500 3-Ingredient Recipes: Simple and Sensational Recipes for Everyday Cooking (Paperback)

~ Carol Hildebrand (Author), Bob Hildebrand (Author) "When we told people we were doing a cookbook of recipes that have three ingredients, people invariably responded in one of two ways: "How the..." (more)
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Product Description

It’s not just a meal, it’s a miracle!
Appetizers * Desserts * Entrees * Side Dishes
Delicious Recipes made quickly and easily with just three ingredients!

Great cooking and delectable meals don’t have to involve extensive recipes and long lists of ingredients. In fact, the best dishes are often made from creative uses of easy-to-find ingredients. A veritable bonanza of more than 500 recipes, Robert Hildebrand, executive chef of The Three Stallions Inn in Vermont, and his sister, Carol, combine a few common and not so common fixin’s and show you how to create more than you’d ever imagined with only three ingredients. Recipes include:

· Chicken Tortellini Soup
· Lobster Stew
· Thai Red-Curry Chicken
· Veal Piccata
· Grilled Tuna with Wasabi Cream Sauce
· Double Chocolate Truffles

So no more staring blankly at a refrigerator full of seemingly disconnected items! 500 3-Ingredient Recipes will show you how to create interesting, healthy dishes from foods you already have on hand, and will also help you shorten your grocery lists for simpler, more enjoyable cooking experiences.

About the Author

Robert Hildebrand is the executive chef at The Three Stallions Inn in Randolph, Vt. His work has been featured in Bon Appétit, as well as several newspapers.

Carol Hildebrand is an award-winning writer and editor with work appearing in Boston Magazine, The Old Farmer’s Almanac, CIO, Darwin, and many others.

Product Details

• Paperback: 500 pages
• Publisher: Fair Winds Press; First Edition edition (November 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1592330940
• ISBN-13: 978-1592330942
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.4 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #362,327 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I had no idea you could do so much with three ingredients!, November 9, 2004

By	Sunflower Summer (Massachusetts) - See all my reviews

I've tried a few of the recipes in this cookbook and they've all been great. Love the idea of three ingredients--makes it so easy to plan dinner. The recipes are simple but sophisticated. The directions are clear, and I like having suggestions for a few extra ingredients that I can throw in if I have them. Overall, a cookbook worth buying.

24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Keep it on the counter., November 24, 2004

By	Sugar & Spice (New York) - See all my reviews

The Hildebrand cook book is very useful to me. I'm not a gourmet; I don't even like to cook that much (yet must do it three times a day). Somehow knowing that any of the interesting dishes in this fat book can be created with just three ingredients actually makes me want to whip something up. Even I can manage three ingredients! I like the fact that they include "add it in" items beyond the three. The add-ins are still simple, but make me feel like a real cook, by deciding whether to embelish. This is the only cook book I actually keep on my counter.

48 of 56 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars "Everyday cooking?" Give me a break!, March 23, 2005

By	Snowy Marigold (USA) - See all my reviews

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Don't be fooled by the title of this cookbook. First, it is filled with exotic and gourmet, not to mention expensive, recipies. The choice of ingredients might be fine if you live in New York or San Francisco, but here in northern Wisconsin many ingredients just aren't available. (And if they were, would you fix squab or fried rabbit for Tuesday night dinner for your family?)

A second disappointment is the copious use of butter, oil and heavy cream.

This is the first time I've ever been so disappointed in a book I ordered that I will be returning it.