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Sara's Secrets for Weeknight Meals: member book reviews (Single Review Display)

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I used to enjoy Sara Moulton's, Cooking Live and Sara's Secrets on the food network. I've had this book awhile and am just starting to catch some of the PBS shows that feature recipes from this book.

In this book Sara shares her secrets and recipes for getting good, healthy meals on your table during weeknights when many of us are tired after a long day's work. She also gives you tips and lists for stocking your pantry for ease of preparing recipes in the book. There are gorgeous color photos and the print is green and brownish but still quiet easy to read.

In most of the recipes she gives you suggestions for substitutions for many ingredients to suit your families tastes or what you might already have on hand. Most ingredients can be found at your local super market but for those few rare harder to find ones she lists mail order sources.

After the introduction she has a chapter called How to Use this book, where she gives a brief description of each chapter as well as suggestion on how to get your weeknight meals to the table faster. Then comes a chapter on Stocking your pantry. This is followed by chapters called: Basics; Soups for Supper; Entree Salads; The Substantial Sandwich; Breakfast for Dinner; Poultry; From the Meat Dept; From the Sea; Vegetable Plates; Shop and Serve; Just Open the Pantry; Cooking Ahead; Side Dishes Take Center Stage; Quick Sauces; Easy Desserts; Sources; and finally the Index.

Sara lists hands on and total prep time for every recipe. There are more than 200 recipes included and if you consider all the ingredient substitutions that can enhance and change a recipe, there are really many more than that. I love reading what the book cover refers to as Sara's warm, and friendly head notes" that are included in the recipes.

(edited 1st February 2010) report

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