Easy Everyday: 100 Recipes and Meal Prep Ideas for Effortless Eats; A Cookbook

by Jessica Merchant

The beloved blogger and author of The Pretty Dish makes meal prep simple with 100 recipes that offer what we all more time to enjoy a delicious meal with our loved ones.

“I’m (selfishly) so glad Jessica Merchant has used her endless talent for creating unfussy, airtight recipes for accessible meals in a new cookbook for us because I immediately want to make everything.”—Deb Perelman, author of Smitten Kitchen Keepers

Jessica Merchant, creator of the popular recipe and lifestyle site How Sweet Eats, gets asked almost every day by How do I put food on the table in a way that doesn't break the bank and doesn't make me stressed and anxious? In Easy Everyday, Jessica unlocks the secret to efficiently getting meals on the table that are nutritious, delicious, creative, and low maintenance. She’s realized that although we’re asking for stress-free ways to cook meals, we’re ultimately asking for a happy table, a place to create memories with our loved ones over a delicious meal.

All 100 recipes keeps the reader out of the kitchen and spending more time with the people they love. Meal planning tips and tricks abound, with ingredients chosen for ease of preparation, versatility, and leftover quality. Jessica shares her ten-minute meal prep strategy to create easy, healthy, satisfying meals, lunches, and snacks to have throughout the day, such as Crispy Baked Breakfast Quesadillas, Peanut Butter Chocolate Oatmeal Cups, Cherry Jalapeno Chicken Salad, Lemon Spaghetti with Roasted Chickpeas and Cilantro Lime Sheet Pan Fajitas.

Featuring gorgeous photos and helpful advice, Easy Everyday makes meal prep quick, fun, and delicious.

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Food, Nonfiction

246 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 15, 2025

Reviews

[Elaine · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm not on social media so the author is not familiar to me.

I chose Easy Everyday because I'm looking for easy, simple recipes to update my meal routine.

This was better than I expected; there are a lot of recipes I'd like to try, beautiful photos, and each dish is straightforward and not difficult to make.

An ideal book if you're cooking for more than two, family or entertaining family and friends but don't want to stress out on what to make.

[Jessica · Rating 4 out of 5]

So many exciting and refreshing recipes!

[Laura · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a wonderful cookbook. The recipes are quick; the cooking times are accurate and there are photos for pretty much every recipe. I liked the soft egg bites for breakfast; lunch was a solid chapter, with the farro and tuna salad and chicken salad being my faves. For dinner, the shrimp/sun-dried tomato and artichoke sheet pan dinner was everything. I also like her caramel and mini-pretzel cookie, and the myer lemon pudding cake is one of those things that doesn't look like much, but when people start to eat it, they love it. The flavor is very bright.

So, the downsides? The book starts with some dressings and sauces - which are all good. But some of the recipes really need them, so it's an extra thing to cook (in most cases - in some you might be able to sub a store bought dressing). And there's no nutritional information.

If you cook for a group/family on a regular basis, you've got to check this out. The recipes are really fresh, a little different, and easy to put together.

[Terri M · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good cookbook with a little from every category. Focuses on dressings that can be used as the flavor bases for many recipes. Some recipes are a little bland and need more than a pinch of salt. Regardless, I've found some favorites that have gone into my regular rotation: banana zucchini muffins, fancy puff pastry quiche, caprese cottage cheese toast, fire roasted lentil soup, weeknight white pizza, and green chili chilled queso.

[Stephanie · Rating 3 out of 5]

A basic cookbook by a popular blogger. The recipes are simple and require a minimum of ingredients. Photos accompany recipes. A good cookbook for a novice cook or one who doesn’t want to spend time on cooking.

[Jenn. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Beautiful food photography and easy to follow layout of recipes. Found only 4 recipes I felt would fit into my families tastes. Found the intro information and meal planning tips helpful. Glad to have borrowed from my library but not one that I will be adding to my collection.

[Keri Murcray · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is one of my most favorite cookbook authors and my most frequent go-to for delicious recipes. I got this for Christmas from my sister and loved reading through it. Lots of yummy things to make! I love it!

[Elisabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautiful photos, easy to follow layout, so many delicious-looking recipes to try!