Real Simple: Meals Made Easy (Real Simple S.)
by Editors of Real Simple Magazine
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Book Reviews of Real Simple: Meals Made Easy (Real Simple S.)
Book Review: Beauty in simplicity
Summary: 5 Stars
Most of the cookbooks I see lately try to fit in too much information, too many little shortcuts, and scads of esoteric ingredients just for the sake of trying to be different.
But there is something to be said for doing one thing, and doing it not just well, but above and beyond what you would expect out of a cookbook. The recipes in this book may be simple and fresh, but they are extremely refined in a way that reaches to the very esssence of the dish.
One of the highlights of the Real Simple book is the photogaphy by Anna Williams. This could very easily be the coffee table book that chefs keep in their living room. The culinary arts are made up of not just taste and texture but poise and presentation; 'Meals Made Easy' excels in this regard as well.
Having tried some of the other tired cookbooks that seem to fall off the truck every week, I must say that this book and these recipes emphasize the beauty in simplicity, night after night, in cuisine that is as easy as it is delightful.
Book Review: Easy & Delicious fresh recipes.......
Summary: 4 Stars
I have just read most of the reviews so far from Amazon customers, and unfortunately, NONE OF THE PEOPLE have made any of the recipes!!! They are just telling you how pretty the photographs are and how the book is divided into categories. How do you give anything a review without trying it first? I agree with the other reviewer, I am not a fan of the magazine, too much like Martha Stewart Living, but occasionally, I like their weeknight recipes. So, I bought the book.
This book is not only easy to read and pretty, but I have made 6 of the recipes so far, and they are all delicious and simple, using fresh ingredients! The easy ravioli lasagne, a nice change, the scallop corn chowder, the stuffed chicken breast w/ salsa, the lamb tagine, and others. It's a great weeknight meal cookbook, when you don't want to spend a fortune on ingredients or 2 hours preparing dinner. It's a nice gift for newlyweds or anyone who is a beginner cook. I recommend it because I HAVE MADE SOME OF THE RECIPES! Tried and True!
Book Review: An amazing and useful book :-)
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great cook book. I love looking for new recipes and I certainly found some great ones here. Real Simple is a magazine I buy quite occasionally and I always love that, so I knew this would also be great.
It's broken up into 7 chapters each with their own 'theme' eg: Shortcut meals (under 30 minutes prep), Freezer meals that you can do in advance and reheat when need be and One Pot Meals (litteraly using one pot only for easy clean up) to name a few. It's very helpful having these chapters because you can just look up what you are after or have time for and go from there accordingly.
There are devine looking pictures (I've yet to see if my creations will resemble these or not), and it follows the Real Simple clean look they have with their beautiful magazine.
In general, I recommend this to everyone. I doubt there are many people who couldn't benefit from such a great cook book and it would also make a great gift for almost any occasion. I love this and can't wait to put it to the test.
Book Review: Never lets us down
Summary: 5 Stars
My wife and I have been using this Real Simple: Meals Made Easy for a couple of years now, and all of the recipes have been both tasty and easy (as promised). A couple of highlights for me are the shrimp tacos and the orzo with peas, lemon, and jalapeno.
This book is not a general-purpose cookbook, but it's great when you want to pull something interesting together & don't want to spend a lot of time and energy. We eat something out of this book at least once every two weeks, which makes it valuable addition to our small cookbook collection.
Although this book is perfect-bound, not spiral- or ring-bound, it lays flat nicely, and it includes a page marker ribbon which is handy if you don't have space to keep it open while cooking & want to find your recipe again easily.
Highly recommended!
Book Review: Delicious and surprising!
Summary: 5 Stars
I had a few reservations when purchasing this cookbook, I wasn't sure that I could actually prepare a decent meal without having to go to the store. However, I was pleasantly surprised to find myself well equipped to make dinner on a moment's notice last week using only what I had in the house. Despite my mediocre cooking skills and reluctance to obey all directions (from stubbornness, not expertise) the meal still turned out well and even looked like the picture in the cookbook! I must admit that all of the pictures looked fantastic; I may begin cooking more out of a desire to make good-looking dinners rather than just hunger. This was a good purchase for a beginning cook with little spare time to shop for exotic ingredients.