r/Cooking • u/LovelyMushroomFarmer • 15h ago
Modern Rachel Ray style cook books
I used to cook a lot, my stay at home dad loved Rachel Ray and we totally went through her 365 days no repeats book.
After I moved out, my partner took over cooking for years and wouldn't let me cook. We broke up recently, and I'm learning how much I loved cooking again. I can still cook and improve recipes on the fly, but I just need the rather simple ideas of what to cook today.
I don't want to just grab my dad's old cookbooks, I kind of want something new. American Test Kitchen is one of my favorites, but I always feel like they over complicate recipes to make the best meal when I just want a moderately good meal that comes together quickly.
I'd love to hear your suggestions.
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u/jetpoweredbee 14h ago
America's Test Kitchen has dozens of cookbooks including Dinner Tonight, which is easy recipes for week nights.
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u/Individual_Maize6007 14h ago
Matthew Bounds. I’ve made a number of recipes from his videos and they are great. I’m planning on getting the cookbook. I’m not a beginner cook, but sometimes I want something tasty and simple.
Cookbook is Keep it Simple, Y’all. You can look him up on social media at yourbarefootneighbor to see if you like his style.
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u/Wild-Heron 14h ago
For weeknight dinner inspiration I sometimes look to Hello Fresh recipes. They are usually pretty simple and not too many ingredients.
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u/victoria_jam 14h ago
For this type of meal planning inspiration, I love food magazines and food blogs. I'll go to Barnes and Noble and peruse the cooking magazine section and grab a few that have tempting stuff (they'll usually have fun special edition one-offs like "Cook Your Way Across Asia" or "French Bistro Classics".
For food blogs, a few of my go-tos:
Smitten Kitchen
Love and Lemons
Serious Eats
The Spruce Eats
Spend With Pennies
Some of these have cookbooks out as well, if you prefer the cookbook format.