Easy Simple Authentic Indian Meals in Minutes Learn to Cook Series
Indian Cooking Made Easy presents a collection of authentic, yet easy-to-prepare dishes from all over India
Quick Fix Vegetarian Healthy Home Cooked Meals in 30 Minutes or Less
April 24, 2009 by Microwave Recipes · Leave a Comment
Quick Fix Vegetarian Healthy Home Cooked Meals in 30 Minutes or Less
“Busy parents, college students with a flair for cooking or anyone who likes nutritious and flavorful meals with minimum fuss should invest in Quick-Fix Vegetarian. Thank you, Robin Robertson.” — VegNews
User Ratings and Reviews
4 Stars VEGAN Cookbook - Not What I Wanted But Not Bad At All
WHAT I WANTED: A quick vegetarian cookbook I could use for our “veggie nights” 3-4 times a week and for veggie entrees on nights we have meat as a side dish.
WHAT I GOT: A very good but VEGAN cookbook with lots of recipes calling for mock meat.
PROS: quick-cooking, well-written recipes that come out the way they should.
CONS: Not clearly labeled vegan, most recipes call for mock meat
OVERALL: Not for poser not quite vegetarians like myself. My full-vegetarian heading towards vegan sister is loving the cookbook and even convinced my meat and potatoes parents to eat some of the recipes. Four stars just because it really should be clear this is a vegan cookbook.
5 Stars Best Cookbook I’ve ever bought
I read the 1 and 2 star reviews for this book and I understand why they did not like the cookbook. First of all, there aren’t any pictures. Secondly, it is a book for vegans and not for vegetarians. That being said…. quit complaining about superficial things! These meals are so easy to cook and delicious that I find I don’t miss the pictures at all. Also, even though this cookbook is for vegans, some of the recipes call for soy cheese. Just use regular cheese. If you’re a vegetarian, you should know how to modify dishes. My fiance is a meat eater and I’m able to modify ALL the dishes for him. This is a great cookbook! And none of the recipes take me more than 30 minutes to make.
5 Stars Ideal Cookbook for New Vegetarians and Vegans
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R1M6689G45XUF7
5 Stars My new old-reliable
This isn’t a cookbook that I obsessively earmarked only to forget about it within weeks. Rather, I scanned all of the recipes to get a gist for the ingredients used, and neatly placed into my “regular-use” stash of books. No, I didn’t cook from it right away, but I knew I would return. And return I did … within a week in fact. It hit on a night (okay, these nights happen to me often) where we hardly had anything left in the fridge, I was void of ideas, and we had already eaten out far too much. I grabbed this cookbook, flipped through, and within seconds I had selected that night’s dinner - Chipotle-Kissed Black Bean Soup.
Though it merely used pantry items, this soup was a fulfilling hit! It used those canned chipotle chiles in adobo sauce (I bought a small can almost a year ago without a clue as to what to use them in), which added an extra layer of flavor that we truly enjoyed. The recipe did call for carrots, which my husband is not a fan of, so I used some leftover roasted sweet potatoes for an even heartier, yet equally delicious meal.
A few days later, it hit again, but this time for a different reason. I had some leftover coconut milk in the fridge and no cravings for a curry. But there it was … The Dark Chocolate Yum Sauce! My freezer was actually overflowing with dairy-free “ice cream,” and what ice cream isn’t improved even more by chocolate sauce?! Let’s just say, the name of the recipe sums it up nicely … rich, dark, and yummy.
In terms of the facts, “quick-fix” means you will spend 30 minutes or less on prep time and cook time together. There are some slow cooker recipes included, which do extend beyond the 30 minutes with the cook time, but the author felt that the incredible ease of throwing crock pot recipes together with no fuss warranted them some spots in this cookbook. A large percentage of the recipes are “from-scratch,” but she doesn’t hesitate to use shortcuts, including ingredients such as canned beans, jarred roasted red peppers, bottled barbecue sauce, and vegetarian sausage to keep all of the recipes as convenient as possible when “from-scratch” is just too time-consuming.
This cookbook hasn’t been in my rotation for long, yet I expect it will be “well-loved” (read: marked up, spilled on, and wrinkled pages from hurried used) in no time!
4 Stars Easy, flavorful recipes
I’m a college student, so I thrive on easy recipes that are easy, fairly cheap, and smell good enough perhaps to tempt my omnivorous roommates. Quick-Fix Vegetarian isn’t necessarily life changing, but I enjoy it nonetheless. I also love how she only puts “vegetarian” in the title, but all of the recipes happen to be vegan. I think this simple replacement does a phenomenal job of NOT scaring away ovo-lacto vegetarians. I definitely recommend this cookbook for anyone who doesn’t have the time/resources to cook a mind-blowingly complex meal every night, but likes eating home cooked meals.
