• skvalentine on January 10, 2023

  Loving this book! It's hilarious to read through, and the recipes I've tried have been great. Favorite so far is the Tom Kha Gai.

• KCKB on January 09, 2023

  The sweet potato and black bean burgers are GREAT! Will be making a stash of these to keep in the freezer at all times, in case of emergency.

Notes about Recipes in this book

• Black pepper biscuits

  • rachel_a40gn2 on December 28, 2025

    These are always a delight. My crew is not a big fan of black pepper so I omit but follow the recipe the rest of the way exactly. They always turn out great!

• Coconut soup with chicken (Tom kha gai)

  • skvalentine on November 14, 2023

    Excellent and easy.

  • rachel_a40gn2 on April 12, 2026

    This was really tasty! I would double the red curry paste next time.

• Pulled pork sliders with spicy slaw

  • Lu1950s on April 16, 2025

    This was so good! I did make it in my Instant Pot so I browned the pork and softened the vegetables before adding liquids and setting the IP on slow cooker. While I was shredding the pork, I cooked down the liquid with high heat to thicken slightly and concentrate flavor.

• Chorizo, refried bean, and cheddar quesadillas with scallion-avocado sour cream

  • Lu1950s on July 20, 2024

    This was delicious! The only change I made was to cook the onion with the chorizo. I'll make this one again. The Scallion-avocado sour cream was super good.

  • skvalentine on June 20, 2025

    Crowd-pleasing recipe! The sour cream really makes the meal (and is a lot more than the sum of its parts). I used a can of black beans because that's what I had on hand.

• Shrimp and pepper jack quesadillas with bang bang sauce

  • Lu1950s on July 20, 2024

    We loved this! Don't skip the bang bang sauce!

• Pecan-crusted chicken strips with honey Dijonnaise

  • skvalentine on May 21, 2025

    These were good! Fairly easy. Would make again.

• Diner cheeseburger sliders with hot trash sauce

  • heather_72w4t4 on March 15, 2026

    The family really enjoyed these. Trash sauce is very good.

• Sweet potato and black bean burgers

  • KCKB on July 21, 2023

    We love these veggie burgers! When I make them, I use a dough scoop to portion them out on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Then I flatten them into patties, freeze them, and transfer them to a zipper-lock plastic bag. Makes it easy to have delicious homemade veggie burgers ready to cook at a moment’s notice. I think it makes them a little easier to cook, too: their one weakness is that they’re very crumbly, and they hold together better when cooked from frozen.

  • skvalentine on November 16, 2023

    Pretty solid recipe! They were a little spicy for my youngest, but everyone else cleaned their plate. I baked these for simplicity, but I bet they'd be better on the stovetop.

• Red curry with whatever you have

  • rachel_a40gn2 on January 01, 2026

    Listen, I love this cookbook. I also love a recipe that's ultra encouraging and a "you can't screw this up." This is one of those recipes. I don't dislike this recipe, but it is more of an idea of a recipe than a recipe. It's ultra flexible, but I wish it allowed for more flavor up top. I added garlic and ginger which were not in her recipe, and I added the fish sauce mentioned within the recipe itself. I made it with seeet potato, zucchini, onion, and chicken. It was super easy and a nice reminder that step-by-step does not inherently mean better. I could see for someone newer to cooking though this not turning out as well. I served it with coconut crispy rice (Home is Where the Eggs are by Molly Yeh, p. 186). It tasted great if not needing a little more instruction up top.

  • wcannon2_q2hqh4 on March 15, 2026

    Great flavor/spice - always add more veggies than you think Potatoes Carrots Red onion Green pepper

• Braised short ribs

  • rachel_a40gn2 on December 29, 2025

    This is our Christmas dinner recipe. Foolproof and everyone LOVES it.

• Honey mustard pecan-crusted salmon

  • skvalentine on June 04, 2024

    This was OK. My kids didn't love it, so it probably won't be a repeat. I used salmon from Trader Joes and I bet this would be better if I'd gotten fish from a proper fish market. But the technique was super simple-- great weeknight meal.

• Sliced wedge salad

  • anne_xzj2j6 on April 23, 2026

    Brilliant to slice a wedge salad rather than wedge it! We make this all the time with the recommended blue cheese dressing.

• Hacked Uchi Brussels sprouts

  • skvalentine on January 17, 2024

    These were so good. I ate the whole pan by myself because my family says they "don't like brussels sprouts." Yes, I ended up with some mild intestinal distress, but it was worth it :)

  • KCKB on March 14, 2024

    These are delicious! My only edit to this is that next time I will hold off on salting the Brussels sprouts when roasting them. The soy sauce makes the marinade quite salty on its own, and my palate is sensitive to salt (others’ mileage may vary), so next time I will just roast the sprouts with some olive oil and nothing else before adding the sauce.