Cooking Out of the Box: The Easy Way to Turn Prepared Convenience Foods into Delicious Family Meals

From Stovetop to Tabletop Without All the Hassle!
As hurried as our lives are, we still crave the comfort, camaraderie, and sociability of home-cooked meals shared with family and friends. But who has time to cook? And even if you do, not everyone is a chef!
With Cooking Out of the Box, anyone can whip up a tasty dish in minutes. Inside, award-winning cookbook author Bev Bennett shows you how to take convenience foods from the grocer's shelves and out of the box (bag, jar, or can) and turn them into delicious and nutritious meals by adding just a few simple ingredients. Your family will wonder where you found the time to make such fantastic meals as they dig into:
·Ginger-Glazed Pork over Cornbread Stuffing
·Cheese-Pepper Croissants
·Hot-Sweet Baked Chicken
·Tuscan Bread Salad
·Extreme-Chocolate Cream Cheese Brownies
·And many, many more!
Start with a box of seasoned rice, add some fresh shrimp, bell pepper, and orange juice, and you've got a flavorful Caribbean-style meal! Add peas, sour cream, and diced ham to a boxed noodle mix for a wonderful country casserole! Let Cooking Out of the Box show you how to make delicious meals like these and more in minutes.

Bev Bennett is the author of five cookbooks, including the bestselling The Joy of Hors d'Oeuvre & Cocktails. A former food editor for the Chicago Sun-Times, she lives in Evanston, Illinois.