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FlavCity's 5 Ingredient Meals: 50+ Easy Recipes with Expert Shopping Tips
The YouTube cooking sensations introduce home chefs to simple, healthy meals that only take a handful of ingredients to make.
Cooking doesn’t have to be complicated. Food Network champion Bobby Parrish shares the ins and outs of their five-ingredient meals and assures us that his quick and easy recipes are doable for anyone and everyone. By keeping the recipes to five ingredients, Bobby demonstrates just how easy cooking can be. From savory snacks to simple dinner ideas packed with flavor, this easy (and healthy!) recipe book is just what your kitchen needs. But Bobby and Dessi’s tips don’t stop there—they know that a key aspect of these simple healthy recipes is the prep work that’s done at the grocery store beforehand.
Going to the grocery can be a bit overwhelming at times, especially if your list is long! Fortunately, these five-ingredient recipes make grocery shopping easier on you. But smarter grocery shopping is about more than what’s on your list. It’s about knowing how to pick the “best in class” products. Armed with the expertise that Bobby and Dessi have to offer, you’ll learn how to be a more confident and capable shopper.
Open up this cookbook by Bobby and Dessi Parrish of FlavCity and
Cooking doesn’t have to be complicated. Food Network champion Bobby Parrish shares the ins and outs of their five-ingredient meals and assures us that his quick and easy recipes are doable for anyone and everyone. By keeping the recipes to five ingredients, Bobby demonstrates just how easy cooking can be. From savory snacks to simple dinner ideas packed with flavor, this easy (and healthy!) recipe book is just what your kitchen needs. But Bobby and Dessi’s tips don’t stop there—they know that a key aspect of these simple healthy recipes is the prep work that’s done at the grocery store beforehand.
Going to the grocery can be a bit overwhelming at times, especially if your list is long! Fortunately, these five-ingredient recipes make grocery shopping easier on you. But smarter grocery shopping is about more than what’s on your list. It’s about knowing how to pick the “best in class” products. Armed with the expertise that Bobby and Dessi have to offer, you’ll learn how to be a more confident and capable shopper.
Open up this cookbook by Bobby and Dessi Parrish of FlavCity and
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Published December 1, 2020
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January 25, 2021
So, I love cookbooks and anytime I see one that is 5 ingredients I get really excited about it. Even better, semi homemade, which in my mind is like using a cake mix, but making something else with it and not having to add the flour, sugar etc. because its in the cake mix. When I saw this book, I had to see it.
In the beginning of the book, I found some useful tips and information. However, as I looked through the recipes, my excitement faded. While yes, the recipes are 5 ingredients, some of the ingredients are ones that I have never heard of or are very health foodish. Don't get me wrong, I eat healthy but not like this. Yes, you can change keto pancake mix to regular pancake mix and grass fed butter to regular and the pictures look wonderful, but I don't see myself running out to buy this book ( I got it from my wonderful library)
However, if you are looking for a cookbook that seems to be very healthy, this might be for you
In the beginning of the book, I found some useful tips and information. However, as I looked through the recipes, my excitement faded. While yes, the recipes are 5 ingredients, some of the ingredients are ones that I have never heard of or are very health foodish. Don't get me wrong, I eat healthy but not like this. Yes, you can change keto pancake mix to regular pancake mix and grass fed butter to regular and the pictures look wonderful, but I don't see myself running out to buy this book ( I got it from my wonderful library)
However, if you are looking for a cookbook that seems to be very healthy, this might be for you
April 4, 2021
The title of Bobby Parrish's 5 ingredient semi-homemade meals is truly misleading for those of us who like to eat real food. No where on its cover does it mention anything beyond that, yet if you put in the title for Goodreads, it pops up Semi-Homemade Five Ingredient Meals: 50 Easy & Tasty Recipes Using the Best Ingredients from the Grocery Store. I have no idea where these people shop because those ingredients, for the most part, are not available at my grocery. Also, there is no way in a very hot place that I would ever taste, much less eat any of the recipes found in this "cookbook" (and I use that term loosely. If there was a half rating, my true rating would me one-half star. The only bright spot in this publication is the family photo on the front.
January 4, 2021
Great inspiration for home and healthy cooking. Easy to follow.
December 17, 2020
Great set of recipes
As an aging body I have been studying integrative health style nutrition and eating clean for 8 years which helped me to reverse several conditions. The FlavCity team has done a great job of making shopping recommendations handy with these fabulously clean eating recipes which I Love! I can bake gifts that anyone will love too! Thank you for making this book. (I enjoy the YouTube vlogs too). I highly recommend this book.
As an aging body I have been studying integrative health style nutrition and eating clean for 8 years which helped me to reverse several conditions. The FlavCity team has done a great job of making shopping recommendations handy with these fabulously clean eating recipes which I Love! I can bake gifts that anyone will love too! Thank you for making this book. (I enjoy the YouTube vlogs too). I highly recommend this book.
December 26, 2020
Love this book, great information about healthy, clean eating and where to shop for organic food.