Quick Fix Vegetarian Healthy Home Cooked Meals in 30 Minutes or Less
April 22, 2009 by Microwave Recipes · Leave a Comment
Quick Fix Vegetarian Healthy Home Cooked Meals in 30 Minutes or Less
“Busy parents, college students with a flair for cooking or anyone who likes nutritious and flavorful meals with minimum fuss should invest in Quick-Fix Vegetarian. Thank you, Robin Robertson.” — VegNews
User Ratings and Reviews
4 Stars VEGAN Cookbook - Not What I Wanted But Not Bad At All
WHAT I WANTED: A quick vegetarian cookbook I could use for our “veggie nights” 3-4 times a week and for veggie entrees on nights we have meat as a side dish.
WHAT I GOT: A very good but VEGAN cookbook with lots of recipes calling for mock meat.
PROS: quick-cooking, well-written recipes that come out the way they should.
CONS: Not clearly labeled vegan, most recipes call for mock meat
OVERALL: Not for poser not quite vegetarians like myself. My full-vegetarian heading towards vegan sister is loving the cookbook and even convinced my meat and potatoes parents to eat some of the recipes. Four stars just because it really should be clear this is a vegan cookbook.
5 Stars Best Cookbook I’ve ever bought
I read the 1 and 2 star reviews for this book and I understand why they did not like the cookbook. First of all, there aren’t any pictures. Secondly, it is a book for vegans and not for vegetarians. That being said…. quit complaining about superficial things! These meals are so easy to cook and delicious that I find I don’t miss the pictures at all. Also, even though this cookbook is for vegans, some of the recipes call for soy cheese. Just use regular cheese. If you’re a vegetarian, you should know how to modify dishes. My fiance is a meat eater and I’m able to modify ALL the dishes for him. This is a great cookbook! And none of the recipes take me more than 30 minutes to make.
5 Stars Ideal Cookbook for New Vegetarians and Vegans
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R1M6689G45XUF7
5 Stars My new old-reliable
This isn’t a cookbook that I obsessively earmarked only to forget about it within weeks. Rather, I scanned all of the recipes to get a gist for the ingredients used, and neatly placed into my “regular-use” stash of books. No, I didn’t cook from it right away, but I knew I would return. And return I did … within a week in fact. It hit on a night (okay, these nights happen to me often) where we hardly had anything left in the fridge, I was void of ideas, and we had already eaten out far too much. I grabbed this cookbook, flipped through, and within seconds I had selected that night’s dinner - Chipotle-Kissed Black Bean Soup.
Though it merely used pantry items, this soup was a fulfilling hit! It used those canned chipotle chiles in adobo sauce (I bought a small can almost a year ago without a clue as to what to use them in), which added an extra layer of flavor that we truly enjoyed. The recipe did call for carrots, which my husband is not a fan of, so I used some leftover roasted sweet potatoes for an even heartier, yet equally delicious meal.
A few days later, it hit again, but this time for a different reason. I had some leftover coconut milk in the fridge and no cravings for a curry. But there it was … The Dark Chocolate Yum Sauce! My freezer was actually overflowing with dairy-free “ice cream,” and what ice cream isn’t improved even more by chocolate sauce?! Let’s just say, the name of the recipe sums it up nicely … rich, dark, and yummy.
In terms of the facts, “quick-fix” means you will spend 30 minutes or less on prep time and cook time together. There are some slow cooker recipes included, which do extend beyond the 30 minutes with the cook time, but the author felt that the incredible ease of throwing crock pot recipes together with no fuss warranted them some spots in this cookbook. A large percentage of the recipes are “from-scratch,” but she doesn’t hesitate to use shortcuts, including ingredients such as canned beans, jarred roasted red peppers, bottled barbecue sauce, and vegetarian sausage to keep all of the recipes as convenient as possible when “from-scratch” is just too time-consuming.
This cookbook hasn’t been in my rotation for long, yet I expect it will be “well-loved” (read: marked up, spilled on, and wrinkled pages from hurried used) in no time!
4 Stars Easy, flavorful recipes
I’m a college student, so I thrive on easy recipes that are easy, fairly cheap, and smell good enough perhaps to tempt my omnivorous roommates. Quick-Fix Vegetarian isn’t necessarily life changing, but I enjoy it nonetheless. I also love how she only puts “vegetarian” in the title, but all of the recipes happen to be vegan. I think this simple replacement does a phenomenal job of NOT scaring away ovo-lacto vegetarians. I definitely recommend this cookbook for anyone who doesn’t have the time/resources to cook a mind-blowingly complex meal every night, but likes eating home cooked meals.
