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The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Food from My Frontier
I'm Pioneer Woman.
And I love to cook.
Once upon a time, I fell in love with a cowboy. A strapping, rugged, chaps-wearing cowboy. Then I married him, moved to his ranch, had his babies . . . and wound up loving it. Except the manure. Living in the country for more than fifteen years has taught me a handful of eternal truths: every new day is a blessing, every drop of rain is a gift . . . and nothing tastes more delicious than food you cook yourself.
The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Food from My Frontier is a mouthwatering collection of the simple-but-scrumptious recipes that rotate through my kitchen on a regular basis, including Perfect Pancakes, Cowgirl Quiche, Sloppy Joes, Italian Meatball Soup, White Chicken Enchiladas, and a spicy Carnitas Pizza that'll win you over for life. There are also some elegant offerings for more special occasions at your house: Osso Buco, Honey-Plum-Soy Chicken, and Rib-Eye Steak with an irresistible Onion-Blue Cheese Sauce. And the decadent assortment of desserts, including Blackberry Chip Ice Cream, Apple Dumplings, and Coffee Cream Cake, will make your heart go pitter-pat in the most wonderful way.
In addition to detailed step-by-step photographs, all the recipes in this book have one other important quality in common: They're guaranteed to make your kids, sweetheart, dinner guests, in-laws, friends, cousins, or resident cowboys smile, sigh, and beg for seconds. (And hug you and kiss you and be devoted to you for life.)
I hope you enjoy, devour, and love this book.
I sure did love making it for you.
And I love to cook.
Once upon a time, I fell in love with a cowboy. A strapping, rugged, chaps-wearing cowboy. Then I married him, moved to his ranch, had his babies . . . and wound up loving it. Except the manure. Living in the country for more than fifteen years has taught me a handful of eternal truths: every new day is a blessing, every drop of rain is a gift . . . and nothing tastes more delicious than food you cook yourself.
The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Food from My Frontier is a mouthwatering collection of the simple-but-scrumptious recipes that rotate through my kitchen on a regular basis, including Perfect Pancakes, Cowgirl Quiche, Sloppy Joes, Italian Meatball Soup, White Chicken Enchiladas, and a spicy Carnitas Pizza that'll win you over for life. There are also some elegant offerings for more special occasions at your house: Osso Buco, Honey-Plum-Soy Chicken, and Rib-Eye Steak with an irresistible Onion-Blue Cheese Sauce. And the decadent assortment of desserts, including Blackberry Chip Ice Cream, Apple Dumplings, and Coffee Cream Cake, will make your heart go pitter-pat in the most wonderful way.
In addition to detailed step-by-step photographs, all the recipes in this book have one other important quality in common: They're guaranteed to make your kids, sweetheart, dinner guests, in-laws, friends, cousins, or resident cowboys smile, sigh, and beg for seconds. (And hug you and kiss you and be devoted to you for life.)
I hope you enjoy, devour, and love this book.
I sure did love making it for you.
293 pages, Hardcover
First published March 13, 2011
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About the author
Ree Drummond
49 books2,068 followersRee Drummond began blogging in 2006 and has built an award-winning website, where she shares recipes, showcases her photography, and documents her hilarious transition from city life to ranch wife. She is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling cookbook
The Pioneer Woman Cooks
. Ree lives on a working cattle ranch near Pawhuska, Oklahoma, with her husband, Ladd; their four kids; their beloved basset hound; and lots of other animals.
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September 8, 2012
In Ree's first cookbook, she covered many aspects of her golden rich white persons life in the little multi-million dollar ranch on the prairie. In her second cookbook, she reels in the gushing about her life with Marlboro Man and all them chillens she kept havin' to focus more on cookin' and makin' a real cookbook.
What this cookbook lacks however is the personality of the first (no matter how phony that is). Some recipes Ree barely introduces, it was like she couldn't be bothered talking about the recipes or wasn't truly invested in them, golly it was almost like reading a Rachael Ray cookbook (the bottom of the barrel in my opinion since RR doesn't actually write her recipes, she just puts them into a random recipe generator and then lets some poor ghostwriter figure the rest out).
If The Phony-eer Woman cannot even write about her silly simple recipes and doesn't give a cornhusk in a cobbler worth of a chuckwagon in hell then why should I?
I skimmed through it, saw a few good food photos here and there, a couple of better than her last cookbook recipes (since she gave credit to her ghostwriter and her team that helps run her empire I suppose they had something to do with it) and was done with the entire Phony-eer Woman experience in about an hour.
When I thought Ree was for Ree-al, I was charmed by her in her K-Mart looking maternity tops, with her stilted delivery (on that there Food Network) and her bratty kids with her uncomfortable and wooden seeming someone's Brokeback Mountain fantasy husband. Then I found out the truth, that she was rich as can be and there was nothing pioneering about her life in the slightest. That she was fake, fake, fake in every possible way, even before she was clearing at least a million plus per year just from ads on her blog alone. (See my other review on her first cookbook for the dirt - I mean prairie dust.)
It's a nice looking cookbook, along the same lines as her first. Some of the recipes looked pretty good and this is definitely for beginners as was her last. And for those not counting calories or afraid of heart disease since it features a great deal of red meat and butter. Pounds of butter. Enough to make Paula Deen blush.
I have read worse cookbooks certainly and at least these are a visual treat. But her voice is gone from this one (or rather stifled) because I don't think she had much to do with it.
