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Learn to COOK - Semi-Homemade Cooking

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Manufacturer: Meredith Books

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 641
EAN: 9780696226854
ISBN: 0696226855
Label: Meredith Books
Manufacturer: Meredith Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: 2005-09-06
Publisher: Meredith Books
Release Date: 2005-09-06
Studio: Meredith Books

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These second editions cookbooks showcase an inspiring new look, featuring:

Dazzling new covers
Friendlier trim sizes
Refreshed designs
All-new bonus chapters
Additional, never-before-published recipes
32 more pages than original editions

Recipes for every palate and mood—the Semi-Homemade way creates an inspiring pairing of fresh ingredients and packaged foods.

Quick-to-the-table, delicious recipes to satisfy any culinary whim any time of the day. Delectable breakfast fare, light lunch bites, family-pleasing dinners, simple appetizers and snacks, sassy cocktails, and more.

Most recipes prepared in 30 minutes or less.

All-new bonus chapters on red-hot topics: slow cooker favorites, restaurant remakes, and kid’s cooking.

Time-saving tips for shopping, prepping, leftover storage, and Sandra’s brand recommendations for success.

Wine suggestions to create delicious dining occasions every day.

Beautiful photo of every recipe.

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Summary: Nothing is from scratch?
Comment: Why on Earth would "nothing is made from scratch" be a selling point for a cookbook? How horrid!

For good, simple cooking, look into Mark Bittman's cookbooks.

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Summary: You can cook quickly and easily, quicker and easier than this.
Comment: Supposedly, the great benefit to Sandra Lee's cookbooks are that they're super fast, easy, and don't require a lot of cooking skill to prepare.

As a graduate student, this sort of thing should appeal to me. I don't have a lot of time or money. This should help that, right?

Except it doesn't. Buying a load of packaged convenience foods and then arranging them festively isn't any easier, or quicker, than cooking with fresh ingredients. I'm not some foodie hipster dweeb who claims that everything needs to be fresh, local, from scratch, homegrown, organic, et cetera. I'm something of a pragmatist, at least. I use canned tomatoes, chickpeas, and frozen veggies with regularity. But if I can whip out an excruciatingly tasty risotto in 30 minutes using seven bucks worth of ingredients as I did last night, so can everybody.

Take the time to learn a few basic techniques, maybe treat yourself to a basic cooking class, buy the freshest and least processed ingredients possible, spend some time experimenting, and you'll be able to improvise meals far tastier than anything out of Sandra Lee's book while spending less money and time. Cooking is only as hard as you make it. The reason it takes forever and isn't any fun is, frankly, because most people don't really know how, and their effort tends to be inefficiently applied and fraught with errors and unnecessary difficulty. It doesn't need to be that way. Sandra Lee teaches you how to cop out and let ConAgra do the prep work; why not simply learn how to cook well so that you can do it quickly and enjoyably?

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Summary: One of the best
Comment: Good variety of recipes, complete with brand names and suggestions....pictures are gorgeous. Good for the new or experienced but busy cook.

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Summary: Best of the Sandra Lee cookbooks
Comment: I have several of Sandra Lee's cookbooks now, and this first one (of the semi-homemade series) is the best. Truly easy recipes that turn out great.

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Summary: Gatherings
Comment: I have all of Sandra Lee's cook books. They are beautiful done and great recipes. I like how she even suggest what brands to use in her recipes.

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