Linda Larsen - The Everything Quick and Easy 30 Minute, 5-Ingredient Cookbook: 300 Delicious Recipes for Busy Cooks

THE EVERYTHING QUICK AND EASY 30-MINUTE, 5-INGREDIENT COOKBOOK

300 delicious recipes for busy cooks

Linda Larsen The About.com Guide for Busy Cooks

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Larsen, Linda.

The everything quick and easy 30-minute, 5-ingredient cookbook / Linda Larsen.

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Includes index.

ISBN 13: 978-1-59337-692-5 (paperback)

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The Quick and Easy 30-Minute, 5-Ingredient Cookbook

Dear Reader,

When developing these recipes, I worked as hard as I could to make sure they could be made in 30 minutes or less. Depending on your skill in the kitchen, they may take a little more or less time, but you can be assured they are all quick and easy. It can be difficult to create new recipes using so few ingredients, but several trips to the supermarket gave me many new wonderful convenience or value-added foods to work with. When you are shopping, keep your eyes open for new products. Home economists in food companies work hard every day to introduce new foods that will help you get in and out of the kitchen in a flash. A list of my favorite convenience foods appears in Appendix A at the end of the book.

Of course, you can add more ingredients to these recipes! Chop up some red or orange bell peppers to toss into a salad, add more frozen vegetables to a stew, and frost cakes and cookies using your own frosting recipe or by jazzing up canned frosting with sour cream or chocolate. These additions take no more time at all, so add (or subtract!) according to your family's tastes.

When a recipe uses canned ingredients, sodium content can become a concern. You can usually find low-sodium or no-sodium products, if not in the regular grocery store, then online or in health food stores. Low-fat products can be used in most of these recipes; just be careful in baking recipes because low-fat products can affect texture and flavor.

Enjoy these recipes. I hope that they inspire you to make over some of your more complicated recipes and that they become part of your permanent repertoire. Let's get cooking!