Not Your Mother's guide to quick and wholesome meals, prepared in 30 minutes or less. Weeknight dinners that rock! No disrespect to Mom, but award winning author Beth Hensperger has gone her one better with this collection of fast, wholesome, tasty weeknight meals that updates the classics and offers dozens of new classics-in-the-making. From Chicken Pot Pie to Spicy Chicken with Cilantro and Mushrooms, from Horseradish Meatloaf to Lamb Curry with Apples and Apricots, from Scampi to Fabulous Fish Tacos, Not Your Mother's Weeknight Cooking makes it easy to prepare and enjoy delicious food any night of the week.

"A collection of fast, wholesome, tasty weeknight meals that updates the classics and offers dozens of new classics-in-the-making."--back cover.

The slow cooker is perfect for today's lifestyle, in which everyone is time and energy-conscious, economy-wise, and concerned about nutrition, and demanding of great flavor. This book offers a way of traditional cooking that's new and fresh.

In a modern twist on the idea of freezing meals for later, features over two hundred recipes for breakfasts, lunches, and dinners that are prepared through the method of batch cooking and then frozen.

This is Volume 1 of the Book. Other volumes can be found at Amazon Search using the ISBN 9781458768322. Fondue pot, chafing dish, punch bowl, sauceboat, chili pot, soup tureen and much more! The slow cooker is simply a musthave entertaining assistant. With these fabulous 300plus recipes, you can offer your guests the kind of relaxed, welcoming, confident hospitality that comes from being able to prepare fresh, delicious food ahead of time. For casual entertaining: Slow Cooker Cassoulet, Gringo Chili for a Crowd, Devilishly Good Beef Short Ribs, Chicken Mole Enchilada Casserole For holiday entertaining: SlowSteamed Artichokes; Candied Yams with Apples and Cranberries; Prosciutto, Parmesan, and Pine Nut Stuffing; OldFashioned Turkey Breast with Pan Gravy With cocktails: Champagne Fondue, MapleGlazed Pecans, Plum Sauce Chicken Wings, Eggplant Caponata, SlowPoached Pears with Warm Chocolate Sauce Praise for Not Your Mother's Slow Cooker CookbookThese capable cooks wrest slow cooking from the back cupboard of uncertainty ... with a wide range of sound recipes and advice for every meal San Francisco Chronicle

Need to change up dinnertime and try something new? Would you rather serve a homecooked meal instead of ordering take-out? Weeknight Dinners is here to help! In addition to over 250 delicious recipes like you expect, each chapter in this cookbook is devoted to a different theme…you'll breeze through the week! For Meatless Monday, serve up hearty, veggie-packed dishes like Incredible Potato-Mushroom Soup and Vegetarian Meatballs. Tuesday is Tex-Mex Night...they'll cheer for flavorful favorites like Fiesta Soft Chicken Tacos and Chopper's Chipotle Pork Chili. On Wednesday, it's Italian Night. Your family will love Speedy Skillet Lasagna, Grandma's Sicilian Pizza and Joe's Italian Steak Sandwiches... so much better than take-out! Comfort Food Thursday brings Cheddar Meatloaf Roll-Ups, Baked Swiss Chicken and other scrumptious down-home dishes. At week's end, it's Just-for-Fun Friday, with terrific dishes like Cheeseburger Macaroni and Saucy Chicken Drumsticks...perfect for feeding the kids' sleepover guests or just relaxing together. With these inspiring themes, Weeknight Dinners is like getting five cookbooks in one! Each chapter includes quick & easy salads, breads and desserts to round out your dinner...anyone for Chocolate-Covered Cherry Cake? Mix & match among chapters for even more menu ideas. With easy tips for saving time in the kitchen and clever ways to make family meals fun, you'll turn to this book again & again. Hardcover, 224 pages. (9-1/4" x 6-1/2")

The practical art of making more with less--in the kitchen! Melissa Coleman, the creator of the popular design and lifestyle blog The Faux Martha, shares her refreshingly simple approach to cooking that delivers beautiful and satisfying meals using familiar ingredients and minimal kitchen tools. The Minimalist Kitchen includes 100 wholesome recipes that use Melissa's efficient cooking techniques, and the results are anything but ordinary. You'll find Biscuits with Bourbon-Blueberry Quick Jam, Pesto Garden Pasta with an easy homemade pesto, Humble Chuck Roast that's simple to prepare and so versatile, Roasted Autumn Sweet Potato Salad, Stovetop Mac and Cheese, and Two-Bowl Carrot Cupcakes. While The Minimalist Kitchen helps tackle one of the home's biggest problem areas Ñthe kitchenÑthis book goes beyond the basics of clearing out and cleaning up, it also gives readers practical tips to maintain this simplified way of life. Melissa shows you how to shop, stock your pantry, meal plan without losing your mind, and most importantly, that delicious food doesnÕt take tons of ingredients or gadgets to prepare. This streamlined way of cooking is a breath of fresh air in modern lives where clutter and distraction can so easily take over.