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Fast. Simple. Delicious.: 60 No-Fuss, No-Fail Comfort Food Recipes to Amp Up Your Week
What Beats a Fast, Simple and Delicious Meal? Absolutely Nothing.
No one knows how to please a picky palate better than a mom, and Tara “T” Ippolito has been head cook in her family for 20 years. Dedicated to inspiring self-taught cooks in the kitchen, Ippolito founded the Al Dente Diva blog to highlight fast, family-friendly meals with simple methods and familiar flavor profiles. In Fast. Simple. Delicious. , Ippolito provides 60 delectable dinner ideas and proves that cooking doesn’t need to involve newfangled gadgets or time-consuming techniques to be eye-catching and delicious.
Her creative yet quick Italian-American meals satisfy fussy eaters and nostalgic foodies alike with easily accessible ingredients and bold flavors. With inspired refashioned favorites like Cheesy Chicken Tetrazzini, Italian Stuffed Peppers, Gnocchi Bolognese, Shrimp Francese and more, let the Al Dente Diva prove that simple, easy food can be the very best.
No one knows how to please a picky palate better than a mom, and Tara “T” Ippolito has been head cook in her family for 20 years. Dedicated to inspiring self-taught cooks in the kitchen, Ippolito founded the Al Dente Diva blog to highlight fast, family-friendly meals with simple methods and familiar flavor profiles. In Fast. Simple. Delicious. , Ippolito provides 60 delectable dinner ideas and proves that cooking doesn’t need to involve newfangled gadgets or time-consuming techniques to be eye-catching and delicious.
Her creative yet quick Italian-American meals satisfy fussy eaters and nostalgic foodies alike with easily accessible ingredients and bold flavors. With inspired refashioned favorites like Cheesy Chicken Tetrazzini, Italian Stuffed Peppers, Gnocchi Bolognese, Shrimp Francese and more, let the Al Dente Diva prove that simple, easy food can be the very best.
152 pages, Paperback
Published November 1, 2022
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January 4, 2023
There's been a lot of local press about this book, and it lives up to the hype. This is comfort food at its finest, with lots of shortcuts to get it on the table quickly. The book skews heavily towards Italian food, and the best recipes (for me) were the classics - the stuffed peppers, eggplant meatballs. The starters were also good, and the least interesting to me were the mixed (fusion) recipes.
This is family-friendly food - the taste is good and comforting, but nothing is too spicey or nuanced. There is a lot of cheese, and most of these are pretty heavy. You could lighten them up - using low sodium or fat soups, possibly lowering the cheese quantity a little. And her guidance and tips (like when you really need to shred your own cheese) are on-point.
While I don't think I'd cook like this everyday, this is worth checking out for some family-friendly, quick ideas. I have two friends who have moved out of the area and complain that they can't get 'Jersey Italian' food where they live. We are spoiled here. They will be getting copies of this book for their birthday.
This is family-friendly food - the taste is good and comforting, but nothing is too spicey or nuanced. There is a lot of cheese, and most of these are pretty heavy. You could lighten them up - using low sodium or fat soups, possibly lowering the cheese quantity a little. And her guidance and tips (like when you really need to shred your own cheese) are on-point.
While I don't think I'd cook like this everyday, this is worth checking out for some family-friendly, quick ideas. I have two friends who have moved out of the area and complain that they can't get 'Jersey Italian' food where they live. We are spoiled here. They will be getting copies of this book for their birthday.
October 5, 2023
Love this !!
February 11, 2025
Great new cookbook with fast dinners some new, BAM BAM SHRIMP PASTA, and some old with a new twist, BETTER THEN GRANDMAS MEATLOAF! YUM!
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