It amazes me that so many people buy into her bullshit. But then I think of the fact that Snooki's pregnancy and baby were actual news and I shudder that this is the white trash culture that is spreading like a virus.
What this cookbook lacks however is the personality of the first (no matter how phony that is). Some recipes Ree barely introduces, it was like she couldn't be bothered talking about the recipes or wasn't truly invested in them, golly it was almost like reading a Rachael Ray cookbook (the bottom of the barrel in my opinion since RR doesn't actually write her recipes, she just puts them into a random recipe generator and then lets some poor ghostwriter figure the rest out).
If The Phony-eer Woman cannot even write about her silly simple recipes and doesn't give a cornhusk in a cobbler worth of a chuckwagon in hell then why should I?
I skimmed through it, saw a few good food photos here and there, a couple of better than her last cookbook recipes (since she gave credit to her ghostwriter and her team that helps run her empire I suppose they had something to do with it) and was done with the entire Phony-eer Woman experience in about an hour.
When I thought Ree was for Ree-al, I was charmed by her in her K-Mart looking maternity tops, with her stilted delivery (on that there Food Network) and her bratty kids with her uncomfortable and wooden seeming someone's Brokeback Mountain fantasy husband. Then I found out the truth, that she was rich as can be and there was nothing pioneering about her life in the slightest. That she was fake, fake, fake in every possible way, even before she was clearing at least a million plus per year just from ads on her blog alone. (See my other review on her first cookbook for the dirt - I mean prairie dust.)
It's a nice looking cookbook, along the same lines as her first. Some of the recipes looked pretty good and this is definitely for beginners as was her last. And for those not counting calories or afraid of heart disease since it features a great deal of red meat and butter. Pounds of butter. Enough to make Paula Deen blush.
I have read worse cookbooks certainly and at least these are a visual treat. But her voice is gone from this one (or rather stifled) because I don't think she had much to do with it.
It amazes me that so many people buy into her bullshit. But then I think of the fact that Snooki's pregnancy and baby were actual news and I shudder that this is the white trash culture that is spreading like a virus.
May 9, 2012
This is the second cookbook from Ree Drummond, also popularly known as "The Pioneer Woman." If you're not familiar with Ree and her Pioneer Woman website [where have you been?!], she was a city girl living the fast paced life when on her way from L.A. to Chicago, made a pit stop in her hometown in Oklahoma where she met a cowboy, fell in love, had babies and now lives happily ever after on a cattle ranch in Oklahoma! No really! That's what happened. You can read all about her sweet story in her memoir titled The Pioneer Woman: Black Heels to Tractor Wheels--a Love Story or just visit her website and read all about her there. Anyway, while living on an fairly isolated ranch in the middle of Oklahoma, busy raising four children, tending their home, cooking for the ranch hands, etc.. Ree started a blog where she posted photographs of and wrote anecdotes about ranch life, her family, gardening, photography and of course, cooking. Her popularity grew exponentially and she's now practically a household name. Okay, maybe that's a slight exaggeration, but A LOT of people all over the country know who she is. And that's the dish on Ree Drummond, "The Pioneer Woman."
Ree has a wonderfully friendly way about her narration that shines through on both her website and in this cookbook. It's a comfortable friendliness that makes you feel as though you're sharing recipes and daily anecdotes about your families with a close friend. She has a fun sense of humor and an appreciation for hard work, good food and the love of family and friends and it all shows in her cookbooks and on her website.
As for the recipes, The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Recipes From My Frontier focuses a lot more on the food (including many detailed step by step photos) and a bit less on Ree's family and life on the ranch compared to her first cookbook. If you already read her website and or have read her first cookbook, you probably already feel as though you know Ree and you'll enjoy getting right into the kitchen and cooking up some of her mouthwatering recipes. It IS a cookbook, after all. If you're not familiar with Ree, don't worry. You're still going to love Ree's recipes and end up wishing YOU lived on a cattle ranch. Or maybe not that last part..
Initially I bookmarked only one recipe to make from this cookbook, but after flipping through it again, I found a few more. Like Ree's first cookbook, there are a lot of recipes in this one that I won't likely prepare because the foods are fried or contain a lot of cheese and cream. Unless you're burning tons of calories wrestling cattle every day, these recipes are too high in calories for every day meals. Perhaps I'd make an exception for some of the desserts such as Billie's Italian Cream Cake, the Coffee Cream Cake or even the Knock You Naked Brownies. Mmmm.. The one recipe that I definitely want to try is the Peach-Basil Ice Cream Topping. A bit unusual, I know, but it sounds ultra refreshing, summery and delicious. Other recipes that I've bookmarked are Restaurant-Style Salsa, Steakhouse Pizza, Thai Chicken Pizza, Fig-Prosciutto Pizza and Carnitas Pizza. Can you tell I like pizza?
Vegetarians beware. Ree lives on a cattle ranch, so the recipes call for a lot of meat, eggs and dairy products and may not appeal to vegetarians, vegans or others with allergies and or a gluten-intolerance.
The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Food From My Frontier is a must for fans of The Pioneer Woman and anyone else who loves tempting, home-cooked, comfort foods.
Ree has a wonderfully friendly way about her narration that shines through on both her website and in this cookbook. It's a comfortable friendliness that makes you feel as though you're sharing recipes and daily anecdotes about your families with a close friend. She has a fun sense of humor and an appreciation for hard work, good food and the love of family and friends and it all shows in her cookbooks and on her website.
