30-Minute Meals For Dummies

30-Minute Meals For Dummies

Walking into a kitchen that€s filled with cooking aromas is a delightful and comforting experience. Yet, between work, chores, family obligations, and a badly needed opportunity to unwind, you find it difficult to get dinner on the table within the time limits that life imposes on you. <p>But cooking a great tasting meal isn€t nearly as time-consuming as it€s made out to be, and you don€t have to be a chef to pull it off. If you forgot how enjoyable a home-cooked meal can be, <i>30-Minute Meals For Dummies</i> is your best resource.</p> <p>If you can identify with any of these descriptions, this book is for you:</p> <ul> <li>Between your frantic day and the demands of your personal life, you€re looking for ways to free up a few minutes. Cooking is one of the activities that gets shortchanged.</li> <li>Tired of spending your evenings in your car, you long for some semblance of dining-at-home pleasure, instead of inching around a parking lot, waiting for your chance to order dinner from a metal box.</li> <li>You're not looking to prepare a five-course meal. You want self-contained meals that please, satisfy, and get the job done with minimal hassle.</li> </ul> <p><i>30-Minute Meals For Dummies</i> shows you how to make one-dish meals that include vegetables, starches, and the traditional €œmeat.€ You'll transform soup and salad side dishes into hearty main courses and turn your skillet into a one-dish dinner utensil. You often get everything a meal has to offer in one dish €“ well, besides adding a scoop of ice cream to the top of your jambalaya for dessert.</p> <p>This book is structured around the equipment, ingredients, and recipe choices that fit your time frame. Each page is packed with my kitchen-tested suggestions for streamlining cooking. Even if you€re an experienced cook, you can pick up useful hints. You get great recipes for classic meals, new dishes, and so much more in these chapters. You€ll be <ins cite="mailto:Evelyn%20Still" datetime="2003-05-10T17:59">pleased</ins> to know that you can fix nourishing and memorable dinners within your time frame. So ladies and gentleman, start your ovens!</p>