Cooking With All Things Trader Joe's Cookbook - Softcover

Gunn, Deana; Miniati, Wona

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0979938481 ISBN 13: 9780979938481

Publisher: Brown Bag Pub, 2011

Synopsis

Love Trader Joe's? This new independent cookbook features recipes that use ingredients all from Trader Joe's. By combining Trader Joe's unique products with fresh ingredients, Deana and Wona create clever shortcuts to quick and easy gourmet meals that are delicious and exciting. The recipes in this book treat Trader Joe's like a "prep kitchen"--using the great selection of unique sauces, mixtures, and prepped items to make flavorful, natural, homemade food in a snap.

Many of the recipes are vegetarian or can easily be made vegetarian. Ethnic dishes like Saag Paneer Lasagna are scattered throughout, as well as classic comfort foods like Comfy Chicken Pot Pie. Crowd-pleasing recipes include Peanutty Sesame Noodles, Black Bean Soup, Macho Nacho, Seafood Paella, Curried Chicken Pitas, Wilted Spinach with Attitude, Honey I Ate the Chocolate Bread Pudding, and All Mixed Up Margaritas.

People who don't know how to cook or don't want to cook will appreciate the Bachelor Quickies section, featuring frozen and ready-to-heat selections that are matched to create complete and impressive menus.

With full-color photographs for every recipe, wine suggestions, humorous personal stories, and cooking tips sprinkled throughout, this collection is a must for any Trader Joe's fan.

About this title

About the Author

Deana Gunn and Wona Miniati love good food, love to cook, and love Trader Joe’s. When they realized a cookbook didn’t exist for their favorite grocer, Trader Joe’s, they decided to write one themselves. They drew upon their international backgrounds and lifetime of cooking experience in developing this fun and timely cookbook concept. As busy moms juggling careers and family, they know how to bring exciting food to the table, please the pickiest of eaters, and entertain with finesse—without spending all day in the kitchen.

Review

Fans of Trader Joe's have been waiting a long time for a book like this. --Sacramento Bee

The 'fusion cooking' in this collection makes it much easier to create sophisticated, fun, eclectic yet accessible meals. This is a delightful cookbook...The bottom line is that this collection is perfect for cooks who are short on time but want healthful meals that are long on taste, --Tucson Citizen

Cooking With All Things Trader Joe's provides fast and easy dinner solutions for neophytes and kitchen veterans alike. --San Diego Union-Tribune

Edition details

• Publisher: Brown Bag Pub
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0979938481
• ISBN 13: 9780979938481
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 272