Simple Weeknight Favorites

by America's Test Kitchen (Editor)

200 meals you won’t believe you’re eating on a weeknight!

Most quick recipe collections promise a lot but deliver very little. Bland, uninspired dishes may be fast, but will you make them again? And clever gimmicks sound great, but in reality they rarely make much sense. The team at America's Test Kitchen has created more than 200 easy-to-make 30 minute recipes that guarantee impressive results from a minimum of effort. With a little test kitchen know-how, we found ways to make naturally fast dishes even faster, and traditionally slow-cooked dinners a weeknight option. But one thing we never did was settle on shortcuts that shortchanged flavor. Some compromises simply aren't worth making, and a few extra minutes of cooking translate to time well spent. No matter the path taken, every recipe in this book is foolproof, full-flavored, and fast. It's time to make weeknight dinner interesting again.

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Food, Nonfiction

352 pages, Paperback

First published February 28, 2012

About the author

America's Test Kitchen, based in a brand new state-of-the-art 60,000 sq. ft. facility with over 15,000 sq. ft. of test kitchens and studio space, in Boston's Seaport District, is dedicated to finding the very best recipes for home cooks. Over 50 full-time (admittedly obsessive) test cooks spend their days testing recipes 30, 40, up to 100 times, tweaking every variable until they understand how and why recipes work. They also test cookware and supermarket ingredients so viewers can bypass marketing hype and buy the best quality products. As the home of Cook's Illustrated and Cook's Country magazines, and publisher of more than one dozen cookbooks each year, America's Test Kitchen has earned the respect of the publishing industry, the culinary world, and millions of home cooks. America's Test Kitchen the television show launched in 2001, and the company added a second television program, Cook's Country, in 2008.

Discover, learn, and expand your cooking repertoire with Julia Collin Davison, Bridget Lancaster, Jack Bishop, Dan Souza, Lisa McManus, Tucker Shaw, Bryan Roof, and our fabulous team of test cooks!

Learn more at https://www.americastestkitchen.com/.

Reviews

[Lolo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Recipes overall are very simple to follow, however, I will mention the ingredients used can be considered speciality items ONLY IF you already do not cook a diverse menu on a regular basis. I cannot afford to travel all over the world, so I tend to cook a wide range of foods - meaning, I have a very VERY diverse pantry so all these dishes would be easy for me to plan for without spending a huge amount of money. I did love that they have a decent amount of recipes that included rotisserie chicken.

If you’re looking for a way to experiment and diversify your menu without breaking the bank, this is a good book to try.

[Dayna Smith · Rating 3 out of 5]

Recipes are easy to prepare and taste good.

[Heather · Rating 4 out of 5]

The key to America's Test Kitchen's cookbook success is that the recipes always work. Rarely do I ponder what I could have done to make it better (butternut squash soup I'm talking about you (in their gen. cookbook/red cover spiral)
Recipes were a bit boring for me, but still excellent.

[Mrs. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Decent book with eclectic array of recipes - not really "favorites," although there are a lot of basics, like pizza, pasta, etc. A lot of the recipes were a bit bland, but were easy to spice up.

[Angie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great cookbook filled with great tips and great recipes.

[Ivonne]

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