Full Description
Walking into a kitchen that?s filled with cooking aromas is adelightful and comforting experience. Yet, between work, chores,family obligations, and a badly needed opportunity to unwind, youfind it difficult to get dinner on the table within the time limitsthat life imposes on you. But cooking a great tasting meal isn?t nearly astime-consuming as it?s made out to be, and you don?thave to be a chef to pull it off. If you forgot how enjoyable ahome-cooked meal can be, 30-Minute Meals For Dummies is yourbest resource.If you can identify with any of these descriptions, this book isfor you:Between your frantic day and the demands of your personal life,you?re looking for ways to free up a few minutes. Cooking isone of the activities that gets shortchanged.Tired of spending your evenings in your car, you long for somesemblance of dining-at-home pleasure, instead of inching around aparking lot, waiting for your chance to order dinner from a metalbox.You're not looking to prepare a five-course meal. You wantself-contained meals that please, satisfy, and get the job donewith minimal hassle.30-Minute Meals For Dummies shows you how to makeone-dish meals that include vegetables, starches, and thetraditional ?meat.? You'll transform soup and saladside dishes into hearty main courses and turn your skillet into aone-dish dinner utensil. You often get everything a meal has tooffer in one dish ? well, besides adding a scoop ofice cream to the top of your jambalaya for dessert.This book is structured around the equipment, ingredients, andrecipe choices that fit your time frame. Each page is packed withmy kitchen-tested suggestions for streamlining cooking. Even ifyou?re an experienced cook, you can pick up useful hints. Youget great recipes for classic meals, new dishes, and so much morein these chapters. You?ll be pleased to know that you can fixnourishing and memorable dinners within your time frame. So ladiesand gentleman, start your ovens!
Contents
Introduction. Part I: Cooking Fast, Eating Well.Chapter 1: Making Mealtime Matter.Chapter 2: Tools for Speed.Chapter 3: Staples for Speed.Chapter 4: Focusing on Efficiency.Part II: Mastering Skills for Speed.Chapter 5: Vegging Out: Fresh and Fast Produce.Chapter 6: Fast Cooking Techniques.Chapter 7: Sauces in Seconds.Chapter 8: Big-Batch Cooking.Part III: Quick Meals without the Hassle.Chapter 9: Satisfying Soups.Chapter 10: Salad Selections.Chapter 11: Sandwich Entrees.Chapter 12: Skillet Meals.Chapter 13: Don?t Forget the Beef, Lamb, Pork, Chicken,and Fish.Chapter 14: Sweet Nothings.Part IV: Even Quicker Meals without the Hassle.Chapter 15: Making Every Minute Count: Precooked Meats.Chapter 16: Two for One: Dining Once, Eating Twice.Chapter 17: Cooking at Warp Speed.Part V: The Part of Tens.Chapter 18: Ten Great Timesaving Tools.Chapter 19: Ten Tips for Eliminating Mealtime Hassles.Appendix: Metric Conversion Guide.Index.
