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I am very, very picky about the cookbooks I buy. I'm always amazed at people who have huge cookbook collections because I don't find many I want to buy. I want lots of pictures, and I want recipes that have real, fresh ingredients, and aren't intimidating for average folks.
Encouraged by Amanda's success with the book, I thumbed through the pages while my toddler sat in her stroller enjoying her book about summer (what better book for a 2 year-old than one with pictures of kids eating ice cream and watermelon, swinging, and swimming with fish and their dog?) I knew within moments I would be making a purchase (the cookbook and the summer book).
With the recipes in The Complete 15-Minute Gourmet, Paulette proves what I've believed for a long time: good, fresh food doesn't have to be hard to make or take a long time to make. Paulette uses real, fresh ingredients that you just can't go wrong with. I haven't tried anything yet, and since I've got 2 days and a wake-up until moving day, it will be Subway and Wendy's for a while. But I've got a list of recipes to try....things like:
- Warm Chicken Salad with Peaches and Blueberries
- Pesto Chicken Salad with Red Grapes
- Curried Winter Squash Soup
- Seared Scallops with Lemon Pepper Fettuccine
- Salmon and Noodles with Pesto Cream Sauce
- Pork Sausage Frittata
I can't possibly list them all here because it would take forever. Let's just say I won't be without new, great recipes to try for a long time. Thanks Paulette, and thanks Amanda for blogging about her great book!
Oh can't wait to see what you try! I still have two more I want to blog about. One of them is a frittata and the other is a pesto dish. They were both winners! I took my book with me to my camper a couple of weeks ago and accidentally left it there! RATS! it'll probably be a few weeks before I get up there again :( UGH
ReplyDeleteSounds like a fun afternoon! I danced when I was little and I remember my mom used to pick me up from long rehearsals with bags of stuff that she had bought while trying to kill time. :) I can't wait to see the chicken salad with blueberries and peaches - sounds so good! Good-luck with the move!!
ReplyDeleteAmanda: BUMMER about the book! The weeks will go by fast, though, and you'll be able to retrieve it from your camper (jealous, btw, about the camper...) I need to get moved and my kitchen put together fast so I can try some of the great stuff in the book...
ReplyDeleteCulinary Wannabe: It ended up being a fun afternoon, even with the rain (left that part out of the post) Outside malls and rain don't work so well :) But my 2 year-old thought the rain was great...Believe me I'm itching to start trying some of the recipes. It's a terrible thing to have to wait...And thanks for the good wishes. Moves always have some sort of hiccup, don't they? :)