As for the recipes, The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Recipes From My Frontier focuses a lot more on the food (including many detailed step by step photos) and a bit less on Ree's family and life on the ranch compared to her first cookbook. If you already read her website and or have read her first cookbook, you probably already feel as though you know Ree and you'll enjoy getting right into the kitchen and cooking up some of her mouthwatering recipes. It IS a cookbook, after all. If you're not familiar with Ree, don't worry. You're still going to love Ree's recipes and end up wishing YOU lived on a cattle ranch. Or maybe not that last part..
Initially I bookmarked only one recipe to make from this cookbook, but after flipping through it again, I found a few more. Like Ree's first cookbook, there are a lot of recipes in this one that I won't likely prepare because the foods are fried or contain a lot of cheese and cream. Unless you're burning tons of calories wrestling cattle every day, these recipes are too high in calories for every day meals. Perhaps I'd make an exception for some of the desserts such as Billie's Italian Cream Cake, the Coffee Cream Cake or even the Knock You Naked Brownies. Mmmm.. The one recipe that I definitely want to try is the Peach-Basil Ice Cream Topping. A bit unusual, I know, but it sounds ultra refreshing, summery and delicious. Other recipes that I've bookmarked are Restaurant-Style Salsa, Steakhouse Pizza, Thai Chicken Pizza, Fig-Prosciutto Pizza and Carnitas Pizza. Can you tell I like pizza?
Vegetarians beware. Ree lives on a cattle ranch, so the recipes call for a lot of meat, eggs and dairy products and may not appeal to vegetarians, vegans or others with allergies and or a gluten-intolerance.
The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Food From My Frontier is a must for fans of The Pioneer Woman and anyone else who loves tempting, home-cooked, comfort foods.
March 3, 2018
There are some excellent recipes and anecdotes in this book. A truly epic pie crust recipe, cornbread croutons and apple brown betty. Yum!! Can’t wait to try them.
December 1, 2012
I tried several (at least 7) different recipes, and two were things I would make again. In case you are wondering: Cherry limeade and citrus butter cookies -- I'm considering putting the citrus butter cookies on my holiday cookie list. The zingy, summery taste would be lovely, refreshing, and different on a holiday table or cookie exchange, and they looked gorgeous. I have followed "The Pioneer Woman" blog in the past, so I was familiar with her homey, homespun cooking and persona. Overall, the book was FULL of high-fat, high-salt, non-healthful concoctions. I lived in the South as a child and my father was a Southern gentleman. I make grits several times a month and have never put 2 cups of heavy cream AND 1.5 cups of cheese in them. I put in half the cream her recipe, and it was still way, way to "creamy" -- although in fairness I loved the additions of onions and bacon and will do that next time. Another recipe sounded interesting (Honey-Plum-Soy chicken) but called for a 20 ounce bottle of soy sauce in a recipe designed to serve 8 people. A 20-ounce bottle is not the "regular" size but the large size bottle of soy sauce which would typically have 40 servings of soy sauce. This would mean the soy sauce alone would be 2.5 times as much sodium as one should have in a day or if you are like me and use high-end low-sodium version 1.5 times as much sodium as recommended for the day. YIKES! I am hoping this was an error -- as I found an error in the Tres Leche cake (in my area evaporated milk comes in 12 oz cans not 14, and condensed milk comes in 14-oz not 12.)
I would be hard-pressed to recommend this book because of how unhealthful many of the recipes are. My husband's arteries would close up just reading the recipes and looking at the photos! However, the best parts of her book are 1) her step-by-step instructions and photos that would help even a novice pull together a meal, 2) her easy-to-find ingredients, and 3) her simple, easy-to-follow mostly "from scratch" recipes. It might be an okay intro cookbook for the college-bound or newlywed who only knows how to boil water for ramen noodles or call for take-out. I can imagine myself using her recipes as a "jumping off point", and tinkering with the recipes and rewritting amounts of certain ingredients and sending the cookbook off with a child to college.
I would be hard-pressed to recommend this book because of how unhealthful many of the recipes are. My husband's arteries would close up just reading the recipes and looking at the photos! However, the best parts of her book are 1) her step-by-step instructions and photos that would help even a novice pull together a meal, 2) her easy-to-find ingredients, and 3) her simple, easy-to-follow mostly "from scratch" recipes. It might be an okay intro cookbook for the college-bound or newlywed who only knows how to boil water for ramen noodles or call for take-out. I can imagine myself using her recipes as a "jumping off point", and tinkering with the recipes and rewritting amounts of certain ingredients and sending the cookbook off with a child to college.
May 17, 2012
What's not to love about Ree Drummond? She's witty and I like her step-by-step photo recipe format. I've been following her blog for a few years, and feel as though I know her, her family and can relate to her life on the ranch-- as I was an equestrian for a few decades, and enjoyed the whole cow horse thing. With that said, I realized that I had already made six of the recipes in this cookbook-- some of them as far back as three years ago. There are quite a few recipes that you can find on her blog. However, there are a few new recipes, and I'm looking forward to trying them. I still enjoying seeing her photos of her kids, the horses, cattle and good ole Charlie, The Basset Hound never fails to bring a smile to my face. This is comfort food-- nothing over-the-top fancy. The Fig Arugula Pizza is one of my favorite recipes, and one I enjoy on a warm summer day Al Fresco. The crash potatoes went viral when she first posted them a few years ago. If you read Ree's blog all the time, you might find yourself disappointed in this cookbook, because many of the recipes will look familiar to you. I knew this, when I bought the book. I figured that Ree needs the money. (Not.)
