Taste of Home Almost Homemade 2012

From pages 4 & 5: Homemade Flavor without the work! If some of your days are so busy this it seems nearly impossible to make a wholesome dinner for your family, look no further than Taste of Home Almost Homemade, a wonderful collection of fast, delicious meals and hearty home-cooked food! These 288 delicious dishes provide a happy medium between labor-heavy, from-scratch food and packaged or frozen meals. The result? Recipes that are made from convenience products plus a couple few other ingredients, creating dishes that won't take up loads of time in the kitchen yet still look and taste like they've been made from scratch! Easy Shortcuts with Impressive Results: For busy cooks, it just makes sense to use off-the-shelf ingredients to add a flavor boost to a recipe or to make preparation easier. Dried sauce mixes, jarred chutney, prepared pesto or canned artichoke hearts are efficient ways to jazz up dishes. While at the supermarket,pick up ready-made items, such as creamy canned soups, frozen puff pastry, biscuit mix or rotisserie chicken, then add a few ingredients for a dish that's faster and easier than takeout! These hearty, fast-as-a-flash meals are the perfect solution to your dinnertime dishes. You'll find dozens of recipes, from tasty appetizers to luscious desserts, that won't break the bank but will lighten up the task of mealtime preparation. Don't worry - we'll keep these amazing shortcuts a secret. Your family won't be able to tell the difference these dishes and ones that are completely homemade!