Quick & Easy Family Dinners Cookbook [NOOK Book]

Fills your heart, home and family dinner plate with loving, tasty goodness!

First off, I'm a fan of Gooseberry Patch Cookbooks. So this is a biased review and I got the book for free today on my NOOK color. I have their print and ecookbooks. I'm a huge fan of the paper books just because I love curling up with a cookbook and marking pages with sticky notes. BUT I have to admit I'm becoming a quick collector of their ebooks, especially when they offer their freebies. I'm now getting copies of ebooks of paper books that I own. I love taking my ereader with me to the store. Never again will I forget an ingredient to a new, tasty recipe.

I LOVE my NOOK! It makes reading ebook so easy. There is a table of contents so I am able to quickly see all the recipes and go to the one that I want right away! Using an ereader isn't the same as pulling a book off the shelf but it comes pretty close! I"m also a huge fan of their new line of photos of every recipe. These cookbooks can be enjoyed with the paper copy and the NOOK color.

Gooseberry Patch has made a business out of collecting recipes from kitchen all across America and producing cookbooks chocked full of tasty recipes and helpful tips. Not every recipe is one that I would make but I love reading what other kitchen moms are making and trying. As with all cookbooks, being that a Gooseberry Patch or some other brand, I can almost always find something new to serve my family.

For this cookbook, I love looking at the variations of recipes that are already familiar with me. So for example, in this cookbook, a reader submitted Mom's Potato Salad. I'm a mom and I've been making potato salad since I was a kid. I don't even have my own written recipe for this salad because I make it different every time. That is why I appreciate reading another "Mom's Potato Salad" because now I have some new ideas to add to my ever so changing potato salad. The recipe in this book is mayonnaise based, red potato with a zing of horseradish. Bam! That is it. I'm going to add horseradish to my next batch of potato salad. See I found a new idea!

The recipes in this cookbook could easily be called Family Favorite Comfort Foods because that is what they are! Casseroles, fried chicken, baked spahgetti, apple pie (crustless), brownies and more! Pair any of their tasty mains with a healthy salad to balance out your menu that you serve your family. The book was full of such tips. I loved the "Spicy side" which instructed one to take frozen corn and stir in red roasted chilies, cumin, chili power and serrano chile. Yum!

I LOVED the chapter, "Keep these basic pantry items on hand & you can whip up just about anything!" which is helpful for any kitchen.

True to their Gooseberry Patch style, this cookbook will fill your heart, home and family dinner plate with loving, tasty goodness! Thanks Gooseberry Patch.

20 out of 22 people found this review helpful.

Gooseberry does it again!

How they fit over 35 recipes in 15 pages is beyond me, but there is at least that many; more, if you count the quick fixes like uses for leftovers, side dishes and salad dressings. Always tasty, sometimes just a slight variation on favorites that give an old recipe a new twist. Great ideas for mealtimes and a list of standard pantry items included. Definately worth "free".

7 out of 8 people found this review helpful.

Neat recipe book

Great recipes especially the Chocolate Chip cookies!

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Not what I thought it was going to be.

I was a little disappointed in this one. Not long at all and not really helpful to me as far as what I was looking for. Could definately use more recipes.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Sexy 19567

Awsome cook book.

Sexy101

Love those tips on cooking.

I have used recipes out of here.

I'm always looking at the recipe books. Very few do I actually use and find recipes that I will use.

0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Recommend with reservations

This has a fair variety of recipes. There were not as many that would appeal to my family but I'm sure will appeal to others. It covers main dishes to desserts. The barbecued ham looked real good.

0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Relaxing read

Anyone who enjoys cookbooks will enjoy this one. Gooseberry Patch is a name to trust

Great for Single Moms

I didn't get to use the actual recipes just yet but for MOTHERS on the move this would be a helpful idea starter. Even for college students..... so take a chance but git in the Kitchen and give it a whirl TODAY!

Quick & Easy For Sure!

Would definitely recommend. Delicious recipes using everyday items in your pantry. Would like to see more by Gooseberry Patch offered.

Highly Recommend,

These are nice and quick recipes
Some are great to use with kids when cooking with them.

Yum

Great recipes, easy to find ingredients, YUM

Helpful

I liked what I saw however the book was only 17 pages long!

I love this book

I am literally going to try and make every one of the recipes! I love cooking, and country recipes are my favorite. This book has some really great ones.

Ha,ha,ha, very funny @$$holes

It said stuff like "TV cookies" and show a broken tv with chocolate chips onit. Not funny.

0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Sex

Yum

I enjoyed most of the recipes in here. A few I wouldn't try but the majority of the ones in here are really good. Wish it had more!

Not cooking this

These a very basic recipes and for most of them i have ideas to make them better. Good thing it was free

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