March 23, 2019
Ree Drummond’s The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Food from My Frontier cookbook provides step-by-step recipes that, I believe, can be followed by beginners as well as assist more advanced cooks. The author has some of my favorites in this cookbook such as Eggs Benedict, French Onion Soup, some new types of pizza and a recipe for pizza dough, Apricot Shrimp Skewers, Crash Hot Potatoes, and Pots De Crème. Why not give her a try? 4 stars.
March 20, 2012
As someone who loved Ree Drummond’s initial “Pioneer Woman” cookbook, filled with step-by-step recipes with accompanying pictures, I was interested in looking at her second cookbook, ‘the Pioneer Woman cooks: Food from my Frontier.” And I wasn’t disappointed. The second installment has even more recipes than the first book, and more creative spins on classical recipes.
The book is divided into the following sections: Breakfast, Lunch, Soups, Starters/Party food/Drinks, Pasta and Pizza, Supper, Sides, Sweets, and Canning (yum).
The step-by-step picture technique of going through each recipes continues here. Sample recipes included in this book are: (Breakfast) Homemade glazed doughnuts, Lemon blueberry pancakes, Breakfast pizza (Lunch) Spicy Grilled Vegetable Panini, Chicken Apricot Panini, Cornbread Croutons (Soups) Corn Chowder, Chicken tortilla Soup, French Onion Soup (we cooked this one from the book and had good results) (Starters) Brie-Stuffed Mushrooms, Asian Hot Wings, Restaurant-Style Salsa (Pasta and Pizza) Fancy Mac and Cheese, Thai chicken Pizza, Pasta with Pesto Cream sauce (Supper) Mexican Rice, Spicy Lemon Garlic Shrimp, Ranch-Style Chicken (Sides) Whiskey-Glazed Carrots, Perfect Potatoes au Gratin, Crash Hot Potatoes (Sweets) Strawberry Shortcake cake (my favorite recipe), Coffee Cream Cake, Billie’s Italian Cream Cake, and (Canning) Strawberry Jam, Sweet lime Pickles.
The above is a small sample of the over one hundred recipes total in this book. Suffice to say, there’s a big variety of recipes included, and just like in the first book, the recipes are interspersed with photos from Ree’s picturesque life on the ranch.
And pictures of a southern life create the mood for southern food. Overall, I continue to be a fan of Ree‘s cookbooks. In all the cookbooks I come across, no one else has ever done the step-by-step with pictures technique. Usually there’s one picture of the recipe when it’s done, and sometimes all the recipes are just text with no pictures at all. The fact that the author manages to accompany each step of the recipe with a picture, really makes her cookbooks stand out. Especially if you’re a beginning cook and looking for more detailed instructions, than this is like the ultimate cooking manual.
The book is divided into the following sections: Breakfast, Lunch, Soups, Starters/Party food/Drinks, Pasta and Pizza, Supper, Sides, Sweets, and Canning (yum).
The step-by-step picture technique of going through each recipes continues here. Sample recipes included in this book are: (Breakfast) Homemade glazed doughnuts, Lemon blueberry pancakes, Breakfast pizza (Lunch) Spicy Grilled Vegetable Panini, Chicken Apricot Panini, Cornbread Croutons (Soups) Corn Chowder, Chicken tortilla Soup, French Onion Soup (we cooked this one from the book and had good results) (Starters) Brie-Stuffed Mushrooms, Asian Hot Wings, Restaurant-Style Salsa (Pasta and Pizza) Fancy Mac and Cheese, Thai chicken Pizza, Pasta with Pesto Cream sauce (Supper) Mexican Rice, Spicy Lemon Garlic Shrimp, Ranch-Style Chicken (Sides) Whiskey-Glazed Carrots, Perfect Potatoes au Gratin, Crash Hot Potatoes (Sweets) Strawberry Shortcake cake (my favorite recipe), Coffee Cream Cake, Billie’s Italian Cream Cake, and (Canning) Strawberry Jam, Sweet lime Pickles.
The above is a small sample of the over one hundred recipes total in this book. Suffice to say, there’s a big variety of recipes included, and just like in the first book, the recipes are interspersed with photos from Ree’s picturesque life on the ranch.
And pictures of a southern life create the mood for southern food. Overall, I continue to be a fan of Ree‘s cookbooks. In all the cookbooks I come across, no one else has ever done the step-by-step with pictures technique. Usually there’s one picture of the recipe when it’s done, and sometimes all the recipes are just text with no pictures at all. The fact that the author manages to accompany each step of the recipe with a picture, really makes her cookbooks stand out. Especially if you’re a beginning cook and looking for more detailed instructions, than this is like the ultimate cooking manual.
April 3, 2012
I liked this better than the first cookbook because it's less folksy and personal - while there are still pics of her family and ranch, the focus is more on the food, and that's a plus for me. She does have some quirky recipes in here (lots of pre-packaged pastry and Mountain Dew in apple dumplings), but overall her recipes are delicious. Also, the pictures are really helpful and definitely make this book unique! I forgot that she 'pioneered' showing step-by-step photos with the recipes (something that's since been adopted by Food Network Mag and Rachel Ray in recent books), and she definitely does it best. My only quibble here is the fat content - no calories or nutritional information are supplied. I know that in her first book she qualified that (they're very active on the ranch so it's less of an issue for her and her family), but for the rest of us it's helpful - not just for weight management, but for managing blood pressure, etc.
