What if you could whip up healthy, mouthwatering meals that your family loved--without making a mess?
Well, it's as easy as parchment paper. You'll find that cooking in parchment paper is akin to cooking in foil--if foil were French, fast, and environmentally friendly. In this cookbook, award-winning author and food writer Brette Sember shows you how parchment paper cooking can revolutionize the way you cook--and save you time and money, not to mention the grief that often accompanies dinnertime.
With simple instructions on the art of parchment paper folding and preparation, you'll fold your way to your family's hearts with such nutritious, delicious offerings as:
Swedish Meatballs
Thai Chicken with Lemongrass and Coconut Rice
Stuffed Flank Steak
Scallops Coquilles
Lamb and Yogurt Wraps
Artichoke Pizza
Portobellos with Goat Cheese and Spinach
Quick Baclava
Peach Pie Turnovers
You can forget dirty pots and pans. With this cookbook, dinner just got easier, faster, cleaner--and tastier!
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Brette Sember, the author of The Organized Kitchen and The Muffin Tin Cookbook, blogs about parchment paper cooking at www.NoPotCooking. She is a member of the International Association of Culinary Professionals, and the American Society of Journalists and Authors; she was also the recipient of a Mothers at Home Media Award and a Ben Franklin Award finalist.
Brette Sember is a former attorney and author of over 35 books about topics such as food (The Parchment Paper Cookbook, The Organized Kitchen, and The Muffin Tin Cookbook), parenting (How to Parent with Your Ex, Unmarried with Children), business (the Essential Supervisor's Handbook, Bad Apples: How to Manage Difficult Employees), credit (The Complete Credit Repair Kit), health (Plus-Size Pregnancy, The Practical Pregnancy Planner), seniors' right (The Complete Legal Guide to Senior Care, Seniors' Rights) and divorce (The Complete Divorce Handbook, The No-Fight Divorce Book, The Divorce Organizer & Planner). She is also co-author of several textbooks.
Her web site is www.BretteSember.com. She blogs at http://PuttingItAllontheTable.com, and about divorce at www.SolveDivorce.com.
I just bought this book. I loved it so much I bought another copy for my mom. She called me the day she got it and couldn't wait to try it. When my five year old daughter sees me pulling out the baking sheet with The little parchment paper packages she claps her hands and says, "oh yummy!"
The recipes whip up pretty quickly, there is a HUGE variety of recipes, they taste amazing, and you can't beat the clean up! The chicken turns out so tender its amazing. A friend and I recently were complaining about how crockpot cooking seems like a great idea but it never comes out right. This is exactly the answer I have been looking for!
I work a full time job, and freelance on the side. The last thing I have the time or energy for is cooking, even though I love to eat more than anything. A foodie on a tight schedule is not a happy camper, especially when your micro-sized apartment doesn't come with a dishwasher. Generally, I'm left with sautéed fish and brown rice in a rice cooker, or else cans of soup or PBJs. No bueno.
This book, though, has been infinitely helpful in cleaning up my diet. Healthy recipe that require pretty much no dishes to prepare, which means I can EAT without being saddled with a ton of pots and pans to clean. Real food! No mess! Clean ingredients! Really, what else can the busy adult ask for in this life? Besides a personal chef, that is?
Breakfast Dishes Chicken and Turkey Dishes Pork and Lamb Dishes Beef and Veal Dishes Seafood Dishes Vegetable Dishes Bread, Rice and Potato Dishes Desserts
I never even tried using parchment paper until this year and that was for baking. The idea of using it instead of pots and pans to make all sorts of dishes is very interesting. The beginning of the book explains in detail, with images, how to fold parchment paper so that it can be used to make the recipes in the book. After that are the chapters containing the recipes. There is a table of contents in the beginning that lists all of the recipes but I also think it'd be helpful to color code each chapter on the edge of the page, to make getting to what you want a little quicker. Recipes in this cookbook are all easy to understand. Each recipe clearly lists the necessary ingredients (all of which appeared to be ordinary items), as well as how many the dish serves and the nutritional content. The recipes would be more helpful to me if they included prep and cooking time. Some of the recipes also include ideas for variations. There are no photos in this cookbook save a few in the middle of the book, I'd love it if the recipes included photos. This cookbook would be ideal for people that want to simplify their cooking by having less pots and pans to clean, as well as for those that cook for one or two.
I have had this book for a month now and have not even scratched the surface of all the great recipes. I have two main criteria for a cookbook--besides having tasty dishes of course. I want the instructions to be idiot-proof and I want the index to be detailed so that when I come up with a couple of chicken breasts and some cheese in the fridge, I can find something to do with it. This cookbook passes my two criteria with flying colors. The writing is clear and concise. The index is terrific. Besides, the recipes are varied enough to please everyone. And as a bonus, it introduces a new concept that I have never fully explored. Sure, we line the cookie sheets with parchment paper and occasionally get fancy with a "Papillotte" something or other--but this lovely book has ideas from breakfast through sumptious desserts that can be cooked in parchment. Yay!And THANKS for writing this super book.
I ordered this book in an attempt to find a way to cook meals at home and deal with a situation. Our dish washer broke and we don't currently have the funds to replace it. It's truly a sad state of affairs. At any rate, this cookbook could not come soon enough. It arrived just a few days ago and I was happy to see how simple most of the recipes are. Many have just a few ingredients! I was also happy to see the extensive sections on vegetables and grains since I am a vegetarian. There are so many recipes in this cookbook that I cannot wait to try and I feel like I owe my life to Brette for lightening my dish washing load!
If busy is the new black, then The Parchment Paper Cookbook is the perfect accessory to your cooking life. Whether you're caught up in work, childcare, or eldercare, these meal ideas will save you stress and the hassle and time of washing dishes. I love that each recipe fits on a single page because no one wants to be intimidated by the how-to details of making dinner when you're already exhausted ... at the beginning or the end of the day. Yes, the book includes breakfast / brunch ideas too. And, if quick, last-minute desserts make you happy, you'll love the final chapter. I can vouch for the recipe on page 178 as a real bonus for banana split fans. A baked banana split? Yep!
The Parchment Paper Cookbook is a collection of 180 healthy, fast, and delicious dishes using parchment paper. Before reading this cookbook, about all I had used parchment paper for was to bake cookies on so they didn't stick to the pan. I had no idea how versatile cooking with parchment paper really was. This cookbook has recipes for Breakfast Dishes, Chicken and Turkey Dishes, Pork and Lamb Dishes, Beef and Veal Dishes, Seafood Dishes, Vegetable Dishes; Bread, Rice and Potato Dishes, and Desserts. There is a selection of color photographs in the section of the book that shows different dishes that have been prepared.
Each recipe has an ingredients list, a detailed instruction list and a short paragraph about the recipe itself. Some recipes also include a tip on where to find a certain ingredient, what a word means or different ways that uncommon ingredients can be used. Recipes include the nutrition information as well which is vital for people who are watching what they eat. There's also a very handy chapter in the front of the book that explains all about cooking with parchment paper and its benefits. It's a much healthier way to cook because it eliminates the need to grease pans or use added fat.. The authors encourage you to continue on with the healthy cooking theme by choosing organic, whole grain products and avoiding overly processed foods.
Don't be at all intimidated by using parchment paper. There is a step by step description with drawings included in the front of the book that shows you how to make a parchment packet and ideas for serving your creation once it's done cooking. I had no idea that this was so easy or I would have tried it ages ago! I also love that parchment paper is a much more eco-friendly option that using aluminum foil.... You can recycle or compost the parchment paper when you're done with it and you can't do that with aluminum foil.
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