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I have tons of cook books and this is one of my favorites. The recipes are easy, quick, and lots of times, I don't have to go out shopping because Robin uses items that most well-stocked pantries and refrigerators already have.
I make Sesame Chicken with Garlicky Broccoli, Hoisin Beef with Vegetables and Ponzu Chicken with Vegetables on a regular basis. This cookbook is one of my favorites, especially the asian-inspired dishes. This book is a keeper. I enjoy Robin's Miller's approach to weeknight meals - prepping ahead, preparing extra ingredients to jump start the next night's meal, morphing one dish into something else so your kids don't complain about left overs. It's practical, time-saving and feasible. Who needs Chinese takeout.
I've also chopped up a bunch of veggies and froze them to help reduce my prep time. Recipes are very straight forward and I really like how she points out where you can prepare items ahead of time. So after making a few recipes with them turning out well, I bought the book from Amazon. :-) I am the type of cook that follows recipes pretty much to the tee, as I don't seem to have a very refined pallet that can tell the difference between subtle notes of different herbs or can really tell if I need to add more salt. There were a couple that were okay, but it could have been the ingredients I was using. But that is probably because I'm not very fast in the kitchen since I didn't grow up as a cook and my previous specialties were making burritos and meat loaf.
Overall, I would definitely recommend this book. I have bought a couple of Rachel Ray's books (from a few years ago and not recent ones) and the few that I tried, it seemed to be hit and miss. I have since made a dozen other recipes and most of them, my wife really liked. Besides, I knew it was a winner when my wife said she would never eat brussel sprouts, but really liked it after making it, twice. My sister recommended this book and I first borrowed the book from the library to try a some of the recipes. I'll say this, I don't have a ton of cookbooks nor am I a gourmet chef or much of a cook for that matter.
The first two recipes I tried, the olive spiked pork tenderloin and brussel sprouts w/ bacon & shallots, my wife loved it. The only complaint I have with this book, but really any cookbook, is that it always seems to take me twice as long to prepare everything than what the cookbook says.
Good flavors, simple ingredients, quick to make. Easy to use and fantastic meals. A great buy for anyone who doesn't want to spend a lot of time or money cooking up great meals.
AWESOME. Robin Miller demonstrates how easy it is to make healthy meals with lots of variety.
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