This is a great book, and you really need to buy it - taking it out of the library won't enable you to enjoy the amazing pics forever.
This is a great book, and you really need to buy it - taking it out of the library won't enable you to enjoy the amazing pics forever.
July 29, 2012
So it's a little hard to rate a cookbook but let me try. Okay, first things first, I love the Pioneer Woman. I've been following her website for a long time and I loved her other cookbooks. Anyhow, I was really excited for this book. I was most definitely not disappointed.
Here are a couple key things I liked about this cookbook:
- Basic ingredients (there's not really anything you're going to have trouble finding)
- Clear pictures (step by step directions are key)
- Yummy food (I wanted to make everything is this darn book)
- Easy cooking directions (I love to cook but I'm not so good with the more complicated acts of yummy making; PW's directions are really simple to follow and are things that new and seasoned cooks can follow easily)
I think this book will be a fantastic cookbook for those who already love the Pioneer Woman and those who have yet to discover her. I plan to get my own copy for my own collection!
Here are a couple key things I liked about this cookbook:
- Basic ingredients (there's not really anything you're going to have trouble finding)
- Clear pictures (step by step directions are key)
- Yummy food (I wanted to make everything is this darn book)
- Easy cooking directions (I love to cook but I'm not so good with the more complicated acts of yummy making; PW's directions are really simple to follow and are things that new and seasoned cooks can follow easily)
I think this book will be a fantastic cookbook for those who already love the Pioneer Woman and those who have yet to discover her. I plan to get my own copy for my own collection!
October 10, 2012
Normally when I get a cookbook I page through it and find one or two recipes that look okay. If they are really good, I will write them down or copy them and then pass the book on to a friend or family member. I got this book today from the book club I belong to. Opened it up and went "OH WOW!" and turned the page "OH WOW!" turned the page "WHAT???? CAN THIS BE A FLUKE? A THIRD GREAT RECIPE?" See how it went? I only found ONE recipe in here that I won't try and won't eat. Since I cannot stand tomato juice I will never make a Bloody Mary. EVERY OTHER RECIPE in this book was outstanding. And the pictures are so beautiful. This book made we want to go to the grocery store right NOW and buy stuff to cook a huge supper tonight. The recipes are easy and have step by step pictures. The food is not fussy or weird. And it is not all one kind. There are Italian recipes, Mexican, American and some really pretty sandwiches too.
BUY THIS COOKBOOK!!!! You will not regret it.
BUY THIS COOKBOOK!!!! You will not regret it.
March 30, 2019
pg 50 Basic Chicken Salad
pg. 98 Caprese Salad
pg 236 Citrus Butter Cookies
pg. 250 Apple brown betty
260 Knock you naked brownies
272 malted milk chocolate chip cookies
I've read one of her cook books before and I think she writes the best because all of her dishes have pictures. She said herself she likes taking step-by-step pictures and there's no other way to do it to me. I especially like hers because of the personal touches, the stories she in kids and pictures of her family. She promised to still deliver on those but she wanted this to have a lot of food. At one she said this would still have the scenery and showed a profile of Ladd; so cute!
She showed a picture of a house I've never seen, a big house with brown wooden siding. The captain said "Our house. In the middle of our ranch." Throwback to the Bradie Bunch!
I liked the little icon of the cowboy on horseback and the cowgirl beside each dish title. It gave it a fun, western feel.
I was shocked that one of her salad dressings had raw eggs as an ingredient.
She had a picture of him on horseback in a field with the caption that she's in love with this man. You can definitely feel the love.
She wrote that when she first saw her husband on a horse she thought there wasn't a more beautiful sight in the world.
It was sweet and cute that she thanked her husband last in her acknowledgements, thanking him for being her best friend and for his Wranglers and chaps!
Some of the recipes called for specialized equipment that I didn't realize until I browsed the instructions and saw just a hint of it in a picture. I wish the equipment had been listed with the ingredients so we know before we even start that we're going to need it. Like a deep fryer and an ice cream machine, a potato presser and a funnel for canning. Idk who has an ice cream machine at their house.
Her recipes are so full of sugar, butter, heavy cream and other ingredients that are so unhealthy. I knew that from watching the show, but it always astounds me the amount of sugar and butter she uses. I wish she had healthier recipes.
Glazed donuts. Don't think I could do that many steps though.
Breakfast: Orange sweet rolls. Out of my capabilities I think though.
Lemon blueberry pancakes
Perhaps Breakfast bread pudding, with bacon instead of sausage.
Fresh toast with berry butter.
Lunch: best grilled cheese ever. basic chicken salad. Curried chicken pasta salad-made with her basic chicken salad recipe. Spicy grilled vegetable panini-but there was no alternative for a panini press. Sloppy joes. Beef and bean burritos.
Soup: chicken tortilla soup. Chicken and noodles.
Starters, party food, and drinks: Grilled corn guacamole. Restaurant-style salsa. Caprese salad. Fried mozzarella. Cherry limeade. Watermelon granita.
Pasta and pizza: maybe Chicken Parmesan. Fancy Mac and cheese. Pasta with pesto cream sauce. Pasta with tomato cream sauce.
Supper: fried chicken tacos. Summer stir-fry-without the shrimp. White chicken enchiladas. Ranch-style chicken-without grilling the chicken.
