Everyday Italian: 125 Simple and Delicious Recipes Cookbook
In her hit Food Network show Everyday Italian Giada De Laurentiis shows you how to cook delicious beautiful food in a flash. And here in her long-awaited first book she does the same - she helps you put a fabulous dinner on the table tonight for friends or just for the kids with a minimum of fuss and a maximum of flavor. She makes it all look easy because it is.Everyday Italian is true to its title: the fresh simple recipes are incredibly quick and accessible and also utterly mouth-watering - perfect for everyday cooking. And the book is focused on the real-life considerations of what you actually have in your refrigerator and pantry (no mail-order ingredients here) and what you're in the mood for - whether a simple sauced pasta or a hearty family-friendly roast these great recipes cover every contingency. So for example you'll find dishes that you can make solely from pantry ingredients or those that transform lowly leftovers into exquisite entrees (including brilliant ideas for leftover pasta) and those that satisfy your yearning to have something sweet baking in the oven. There are seven ways to make red sauce more interesting six different preparations of the classic cutlet five perfect pestos four creative uses for prosciutto three variations on basic polenta two great steaks and one sublime chocolate tiramisu - plus 100 other recipes that turn everyday ingredients into speedy but special dinners.What's more Everyday Italian is organized according to what type of food you want tonight - whether a soul-warming stew for Sunday supper a quick saute for a weeknight or a baked pasta for potluck. These categories will help you figure out what to cook in an instant with such choices as fresh-from-the-pantry appetizers no-sauce pastas everyday roasts and stuffed vegetables - whatever you're in the mood for you'll be able to find a simple delicious recipe for it here. That's the beauty of Italian home cooking and that's what Giada De Laurentiis offers here - the essential recipes to make a great Italian dinner tonight.