Favorite Cookbooks

[nittanygirl]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

I have a ton, but this one got me started:
Help my Apartment has a Kitchen!

This is great. I want to get this for my friend because she's always bugging me about not updating my blog enough to teach her how to cook. I might order it for a late Christmas present.

Best sources for recipes: Friends & family (especially Grandmas!!!!!!) & the internet

I'd have to say my favorite two cookbooks that I own (I own lots, people know I like to cook and give me tons) are:

Better Homes & Gardens 9X13 The Pan That Can

This one is great because who doesn't love the convenience that is throwing a pan in the oven for a casserole? Got a great cheeseburger & fries casserole recipe out of this one that everyone loves. Lots of interesting ones I still have yet to try.

and

Betty Crocker Cookbook: Heart Health Edition


This is amazing. Breakdowns of different types of every kind of food you can imagine (all sorts of peppers, all sorts of cheeses & how they melt, etc) as well as heart healthy recipes (of course) and tips on how to cook just about anything. The covers have yields & equivalents (excellent coming from a person who spent a semester learning to convert yields)
It has a front section all about getting active, BMI and other health things too. Why colorful foods are healthy, ways to add veggies to your diet, etc
Ch1 is all about getting started, explaining all the different types of knives, and utensils, how to cube, how to julienne, how to seed peppers, anything you can think of. Great classic recipes too with a heart healthy vibe.
Basically, get this cookbook

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

I would say my grandma, but she can never tell me HOW MUCH of something to put in a certain dish. She is southern and doesn't believe in measuring cups/spoons/etc (never used them).

So the convo goes like this:

"Granny, for that gravy, how much flour do I need?"
"Just a lil bit"
"How much is that? Cup? half cup?
"Darlin' I don't know. I've been making this for 50 years and I never measured it before."

lol.

Ok KSU. I really think we are twins. My grandma was raised in Kentucky and is the same way. She will however, try to give me an estimate of about how much something is when I ask. But it's funny because she'll just say "oh that looks right" to something measured in her hand and she could stick it in a measuring cup and it would be damn near perfect amount.