Dinner Made Simple: 35 Everyday Ingredients, 350 Easy Recipes

by Real Simple

Overview

Think you'll never win at weeknight cooking? Think again. Your favorite ingredients are deliciously reimagined in Real Simple's latest cookbook that shows you how to spin 35 family staples into hundreds of hassle-free dishes.

Organized from apples to zucchini, Dinner Made Simple is filled with 350 easy, quick dishes-many ready in 30 minutes or less-to help you get out of your recipe rut. With 10 ideas for every ingredient, you'll never look at a box of spaghetti, a bunch of carrots, or a ball of pizza dough the same way again.

With helpful advice on buying and storing ingredients, genius kitchen tips, nutritional information for every recipe, and a complete dessert section (yes!), Dinner Made Simple is your new go-to resource for creating inspiring dishes all week long.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780848746896
Publisher:	TI Inc. Books
Publication date:	04/19/2016
Pages:	352
Sales rank:	1,084,183
Product dimensions:	8.25(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.90(d)
Age Range:	16 - 18 Years

About the Author

Since its launch, in 2000, Real Simple has provided millions of loyal consumers with beautiful, practical ways to make their lives easier and better. Real Simple's previous books-The Real Simple Guide to Real Life; 869 New Uses for Old Things; Cleaning; Celebrations: Meals Made Easy; Solutions; and The Organized Home-are available wherever books are sold.

Table of Contents

Introduction 8

The Ingredients 10

The Recipes

Apples 18

Avocados 26

Baked Ham 34

Bass 42

Beans 50

Broccoli 58

Butternut Squash 66

Carrots 74

Chicken Cutlets 82

Chicken Thighs 90

Corn 98

Eggs 106

Flank Steak 114

Ground Beef 122

Ground Turkey 130

Italian Sausage 138

Kale 146

Mozzarella 154

Oatmeal 162

Pizza Dough 170

Pork Tenderloin 178

Potatoes 186

Quinoa 194

Ricotta 202

Rotisserie Chicken 210

Salad Greens 218

Salmon Fillets 226

Shrimp 234

Sirloin 242

Smoked Salmon 250

Spaghetti 258

Tilapia 266

Tomatoes 274

Tortillas 282

Zucchini 290

Sweet Endings

Cookies, Bars, and Beyond 300

Cupcakes 308

Pies 316

Kitchen Cheat Sheets 325

Nutritional information 327

Credits 341

Index 342

Editorial Reviews

03/14/2016
The editors of Real Simple have relinquished the anxiety that often comes with getting dinner made while keeping it healthy, quick, and easy. This volume teaches readers to easily make new use of numerous common ingredients already in their refrigerators. Readers will enjoy the straightforward recipes, which include a range of cultural flavors from Mexican, Italian, Chinese, Mediterranean, and many more. Clear lists and vibrant pictures also help home cooks learn how to store certain household staples and for how long. For example, a Fuji apple is the only apple that should ripen on the counter, and the rest should live in the fridge; greens are freshest when packaged in a clamshell. The range of tastes continues in jerk chicken with seared pineapple; a cauliflower and sausage flat bread; or baked ricotta with parmesan and herbs. There are also savory twists on oatmeal like the oatmeal with cheddar and scallions. And such a compilation wouldn't be complete without a sweet finish, including pumpkin seed toffee and peanut-buttery buckeyes.This book nicely serves as a home cook's treasured keepsake with its apples-to-zucchini spread of delicious, easy options. (Mar.)

Publishers Weekly

"A beautifully streamlined cookbook with lots of easy meal ideas."- Shelf Awareness

"A home cook's treasured keepsake with its apples-to-zucchini spread of delicious, easy options. Readers will enjoy the straightforward recipes." - Publishers Weekly

From the Publisher

03/15/2016
If you prefer the minimal, ingredient-focused recipes from Mark Bittman's "How To Cook Everything" series or the colorful tear-out recipes from cooking magazines, consider this new compilation of dinners and desserts by the editors of Real Simple magazine. Organized alphabetically by main ingredient (e.g., apples, beans, smoked salmon, zucchini), the book contains 350 recipes, most brief enough to fill an index card. Each includes a no-frills photograph depicting the finished dish on a plate. Contrary to its title, the collection features a plethora of breakfast- and lunch-friendly recipes, such as oatmeal with pineapple and mint, steak and Swiss chard panini, and buttermilk chicken and tomato salad. VERDICT With plenty of ideas for meals that can be prepared in less than 30 minutes, this cookbook will satisfy busy home cooks and eaters who enjoy browsing by photo.

Library Journal