Jars of olive tapenade and capers, containers of hummus and ready-made sauces; these days, grocery stores are full of ingredients that are one step away from becoming a meal. With Almost from Scratch: 600 Recipes for the New Convenience Cuisine, you can transform those gourmet products into gourmet meals with a few simple steps. From Andrew Schloss, the author of Fifty Ways to Cook Most Everything, come 600 recipes for delicious and easy meals that use convenience foods without sacrificing taste.
Using prepared salsas, pestos, high-quality baking mixes, and other packaged items, recipes that once took a whole afternoon can now be assembled quickly and easily. Almost from Scratch makes the most of prepackaged foods to streamline the way home cooks prepare everything from soup to dessert, whether you're making a weeknight dinner for the family or entertaining on a Saturday night.
With recipes for appetizers, salads, soups, sauces, meat dishes, seafood, pasta, grains, stir-fries, vegetables, and desserts, Schloss shows you the never-ending possibilities of cooking with shortcuts.
Sumptuous starters such as Herbed Artichoke Dip, Parmesan Shortbread, Blue Cheese Quiche with Potato Crust, and Tomato Tarragon Tart will be the perfect start to any evening. For a light meal, try Three Corn Chowder, Pizza Rustica, Mango Brie Quesadillas, or Smoked Turkey and Chickpea Chili. For a more substantial dinner, sample recipes such as Deep Dark Pot Roast, Mediterranean Vegetable Lasagna, Dutch Country Chicken and Potato Dumplings, Grilled Salmon with Olive Vinaigrette, and Lemon Pork Chops on Artichoke Bruschetta that will keep your family -- and your taste buds -- happy.
Who knew that decadent, awe-inspiring desserts could be created in a flash using packaged ingredients? Dark Chocolate Soufflé, Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie, Blueberry Cornmeal Upside-Down Cake, and Chèvre Cheesecake with Fig Coulis are just some of the sweets that will wow your guests.
Finally, a sophisticated, gourmet cookbook that allows home cooks to make great-tasting meals without spending all day in the kitchen.
Autorentext
Andrew Schloss is the president of Culinary Generations, Inc., a product development company, and the author of seven cookbooks, including Fifty Ways to Cook Most Everything. He also serves as the current president of the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP). He has written for The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Washington Post, Food & Wine magazine, and Family Circle, and is a frequent guest on QVC. He lives in Pennsylvania with his wife, three children, and their dog.
Inhalt
Introduction The New Convenience Cuisine
Chapter 1 Elegant Appetizers and Spur-of-the-Moment Snacks
Chapter 2 Soups Uncanned
Chapter 3 Sauces: Lots of Flavor, Little Work
Chapter 4 Meat Meals in Minutes
Chapter 5 Escaping the Chicken Rut
Chapter 6 Seafood Elaborated
Chapter 7 Completely Meatless
Chapter 8 Incredible Vegetables for Every Meal
Chapter 9 Distinctive Grains
Chapter 10 Salads and Dressings In and Out of the Bottle
Chapter 11 Pastabilities
Chapter 12 Gone Grillin'
Chapter 13 Stir-fries from Around the World
Chapter 14 There's Always Time for Dessert
Appendix A Ingredient Sources
Appendix B Metric Equivalencies
Index