I love these Southern Living cook books! The recipes are clear cut, the pictures are gorgeous and the food is delightful looking. It actually makes me want to cook things. :)
A winning point to this particular book is that it centers around things you normally already have stocked in your house, so when you're running around trying to make a meal, it may actually not require a run to the store!
I have had the book a week and it's already filled with tabs hanging out the sides for recipes I plan to try. If only I can make mine look like the pictures...................
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Quick-Start Homemade: Time-saving ·
Budget-friendly · Easy & Delicious
Paperback – September 17, 2013
by The Editors of Southern Living Magazine
(Oxmoor House Publishing)
Description:
Organized by main ingredients that stretch the dollar, these recipes let you cook with what you have and with what's on sale, truly making it the smart way to shop for and make dinner. If rotisserie chicken is on sale, you can go directly to that chapter to find a variety of recipes that hinge on that ingredient. Plus, at the beginning of each of these chapters, you'll find tips on what to look for at the market, how to buy in bulk, and ideas for making dinner even easier and more special.
Featuring "go-to" ingredients like pasta, rotisserie chicken, and bagged greens, each chapter in Quick-Start Homemade brings readers a varied selection of recipes to use either their favorite ingredient or what they already have on hand. With added bonus features like simplified grocery lists, speed scratch secrets, and full-page cheat-sheets for each chapter with great tips and ideas, this cookbook is just what readers need; readers will want to have this book by their side when they plan their meals for the week, while they shop for the ingredients, and while they cook at home. Accompanied by full-page photos, each recipe is packed with new ways to make dinner easier, faster, and more flavorful, while clever icons throughout give Quick-Start Homemade a fun and playful feel!
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Below please find a sampling of the scrumptious looking meals you can make from the pages of this book - 2 recipes and photos - both from: From Southern Living Quick-Start Homemade, Oxmoor House 2013
Pot Likker Soup
Hands-On Time 20 min.
Total Time 12 hours, 53 min.
2 (1-lb.) smoked ham hocks
1 medium onion, chopped
1 medium carrot, diced
1 Tbsp. vegetable oil
1 garlic clove, chopped
1⁄2 cup dry white wine
1⁄2 tsp. table salt
1⁄4 tsp. dried crushed red pepper
1 (14.5-oz.) can vegetable broth
1⁄2 (16-oz.) package fresh collard greens, washed and
trimmed
1. Bring ham hocks and 8 cups water to a boil in a Dutch
oven over medium-high heat. Boil 5 minutes; drain. Reserve hocks; wipe Dutch
oven clean.
2. Sauté onion and carrot in hot oil in Dutch oven over
medium heat 4 to 5 minutes or until tender; add garlic, and cook 1 minute. Add
wine; cook, stirring occasionally, 2 minutes or until wine is reduced by half.
3. Add hocks, 8 cups water, salt, and red pepper to onion
mixture, and bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer 3 hours or
until ham hocks are tender.
4. Remove hocks, and cool 30 minutes. Remove meat from
bones; discard bones. Transfer meat to an airtight container; cover and chill.
Cover Dutch oven with lid, and chill soup 8 hours.
5. Skim and discard fat from soup in Dutch oven. Stir in
meat and vegetable broth.
6. Bring mixture to a boil. Gradually stir in collards.
Reduce heat, and simmer, stirring occasionally, 45 to 50 minutes or until
collards are tender.
Quick Tip: Cooking the ham hocks the day before and chilling
the soup overnight will allow you to
skim the fat easily.
Easy Side:
Cornbread Croutons: Preheat oven to 450°. Coat bottom and
sides of an 8-inch square pan with 2 Tbsp. bacon drippings; heat in oven 5 minutes. Whisk
together 1 cup cornmeal mix, 1 cup buttermilk, 1 large egg, 1⁄4 tsp. table
salt, and 1⁄4 tsp. black pepper; pour batter into hot pan. Bake 15 to 17
minutes or until lightly browned. Turn out onto a wire rack; cool completely. Reduce oven
temperature to 325°. Cut cornbread into 1 1⁄2-inch squares. Place on a baking
sheet; sprinkle with 1⁄4 tsp. table salt and 1⁄4 tsp. pepper. Bake at 325° for
30 to 35 minutes or until crisp and lightly browned. Remove to a wire rack;
cool completely.
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Mexican Chicken Casserole
Hands-On Time 10 min.
Total Time 4 hours, 10 min.
The corn tortillas
cook into this dish and thicken it—you won’t see them after they’re cooked, but
you will still taste their authentic Mexican flavor.
2 (10-oz.) cans mild green chile enchilada sauce
10 (6-inch) corn tortillas, torn into 3-inch pieces
4 cups shredded rotisserie chicken
1 1⁄2 cups sour cream
1 (12-oz.) package shredded colby-Jack cheese blend, divided
1 (103⁄4-oz.) can cream of mushroom soup
8 cups shredded iceberg lettuce
1 (15-oz.) can black beans
3 tomatoes, diced
1. Spoon 1⁄2 cup enchilada sauce over bottom of a greased
4-qt. slow cooker. Add enough tortilla pieces to cover sauce.
2. Stir together chicken, sour cream, 2 cups cheese, and
soup. Spread 2 cups chicken mixture over tortilla pieces. Top with tortilla
pieces to cover. Drizzle with 1⁄2 cup enchilada sauce. Repeat layers twice,
ending with tortilla pieces and remaining enchilada sauce. Sprinkle with
remaining 1 cup cheese.
3. Cover and cook on LOW 4 hours. Place lettuce on 8
individual plates; top each evenly with chicken enchilada mixture, beans, and
tomatoes. Serve immediately.
Quick Tip: Don’t throw away leftover tortillas; cut them
into triangles or strips, and fry or bake them to top a salad or soup.
Easy Side:
Dressed-up Refried Beans: Preheat oven to 450°. Combine 2
(20.5-oz.) cans refried black beans, ½
(8-oz.) package whipped chive-flavored cream cheese, and ½ tsp. ground
cumin in a 2-qt. baking dish. Top with 2
Tbsp. finely chopped red onion and 1 cup crumbled queso fresco (fresh Mexican
cheese). Bake for 20 to 30 minutes or
until cheese melts.