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Japanese Cooking Made Simple: A Japanese Cookbook with Authentic Recipes for Ramen, Bento, Sushi & More

Easier and tastier than ordering out—make authentic Japanese recipes at home.

Cooking a wide variety of Japanese meals doesn’t have to require a lot of effort, multiple cookbooks, and guesswork. Here’s the key to making delicious Japanese food at home tonight.

People love Japanese cuisine, but very few prepare it themselves. Japanese Cooking Made Simple provides the basic techniques and recipes that unlock your ability to prepare delicious, authentic Japanese meals to enjoy with friends and family at home – without requiring significant investments in time and money to do so.

Japanese Cooking Made Simple contains more than 100 easy-to-follow authentic Japanese recipes with ingredients you can find in your local grocery store. Sushi and bento boxes will become part of your weeknight meals, as will Ramen with Braised Pork Belly, Tempura Soba, Fried Tofu in Broth, California Rolls, Pan-Broiled Salmon with Scallions, Chicken Yakitori, and Green Tea Ice Cream. Step-by-step instructions and illustrations will have you preparing sushi, including norimaki and temaki, with ease. Color photos help you put a beautiful Japanese dish on the plate.

In Japanese Cooking Made Simple, Salinas Press has once again created a cookbook that provides home chefs not only with a wide variety of delicious recipes to choose from, but also the simple tools to make it easy.

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75 Spring Weeknight Dinners That Are Fresh and Flavorful

From satisfying mains (that are a little lighter and brighter) to easy sides made with the season’s best veggies, these quick and simple recipes are perfect for celebrating the change of season.

New Season, New Dinners

Spring has sprung and, along with it, a bounty of fresh produce that’s perfect for family weeknight dinners. Tender spears of asparagus, flavorful artichokes, and stalks of oh-so-versatile rhubarb are all ready and waiting to supplement the cold-weather staples you still have stocked in your kitchen. We couldn’t be more excited about the new season (and new recipes for the rotation!) so we’ve rounded up all our best ideas, starting with this lighter, brighter take on a family favorite: golden-brown chicken cutlets. With a rich, creamy sauce and fresh spring peas, this dish is the perfect representation of the transition from winter to spring.

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The Easy & Healthy Slow Cooker Cookbook: Incredibly Simple Prep-and-Go Whole Food Meals

Healthy Meals. Fast Prep. Slow Cookers.

The Easy & Healthy Slow Cooker Cookbook is for busy people looking to make healthy meals they’ll be excited to eat. Stuffed with 125 recipes for delectable dishes requiring minimal prep time, this is the healthy slow cooker cookbook that teaches you how simple eating well can be.

Every recipe is designed to create a complete, nutritionally balanced meal—no sides needed. Sink your teeth into mouthwatering favorites like steak fajitas, chicken pad thai, butternut squash risotto, and banana nut oatmeal. The Easy & Healthy Slow Cooker Cookbook is the prep-and-go cookbook for every busy chef.

The Easy & Healthy Slow Cooker Cookbook includes:

  • 125 Plates to Satisfy Every Taste—From gluten-free to vegan, pick your perfect recipe thanks to clear labels and complete nutrition information.
  • Complete Meals in One Recipe—Stop worrying about sides—these substantial and nutritious recipes will leave you feeling satisfied.
  • Fast and Easy Prep—Set it and forget it with simple recipes that require 15 minutes or less of prep time and minimal pre-cooking.

Make healthy meals a breeze with The Easy & Healthy Slow Cooker Cookbook.

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14 Beef Dinners Perfect for Two People

If you’re starting your dinner planning with beef—whether it’s ground, a steak, or another type of cut—you’re already halfway to a hearty and delicious meal. Indeed, one of the best parts about beef is the way it lends itself to salty, sweet, and savory flavors. Whether

you’re pairing it with blue cheese, apricot preserves, or mushroom cream sauce, it’s sure to have your taste buds cheering. Here are 14 genius beef recipes that each only make two servings, so you can enjoy a different tasty supper every night of the week.

