Reviews Cooking, Food And Wine Book: Pop It in the Toaster Oven: From Entrees to Desserts, More Than 250 Delectable, Healthy, and Convenient Recipes

Pop It in the Toaster Oven: From Entrees to Desserts, More Than 250 Delectable, Healthy, and Convenient Recipes

Pop It in the Toaster Oven: From Entrees to Desserts, More Than 250 Delectable, Healthy, and Convenient Recipes

Are you pressed for time, too tired to cook just for yourself, or simply looking for something beyond a microwaved frozen meal or take-out food loaded with fat, salt, and preservatives? Busy people want a real oven-baked dinner without all the fuss (not to mention the leftovers!).

The solution? The trusty toaster oven—which is designed to bake, roast, toast, and broil small portions of food both efficiently and economically. This amazing cookbook will show time-pressed cooks how to prepare delicious, healthy meals quickly and easily, while opening their eyes to the wide range of dishes that are possible with this often underutilized appliance. Pop It in the Toaster Oven will inspire any bored eater to break out of the toast function with recipes such as Buttermilk Pancakes, Minted Lamb Chops, Ginger Miso Calamari, Spicy Beef Fajitas, and Pear Praline Pie. With special tips on choosing the best toaster oven and the proper cookware to use, Pop It in the Toaster Oven will help readers to rediscover this wonderfully convenient appliance.

Product Details

Amazon Sales Rank: #34496 in Books

Published on: 2002-10-22

Released on: 2002-10-22

Original language: English

Number of items: 1

Binding: Paperback

240 pages

Editorial Reviews

About the Author
Lois DeWitt, a toaster oven enthusiast, created the recipes for this book. She lives in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.

Customer Reviews

Great and Easy Recipes
This cookbook is great. So far all the recipes have turned out really good and were easy to make.
The only problem I have had is trying to figure out how the oven rack should be placed for each
recipe so it cooks properly. So far I have figured it out mostly but it would be easier if the recipes
suggested the best oven rack position for cooking. The toaster oven experience is very new for
me and my family and we never owned one growing up so I am a new user and could use all the
help I can get. I love the little tips and suggestions in the book too. I purchased this with my
toaster oven b/c of all the great reviews. I am so glad I got it. It is wonderful.

Nice handbook for the novice and/or busy cook
I like this book because it gave me some great ideas on what to do with my toaster oven, and there are many different things I can do with it, that I hadn't thought about. I will probably not make the low fat versions of many of the recipes, since that isn't the way we eat, but there are some terrific ideas in here. I like it that she shows us what is possible with the toaster oven and how to get the results you want. It has made me value my new "toy" more than ever. There are some recipes that I will make as is; the main dishes and sides look good to me, and there were several that I thought sounded excellent. We don't eat a lot of desserts, so that section didn't interest me, especially since it was low fat. We stopped dieting and started eating healthfully, watching portion sizes and eating a variety of foods. The weight comes off if you are intelligent and thoughtful about your choices. You can eat anything you want, within reason. You don't need to do low fat or low carb or any other low thing out there! All in all, a handy little book, and a good resource. I am also buying a cookbook for convecton cooking since my toaster oven has a nice convection feature, and this book really didn't go into that.