Super Easy Cookbook for Beginners: 5-Ingredient Recipes and Essential Techniques to Get You Started in the Kitchen

by Lisa Grant

Super simple 5-ingredient recipes to get beginners cooking with confidence

The best way to learn how to cook is to actually start cooking! This hands-on choice in cookbooks for beginners teaches you how to navigate your kitchen and practice basic skills as you fix up tasty meals. The simple recipes in this beginner cookbook only require five main ingredients and include step-by-step guidance for kitchen techniques from cutting up broccoli to roasting a whole chicken.

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120 homestyle recipes use just a few affordable, accessible ingredients, making this easy cookbook perfect for hassle-free cooking. Essential skill lessons range from safety practices to storage rules and explain the differences between key terms like braising and caramelizing. Kitchen setup tips outline the best appliances and staple pantry products for you to keep on hand.

Even if you’ve never cooked before, this standout in cookbooks for beginners sets you up for success!

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking

310 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 31, 2018

Reviews

[Rebecca · Rating 4 out of 5]

Practical

There are a lot of super easy recipes that are more practical and things that the whole family would enjoy. She provides a bunch of useful information for those who are learning to cook. This is a book I'll be giving my teens.

[Loreina · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a cookbook I picked up for my teenager daughter who wants to learn to cook, but she doesn't want to listen to me lol! The cookbook really does have simple, beginning recipes. They are easy recipes. The author does a great job giving tips and tricks to make duties in the kitchen a little easier.
There aren't as many pics as I would have liked in the cookbook, but the pics that are there are good.

[SOMDReigel · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a very good beginner’s reference/cookbook. Teaches you the essential cooking skills with super simple recipes. Lists the essential kitchen tools, necessary appliances, and staple ingredients for your pantry to get your kitchen set up and ready. Knife techniques, how to measure ingredients, and cooking terms are all covered. Recipes all have short prep time. Throughout the book there are tips and techniques that guide you through the process. Ingredients are easy to find at your local grocery store. A lot of home-style favorites. Recipes are clear and easy to follow. A great gift for the new cook and also the season cook will benefit from the recipes.

[Tracey Scimeca · Rating 5 out of 5]

This cookbook includes a variety of recipes for any time of the day. The recipes are made up of few ingredients but burst with flavor. Lisa Grant reminds us that we can make real food at home that can be created quickly and easily. For those challenged in the kitchen, the book includes details to help you become acquainted with kitchen staples and specific instructions. It’s goof-proof! Read it today- be prepared to eat at home more often.

[Lisa Keys · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best cookbook I have read in a long time. Filled with fresh ingredients instead of processed foods typical of super easy recipes Lisa brings quality delicious food fast to the table. Lots of wonderful tips for the beginner cook but also terrific for any working person pressed for time, college students or busy parents. Highly recommend this one.

[Carolyn J Pitzer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not Italian

Everything sounds delicious, but I'm 83, and I was raised and learned to cook in a home and by a mother who didn't use spicy or tomatoey flavorings or Italian ones for that matter. I don't favor them either and would like to try the recipes without those flavorings added, will that work?

[Lorissa Burke · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quite good! Quite a few ingredients that I was not familiar with are in the recipes so they weren't the most convenient but it helped me learn. Information about different types of knives and kitchen appliances that I'm embarrassed to not have not known were included in the first few chapters which helped me feel better equipped in tackling the receipes.

[Vickie S. Hollis · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not for young teens

Thought some of the recipes sounded good, but noticed that one called for white wine and one included vodka. Was going to buy a paperback of this book for a teen whose name I got from an angel tree and include a grocery store gift certificate. Decided against it as they would not be able to buy these ingredients. Also, the parents might not approve.

[Pat Harmon]

I thought it to be very appropriate for beginning cooks. Easy to read and follow recipes.