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Off The Shelf: Cooking From the Pantry

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In keeping with Donna Hay's other books this has wonderful photos. It is so nice too look at one would buy it just to look at the photos or to display. However Donna does not let us down in regards to content. The recipes are simple enough to attempt yet interesing enough to taste great. It is organized in such a way that by choosing an item from your pantry you can create a meal.So those days when all you have left in the cupboard is pasta Donna can give you a new way to prepare it. I recommend this book for those of us who want to discover the soul of cooking.

Most of the recipes don't have more than 5-7 ingredients, mostly items from the pantry but there are always 2-3 fresh items that really make the difference. There are pictures for every single recipe, very useful for when you want to know what the dish should really look like. The gorgeous pictures alone are worth the price of the cookbook, wonderful to browse when you are trying to figure out what to cook. The only negative is that the recipes are not inherently low fat, but it's easy to substitute high fat cheeses etc with the low fat version. The interesting food combinations and easy easy preparations make this an awesome everyday cookbook.

My father-in-law received this as a gift and promptly lent it to me. I've been careful, but it slowly became covered in splashes and stains, and I'm buying another to return it to him so he never needs think I can't take care of things. There is a mediterranean chicken dish in here that i love so much that's made only with canned tomatoes, capers from the jar and olive oil, plus fresh basil (the only thing that ever survives in my garden anyway). This book has plenty of quick, just-a-few ingrediant recipes that save the day often when i'm haried & not in the mood to cook. I can't recommend it enough.

This is a book who's recipes will stay with you forever. They are simple but full of fragrance and flavor... easily memorized and adapted over time to fit your personal preferences.