THE MOM 100
COOKBOOK
COOKBOOK
By KATIE WORKMAN
Founding Editor in Chief of
Cookstr.com
Let’s face it: Most parents don’t actually
have an expansive repertoire of creative, wholesome, and delicious recipes. To
many, a dinner at home is limited to a few tired dishes or, worse, involves a
take-out menu or something from the supermarket’s frozen food section. And
breakfast, when moms have three minutes to feed sleepy children, often results
in choosing between sugary cereal or frozen waffles. But not any longer--help
is here!
THE MOM 100 COOKBOOK by
Katie Workman, founding editor in chief of Cookstr.com and a mother of two,
delivers solutions to the 20 most common cooking dilemmas that every modern mom
faces, providing recipes and tips for parents who are so baffled by their kids’
food preferences that mealtime has become a minefield.
Solutions
include:
·
The English Muffin Pizza as a
breakfast alternative
·
Lunches that won’t get tossed or
returned
·
Snacks that don’t come in crinkly bags
·
Entrées to feed the overnight
vegetarian convert
·
Seafood mains that even fish-o-phobes
will embrace
·
Best-shot vegetable dishes
·
The fudgiest brownies you’ll ever eat
. . . made using only one pot!
Katie
shows moms how to crack open the door for the salad rejecter and how to make an
enticing entrée with whatever’s in the fridge. Her recipes include brilliant shortcuts,
such as a four-ingredient casserole perfect for family and company, and cooking
flank steak in the broiler—so quick and simple!
Katie’s
straightforward approach to tackling everyday cooking dilemmas makes for a
candid read, with wise tips, personal anecdotes, and wry one-liners sprinkled
throughout. Exemplifying the deliciousness of simplicity, each of her smart,
crowd-pleasing recipes masterfully combines basic ingredients and ingenious techniques
for extraordinary results.
Because Katie knows what it’s like to
be a mom in the kitchen, her recipes also include special Fork in the Road suggestions
as well as Make Ahead and What the Kids Can Do sidebars.
·
A
Fork in the Road recipe lets you
make one basic dish while still catering to different tastes. Example: Your
picky eater is less adventurous with couscous than the rest of your family.
After the couscous is cooked, set aside a portion to be kept plain, then add
the rest of the spices and vegetables to the remaining couscous.
·
What the Kids Can Do sidebars include ways kids can join
in and help prepare the recipes. Example: When making Corn Chowder, kids can
crumble cooled bacon, smash up cooked potatoes and vegetables, and sprinkle
individual portions with scallions and chives.
·
Make Ahead recipes are ones you can prepare in
advance and store in the fridge or freezer to eat sometime later—they’re even
better than leftovers.
Each of the
100 recipes is complemented by mouthwatering color photographs taken by Todd
Coleman, executive food editor of Saveur
magazine. The result is an attractive, easy to understand, indispensible
resource that every mom will be grateful for every day of the week.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
KATIE WORKMAN is the founding editor in chief of
Cookstr.com. She writes about food and cooking for websites and magazines,
including The Huffington Post, The Daily Beast, AOL Food, KitchenDaily.com,
AARP.com, and New York magazine. She sits on the board of
City Harvest, New York’s leading food rescue nonprofit, and is an active supporter
of Share Our Strength. Katie lives with her husband and two children in
New York City, where she's developed such an open house reputation that all
sorts of friends, neighbors, and families with kids in tow wind up at her
table.
THE MOM 100
COOKBOOK
100 Recipes Every Mom Needs in Her
Back Pocket
By
Katie Workman
Publication
Date: April 2012
Paperback Original ●
ISBN: 978-0-7611-6603-0 ● $16.95
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