Ms. Orban quotes Phyllis Diller, "I serve dinner in three phases: serve the food, clear the table, bury the dead". I own many cookbooks, and unlike Lisa, I actually like to cook. I have read and used countless but none haver meade be laugh. Ever, that is until now. Lsa has divided the cook book into six sections preceding each one with an anecdote. Frankly, I laughed my ass off with each one. My favorite anecdote has to do with her first cherry pie that is worth the price of the book alone.
As a single parent, who works full time, of a fussy / picky eater six year old son there are days I just want something simple, quick and requires minimum thought. This book has me covered whether I'm using a crock pot, cooking on the stove top, or oven. There are also three sections including cheap and easy, simple sides and holiday meals.
I have tried a number of these quick and easy, I got the stuff in my kitchen anyway, recipes. My son loves the baloney bowls because they include his three favourite food groups, baloney, eggs and cheese. Lunch, sometimes supper for my son taken care of!
I always like to serve sides but I hate when they take as much time and effort as the protein. The recipes here solve that problem and allow me to indulge my inherent laziness. I love salmon and have experimented with different recipes, many of which are similar to nuclear science. The recipe that Lisa has developed is quick simple and delish.
Finally, sometimes you just don't have the ingredient that is called for in some of the "fancy" cookbooks. Lisa encourages you to substitute and includes a number of suggestions. I hate when I go to make muffins with my son and find out that we had the last of the eggs in the baloney bowls earlier that day. A quick gander at the substitutions and away I go!
I can't recommend this book enough for anybody who hates to cook,thinks they can't cook or is just to worn out to cook some days. It is also a great gift for someone,who has just moved out on their own, got divorced and had had their ex do all the cooking, anyone on a budget or people who would rather starve than cook. It's funny, practical and a great addition for your kitchen library.
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I hate to cook, but I loved this book!
I really loved the stories at the beginning of each chapter; it reminded me of my own house. If it takes more than 5 ingredients, or 15 minutes to cook...I'm out! I'd starve to death if it were not for breakfast cereal and donuts! But Lisa's recipes were straight-forward enough that even a non-cooking beast like me could follow the process. I intend to try a few more of the recipes and see if maybe I can spend less money at Burger-Hut every night. With my cholesterol level higher than a bucket of lard, I really need to start eating better, and Lisa's book will help that a lot.
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