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review & giveaway - the lazy gourmet cookbook
Wednesday, July 6, 2011



As most of you might know...I love to cook! I have tried everything from easy recipes that you can make in minutes to very advanced recipes that take all day to create. The fact is that I love food...I love to prepare it, cook it, serve it and eat it. The Lazy Gourmet is a wonderful recipe book that offers gourmet style cooking in a fraction of the time.





I was so excited that The Lazy Gourmet had a recipe for Chicken Mole. I happen to love Mole and have only eaten twice in my life, but, my husband hates it. This recipe literally took me about 15 minutes of prep time and about 55 minutes of cooking time. It was extremely easy to prepare and was super delicious. My husband even said..."now this is good Mole!" The chicken was moist and easy to cut through. The sauce was rich and mildly spicy ...very comforting.




But, the cookbook just keeps getting better! They have recipes for Spicy Crab Cakes (as pictured below) and Sweet Peach Crostini and Top Sirloin with Charmoula on a bed of Arugula. The cook book offers recipes from appetizers, main courses to desserts. This will definitely be a recipe book that I will use over and over again throughout the years.









ABOUT THE LAZY GOURMET (from their website):
The Lazy Gourmet: Magnificent Meals Made Easy is a hip, fun, and useful guide for anyone who dreams of dazzling guests with fabulous home-cooked fare, but fears that such a feat would require Thomas Keller’s talent, Martha Stewart’s ingenuity, Gandhi’s patience, and Charles Manson’s free time. With more than 125 delightfully simple, yet surprisingly sophisticated recipes, The Lazy Gourmet conquers the misguided belief that preparing an elegant meal requires spending hours—or days—in the kitchen.

Best friends who met in college and bonded over the dinner table, Robin Donovan and Juliana Gallin are creative cooks whose motto is “Cooking a great meal can be just as easy as cooking a crappy meal!” They developed this collection of recipes that anyone— even those short on time, patience, skill, or experience —can prepare with ease. And these aren’t your typical “quick fix” dishes, but sophisticated meals designed to impress, such as:

Soy-Ginger Cured Salmon
Fig, Mint and Pistachio Salad
Asian-Style Yellow Gazpacho with Spicy Cilantro Pesto
Oven-Roasted Salmon with Garlic Confit
Seared Sea Scallops with Mint and Pea Purée
Black Cod en Papillote with Fennel, Baby Spinach, and Olives
Top Sirloin with Charmoula on a Bed of Arugula
Pistachio-Crusted Roast Leg of Lamb with Spiced Yogurt-Cilantro Sauce
Shredded Brussels Sprouts with Horseradish Cream
Baked Polenta with Mascarpone and Corn
Miniature Flourless Chocolate Cakes
Pignoli Amaretti (Almond and Pine Nut Cookies)
Sweet Peach Crostini
Orange Crème Fraîche Cake with Bittersweet Chocolate Glaze

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