Sides: Twice-baked new potatoes. Panfried spinach (using her instructions for panfried kale). Crash hot potatoes. Green bean casserole. Roasted cauliflower. Corn casserole with peppers. Whiskey glazed carrots--without whiskey! Perfect potatoes au gratin. Buttered rosemary rolls.
Sweets: apple dumplings. Citrus butter cookies. Apple Brown Betty. Bananas foster-without rum. Knock you naked brownies. Blackberry chip ice cream-get an ice cream maker! Vanilla bean ice cream-ditto! Malted milk chocolate chip cookies-can be made with coffee ice cream recipe.
3 I'm also including--your family.)
pg. 98 Caprese Salad
pg 236 Citrus Butter Cookies
pg. 250 Apple brown betty
260 Knock you naked brownies
272 malted milk chocolate chip cookies
I've read one of her cook books before and I think she writes the best because all of her dishes have pictures. She said herself she likes taking step-by-step pictures and there's no other way to do it to me. I especially like hers because of the personal touches, the stories she in kids and pictures of her family. She promised to still deliver on those but she wanted this to have a lot of food. At one she said this would still have the scenery and showed a profile of Ladd; so cute!
She showed a picture of a house I've never seen, a big house with brown wooden siding. The captain said "Our house. In the middle of our ranch." Throwback to the Bradie Bunch!
I liked the little icon of the cowboy on horseback and the cowgirl beside each dish title. It gave it a fun, western feel.
I was shocked that one of her salad dressings had raw eggs as an ingredient.
She had a picture of him on horseback in a field with the caption that she's in love with this man. You can definitely feel the love.
She wrote that when she first saw her husband on a horse she thought there wasn't a more beautiful sight in the world.
It was sweet and cute that she thanked her husband last in her acknowledgements, thanking him for being her best friend and for his Wranglers and chaps!
Some of the recipes called for specialized equipment that I didn't realize until I browsed the instructions and saw just a hint of it in a picture. I wish the equipment had been listed with the ingredients so we know before we even start that we're going to need it. Like a deep fryer and an ice cream machine, a potato presser and a funnel for canning. Idk who has an ice cream machine at their house.
Her recipes are so full of sugar, butter, heavy cream and other ingredients that are so unhealthy. I knew that from watching the show, but it always astounds me the amount of sugar and butter she uses. I wish she had healthier recipes.
Glazed donuts. Don't think I could do that many steps though.
Breakfast: Orange sweet rolls. Out of my capabilities I think though.
Lemon blueberry pancakes
Perhaps Breakfast bread pudding, with bacon instead of sausage.
Fresh toast with berry butter.
Lunch: best grilled cheese ever. basic chicken salad. Curried chicken pasta salad-made with her basic chicken salad recipe. Spicy grilled vegetable panini-but there was no alternative for a panini press. Sloppy joes. Beef and bean burritos.
Soup: chicken tortilla soup. Chicken and noodles.
Starters, party food, and drinks: Grilled corn guacamole. Restaurant-style salsa. Caprese salad. Fried mozzarella. Cherry limeade. Watermelon granita.
Pasta and pizza: maybe Chicken Parmesan. Fancy Mac and cheese. Pasta with pesto cream sauce. Pasta with tomato cream sauce.
Supper: fried chicken tacos. Summer stir-fry-without the shrimp. White chicken enchiladas. Ranch-style chicken-without grilling the chicken.
Sides: Twice-baked new potatoes. Panfried spinach (using her instructions for panfried kale). Crash hot potatoes. Green bean casserole. Roasted cauliflower. Corn casserole with peppers. Whiskey glazed carrots--without whiskey! Perfect potatoes au gratin. Buttered rosemary rolls.
Sweets: apple dumplings. Citrus butter cookies. Apple Brown Betty. Bananas foster-without rum. Knock you naked brownies. Blackberry chip ice cream-get an ice cream maker! Vanilla bean ice cream-ditto! Malted milk chocolate chip cookies-can be made with coffee ice cream recipe.
3 I'm also including--your family.)
September 28, 2020
I don’t feel like her books are anything to rave about, I’m sorry to say it!!
April 1, 2012
This is the second cookbook by Ree Drummond, AKA The Pioneer Woman. With her usual wit and charm, she shares delicious recipes, along with tidbits about her life, family and ranch living. The recipes are fantastic, although not for those looking for low calorie health foods. Ree takes lots of pictures of each step in the preparation and cooking process, which makes following the recipes easy as pie! She is a fantastic photographer in addition to writer and cook.
Although I certainly plan on making many of the recipes included in the book, I enjoyed reading about her life and family almost as much as the recipes themselves. Ree has a way of making you feel like you are a friend or family member she is speaking directly to. I think this is the reason for the huge success she has had both on her website and her Food Network show.
This book is a must own, you will enjoy the recipes for years to come and laugh out loud as you read Ree's humorous take on becoming an "accidental country girl" and her life on the ranch with the man she loves and her darling children.
Although I certainly plan on making many of the recipes included in the book, I enjoyed reading about her life and family almost as much as the recipes themselves. Ree has a way of making you feel like you are a friend or family member she is speaking directly to. I think this is the reason for the huge success she has had both on her website and her Food Network show.
This book is a must own, you will enjoy the recipes for years to come and laugh out loud as you read Ree's humorous take on becoming an "accidental country girl" and her life on the ranch with the man she loves and her darling children.
March 2, 2013
Ree Drummond's The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Food from My Frontier was not a book that had originally been on my "To Read" list, but I picked it up from the library while I was waiting for my mother to pick out her books. I browsed through it and I loved the vibrant photographs, so I checked the book out. The librarian had even made a comment that she loved the photos.
