What To Cook When You Think There's Nothing in the House to Eat: More Than 175 Easy Recipes and Meal Ideas by Arthur Schwartz

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  • Split pea soup

    • jdub1371 on September 25, 2021

      A very good, basic, very tasty split pea soup. I grated the carrots and onion and minced the celery. I wasn't planning on blending the soup, so I let it cook about three hours until everything was soft and the peas were creamy. I found the flavor kind of vegetal so I added some homemake chicken stock cubes and that made it just about perfect. I think next time I will saute the vegetables before adding the peas and water.

  • Withered celery soup

    • Shelmar on September 05, 2019

      Basic and good.

  • Chocolate brownies

    • jdub1371 on April 01, 2019

      My all-time favorite brownie recipe. Simple, perfect, chewy, chocolately, brownies. If you can stir and light the oven, you can make these. Arthur says don't waste good cocoa on these, but I disagree - good cocoa sends these into the stratosphere. I usually use half Valrhona dutch cocoa and half whatever regular cocoa I have around. But I'm pretty sure it's the Valrhona that makes them so good.

  • Miraculous microwave chocolate cake

    • MichiganCooking on January 23, 2021

      Cake for the desperate. Actually pretty good -- if a little strange in terms of texture -- when in need of a chocolate fix. Hardest part is trying to find the right pan.

  • Scones (Margaret O'Shea's "Kill me quicks")

  • Noodles with spicy peanut butter sauce

    • MichiganCooking on January 23, 2021

      A grad-school staple -- quick, cheap, flexible ingredients, tasty.

  • Brown rice and lentil stew

    • Foodfann on June 22, 2021

      Very basic, but just plain good. Uses all pantry ingredients.

  • Armenian pilaf

    • Foodfann on June 22, 2021

      I make this at least once a month, usually with salmon. I always add pine nuts to it and parsley, if I have it. It is simpler than other recipes I have seen for this pilaf, but very delicious.

  • Sugo finto

    • diana_5rol8h on February 11, 2026

      You don’t really need a recipe for this great pasta sauce but it’s a good reminder to make it!

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  • ISBN 10 0060955597
  • ISBN 13 9780060955595
  • Linked ISBNs
  • Published Jan 01 2000
  • Format Paperback
  • Page Count 288
  • Language English
  • Edition Reissue
  • Countries United States
  • Publisher Harper Perennial

Publishers Text

If you like to eat well but don't relish the thought of going to the supermarket on a rainy afternoon or are too tired to shop after work, this is the cookbook for you. This book puts your pantry to work, showing you how pasta, beans, canned tuna, eggs, and cheese can form the basis of nutritious, tasty, and easy meals. There are tips on selecting, purchasing, and storing ingredients, along with recipes that feature each ingredient. A box of spaghetti, for example, "lasts longer than most marriages." Add olive oil, garlic, and a pinch of hot pepper, and you've got a meal -- Spaghetti Aglio Olio -- that anyone would applaud. This is not fancy food. It's everyday fare for those with even the most basic cooking skills.

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