The Best Simple Recipes: More Than 200 Flavorful, Foolproof Recipes That Cook in 30 Minutes or Less Paperback – March 1, 2010

My whole family is in love with this cookbook. My 14 year old was so excited to sit down to dinner last night. My husband picked a recipe and bought the ingredients for it, I came home and had a blast making it! (His arm is in a sling right now, kind of glad or he would have made the whole meal himself. lol) My adult kids are planning to come over and pick meals we can make together. I told my husband I’m so tired of how boring online recipes are. I want to have more fun in the kitchen and make food I’m excited to try that doesn’t call for cream soups or standard one sheet pan meals. All the recipes look amazing in here. I’m excited to build my confidence making fish and pork too! I love that the recipes give some technique and specifics too! This is such a great cookbook!!!Update: we just keep loving this cookbook. Everything turns out so beautiful and flavorful. My son and daughter both asked me to send them recipes to make with their spouses. We were all cooking from the same book, the same night and send pics to each other. Everyone loved what they picked. Get this book and have fun!

I purchased this as a gift for my son. He and his wife both work long hours. So far, within a month if receiving it, he has texted me photos of the recipes he has tried. Looks like a winner to me! I think I'll be buying it for myself.

I've just recently started cooking dinner's every night. After reazlizing how much I was spending each month on crappy processed food for my family - I finally made the decision to have a home cooked dinner almost every night. This cookbook has been such a help when dinner planning. I especially love the 'side bar' segments (ie. why buy this over this. How to choose a cut of meat)My ONLY complaint about this book is the lack of pictures. There isn't a picture of every dish - and I tend to be a very visual person. However, that is a very slight complaint.If you are a beginner - or are looking for different recipes to spice up your regular routine - I definitely recommend this book.

The media could not be loaded. This book seems like an overall good cookbook. It’s The first one I’ve bought so far and so I wanted something simple but solid. However, although I think most people would enjoy the recipes here, it’s not the type of food I was hoping for.It has lots of text and some small demos as well as recommendations for products and dedicated pages for learning how to go about Serrano things like broth or useful things to know about steakIt’s also not a start-from-scratch sort of cookbook. The ones I’ve looked at so far (I just got it 5 min ago so take what I say with a grain of salt) have things like rotisserie chicken witch is the go-to for a fast chicken soup and precooked rice that you get in those small bags at the store.Anyway, I will still be trying some of the recipes and I’m sure they’ll turn out just fine :)Update: I don’t find myself using this book very often as I feel some of the recipes lack seasoning's and are a bit too experimental rather than a classic meal you can feel confident that you’ll enjoy. It’s just not a good book for beginners who are looking for something simple and classic. But if you want to try something new that’s outside of the normal food combinations you usually eat, then I think this book is fine.

OK I've had a chance to go through it, I haven't read it cover to cover as I will eventually but I did spend some time with it today.First thing I noticed was the size.......WOW I LOVE IT! It's THE PERFECT size. It isn't large like the Best Of series. It's probably 7 inches by 8 inches, I really do love the size.Secondly, as I flipped through the book I noticed IT'S FULL of color pictures. Not just small ones that focus on a technique, but FULL PAGE color pictures of finished dishes. Much more than we've seen in the past. Not just a couple of sections in the book, know what I mean, a lot through the entire book.Third, the quality of the pages. WONDERFUL! Heavy,glossy, quality pages. Not whimpy flimsy like the ATK Family ring binder book.Finally, the content. Are these new dishes? Um.......nope, but really did you think they would be? :) They are BASICALLY the same but changed up a bit. And who knows, maybe there ARE new recipes. I only have two Best Of books, the 30 Minute and Skillet Meals books and frankly, they don't inspire me and have looked through them a few times. I know the content is good if I just take the time to read it but I am visual. I need to be inspired to cook something and I think that's why I LOVE this book. It's very visual, has a lot of pics, and some great recipes.Here's the break down in Chapters:IntroductionSoups and StewsSaladsPoultryBeefPorkSeafoodVegetarian (not a lot thankfully)Hot Off The GrillPastaPizza and SandwichesStir-Fries and Curriesand then the Index.....Really, I have to say I LOVE this book. I'm a huge ATK fan so you have to take that when considering what I've written.I have A LOT of cookbooks. And I use them. Of all the times I've cooked with a cookbook ATK recipe's are the ONLY ones I've been asked to share the recipe for. I'll continue to purchase their books until they cease to print them.I can't think of a negative thing to say about this book, my only complaint in the past with their "Best Of" series would have been the size and lack of colored pictures, they just aren't 'pretty' books. Well ATK must be listening because they have changed it up completely and as a result, there are no negatives with this new book. It's a keeper!

This is a great cookbook! Lots of tips and extra information. The pictures are beautiful. This is a great staple in the kitchen. Can’t wait to try many new recipes. Great job.