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Busy Cooks Recipe Box
Recipes from Busy Cooks contains kitchen tested, time tested recipes that will work every time. You'll find quick and easy recipes for appetizers, beverages, breads, cakes, cookies, desserts, entrees, salads, pies, sandwiches, soups, and snacks.
Cooking Lessons and Email Classes
Whether you are a beginning cook or an expert, everyone can learn more about cooking. Learn the science behind cooking and baking, find step by step directions about working with different ingredients and appliances, learn how to shop and organize, and sign up for email cooking courses.
Breakfast Lunch and Dinner Recipes and Menus
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day! There are ways to incorporate a healthy breakfast into your day, including make ahead recipes and slow cooker ideas. And whether you brown bag your lunch or eat it at home or in the car, easy, quick and nutritious recipes can save the day. And the family dinner table is so important; these easy recipes will help you feed your family well.
Quick Cooking and Cheapest Recipes and Menus
These super quick cooking recipes are the fastest around. Whether you have 20 minutes or 30 minutes, you can have a hot and hearty meal on the table in very little time with these simple and fast recipes. Also find inexpensive menus that you can make for little money.
Crockpot Recipes - Slow Cooker Recipes
The crock pot, or slow cooker, is one of the essential appliances for the Busy Cook. There's nothing better than coming home after a hard day at work to a house filled with the aroma of a delicious dinner simmering away. These crockpot recipes, tips, hints, and menus are some of the best on the internet.
Easiest and Healthy Recipes
When you're too tired to cook, and too rushed to think about it, these easiest recipes will come to the rescue. These recipes use few ingredients, are ready in minutes, and use simple cooking and baking techniques. And when you want to cook and eat quickly, your best bet is to cook nutrient dense foods that give you more nutrition per minute!
Five Ingredients or Less
One of the best ways to get in and out of the kitchen quickly is to limit the number of ingredients in each recipe. Five ingredients seems to be the magic number! All of these recipes use fewer ingredients yet still offer wonderful taste and good nutrition.
Recipes by Ingredient
When you're staring into the fridge at 5:00 and only see a package of ground beef, what do you do? Why, you turn to my easy recipes that begin with one ingredient, add a few more, and result in a delicious entree! These recipes start with ground beef, chicken, pork, and many other ingredients.
Everyday Menus and The Weekend Cook
Everyday menus is just what it sounds like! These delicious and easy menus are perfect for feeding family and friends. Join me and get inspiration every day of the year. And The Weekend Cook offers menus for the weekend with recipes that are more complicated for celebrating.
Course by Course Recipes
When you think about courses, you likely think of a complicated, elegant meal served by a butler wearing a stiff uniform. Courses are simply parts of a meal. If you serve a salad, a main dish, and a vegetable, your meal consists of three courses. Find healthy recipes too. Learn about great recipes for each course in your next meal.
Freezer Meals and Make Ahead Recipes
Make food in bulk ahead of time and freeze it to save money and time in the kitchen. These quick and easy recipes are all delicious and time-tested, perfect for once a month cooking.
Seasonal Recipes - Holidays
Every year, it seems like the seasons come around faster and faster. In the winter, we want long simmering, comforting hot foods. In the summer, make ahead cold salads and great grilling recipes are in demand. These articles and recipes will take you through each season with ease.
Entertaining and Favorite Recipes
At some point, everybody has to entertain in their home. This event can be a wonderful time if you know how to plan, cook and serve the meal. In these articles you'll find tips for entertaining, easy foolproof recipes, some of my favorite and reader's favorites, and ideas for celebrating.
Kitchen Reference
These articles will provide you with handy conversion charts, equivalent measures, glossaries, substitutions, and other kitchen reference resources. Excellent cookbooks, tables and charts will help you organize your kitchen and cook with ease.
Appliance Information and Recipes
There are many kitchen appliances available that help you cook quickly. From bread machines to crockpots to indoor grills, find information, tips and recipes using these appliances. Learn how the appliances work, safety tips, and information to use them easily and efficiently.