Cheap. Fast. Good! by Alicia Ross, Beverly Mills, Steven Guarnaccia (2005, Paperback)

My family is trying to cut down on our food budget which is difficult because we like to eat delicious, gourmet meals. After purchasing this book from my child's Scholastic book fair on a whim, I have found this book to be invaluable for healthy, inexpensive, and easy meals. This book uses real food and fresh basics to cook up healthy meals without a lot of prepared ingredients.
A suggestion to the new reader: do not prepare the ingredients before cooking, unless instructed to do so. I have found that the way these authors have written this cookbook takes you through each perfectly-timed step so that you truly have a meal completed, start to finish, in the time allotted. Extra prep only makes it take longer!
We have enjoyed so many delicious recipes from Mu-Shu-Pork to Curried Chicken With Spinach and Tomatoes (you HAVE to try that one. It's delicious!), and siple twists on traditional menu items like Tuna With Shells and Dijon Cream, or, gosh! anything! We, as a family, have decided to rate the recipes in the book and have found that the majority get 4 1/2 to 5 stars. My kids eat the food, my mother-in-law even likes it, and I can easily find a recipe for a church social event. we have developed a great menu-plan for our family that has never happened before, and other recipes seem unneccesarily pricey and complicated. I am now getting them for family and friends as gifts and continuing this phenomenon.
BUy it and enjoy it! Cheers

The title says it all. Recipes are affordable and easy to follow. Best of all,you don't have to remodel your pantry. Most herbs and spices are found in the simplest of kitchens. You don't even need extra hands to count the ingredients. Also includes food buying and storage tips.

Exactly what I bidded on. I had heard about the book through a friend and decided to see if I could find it cheaper on Ebay. Amazon wanted $10. Found it on ebay at a great price- $4.99 which included shipping and handling! The book came within the week/

This is one of the most usable cookbooks you will ever own. It has over 200 recipes to choose from. The recipes call for everyday ingredients that are easy to find. The recipes I have already tried are just what the title says they are: cheap, fast, & good.
I had already used this cookbook before I bought my own copy of it. I checked this book out at the local library and loved it from the start. After trying several of the recipes, I began searching for my own copy here on eBay. Now that I have my own copy, it will become the cookbook I use the most.

I was skeptical about buying this cookbook. My family is full of extra picky eaters due to food allergies and other health concerns. But I'm finding that the suggestions for food preparation & planning can be adapted to my family's meal plans even if I don't use the recipes in this cookbook.

A nice big book. Lots of recipes. Recipes I can relate to.
Not a bunch of fancy recipes that I have to go out and shop
for. Easy to understand.

The book has some inexpensive, tasty recipes in it. Some of them remind my husband of his childhood meals. For instance, not many cookbooks have Salisbury Steak and it isn't something I would have thought to make but my family loved it. It is a nice way to get ideas for fast, cheap meals.

I love this book because it has great recipies people would eat everyday! they give tips on how to buy for several meals at once and storing leftovers for other uses. So far the Recipies I have used were awesome! My mom bought this book and loved it so thats why I did.