THE
EVERYTHING
One-Pot Cookbook
2nd Edition
Dear Reader,
Like you, one of my everyday realities is that I have to get meals on the tablesomehow. Special occasions involve making a list, getting special ingredients, and planning my time so that I can get everything done. On the other hand, most everyday occasions require that I fix something using what I have on hand. Ideally, each meal involves as little prep and standing-over-the-stove time as possible and is planned so that I make as little mess as possible. (A meal isnt nearly as enjoyable if I know its going to take longer to clean up the pot s, pans, and dishes than it took to eat the food I prepared.)
There are a number of ways I can achieve my simplified cooking objectives. Some involve using traditional cooking methods, and others involve using gadgets and gizmos to aid in the process.
This is my third Everything cookbook for Adams Media. I truly enjoy finding innovative methods for fixing and adapting traditional methods to create tasty food. Im fortunate that I get to pass that information along through the recipes in my cookbooks. My sincere wish is that by doing so, I help make your time in the kitchen a little easier and the delicious food that comes out of that kitchen more enjoyable and easier to prepare.
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THE
EVERYTHING
ONE-POT
COOKBOOK
ND EDITION
Delicious and simple meals that
you can prepare in just one dish
Pamela Rice Hahn
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Contents
Acknowledgments
For their help and support, I would like to thank everyone at Adams Media. For all of their hard work and perseverance, I would like to thank my agents Sheree Bykofsky and Janet Rosen. Special thanks also go to my daughter Lara Sutton, her husband Randy, and the other joys in my life: Taylor, Charles, and Courtney; Ann, Andrew, Dennis, and Tony Rice; my mother and my sister Tam; and Eric J. Ehlers, David Hebert, everybody at ProudPatriots.org, and my other online friends.
Introduction
In an ideal world where time and money arent issues, to plan a meal youd step outside and choose the freshest ingredients from your organic garden, grab a few eggs courtesy of your free-range chickens, and maybe step into the smokehouse to select a ham to go with it all. Then youd hand all of the ingredients to your chef and he would cook it for you while the rest of your staff set the dining room table.
In a world where time isnt an issue, youd visit your local farmers market daily to pick up the freshest produce and eggs; stop by the butcher shop or fishmongers for your meat entres; swing by the organic dairy for the days butter, cream, cheese, and milk; and run into the artisan bakery for your bread and pastries.
In todays world, cooking according to season more than likely refers to using the ingredients you have on hand and cooking them based on the amount of time you have available to prepare them. Making sure that you have ingredients on hand to use usually includes having cans of food in the pantry, frozen vegetables in the freezer, and other food staples in the refrigerator. In other words, if its in your pantry, freezer, or refrigerator, its in season.