What to Cook When You Don't Feel Like Cooking - A Cookbook Hardcover – August 13, 2024

Caroline has written a smart, straight-forward, beautiful cookbook full of delicious recipes everyone can cook and learn from!What I especially love:* She's BOLDED her ingredients within the instructions - Genious!* Short on time or have a little more of it to savor longer in the kitchen? She's listed recipes By Time it Takes to Make! What to Cook in 15, 30, 45, etc minutes - she's got you covered!* She's given us suggestions on Swaps to make it work for your fam and taste preferences, how to Bulk it Up to feed a crowd, and helpful tips alongside many of these recipes that will save us time in the kitchen.* Plus we Learn some cooking skills as she shares kitchen time-saving hacks and tricks that help us be more proficient in the kitchen that she first learned from her mom and her own experiences!* It's more than a cookbook to follow recipes from - we learn from her and she encourages us to take liberty to adapt the recipes to make them our own, and become a happier more efficient cook in the process!Cannot wait to dive in! First up to cook: Cheater Chicken Tinga Tostadas! Saucy Sesame Beef Noodles! Sausage and Kale Pasta! Grilled Flank Steak with Charred Corn Panzanella! Pesto Meatballs Tomato Salad and Labneh... and so much more!Love it!

As a long time follower and recipe subscriber, I couldn't wait for this book to arrive! The book is stunning and so thoughtfully curated. I love that it is organized by time to cook/prepare meals. Recipes can be searched by protein, occasion, and ingredient. There are lots of tips and tricks, as well as ideas for making various swaps for ingredients in case you don't have an item on hand, or simply want some options. And one of my favorite details is that ingredients are bolded within the recipe steps, often also including amount - so not just in the ingredient list, but within the recipe as well. This ingenious detail makes the recipes that much easier to follow. I've already cooked a few recipes and have been so pleased with everything so far.Try the Baked Tomato Butter Pasta - so easy and tasty! You won't regret it!!Five star cook book!! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

I love this cookbook! I tend to collect cookbooks but really wanted this one because I felt like it would be something I’d actually use regularly. It’s also unlike any I have in its approach and appreciate that it’s broken down by time to put together. My only gripe, but not enough to deduct a star, is that you need to have a pretty well stocked fridge and pantry to make some of these recipes (such as red curry paste, fennel bulbs, and garam masala). So, a lot of recipes, even the 15 minute ones, still had me running to the grocery store to get things like ahi or spices. I didn’t mind because I felt like a lot of the things I picked up were ingredients my pantry could use for future recipes but just something keep in mind. That being said, Caroline does give tips at the beginning about how to stock your pantry and freezer so you won’t be far from most of the recipes in the cookbook and I love her approachable writing style. She also gives great saving tips like how to fancify instant ramen and multiple ways to use store bought rotisrrrie chicken. Also, everything I’ve made so far (spiced cauliflower and chickpeas, everything crusted tuna, lemon garlic butter shrimp orzo, and pesto meatballs) has been delicious, easy, and definitely doable when you don’t feel like cooking! I also think I’ll pick up a few for friends and family!

I have been following Caro's substack for about a year and couldn't wait for this book to be in my hands. I have cooked probably 40 (50? 100?) of her recipes prior to cracking this baby open. I was so overwhelmed with the content (btw picture for every recipe!), I had to make a list of all the ones I am dying to make. That list is on the frig. GOALS.The thing I love most about her recipes is the outcome. The flavors, the little touches (zest, fresh grated cheeses, use of everyday household staples, fresh citrus, herbs) and her genius sauces really level up the meals I create in my tiny, basic kitchen. It tastes gourmet every time. 10/10 from every single person every time.The other things I love about her recipes is the way she organizes them, that she includes the ingredient amounts embedded within the recipe itself (so easy, such a gamechanger), that she offers substitutions if you do not have a particular ingredient, that she tries to empower you to not stress about missing a step or forgetting an ingredient- she does it herself!, and the suggestions she makes if you need to bulk a meal up for more people or a hungrier crowd.I am always so excited to cook for others because everyone always loves caro-met. This book isnt just a collection of recipes, it's a mindset shift (you will come to love her cooking and insist on taking back the grill). She has helped me build a foundation in cooking by trusting my taste and even relying on my own creativity at times. Your confidence in yourself will skyrocket through cooking these delicious and beautiful dishes. I never doubt my Caro.I made my first recipe last night from this book and it was a very enjoyable process and, man oh man, was that Peanutty Pork & Brussels recipe a smash hit. This book is organized by length of time estimated to cook each meal, and let's just say, I have some room to improve in that department. This 15min recipe took me about 35 min. There are also different indexes in the back that I will rely on as well. I cant recommend this collection enough! Do you and your household a favor, buy this book, make one of the first 10 recipes and I can guarantee you'll want to make a second.