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365 Great 20-Minute Recipes

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I love to cook, but have no time. Most cookbooks promise easy-to-prepare recipes, but end up requiring ingredients I don't have, more time than you think, or just don't taste good. What a relief to happen on 365 20-Minute Recipes! The recipes are so easy, they taste great, and even my kids love them. I've prepared at least 35 of the recipes and every one of them is good!

Though there are some weird recipes in here (jalapeno macaroni and cheese!), the pasta dishes especially deliver on the promise: really flavorful, really fast. The author does not shy from capers, anchovies, cayenne pepper, fresh cilantro, and other high-taste ingredients.

If I were stranded on a desert island...this would be the book I'd want with me.

This is the cookbook my family uses over and over again. Every recipe I have tried has indeed been easy to make and tasted terrific. You'd think that easy-to-make recipes would be too homey or bland to serve to guests, but any dish in this book would impress a dinner guest. The recipes often take longer than 20 minutes, but I am still in love with this cookbook and encourage busy cooks with high standards for taste and quality to seek it out.

I received this book as a gift and it sat on the shelf for years until I got married and needed to learn how to cook. This book was great for learning how to cook with it's simple and quick, yet healthy and tasty recipes. It has been my favorite cook book for over a decade now and I refer to my dog-eared, tattered,and spattered edition affectionately as my "kitchen bible". This book has a nice variety, with a lot of ethnic influence. Some of my favorites are: Risotto with Fennel and Prosciutto, Grilled Chicken Satay, and Spicy Sesame Beef Stir-Fry. Sometimes the cooking times are optimistic, but these meals are well worth a little extra time. I'm glad to see that it is available again, and I look forward to giving it as a gift.

Bought this years ago when I and my husband both worked. Love the easy and tasty recipes. I've recommended this to several women when they complain about getting supper ready after a busy work day. Bought this copy for a friend and the recipes are so easy she simply selects the weeks menus and has her retired husband shop and cook. He was a novice but he's managed to keep a smile on her face with these fast and easy recipes. Here in the northwoods of Wisconsin designer, exotic ingredients are not available and this book works around those. Is this haute cuisine- no. Is this tasty food quickly prepared by even a kitchen novice- yes!

I know you're in a hurry and anxious to get cooking, so LISTEN UP! You'll do it right, do it quickly and do it well with Beverly Cox' 365 Great 20-Minute Recipes! That's all you need to know. Now, get cooking! Me ke aloha (with love) Mary Spero