Good Housekeeping One-Dish Meals: 100 Delicious Recipes

by Anne Wright, Good Housekeeping (Editor)

With one-dish meals, cooking becomes tastier and easier than ever. In this revised and updated edition, 100 delicious and nutritious recipes for single-dish meals let busy home chefs put dinner on the table faster. Every element is coordinated, the preparations simplified, and the results are fantastic. An exciting menu of options includes soups, stews, casseroles, oven-cooked meals, stir-fries, skillet suppers, pastas, and salads. There’s a world of goodness to tempt any palate, ranging from Curried Vegetable Stew and Peruvian Fisherman’s Soup to Chicken with Rosemary Dumplings and Shrimp Risotto with Baby Peas. Each recipe includes prep time, cooking time, and key nutritional information. Best of all: when dinner’s done there’s only one pot or pan to wash!

Genres: Cookbooks

176 pages, Spiral-bound

First published January 1, 2008

Reviews

[Maryalene · Rating 5 out of 5]

I can't remember where I got this cookbook, and I didn't have very high expectations when I picked it off my shelf to try. For some reason, it struck me as the type of book that would be filled with recipes that call for dumping soup over meat.

However, I was very wrong. The recipes in here are "real" recipes that call for whole foods. Some of the meals are time intensive, but all three dishes I tried turned out amazing. I made the tuna melt casserole, coq au vin and carbonnades a la flamande, which ended up being the best beef stew I have ever cooked.

While the book promises "One-Dish Meals," be aware that many call for being served over or alongside rice, noodles or potatoes so the one-dish label might be a stretch.

[Amanda · Rating 3 out of 5]

A third scholastic book faire book, and this one is middle of the run. More dishes with starches/potatoes than I like, but there were a handful of them I might see myself trying in the future, so I don't feel it was a bad purchase at the end of the day.