A Trio from America’s Test Kitchen

Because I know that you can trust America’s Test Kitchen recipes to be easy to follow and well written, I was thrilled to be sent a trio of new cookbooks from them to review.

Disclaimer: These items were sent to me to review. But the opinions expressed are 100% my own.

A Trio from America’s Test Kitchen

The Ultimate Meal Prep Cookbook

The first of this trio that I received was The Ultimate Meal Prep Cookbook. Do you get a sinking feeling that you have no idea what to make for dinner each night? This wonderful cookbook will change that feeling to a feeling of joy! It features 25 thoughtfully curated and absolutely doable weekly meal plans that take the stress and guesswork out of dinner planning, grocery shopping and ingredient preparation. These meal plans run the gamut from comfort foods to lighter, healthful fare. There are one pot meals and globally inspired dishes with a wide range of flavors, cuisine types and cooking methods.

The meal plans are introduced with a very convenient guide that includes a grocery list with a maximum of only 12 ingredients! These plans also include an ingredient prep-ahead and make-ahead lists, and ingredient substitution information so that you can customize meals to your tastes and what you have on hand. The recipes have been developed to minimize your active cooking time to 45 minutes or less.

Best of all, you won’t have to worry about leftover ingredients or food waste because recipes share ingredients so that you’ll use up the fresh ingredients on your grocery list by the end of the week. You can finally bid adieu to leftover letdowns, multiple supermarket trips and exhausting weeknight recipes.

The Ultimate Meal Prep Cookbook even shows you how to double meals or meal components to freeze half for later. And you will learn how to reheat full meals without losing texture or flavor.

Five Ingredient Dinners Cookbook

Second of America’s Test Kitchen new releases is Five Ingredient Dinners. This one is filled with clever new recipes for meals that are jam packed with flavor even though they use just five ingredients.

Do you have days that are so busy that putting a meal together feels nearly impossible? Are you ready to shake up your routine? I’m sure after a year and a half of pandemic cooking you are more than ready for foolproof and amazingly efficient recipes. Each recipe with satisfy your desire to eat well, keep things fresh and interesting and keep life simple.

The test cooks for America’s Test Kitchen have developed each of the recipes in their home kitchens. In this new book they share their tips and tricks that they discovered that stretch each ingredient to its fullest potential. With Five Ingredient Dinners, cooking full meals is easily achievable with minimal shopping, prep and cleanup.

These test cooks worked to ensure that each recipe (all 100+ of them!) was a complete and crave-worthy dinner, not just a light bite that would leave you wanting more. Each recipe uses minimal ingredients but creates maximum flavor.

Your pantry will be transformed by priceless ingredient insights. Within the pages of this book you will discover a variety of recipes that feature powerfully flavored ingredients. Then you can use the handy chart to find all of the recipes that incorporate these ingredients so that you can use them up!

The test cooks operated in a no-judgment zone so you’ll find that many recipes are built around canned and jarred “flavor bomb” ingredients. The only judging was how scrumptious the recipes turned out. These recipes were created for Foodies and designed for convenience.

One-Hour Comfort

The last of these cookbooks is the newest release. One-Hour Comfort will show you how to serve up everyone’s favorite foods in no time flat.