The I Hate to Cook Book by Peg Bracken

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    from The I Hate to Cook Book: More Than 180 Quick and Easy Recipes The I Hate to Cook Book by Peg Bracken and Hilary Knight

    • Categories: Quick / easy; Main course
    • Ingredients: beef round steaks; onion soup mix
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  • Stayabed stew

    • discord37 on April 16, 2023

      I used to make this exactly as is 30 years ago but now I make it with plant based meatballs and recently converted to instant pot: add everything, cook for 30 mins high pressure, quick release. My favorite soup to use is Progresso hearty tomato.

  • Elevator lady spice cookies

    • hbakke on November 04, 2022

      This recipe is very similar in taste and appearance to the "Murder Cookie" recipe made popular by Reddit users. I rolled these in Demerara sugar for a bit of added crunchy texture. Overall, this recipe makes a nice molasses spice cookie that I would make again.

  • Overnight macaroons

    • eliza on August 07, 2021

      My Mum used to make these years ago. A very easy recipe and they are really good. She always added butterscotch chips to them. A real treat.

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  • ISBN 10 0449208125
  • ISBN 13 9780449208120
  • Published Oct 12 1985
  • Format Paperback
  • Page Count 144
  • Language English
  • Countries United States
  • Publisher Fawcett

Publishers Text

"There are two kinds of people in this world: the ones who don't cook out of and have NEVER cooked out of THE I HATE TO COOK BOOK, and the other kind...The I HATE TO COOK people consist mainly of those who find other things more interesting and less fattening, and so they do it as seldom as possible. Today there is an Annual Culinary Olympics, with hundreds of cooks from many countries ardently competing. But we who hate to cook have had our own Olympics for years, seeing who can get out of the kitchen the fastest and stay out the longest."

- Peg Bracken

Philosopher's Chowder. Skinny Meatloaf. Fat Man's Shrimp. Immediate Fudge Cake. These are just a few of the beloved recipes from Peg Bracken's classic I HATE TO COOK BOOK. Written in a time when women were expected to have full, delicious meals on the table for their families every night, Peg Bracken offered women who didn't revel in this obligation an alternative: quick, simple meals that took minimal effort but would still satisfy.

50 years later, times have certainly changed - but the appeal of THE I HATE TO COOK BOOK hasn't.

This book is for everyone, men and women alike, who wants to get from cooking hour to cocktail hour in as little time as possible.

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