I find it's interesting, now that I reflect back on what happened at the library, the librarian's only comment about the cookbook was that she liked the photographs. I don't blame her for not saying more about the book, there's not much else to praise about Drummond's book.
I think beginner cooks would like this cookbook because of the step-by-step pictorial instructions and fans of the show will like this cookbook no matter what, but there are only a few recipes that I would actually want to try so I'm not going to place The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Food from My Frontier on my "Must Buy For Bookshelf" list either.
I find it's interesting, now that I reflect back on what happened at the library, the librarian's only comment about the cookbook was that she liked the photographs. I don't blame her for not saying more about the book, there's not much else to praise about Drummond's book.
I think beginner cooks would like this cookbook because of the step-by-step pictorial instructions and fans of the show will like this cookbook no matter what, but there are only a few recipes that I would actually want to try so I'm not going to place The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Food from My Frontier on my "Must Buy For Bookshelf" list either.
July 30, 2012
The way I "read" a cookbook is, if the recipe title sounds good, I pay attention. If the picture looks good, I pay attention. If the title or picture involves a food I don't care for, or doesn't sound appealing, I keep flipping.
I read every single recipe in this cookbook. And not, mind you, because I found every title/picture appealing. Though to be fair, there are a LOT of good recipes in here. No. I read every single one because this woman is funny as hell. She actually had me laughing out loud at some points.
Some cooks incorporate humor, but it's stilted. Especially certain people on Food Network. You're not funny. Just stop. This lady does it right.
The recipes, of course, sound amazing. I can't wait to try them out. And I plan on looking for more cookbooks by her. She's a kick, and the pictures of her family and her farm really add to it, as opposed to taking you out of the moment.
I read every single recipe in this cookbook. And not, mind you, because I found every title/picture appealing. Though to be fair, there are a LOT of good recipes in here. No. I read every single one because this woman is funny as hell. She actually had me laughing out loud at some points.
Some cooks incorporate humor, but it's stilted. Especially certain people on Food Network. You're not funny. Just stop. This lady does it right.
The recipes, of course, sound amazing. I can't wait to try them out. And I plan on looking for more cookbooks by her. She's a kick, and the pictures of her family and her farm really add to it, as opposed to taking you out of the moment.
March 24, 2012
The Pioneer Woman Cooks; Food from my Frontier
By Ree Drummond
This is one of those cookbooks that one loves to look through! Recipes from the simple to more complicated with pictures of step by step process; for those who are visually inclined like me.
I’ve marked a few that I really want to try at home, one of them is Rigatoni and Meatballs on page 126, along with the Panfried Spinach on page 216 and Crash Hot Potatoes on page 217. Her desserts look most yummy but I think I’ll stick with my own Peach Cobbler Surprise with this meal.
I thoroughly enjoyed her humorous photos of her environment showing me that she does indeed take her cooking seriously, but not herself. I find that an endearing trait.
By Ree Drummond
This is one of those cookbooks that one loves to look through! Recipes from the simple to more complicated with pictures of step by step process; for those who are visually inclined like me.
I’ve marked a few that I really want to try at home, one of them is Rigatoni and Meatballs on page 126, along with the Panfried Spinach on page 216 and Crash Hot Potatoes on page 217. Her desserts look most yummy but I think I’ll stick with my own Peach Cobbler Surprise with this meal.
I thoroughly enjoyed her humorous photos of her environment showing me that she does indeed take her cooking seriously, but not herself. I find that an endearing trait.
March 20, 2013
As others have stated the pictures in this cookbook are beautiful. Ree adds family pictures throughout, as if her own little scrapbook, which personally I think is cute. She also adds a bit of her personality in with the recipes to make it more fun. I think this may be a good cookbook for someone just starting out, since she goes through all the steps with photos, however, it was not the best cookbook for me. Many of the recipes were too heavy for me on a daily basis, since we try to eat a little healthier. Others were just a little more complicated than they need to be (eg. Make your own breadcrumbs to put in your meatballs...no, thanks!) Several of the recipes I already have my own family-tested versions of. Overall, there were maybe 10 recipes in the book that I might like to try.
April 26, 2012
I have never reviewed a cook book before, so please bear with me. I read this whole book, and I found it funny. I really like Ree’s sense of humor. I do apologies to whoever gets my book next. There may be some Basset Hound drool in it. The pictures are that lovely (although there could have been more Walter for my taste.) Did I make any of the recipes? No. When Ree called for the use of a whole can Chipotle peppers I was kind of out. I am not going to make that. I’m probably not going to cook anything in this book, because she is from Oklahoma and a football loving family and my taste are strictly Ohio with a heaping side of baseball.
September 13, 2016
I was so excited when I heard this book was being made. I loved the first cookbook and knew that the second would only be better, and I was right. There's more recipes this time and some less filler though I enjoyed all of the extras in the first. As always there are step by step photo instructions which is always such a plus if you want to make sure you're doing something right. I have never ever pre-ordered a book, but I am so glad I did! I was definitely like a kid at Christmas when the book arrived and I can't wait to add it into my stack of cookbooks I use for menu planning!
April 29, 2012
Ree Drummond's second cookbook is far better than her first in my opinion. I prefer the layout in "Food from My Frontier," and feel the photography and color is used better. What I love about her books is the fact she shows each step with pictures so you know whether or not you're on track, which is a plus for beginners. I have tried a handful of recipes so far, and each has been delicious. What's nice is you can find many of the recipes on her blog. This is one I would like to own someday, but I am fine with checking it out from the library for now.
