Fun and Easy Cooking

Find recipes and hints for fast and fabulous meals in a book from the Lititz Public Library.

The Complete Make-Ahead Cookbook : From Appetizers to Desserts-500 Recipes You Can Make in AdvanceThe Complete Make-Ahead Cookbook from the Editors at America’s Test Kitchen
Five hundred thoroughly-tested selections, from appetizers to desserts, provide options for preparing the recipes all at once or using the accompanying suggestions on what parts are best to make ahead.

100 Days of Real Food on a Budget: Simple tips and Tasty Recipes to Help You Cut out Processed Food without Breaking the Bank by Lisa Leake
Learn how to make a variety of unprocessed dishes for $15 or less with practical recipes that help busy families on tight budgets plan breakfast, packed lunch and dinner, as well as snacks and desserts.

The All-New Fresh Food Fast: 200+ Incredibly Flavorful 5-Ingredient, 15-minute Recipes from the Editors of Cooking Light
Fresh, easy-to-make recipes, guaranteed to get dinner on the table faster, utilize fresh ingredients as well as smart, time-saving, store-bought products that provide a healthy, filling meal in minutes.

Copycat Cooking with Six Sisters' Stuff : 100+ Popular Restaurant Meals You Can Make at HomeCopycat Cooking: 100+ Popular Restaurant Meals You Can Make at Home by Six Sisters’ Stuff
Bloggers present more than 100 easy-to-make recipes for popular restaurant dishes and takeout favorites, such as Texas Roadhouse Cactus Blossom, Disneyland Monte Cristo Sandwich and Chili’s Molten Hot Lava Cake.

Dinner Illustrated: 175 Meals Ready in 1 Hour or Less from the Editors at America’s Test Kitchen
Find a fully-illustrated, step-by-step roadmap to producing fantastic meals with no advance preparation required.

$10 Dinners: Delicious Meals for a Family of Four that Don’t Break the Bank by Julie Grimes
Simply written with the busy weeknight cook in mind, the author shares budget secrets for more than 100 dishes covering seafood, poultry and meatless main dishes, including pizza, pastas, soups, sandwiches and sides.

Eat at Home Tonight: 101 Simple Busy-Family Recipes for Your Slow Cooker, Sheet Pan, Instant Pot and More by Tiffany King
Food blogger presents a go-to cookbook when all hope of a homemade, wholesome dinner seems lost, featuring bright vegetables and affordable pantry ingredients.

Instant Pot Miracle 6 Ingredients or Less: 100 No-Fuss Recipes for Easy Meals Every Day by Ivy Manning
Recipes complement the Instant Pot’s many settings for simple, satisfying meals, offering flexibility to make the most of on-hand ingredients.

All-Time Favorite Sheet Cakes and Slab Pies : Easy to Make, Easy to ServeAll-Time Favorite Sheet Cakes and Slab Pies: Easy to Make, Easy to Serve by Bruce Weinstein
Slab pies, generous fruit concoctions made in a baking sheet and topped with a traditional pie crust or crunchy crumble, are American originals.

The Weeknight Mediterranean Kitchen: 80 Authentic, Healthy Recipes Made Quick and Easy for Everyday Cooking by Samantha Ferraro
With the growing popularity of the Mediterranean diet as both a tool for weight loss and an easy-to-maintain lifestyle, the recipes feature flavor profiles rooted in Israeli/Jewish foods, Middle Eastern and Italian heritage.

Make It, Freeze It: Save Time and Money with Family-Favorite Freezer Meals from the Editors of Taste of Home
Discover almost 295 step-by-step recipes that include freezing and reheating instructions, featuring a bonus chapter highlighting recipes that yield enough to serve a dish one night and store a second in the freezer to use when time is tight.

You have it Made: Delicious, Healthy, Do-Ahead Meals by Ellie Krieger
Turn the refrigerator and freezer into a treasure chest of satisfying meals, including breakfast bakes, soups, salads, casseroles and more that can be prepared ahead of time, with instructions for storing and reheating.

Make It Easy, Cupcake! : Fabulously Fun Creations in 4 Simple StepsMake It Easy, Cupcake! by Karen Tack
Start with a batch of plain cupcakes and follow four illustrated steps to create adorable, imaginative creations using common candy and other snack foods available at the grocery store.

Smitten Kitchen Every Day: Triumphant and Unfussy New Favorites by Deb Perelman
Foolproof recipes yield indulgent, flavorful dishes, including options such as sticky toffee waffles, beefsteak shirt steak salad and chocolate peanut butter icebox cake.

Simply Scratch: 120 Wholesome Homemade Recipes Made Easy by Laurie McNamara
Blogger shares recipes and hints learned when she decided to remake her kitchen and home-cook everything from scratch.

Vietnamese Food Any Day: Simple Recipes for True, Fresh Flavors by Andrea Nguyen
Drawing on decades of experience, the author shows how easy-to-find ingredients can create true Vietnamese flavors at home.

13 x 9, the Pan that Can: 150 Fabulous Recipes from Better Homes and Gardens
The sheet pan can produce just about any dish, from one-pan dinners to an easy big-batch dessert.

March 15, 2019