Customer Reviews

Favorite Brand Name Best-Loved Casseroles

5 star:		(7)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(0)
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If you are looking for fast, easy and tasty recipes, then this book is for you. The recipes are uncomplicated and use ingredients that can be found in most any pantry. Many of these dishes can be made ahead and frozen for later use. Lots of good recipes for today's busy lifestyles.

This cookbook is wonderful. It's recipes are not only easy to follow, but the ingredients the recipes call for are ones that are most likely to be in my pantry. The recipe is not afraid to call for a time saving ingredient such as a can of soup or a seasoning packet, so there's no "Martha Stewart made-from-scratch" guilt-trip going on here...It's also a great resource for party recipes and holidays. I can't recommend this book enough!

I never knew how to cook casseroles or one-dish recipes before. This book is packed full of recipes with full-page color photos. I've cooked about 7 or 8 recipes from here and have DOZENS of book marks for recipes I plan to try. And they freeze great too! You soon gain knowledge that if you always keep a few staples on hand (canned cream soups, rice, pasta, vegetables), then you have the makings of a great tasting casserole that your entire family will love.

I have had this cookbook for almost 7 years and have returned to it time after time when I needed a quick and delicious meal for hungry mouths! It's also a wonderful book for brunch, pot luck, and baby shower food ideas. I once used this book to make a friend an entire week's worth of meals to feed her family after she gave birth to twins! I just filled her freezer with some of these casseroles, and she pulled them out when she needed them.

The recipes are delicious, varied, easy-to-follow and relatively quick prep time, most are a 1/2 hour to 1 hour cook time. They also rely upon items that are usually in your cupboard or can be easily substituted with something you have on-hand. I also like that each recipe usually makes more than enough for a family of four and leaves some left-overs for lunch the next day. The recipes in this book go easily with a fresh bowl of salad, a slice of bread and an easy dessert, which means my family leaves the table satisfied. It leaves me satisfied as well knowing they were provided a hearty meal that didn't cost me a fortune in time and money! That being said, I usually use this book when I have no time to pre-plan a healthy meal. Not that these recipes are necessarily unhealthy, but they are not something I would feed my family every night of the week because they do tend to lean on pre-packaged (read high salt, high preservative, high hydrogenation, etc) items, meat, and high sugar (read ketchup, bbq sauce, etc). Hence, the 4 stars instead of 5 for a rating. If you, like me and so many others, are watching our bad carb and veggie intake these days, this cookbook is great for those nights when you just don't care because you are just too tired. We are allowed those kinds of nights sometimes and you'll be happy to reach for this book!

My family of 6 was getting bored with the same recipes. This book was such a life saver. The recipes are so easy and taste SO good. I have 4 children who are all picky eaters, but they love the food in this cookbook. I highly recommend it.

Ninety percent of our meals features one new recipe. So, speaking from vast experience, this is one of THE BEST cookbooks I've ever used. Always delicious, fairly easy, but never skimping on ingredients or instructions (as happens with some cookbooks). In fact, all the "Favorite Brand Name" books are good (at least, the ones printed by Publications International, Ltd.--I haven't tried the others). Why? Well, these brand-name products won't want bad tasting recipes, nor will they want overly-difficult recipes. Their products wouldn't sell, right? So, they're a safe bet, anyway.

Got this to leave at our cabin. Lots of recipes for easy casseroles with basic ingredients most kitchens would have. colorful pictures, lots of variety. Would be great for those just starting off who need some basic options or a busy mom who wants to throw together a good healthy meal for the family. We enjoy it very much

This is a GREAT book got it today and Glad I got this one Can't say enough. Pictures and Pictures lots of pot luck recipes everything looks easy and yummy. I can't wait to make some of these at 384 pages you won't be disappointed lots to pick from. Nice big book if I could give it more stars I would. So glad I got this one. If you like Casseroles this is a must have.