The clever cookbook : get-ahead strategies and timesaving tips for stress-free home cooking

Overview: The Clever Cookbook is your kitchen’s new best friend. Emilie Raffa’s debut cookbook is packed with all the timesaving shortcuts and flavor-boosting tips that she learned in culinary school and puts to use daily as a busy mom cooking easy and delicious meals for her family. When you cook with this book, it’s like Emilie is right there in your kitchen, telling stories and walking you through the steps to make amazing food with ease?and teaching you all her handy time-savers along the way! Her recipes focus on fresh, whole-food ingredients this is comfort food you can feel good about. Get in the Kitchen with Pro Tips, Tricks, Shortcuts & Amazing Recipes The Clever Cookbook is your kitchens new best friend. Emilie Raffas debut cookbook is packed with all the timesaving shortcuts and flavor-boosting tips that she learned in culinary school and puts to use daily as a busy mom cooking easy and delicious meals for her family. When you cook with this book, its like Emilie is right there in your kitchen, telling stories and walking you through the steps to make amazing food with easeand teaching you all her handy time-savers along the way! Her recipes focus on fresh, whole-food ingredients; this is comfort food you can feel good about. As an example of whats inside, Emilies version of classic risottowhich normally needs endless stirring on the stovetopis much easier and just as delicious baked in the oven. Freeze meat in a marinade right when you get home from the store and youre ready for amazingly flavorful dishes such as The New Mediterranean Baked Chicken or Sweet & Savory Soy Grilled Flank Steak & Zucchini all week long. With these incredible recipes and tips, anyone can learn to prepare delicious homemade meals quickly and with ease. QUICK & EASY COOKING. Recipes for Complex Meals That Come Together in No Time. Just because you're short on time doesn't mean you have to sacrifice healthy, flavorful homemade food. Thanks to Emilie Raffa's "The Clever Cookbook," readers can cut down on cooking time while still creating delicious, complex meals. Here are some of Emilie's easy short cuts that she recommends: - Use a wide skillet to cook everything fast (i.e. tomato sauce, pot pie filling and meat sauce).- Cook pasta in less water-it boils faster and the extra starchy cooking liquid creates silky pan sauces. Many of Emilie's tips are collected into chapter categories, like prepping veggies ahead of time, using simple seasoning blends instead of individual spices and marinating meats as they freeze and thaw "The Clever Cookbook is your kitchen's new best friend. Emilie Raffa's debut cookbook is packed with all the time saving shortcuts and flavor-boosting tips that she learned in culinary school and puts to use daily as a busy mom cooking easy and delicious meals for her family. When you cook with this book, it's like Emilie is right there in your kitchen, telling stories and walking you through the steps to make amazing food with ease." -- Back cover Content: Prep-ahead vegetables -- Back to basics -- Compound butters -- Homemade spice blends -- Easy beans -- Process this -- Batch-cooked grains -- Freezer marinades -- Instead of white wine.