5 Ingredients or Less! Fresh Recipes for Every Season Plus Clever Tips for Celebrating Every Day (Gooseberry Patch) (Plastic Comb)

by Gooseberry Patch (Author)
Key Phrases: crescent rolls

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Hearty in a hurry...5 Ingredients or Less has more than 300 recipes that take just 5 or fewer ingredients! Filled with recipes that celebrate the flavors of every season, it has delicious favorites like cherry tomato poppers, sweet onion spread, mini dinner rolls, baked potato-cheddar soup, green bean bake, beef & noodle skillet, crunchy corn chip chicken, summer meatloaf and cherry dream pie. Each chapter is sprinkled with easy decorating ideas and clever how-to's to make each season special. It's a must-have for busy families! Hardcover, 224 pages. (9-1/4" x 6-1/2")

About the Author
Gooseberry Patch...your community cookbook experts since 1984.  The Gooseberry Patch brand is synonymous with quality and value. With over 100 titles and over 7 million cookbooks sold, Gooseberry Patch represents America’s real cooks…wives, moms and grandmas from across the nation.  Real, everyday folks send in and share thousands of recipes from their own kitchens, the best of which are then lovingly selected by Gooseberry Patch for each new cookbook.  Fast, easy, wholesome and delicious, Gooseberry Patch cookbooks deliver proven favorite recipes for today’s busy families.

Product Details

• Plastic Comb: 224 pages
• Publisher: Gooseberry Patch (January 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1931890196
• ISBN-13: 978-1931890199
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #42,467 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Yes, yes, and YES!, January 28, 2006

By	Mrs. K (OHIO) - See all my reviews

Thus far, everything in this cookbook is GOOD and HANDY (I have only had it a week or so, and have already used it three times, to the neglect of my other Gooseberry Patch cookbooks!) It's lots of fun just to read the recipes, which are both mouth-watering and almost TOO easy. Clear, simple instructions will please even the most novice cooks. I also loved how this book was organized by season: lighter, fresher dishes in the summer section; cozier, comfort-food dishes in the fall and winter.

The recipes are also extremely inexpensive to make, and in many cases, by using the staples you probably already have. In other words, this book is a no-lose situation! I'd choose it as a gift for any newlywed, college student, or family-on-the-go.

There are even really cute ideas for dressing up and changing flea-market finds, and other simple crafts and decorating ideas that even a fumble-fingers such as myself can handily accomplish.

Only one very minor complaint...it seemed that some seasonings were left out of a few the recipes, simply to keep them under 5 ingredients. But the basics here are so good I wouldn't have minded if they called for 10 ingredients.

UPDATE: Today I made the recipe for BIG Chocolate Cookies on Page 57. Something went wrong, or there was poor editing in temperature or ingredients, or SOMETHING. I ended up with a huge, gloppy, inedible mess. I've been baking since age 9 and have never had such a failure as this particular recipe. Gah!!

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great cookbook!!!!!!!, August 13, 2004

By	Keri H. "Gooseberry Patch fanatic" (Eastern North Carolina) - See all my reviews

I love this cookbook. It's my favorite Gooseberry Patch cookbook thus far. I plan my meals a month at a time and shop according to my list of meals for the month. I was able to plan 45 days of meals from this one cookbook. The recipes are easy to follow and have, like the title states, "Five ingredients or less", which makes the planning and preparing so much easier! I highly recommend this cookbook.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you can only get one cook book (ever!), GET THIS ONE!!!, June 14, 2005

By	S. Bruner "my kids' mom!" (Montana, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

My mother-in-law got me this cookbook for Christmas last year (what kind of a signal is that?! lol) and I love it! I know I'm not the greatest cook out there, but this cookbook has such great recipes (and so incredibly easy!!!) that even I get compliments on my meals, salads, appetizers, and desserts! My favorite is the 3 ingredient Speedy Peanut Butter Cookies--a big hit at my daughter's Vacation Bible School!

If you can only get one cook book (ever!), GET THIS ONE!!!