Mad Hungry Family: 120 Essential Recipes to Feed the Whole Crew by Lucinda Scala Quinn

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    • Categories: Main course; Cooking for a crowd
    • Ingredients: white wine; soy sauce; Sriracha sauce; whole grain mustard; rice vinegar; oranges; garlic; pork shoulder
    • Accompaniments: Garlicky collard greens
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  • Shrimp curry

    • julesamomof2 on January 09, 2017

      loved this because its heavy on the vegetables, and easy to throw together on a weeknight

  • Rose's vinaigrette

    • whitewoods on May 20, 2019

      I needed a substitute for Maggie Beer's Quince, Apple Cider Vinegar & Extra Virgin Olive Oil Vinaigrette. So I just adapted this recipe and used apple cider vinegar instead of red wine vinegar and left out the quince. It's fine.

  • My mujadara

    • whitewoods on June 06, 2019

      Mom liked this, but I'm just not crazy about Middle Eastern rice dishes. Two cups of lentils and two cups of rice made for a very large yield, and by cooking the rice with the lentils, some of the rice was definitely under-cooked.

  • Black beans and rice

    • whitewoods on November 15, 2019

      An omnivore like me is always a little skeptical of just beans and rice for a dinner. As much as I love rice, I still think of beans and rice (when there's no meat) as a side dish. So I reluctantly made this one on a weeknight for Mom and me. (She's closer to a vegetarian than I am.) But it was very nice and easy to make and cheap. They list avocado as optional, but for me avocado is never optional. I would never want to leave that out. All three garnishes (raw onions, avocado, and lime juice) really contributed to the yumminess.

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Reviews about this book

  • Eat the Love

    ...as I love ambitious “weekend” project meals, I often need to dishes that I can pull together on a weeknight. This is the sort of everyday cooking that most folks can pull together...

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  • Leite's Culinaria

    I agree with the author that passing the knowledge of how to cook to others is important and I think this book is a valuable tool to help accomplish that.

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  • ISBN 10 1579656641
  • ISBN 13 9781579656645
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  • Published Sep 27 2016
  • Format Hardcover
  • Page Count 272
  • Language English
  • Countries United States
  • Publisher Artisan

Publishers Text

Author of the beloved Mad Hungry: Feeding Men and Boys, Lucinda Scala Quinn is the country’s foremost evangelist for family meals every day of the week. And she knows that the only way to make them a reality is by building a repertoire of dishes that are quick and easy to prepare, and guaranteed to please. In Mad Hungry Family, Scala Quinn has collected all the no-fuss, big-flavor recipes that send her family stampeding to the kitchen table—from flat roast chicken to second-day spaghetti pancakes—and peppered them with tips, tricks, and solutions learned over a lifetime of cooking both professionally and for her family of five. Here are survival strategies for nothing-in-the-fridge crises, feeding unexpected guests, getting Thanksgiving dinner on the table before your family revolts, and more. Also included are primers on the ingredients and techniques you need—and permission to ignore those you don’t. With soulful, satisfying recipes and real talk about what it takes to make family meals a reality, Mad Hungry Family is the “you-can-do-this” handbook every home cook needs.

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