Pressure Cooking the Easy Way: Healthy One-Pot Meals Everyone Will Love [Paperback]

Maureen B. Keane (Author), Daniella Chace (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 10, 1997

Cook without fat or oil!
Under pressure to prepare quick, healthy meals? Use a pressure cooker!
Imagine a tender roasted chicken in ten minutes, or perfect vegetables in just two or three! This book is a delicious collection of down-home American fare like stews, soups, roasts, and other main dishes, all cooked to perfection in a matter of minutes with the use of a handy pressure cooker! Maureen Keane and Daniella Chace have put their proven cooking talents to use to create hearty new dishes, as well as to convert old favorites to pressure cooker formulas.
Inside you'll find:
·Great recipes for vegetables, meat, seafood, and poultry
·Quick-fix dinners for one
·Easy feasts for a group
·Recipes for hearty main courses, yummy desserts, baby food, and more!
·Pressure cooking do's and don'ts
·What to look for when purchasing a new pressure cooker
·How the pressure cooker can make your meals more nutritious

Editorial Reviews

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Cook without fat or oil!

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Cook without fat or oil!
Under pressure to prepare quick, healthy meals? Use a pressure cooker!
Imagine a tender roasted chicken in ten minutes, or perfect vegetables in just two or three! This book is a delicious collection of down-home American fare like stews, soups, roasts, and other main dishes, all cooked to perfection in a matter of minutes with the use of a handy pressure cooker! Maureen Keane and Daniella Chace have put their proven cooking talents to use to create hearty new dishes, as well as to convert old favorites to pressure cooker formulas.
Inside you'll find:
·Great recipes for vegetables, meat, seafood, and poultry
·Quick-fix dinners for one
·Easy feasts for a group
·Recipes for hearty main courses, yummy desserts, baby food, and more!
·Pressure cooking do's and don'ts
·What to look for when purchasing a new pressure cooker
·How the pressure cooker can make your meals more nutritious

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Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Clarkson Potter (December 10, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761512853
• ISBN-13: 978-0761512851
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.5 x 8.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #47,519 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #41 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Cooking by Ingredient > Meat, Poultry & Seafood > Meats

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100 of 101 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT RECIPES MADE WITH SIMPLICITY, April 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Pressure Cooking the Easy Way: Healthy One-Pot Meals Everyone Will Love (Paperback)

Of all the books I looked at, this one fit my needs best. As a student and a cooking novice, it gives me good tips on pressure cooking in general, has many recipes for all kinds of food styles (e.g. meats, fresh veggies, legumes, grains, fruits, seafood, etc.), and seeks to fill the recipes with healthy, low-fat ingredients. There's even a section "Cooking for One." For rookie pressure cookers like me, and even for the cooking veteran, THIS BOOK IS A MUST!

30 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Create a Gourmet Meal in Minutes, May 2, 2000

By 

Jean Weinstein - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pressure Cooking the Easy Way: Healthy One-Pot Meals Everyone Will Love (Paperback)

The complete book on pressure cooking. Create gourmet meals using recipes from this book such as: BBQ Steak w/Maple Sweet Potatoes, Fish & Eggplant Curry, Seafood & Safron Soup, Boston Brown Bread.

Included are sections on Do's & Don'ts of pressure cooking, common problems, troubleshooting and maintenance of your pressure cooker.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Useful book!, December 15, 2007

By 

Mark A. Gordon (Tucson, AZ United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pressure Cooking the Easy Way: Healthy One-Pot Meals Everyone Will Love (Paperback)

I found this book to be extremely helpful. Growing up in the 1940s with a family who used two (Flex-Seal) pressure cookers at many meals, I am comfortable with what pressure cookers can do. This book's strength is its description of what you can do and why. Example, I now "Quick-soak" all dried legumes for five minutes instead of soaking them overnight. This is an enormous time-saver.

If one finds the recipes bland, it is easy to add spices to enliven them. But the core recipes work well.

An excellent book.