30 minute meals cookbook

[calendula]

Hi there,

Can anyone recommend a cook book specifically along the lines of 30 minute meals/weeknight meals? Also, bonus points if it focuses on entrees and not a bunch of stuff I'll never use (eg breakfast recipes).

Many thanks!

[indiefolklore]

You can always count on Rachel Ray! - 30 Minute Veggie Meals

Quick-Fix Vegetarian: Healthy Home-Cooked Meals in 30 Minutes or Less


Although it's not specifically all 30 min meals Nava Atlas' Vegetarian 5-Ingredient Gourmet is mostly full of quick weeknight meals. I love all her cookbooks and the simplicity of most of her recipes.


Also heres a site that i've used a few times.cdkitchen 30 minute meals

Happy (quick) cooking!

[Caryliz]

I love Nava Atlas' "Vegetarian Express", which focuses on quick meals for busy parents. It was given to me years ago as a gift when I was just starting my career in NYC and lamented that I was too broke for take-out, but got home so late from the office that all the hours I spent on gourmet cooking when I was in school felt like an unspeakable luxury! 15 years later I'm still using the book regularly. What I really like about the recipes is that they are simple and fast and mostly really kid-friendly, but some are downright elegant, and many I would not have thought of myself. (I'm always bummed when I pick up a cookbook that focuses on something like 30-minute meals, and has suggestions like "make a fancy grilled-cheese sandwich!" Um, I could have thought of that without a cookbook...)

i understand Nava has also done a new version entitled "Vegan Express", if that is more your style.

[Jadzia]

Originally Posted by Caryliz

I love Nava Atlas' "Vegetarian Express", which focuses on quick meals for busy parents. It was given to me years ago as a gift when I was just starting my career in NYC and lamented that I was too broke for take-out, but got home so late from the office that all the hours I spent on gourmet cooking when I was in school felt like an unspeakable luxury! 15 years later I'm still using the book regularly. What I really like about the recipes is that they are simple and fast and mostly really kid-friendly, but some are downright elegant, and many I would not have thought of myself. (I'm always bummed when I pick up a cookbook that focuses on something like 30-minute meals, and has suggestions like "make a fancy grilled-cheese sandwich!" Um, I could have thought of that without a cookbook...)

i understand Nava has also done a new version entitled "Vegan Express", if that is more your style.

Vegetarian Express is sadly out of print, but well worth it to track down a used copy perhaps at Half/Ebay/Amazon.

Vegan Express is good as well, as Robin Robertson's "Quick-Fix Vegetarian" (which is actually vegan as well).

I don't recommend the Rachael Ray book which is not really vegetarian (she has some meat ingredients in some the recipes) and heavily laden on dairy products/fattening. Yuck.