Extraordinary Meals from Ordinary Ingredients - 919 Fabulously Fast and Frugal Recipes

This has got to be one of the best cook books I have bought recently. Initially I expected to get a couple of good ideas as I do out of most food and recipe cookbooks to pass along to our GroceryGuide readers. I found myself however, totally absorbed in this book, I actually reading it as I would a novel. It's fun, innovative, helpful and original.

There are 919 delicious, quick, easy, inexpensive and frugal recipes with a unique secret ingredient for each recipe, a secret ingredient that will deliver a fresh twist to your favorite meals. And all this using everyday food and pantry items. The book was just released this month by Readers Digest.

A section in the book on "pantry items" actually states, "Be warned: Once you start reading this next section, you'll never stop!"  Well, you'll stop when you run out of pages (384 pages) but, you'll wish for more! The purpose of the pantry section is to show you how with a little creativity from the pantry you can effect big changes in your recipes and cooking. Take "Orange Juice" for example, this section gives you 15 new and creative ways to use this grocery and pantry staple.

I have thoroughly enjoyed reading this book, tried many of tips and will review it again and again to glean new, extraordinary ideas for improving my recipes and meals. Buy this book, your family and friends will be glad you did!