June 29, 2012
This book is overflowing with goodness. The photography is eye candy. The recipes sound devine. That is saying quite a bit from this 90% vegetarian cook. Most of the recipes include well, meat. I still want to cook! I want to figure out how they will work for me and my family. Ree's spirit just spills out of the pages. She has a beautiful spirit and is graciously sharing it with all of us. I feel like she wrote the book just for me and gave it to me as a gift. It feels that special.
You will find yourself smiling for no aparent reason as you turn the pages.
pure goodness.
You will find yourself smiling for no aparent reason as you turn the pages.
pure goodness.
June 27, 2016
Many (if not all) of the recipes in this cookbook can be found on the author's website. When I look at cookbooks from bloggers, I like to find recipes that can't be found on their blogs, so I was sort of disappointed in this cookbook. Additionally, the book seems poorly put together. There are step-by-step pictures for each recipe, but the photos aren't high quality. Ree also seems to use more butter than Paula Deen. There are some good recipes within the book, but it isn't worth purchasing since they can be found online.
March 30, 2012
I loved her first cookbook....gave it 5 stars, but this one disappointed me. I didn't really find anything in here I wanted to try which is kind of sad. There are several recipes in her first book that I make every now & then. Oh, well....they can't all be winners and I got my purchase price back when I sold it on eBay!
May 24, 2017
This had too many recipes with heavy cream/butter/fats in it for me! Although I could substitute the ingredients myself, there wasn't much in the book I didn't know how to make already or tried already. I will say for a novice cook it would be a great learning tool, as she takes pictures as she cooks, so you get a verbal and picture of what you are supposed to be doing along the way.
November 12, 2012
As a cookbook, it makes for, well. I can't describe it. It was OK. Bear in mind that I have been cooking for years, and can say that the majority of these recipes can be found on the internet. And I couldn't find anything healthy.
The pictures were nice.
The pictures were nice.
October 7, 2013
I love this cookbook. While I could deal without the cheeky country girl humor (sorry, just not my thing), the recipes are delicious and easy to follow for a beginning cook.
April 24, 2021
Her cookbooks are amazing!! They are in full color and have a picture with each step of the recipe. Perfect for beginner cooks!
January 3, 2019
The second cookbook by Ree Drummond and my favorite out of the five she's released, so far. Most of the recipes are hearty, very flavorful and fairly easy to make. Here's the one's I've tried:
-Spicy Dr Pepper Pulled Pork: One of my favorite recipes. I've made this quite a few times over the years and it's always a huge hit. A fantastic recipe to feed a crowd and so easy to make.
-Fancy Mac and Cheese: Good mac and cheese recipe, especially if you're looking for something a little a different.
-Chicken and Noodles: Great comfort food recipe
-Italian Meatball Soup: Good recipe. Loved the inclusion of cabbage in it.
-Basic Chicken Salad: My favorite chicken salad recipe. It's fantastic on a sandwich with a little honey mustard.
-Beef Stew: Very solid and tasty beef stew recipe
-Summer Stir-Fry: A great light recipe, but a little pricey to make due to the inclusion of shrimp.
-Peach-Whiskey Chicken: Excellent chicken recipe, just not one I'll be making often due to not wanting to purchase whiskey just for this recipe.
-Crash Hot Potatoes: Very simple and good potato recipe.
-Roasted Cauliflower: I'm not a huge fan of cauliflower, but my family enjoyed this recipe quite a bit when I made it.
-Corn Casserole with Peppers: Good casserole recipe, but a little rich.
-Spicy Dr Pepper Pulled Pork: One of my favorite recipes. I've made this quite a few times over the years and it's always a huge hit. A fantastic recipe to feed a crowd and so easy to make.
-Fancy Mac and Cheese: Good mac and cheese recipe, especially if you're looking for something a little a different.
-Chicken and Noodles: Great comfort food recipe
-Italian Meatball Soup: Good recipe. Loved the inclusion of cabbage in it.
-Basic Chicken Salad: My favorite chicken salad recipe. It's fantastic on a sandwich with a little honey mustard.
-Beef Stew: Very solid and tasty beef stew recipe
-Summer Stir-Fry: A great light recipe, but a little pricey to make due to the inclusion of shrimp.
-Peach-Whiskey Chicken: Excellent chicken recipe, just not one I'll be making often due to not wanting to purchase whiskey just for this recipe.
-Crash Hot Potatoes: Very simple and good potato recipe.
-Roasted Cauliflower: I'm not a huge fan of cauliflower, but my family enjoyed this recipe quite a bit when I made it.
-Corn Casserole with Peppers: Good casserole recipe, but a little rich.
September 12, 2020
Whoa Nellie! Although I had heard of Ree Drummond, I'd never even seen a photograph of her and knew nothing about her, but a friend is a big fan and recommended this cookbook. I was captivated right away by Ree's humor. I gauge a good cookbook by how many recipes I've tagged to try when I reach the last page. This book is now full of post its. Really enjoyed all the beautiful photographs and step-by-step instructions for each dish and also enjoyed the photos of her family, their animals, and land. (I was able to find a Like New hardcover at 1/4th the price at Thrift Books.)
February 10, 2017
Does reading a copy at my grandmother's house count? XD Because that's what I did, praying that one day I will have the time to make at least some of the recipes inside.
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