If you have pent-up guilt..., if you were lectured by your parents..., or if you just want to be frugal about using all the food you paid for The Use-It-Up Cookbook is just the book for you. By following its instructions, you will rid yourself of the guilt and use up what's left of the package, jar, bottle, bunch, or can Two bananas have become more brown than yellow. You've moved the half carton of buttermilk in the refrigerator yet again to retrieve something on the shelf behind it. Why not look up the recipes for bananas and buttermilk in "The Use-It-Up Cookbook to see how you might be able to incorporate, them into this evening's dinner or tomorrow's lunch? The same can be done with the bunch of celery that has at least one or two stalks that are still green and that barely used can of tomato paste. What makes this cookbook so useful is that it's designed to help you do this, unlike more traditional cookbooks that do not list minor ingredients such as these. Few cooks today have enough time on their hands to skim or browse through entire cookbooks to find recipes that will let them use up their leftovers. The audience for "The Use-It-Up Cookbook is the busy cook looking for a quick solution as well as the gourmet looking for new ideas for using these ingredients. It will also appeal to frugal cooks who enjoy being creative. The recipes are simple and easy to follow. Several types of dishes are represented in the recipes, including salads, entrees, sides, soups, breads, and desserts. Each chapter contains several recipes, with a creative guide and space for readers to record their own notes. Organized in alphabetical order by ingredients, the book includes an appendix withinformation oil loud storage, and Web links for more information."
This is the rare cookbook which is not only fun to read, but also useful. The chapters are organized by main ingredient, to help you determine how to use up those staples which always have something left over in your refrigerator. The recipes are everything from comfort food (shepherd's pie, to use up those potatoes) to the exotic (orange chiffon, to use up the orange juice, or champagne-roast salmon, to use up extra wine). It also contains an appendix containing the USFDA food storage guidelines, to definitely answer just how long you can keep things like salsa in your refrigerator. The directions are straightforward and easy to follow, producing tasty results. This book isn't just fun; it's a great investment!
A unique cookbook is organized by ingredient
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Catherine Kitcho is the former owner of the Five Star Kitchens catering company and a culinary expert whose recipes and food articles have been published both online and in food oriented magazines. She draws upon her many years of experience and expertise in The Use-It-Up Cookbook: Creative Recipes For The Frugal Cook to show delicious examples what can be done with such refrigerator debris as half-used cans of tomato past, half cartoons of milk, leftover salsa, and vegetables on the verge of being discarded. This unique cookbook is organized by ingredient for ready accessibility to recipes that match what you find in your own refrigerator. Enhanced with blank "recipe cards" printed on the pages so that you can jot down your own variations on left-over based dishes of your own, The Use-It-Up Cookbook offers 25 chapters that range from Buttermilk, Olives, and Orange Juice, to Celery, Cheese, and Lemons. This is one cookbook that can be confidently recommended money-saving, budget stretching, and palate pleasing!
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