June 25, 2021
This is a good book about clean eating. If you are keto or paleo, you really have to check it out. The author gives thorough explanations for why he uses the ingredients he chooses, and recommends the products he does. The book is full of prepared product recommendations (that's how they keep the ingredients to 5) - most of these are available at Whole Foods or online at Thrive Market. However, several of the product, like those from Primal Kitchen, are pretty expensive.
My family wouldn't eat this way. Also, the book is very repetitive - like the blurb for Rao's sauce appears multiple times, with the same wording. And I caught one or two typos. But I thought there was a lot of good healthy eating information in here, even if you're not on one of the diets he follows. Worth checking out for ideas if you're trying to eat healthier, and it contains full nutrition information. Also, the baking recipes are next level and very different. Not something I'd use every day, but if you're baking for someone who's gluten free, these are great. Again, the product recommendations are spot on, if somewhat pricey.
My family wouldn't eat this way. Also, the book is very repetitive - like the blurb for Rao's sauce appears multiple times, with the same wording. And I caught one or two typos. But I thought there was a lot of good healthy eating information in here, even if you're not on one of the diets he follows. Worth checking out for ideas if you're trying to eat healthier, and it contains full nutrition information. Also, the baking recipes are next level and very different. Not something I'd use every day, but if you're baking for someone who's gluten free, these are great. Again, the product recommendations are spot on, if somewhat pricey.
March 9, 2021
Love the recipes, the shopping guide, and baby chef Rose! I follow on Facebook as well. Some ingredients are organic bottled, jar, mixed spices so it’s not all from scratch. That’s how they keep ingredients to 5. It has a guide for which recipes are paleo, keto, clean, gluten free, etc. I think it’s great if you are starting to eat clean and wanting to know what BBQ sauce to buy. I think it may get outdated in 5 years when certain products may not be available. Overall great cookbook with lovely photos and videos online to help. Definitely
November 19, 2021
Interesting kinda fast-foodie recipes made with "cleaner" ingredients and staples. Found a few keepers but overall this book was just a repetitive marketing tool for authors' FlavCity YouTube channel that I had never heard of before reading this book. Includes an ongoing plug for Thrive Market, an online organic market.
January 23, 2021
AMAZING
This book was so informative. I can’t believe how much I didn’t know about food and their labels. I now know how important it is to read the ingredients. Thank you so much Bobby
This book was so informative. I can’t believe how much I didn’t know about food and their labels. I now know how important it is to read the ingredients. Thank you so much Bobby
January 30, 2021
Great information
Fun to explore,easy to reproduce the recipes.Very helpful8; a transitioning to a clean way of eating. And I love the family centered aspect. Rose adds great joy! Thanks
Fun to explore,easy to reproduce the recipes.Very helpful8; a transitioning to a clean way of eating. And I love the family centered aspect. Rose adds great joy! Thanks
February 10, 2021
Very informative book and very nice recipes
Love this book so much the information that is given helps a lot with choosing the products to cook with. The recipes are very tasty. Will never regret buying this book.
Love this book so much the information that is given helps a lot with choosing the products to cook with. The recipes are very tasty. Will never regret buying this book.
January 26, 2022
Just okay! A lot of useful information, however endorsing Whole Foods and Thrive Foods was unappealing. Also, suggestions for items to buy like pasta, enchilada, and teriyaki sauces were either high in sugar or sodium. I don’t understand where honey is a good source for using in baking.
April 29, 2025
Simple healthy recipes and short easy information about better ingredient choices. I really appreciate Bobby's videos on YouTube so getting some recipes in print is helpful. I plan to make a number of these recipes.
January 20, 2021
I enjoy the FlavCity videos immensely. Nice cookbook with good pictures.
February 4, 2021
Love the book!
These are recipes I can actually make. Simple and delicious. I’m so happy I found Bobby and I’m grateful for the amazing information he’s sharing.
These are recipes I can actually make. Simple and delicious. I’m so happy I found Bobby and I’m grateful for the amazing information he’s sharing.
May 23, 2021
I like this book. But i haven't it
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 27, 2021
Already tried the kale and cauliflower salad and the breakfast egg wraps. Both were yummy and nutritious.
July 26, 2021
Lots of yummy recipes.
August 18, 2021
Will check out some of the things in this book. Didn't know it would have so many packaged
foods. Was hoping for more whole foods (Eat from the Farm not from the Factory).
foods. Was hoping for more whole foods (Eat from the Farm not from the Factory).
January 9, 2023
Just fart in my mouth, why don’t you!
January 20, 2023
Meals didn't seem approachable with the specialized ingredients and long cook times
January 25, 2024
Quick, easy, and clean meals that I keep going back to. Perfect for weeknight meals or lazy days.
August 12, 2024
It okay, but many of the ingredients are only mentioned at Costco, Whole Food or Thrive market
Don't have Costco or Whole Foods near me
and do not want to join Thrive market right now
not sure if the ingredients are in groceries stores in my area, never saw them, but
wasn't really looking
Don't have Costco or Whole Foods near me
and do not want to join Thrive market right now
not sure if the ingredients are in groceries stores in my area, never saw them, but
wasn't really looking
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