The Dinner Doctor

The Dinner Doctor
by: Anne Byrn

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Binding: Paperback
Brand: Workman Press
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.54
EAN: 9780761126805
ISBN: 0761126805
Label: Workman Publishing Company
Manufacturer: Workman Publishing Company
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 544
Publication Date: September 05, 2003
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
Release Date: October 21, 2003
Sales Rank: 53085
Studio: Workman Publishing Company

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Product DescriptionThe doctor's back, and now she's curing dinner woes! Anne Byrn, the award-winning food writer and author of The Cake Mix Doctor and Chocolate from the Cake Mix Doctor does for dinner what she did for dessert-shows how to take common, convenient supermarket ingredients and turn them into meals that taste like they're made from scratch.

Making excellent use of the Crock-Pot and other labor-saving appliances, incorporating hundreds of shortcuts and tips, and cooking from a pantry of prepared foods-whether canned, frozen, jarred, dried, or fresh from the salad bar-the Dinner Doctor shows how to make over 200 fast and kid-friendly appetizers, salads, soups, sides, and main courses. Take, for example, a can of tuna, and think outside the sandwich: Add beans, tomato, and a vinaigrette, and it becomes a Tuscan Tuna and White Bean Salad. Turn that healthy mixture into a pasta salad with the addition of cooked penne. And make a speedy pasta supper by tossing the salad with sautéed zucchini and a generous shower of shredded Parmesan. Or, whip up a Tuna Noodle Casserole like mom used to make-but faster and healthier-by lightening the traditional cream of mushroom soup with lemon juice and lowfat milk and using precooked pasta and frozen peas. There are dozens of ways to doctor deli-counter basics into stunning hors d'oeuvres. Five quick casserole toppers. Five zippy garlic breads and 30 ways to dress up frozen peas and frozen spinach. And the ''15s''-15 cold pasta sauces, 15 ways to doctor deli chicken, 15 meals made from summer tomatoes, and more.

What Others Say

Dinner Doctor Misses the Mark
I LOVE the Cake Mix and Chocolate Cake Mix Doctor cookbooks - they are truly wonderful and several recipes are now go-to family "classics" we use over-and-over. Given that, I had high expectations when I received the Dinner Doctor Cookbook. I've had it now for about two years and can say it has truly disappointed. The recipes don't really appeal to everyone, they're more complicated than they should be, and considering there are other alternatives out there (30 Minute Meals, Robin Miller, etc.), The Dinner Doctor just disappoints.

This book will make you reach for the takeout menus
I like the dessert-related Doctor books, but The Dinner Doctor did not appeal to me at all. In fairness, I cannot say if the recipes were good or bad because I didn't actually cook anything in The Dinner Doctor... none of the recipes appealed to me enough to do so. Most looked boring or unappetizing... is a recipe for pork fried rice really necessary? Poppy Seed Chicken Casserole sounds yucky. Despite the book's substantial size, there are not that many entree ideas which is what I was looking for. There is a chapter devoted to pastas, but other books such as While the Pasta Cooks have much more appetizing recipes that can be prepared quickly from fresh ingredients. A big section of the book is devoted to desserts, which is territory already covered by ... Read More

A VERY SIMPLE COOKBOOK
This is a very simple cookbook with mostly very simple recipes. I don't like time-consuming recipes, so I love The Dinner Doctor. Most of the ingredients are stuff you will have already in your pantry. It also has a lot of interesting information about cooking in general.

Great Cookbook
Bought for newly divorced son who needs some help in the kitchen.
We both liked this and I will buy one for myself. Easy reading and
cooking!!

A disappointment
I thought the Cake Mix Doctor by this author was just great. How could The Dinner Doctor be such a dud? I was very disappointed.