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Cookbooks for the reluctant cook

Recipes geared towards those with little interest and/or skill in the kitchen, but a healthy amount of interest in eating a variety of homecooked, nourishing, economical, and tasty meals.

Belleville Public Library

12 items

  • Faking It

    How to Cook Delicious Food Without Really Trying

    Little, Valli
    BookToronto : HarperCollins Canada, 2014. — 641.555 LIT
  • Fast Easy Cheap Vegan

    101 Recipes : 30 Minutes or Less, 10 Ingredients or Less, $10 or Less

    Turnbull, Sam
    Book[Toronto] : Appetite, 2021. — 641.5 TUR
  • Damn Delicious

    100 Super Easy, Super Fast Recipes

    Rhee, Chungah,
    BookNew York, NY : Oxmoor House, 2016. — 641 RHE
  • Easy Beans

    Simple, Satisfying Recipes That Are Good for You, Your Wallet, and the Planet

    Freeman, Jackie
    BookSeattle : Sasquatch Books, 2020. — 641.6565 FRE
  • How to Cook

    Building Blocks and 100 Simple Recipes for a Lifetime of Meals

    Acheson, Hugh
    BookNew York : Clarkson Potter/Publishers, 2020. — 641.5 ACH
  • Ready, Set, Cook

    How to Make Good Food With What's on Hand (no Fancy Skills, Fancy Equipment, or Fancy Budget Required)

    Perry, Dawn
    BookNew York : Simon & Schuster, 2021. — 641.555 PER
  • Bare Minimum Dinners

    Recipes and Strategies for Doing Less in the Kitchen

    Helwig, Jenna
    BookBoston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021. — 641.555 HEL
  • Tasty Every Day

    All of the Flavor, None of the Fuss

    BookNew York : Clarkson Potter/Publishers, 2019. — 641.5 TAS
  • Jacques Pépin Quick + Simple

    Simply Wonderful Meals With Surprisingly Little Effort

    Pépin, Jacques
    BookBoston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020. — 641.512 PEP