Better Homes and Gardens Skillet Meals: 150+ Deliciously Easy Recipes from One Pan

by Better Homes and Gardens

A clever cookbook bursting with 150 varied and surprising recipes for meals, appetizers, snacks, and desserts—all of which can be made from a simple skillet.

The humble skillet is an essential piece of kitchen equipment for all home cooks. It’s perfect not only for frying eggs, but also for stovetop lasagna, jalapeño cornbread, apple pie, cookies, spatchcocked chicken, and crowd-pleasing casseroles. The more than 150 recipes and 100 photos in this collection showcase the range of the skillet and its adaptability to various techniques like sautéing, braising, baking, and browning.  The book includes innovative breakfast dishes, stir fries, pasta tosses, flavorful braises, surprising desserts, and more. Icons for Cast-Iron, Budget, Calorie-Smart, and Super-Fast recipes let readers identify special dishes in a snap. A front-of-book index gathers cast iron skillet–appropriate recipes into a quick reference. Recipes include full nutrition information. 

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Nonfiction, Food

304 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2016

About the author

Better Homes and Gardens is the fourth best selling magazine in the United States. Better Homes and Gardens focuses on interests regarding homes, cooking, gardening, crafts, healthy living, decorating, and entertaining. The magazine is published 12 times per year by the Meredith Corporation. It was founded in 1922 by Edwin Meredith, who had previously been the United States Secretary of Agriculture under Woodrow Wilson.

Better Homes and Gardens is one of the "Seven Sisters", a group of women's service magazines.

Reviews

[Jen · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found a large handful of new recipes to try. With a new cast iron skillet I was looking for some family friendly meals for my family. A majority of recipes found here won't work for my hungry family but I'm excited to try the ones I've found!

[Charlene · Rating 5 out of 5]

I want to make almost every recipe. Of course making the breakfast one I'll have to invite friends over since the serve at least 8 people, but that shouldn't be a problem. I love my iron pans and I use them all the time and this book is putting them to good use. Great book.

[Cris · Rating 2 out of 5]

The recipes are fairly straightforward without the elaborate preparation and instructions necessary in some cookbooks I've seen. Every recipe is accompanied by a color photo. Overall, nothing particularly good or bad about this cookbook.

[Mary · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hmmmm. Someone said this was their favorite cookbook so I decided to give it a shot. I have several recipes marked to try but so far it appears the book and the recipes are pretty average. I guess I’ll see after I use it for a while.

[Lizy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well I enjoyed the desserts a lot

[Shannon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cast iron is the greatest kitchen invention ever created. Go ahead, try and fight me.

[Jessica (JT) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jessica and Tyler Braun recommended this book on their YouTube channels so I had to pick it up. There are a lot of good recipes in here, but I find most of them to be a little on the bland side. I recommend adding garlic, salt, pepper, or any other seasonings you like as you go with pretty much everything in here.

[Leigh · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lots of interesting recipes in this book. Some recipes include variants so you actually get multiple recipes on each page.