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The 30-Minute Clean Eating Cookbook: 115 Easy, Whole Food Recipes

Get all the benefits of clean eating in 30 minutes or less

Clean eating offers a range of health benefits, including weight loss, increased energy, reduced inflammation, and clearer skin. Until now, making healthy whole-food dishes often meant spending more time in the kitchen than at the table. The 30-Minute Clean Eating Cookbook helps simplify eating clean with 115 flavorful recipes and a guide to smart grocery shopping and efficiency in the kitchen.

Most clean eating cookbooks focus on time-intensive, complicated recipes. This book was designed with simple instructions, minimal prep, and time-saving tips that take the stress out of preparing nutritious dishes.

  • Ricotta-Honey Toast with Figs—Transport yourself to the coasts of Southern Italy with a hearty, whole-wheat toast featuring fresh, succulent figs, creamy ricotta, a drizzle of sweet honey, and a sprinkling of sea salt.
  • Sesame Shrimp Bowl—Capture the essence of your favorite takeout dish with crunchy snap peas, nutty brown rice, and sauteed shrimp covered in a spicy sesame oil and honey sauce.
  • Grilled Chicken Skewers with Summer Vegetables—Savor the flavors of summertime with smoky, grilled chicken breast paired with crisp bell peppers, aromatic onions, and mildly sweet summer squash.

Spend less time making delicious meals and more time enjoying them with this clean eating cookbook full of healthy and convenient recipes for every meal.

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Posted in Kitchen Tips

How to Clean Dirty Baking Sheets So They Look Brand New

If you’re like me, sheet pans are probably some of your most well-loved and perpetually dirty kitchen items. No amount of scrubbing and soaking seems to get any of that burnt residue off. Sometimes it’s time to set soap and water aside and look for new methods of cleaning stubborn stains and residue. So before you toss those dirty pans, give these methods of cleaning sheet pans a try.

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Princess Diana Ate This Easy One-Pot Soup ‘Once a Week’

No matter how many years have passed since Princess Diana’s tragic, untimely death, she will always be remembered as the people’s princess. Everyone who met Princess Di has only had wonderful things to say about her personality, humanitarian efforts, and, of course, style—including her staff at Kensington Palace. 

After her divorce, the Princess of Wales moved into Kensington Palace with her sons, William and Harry. She was given access to a private chef and she chose Buckingham Palace’s former chef, Darren McGrady, who has shared many fond memories of his time working for the princess online and in his book “Eating Royally.”

Around lunchtime, Princess Di would pop into McGrady’s kitchen and they would “chat about anything and everything that was going on,” McGrady recalls. Typically over a bowl of one of her favorite soups: Parsnip and Apple Soup with a Parmesan Chive Foam.

“I made this delicious soup … for Princess Diana about once a week,” McGrady shared on YouTube. “This was one of her favorites and she enjoyed it with a bowl of salad for lunch.”

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20 Creamy Chicken and Rice Recipes You’ll Love

There’s nothing quite like a creamy chicken and rice dish when the temperature starts to drop and you’re craving some good old-fashioned comfort food. These recipes get their irresistible textures from creamy ingredients like canned soupsour cream, and mayo. Whether you’re in the mood for a nostalgic casserole just like your grandma used to make (this Mamaw’s Chicken and Rice Casserole has more than 1,000 glowing reviews), a filling soup or stew (make this Creamy Chicken and Wild Rice Soup when you want to use up leftover rotisserie chicken), or just something easy and delicious (this Oh-So-Good Chicken lives up to its name), you’ll find what you’re looking for in this collection of creamy chicken and rice recipes.

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Posted in Taste Tests

I Asked 5 Chefs for the Best Salt, and This Brand Won by a Big Pinch

Salt might seem like the most standard of pantry staples. Whether it’s in individual packets, added to a shaker and placed alongside black pepper, or sold in a 3-pound bucket, it’s all just the same ol’ crystals of sodium chloride, right?

Not so fast. The style and brand of salt you use can make all the difference between a dish that falls flat, one that sings and is full of flavor, or one that is so salty, it’s inedible. (Also, when you add salt during cooking also matters!)

To help us smartly stock up and season like the pros, we asked chefs from coast to coast to reveal their favorite salt brand as well as the ways (both classic and unexpected) they like to use it.

Our Panel of Salt-Savvy Chefs 

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