Incredible One-Pot Cooking: Easy, Delicious Recipes for Exciting Meals Without the Mess

by Megan Marlowe

Recipes Your Family (and Dishwasher) Will Love

Here to make dinnertime simple, easy and above all delicious is Megan Marlowe, founder of Strawberry Blondie Kitchen. As a busy mom of two, she knows how hard it is to whip up tasty meals for the whole family without making a huge mess in the kitchen and leaving yourself tons of dishes. But with this genius collection, she has created 60 comforting recipes that miraculously come together in just one pot, pan or baking dish, so you can completely skip out on hours of cleanup. And with most recipes taking 30 minutes or less, weeknight cooking is an absolute breeze.

Discover an exciting new dinner lineup, full of creative comfort foods, with recipes
• Peach and Ginger Barbecue Pulled Pork
• Charcuterie Board Stuffed Chicken
• Chili Mac Tortilla Pie
• Loaded Sausage and Pierogi Soup
• Pork Chops with Sweet and Spicy Apple Salsa
• Chicken-Bacon-Ranch Carbonara
• Raspberry-Chipotle Salmon with Broccoli
• Sheet Pan Monte Cristo Pizza
• Smoked Sausage with Apple and Onion Kraut

Enjoy fresh takes on all your favorite classics, all while cutting your cooking and cleaning time in half!

Genres: Cookbooks

144 pages, Paperback

Published April 21, 2020

Reviews

[Camilla · Rating 4 out of 5]

**I received a complimentary copy of the book for review**

Marlowe is a busy mom of two and created sixty recipes that are tasty, filling, and won't leave your kitchen in a stack of dirty pots and dishes. The cookbook is divided into five sections: Coop'd Up in One Pan, Meaty Classics with Easy Cleanup, Comfort from the Docks, Clever One-Dish Pastabilities, and No-Fuss Soups. I dove into each section and immediately tagged seven recipes I wanted to try.

I will say that, as a cook, I put less of a premium on only using one pot. So, I used a couple of pots to cook ingredients simultaneously. As an example, for the Mexican Street Corn Shrimp Pasta, Marlowe cooks the corn in the pot and transfers it to a plate. Then cooks the shrimp in the same pot and transfers them to a plate to use the same pot for the pasta and sauce.

I cooked the pasta separately to speed up the process. So, our dinner was on the table in less than 30 minutes. Transferring and waiting for that one pot would add, at least 15 more minutes. You just need to decide if speed or fewer pots is your goal. But I found all of her recipes inspired and inspiring. I'll be making more of them soon.

Other recipes that will be made as soon as I can are her Peanut Butter and Jelly Wings, Deluxe Cheeseburger Sloppy Joes, Goat Cheese Macaroni and Cheese, and Beefy Peanut Butter Chili. Every recipe in this book is creative and comforting. Marlowe provides a short story that explains why she's sharing the recipe. The photos are delectable; it makes you want to reach right into the page with your fork. And her recipes are easy to follow with both volume and weight measurements. This gem will surely stay within arm's reach of my kitchen.

[Liz · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this cookbook. When I received it, I flipped through a couple times and quickly flagged half of the recipes to try. I loved the fact that every recipe had a photo (a must, in my opinion). In addition to the recipes being made in one dish or pot as advertised, most are also ready in about 30 minutes, making it a life saver for busy weeknights. The recipes are all innovative takes on classic recipes. Plus, most of the recipes used ingredients that I almost always have in my fridge/pantry.

I've had this cookbook for a few weeks now and tried two recipes - both winners which I know we'll be returning to time and time again. I tried the raspberry chipotle salmon - bright, flavorful, ridiculous easy, and ready in just 15 minutes. The second recipe I tried was everything but the bagel avocado chicken. What a change from the breaded chicken cutlet I grew up eating. It was sooo good, I had a hard time not eating a second piece.



Disclaimer: I received an advanced copy of this book from Page Street Publishing Co. in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are mine alone. Full review (and cookbook GIVEAWAY, running until 4/25/2020) is posted here: http://www.books-n-cooks.com/raspberr...

[Kayla Zabcia · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not sure this lady totally understands the meaning of a "one-pot meal" which SHOULD mean the entire meal is made in one pot (with maybe a cutting board and a knife), not a single element of a meal (i.e. meatloaf or schnitzel) that needs to be accompanied by a vegetable and/or starch.

The ones that DID require only one pot/pan looked pretty mediocre, except for the 'Chili Mac Tortilla Pie' which I think I'll try to make, with some modifications (who doesn't put beef in chili??)