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The Four Ingredient Cookbooks-Three Cookbooks in One!
700 recipes, each uses only 4 ingredients. This is a kitchen rescue system for busy people who want home cooked meals in minutes. Everyday ingredients combine to make delicious meals in minutes. Included are over 200 light recipes, making this book an excellent weight management guide. Recipes include Poor Man Steak, Fruit Cocktail Salad, Sweet Potato Salad, Baked Orange Roughy, Cocktail Sausage Balls, Tortilla Roll-ups, Sugared Angel Food Cake, Quick Cookies, Pecan Pies.
Plastic Comb
First published January 1, 1990
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February 15, 2010
Probably my least favorite part of cooking is shopping for ingredients. With many recipes I either end up forgetting something or else I get everything on my list except one item, which I then discover the store doesn't have. The recipes in this book help avoid both those problems.
Every single recipe in the book consists of no more than four ingredients (and there's no cheating where one of the ingredients is something else you have to make that itself contains multiple ingredients).
I've only tried a couple of the recipes so far, but they've both been good, and others I've looked at look promising.
I've found that this book also encourages experimenting in the kitchen. Even with just the two recipes I've cooked I've found myself thinking of things that I could add to the recipes. Not that they aren't good as written, but it's just so much easier to tinker with simple recipes like this than with ones that include a dozen or more ingredients.
The book is designed for people on the go, and it's definitely good for that, but I think it's also good for those of us who like to cook but don't necessarily want to cook recipes that require a degree from a cooking school and access to a gourmet food store to successfully complete.
Every single recipe in the book consists of no more than four ingredients (and there's no cheating where one of the ingredients is something else you have to make that itself contains multiple ingredients).
I've only tried a couple of the recipes so far, but they've both been good, and others I've looked at look promising.
I've found that this book also encourages experimenting in the kitchen. Even with just the two recipes I've cooked I've found myself thinking of things that I could add to the recipes. Not that they aren't good as written, but it's just so much easier to tinker with simple recipes like this than with ones that include a dozen or more ingredients.
The book is designed for people on the go, and it's definitely good for that, but I think it's also good for those of us who like to cook but don't necessarily want to cook recipes that require a degree from a cooking school and access to a gourmet food store to successfully complete.
April 24, 2008
I love this book! There are so many great recipes that are simple and easy. Sometimes I'm not so keen on the ingredient list - there can be a lot of processed foods and packaged items, but you can always substitute and make up your own based on the great recipe ideas they have. Fun book for anyone!
January 24, 2015
I love owning this cookbook. Recipes are simple, everything I've made has been good, fun to look through. It's the perfect cookbook when you didn't "plan ahead" and it's 3 pm, you don't feel like going to the grocery store and you need to make dinner.
October 11, 2011
Not a bad starter book, especially if your current idea of cooking is heating up frozen mac & cheese. Some of the "ingredients" are actually prepared mixes though.
October 18, 2011
great book!
November 24, 2021
This cookbook should be entitled Cooking From Your Pantry. Very few, if any, ingredients are fresh. If you have a can of cream of anything soup in your pantry, you can make most of the main dish recipes and a box of cake mix will make most of the dessert recipes. On the other hand, if you are a fan of Sandra Lee’s Semi-Homemade, this cookbook is for you!
May 21, 2019
A little outdated and very simplistic, would be good if you had to host an alien party tomorrow and had never seen earth food before. As an ex-cook, some of the seasonings are unusual combinations or a bit bland, but everything is simple to prepare and can easily be fancied up.
August 27, 2025
I am using this almost every day. There are just 2 of us and it allows me to fix meals quickly. The recipes are easy to follow. 700 recipes so most days I can find one or 2. Have liked everything I have fixes.
May 26, 2024
Great cookbook using ingredients you probably have in your pantry.
April 24, 2012
Meh.... I like the idea of having just four ingredients, and the directions for most things seemed simple enough. They just didn't SOUND appealing to me. And my kids are super picky eaters, so I knew none of the items in there would appeal to them. Just wanted to check it out and see what it would be like....
January 8, 2009
Nothing in this really impressed me.
March 22, 2010
Good if you want to eat unhealthy. Not much fresh and green, but quick and easy.
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