The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Super Easy! By Ree Drummond

 

As a working mother, the “Super Easy!” part of this title called to me. I have previously read and enjoyed Drummond’s autobiography, a previous cookbook, and some of her children’s books.  I will admit that recipes from her past cookbook that I had were very tasty, although one was too hot for my midwestern taste.  I was eager to try out this new cookbook. 

I was happy to see that recipes had a hot and a not so hot option for people like me that like some spice and not a lot.  There were a lot of great chapters including breakfast, apps & snacks, salads, soups & stews, pizza & sandwiches, pasta & grains, easy skillets, lovin’ from oven, terrific tex-mex, and desserts.  There is also a section on superhero shortcuts and top nine must have cooking staples to save time.  As a busy mother, I already use most of the shortcuts and have the cooking staples in my cupboard. . . except for canned peppers and hot sauces!

Each recipe has beautiful pictures that show the final product and all of the steps to make the dish.  There is a paragraph about the recipe, an ingredients list, and then step by step instructions with pictures for each step.  The only thing that was confusing when making the recipes is that the step-by-step pictures go in columns from top to bottom, left to right, rather than just left to right like when you are regularly reading a page.  At the end of the recipe is a list of variations that can be used on the recipe to change it up.

My husband Ben made the Teriyaki Chicken Sheet Pan Supper recipe for us for dinner one night and it was delicious.  Even our picky kids liked the chicken.  We did use green onions rather than asparagus as that is what we had on hand.  It was a delicious, relatively easy, and healthy dinner after work one night.  We have other recipes tagged that we will try out soon.

Overall, The Pioneer Woman Cooks:  Super Easy!  Is a great cookbook with interesting new recipes for busy nights after work.

Book Source:  Review Copy from William Morrow. Thank-you! I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.