Learn how to make easy, practical, mouth-watering meals in this first-ever cookbook featuring over 100 full-color photos from the genius chef behind the very successful, no-nonsense food website Dinner Then Dessert. "How do you make interesting and tasty meals for every member of the family?" That question inspired former private chef and mom Sabrina Snyder to post practical, reliable, and taste-tested recipes to the website she created, Dinner Then Dessert. Five years later, her website is one of the biggest food sites in America with millions of monthly views and more than 900,000 followers on social media. Incredibly, Sabrina's famous Philly Cheese Steak recipe, which she posted the day before the Super Bowl, racked up 45,000 hits within the first five minutes! Now, in Dinner Then Dessert, Sabrina has selected some her favorite dishes from her vast trove of recipes, along with new fare to help cooks of all levels get great meals on the table every member of the family will love. Sabrina knows that cooking delicious meals day after day can be a challenge, even for professional chefs. Add in picky eaters, dietary restrictions, a busy schedule, and children, and it feels easier to order take out. But cooking at home doesn't have to be difficult or boring. Inside Dinner Then Dessert you'll find flexible fail-safe recipes; 3, 5, and 7 ingredient meals; skillet dinners; classic side dishes, slow-cooker recipes, irresistible desserts, and more. Enjoy sausage and fennel pasta, salmon with plum sauce; garlic honey chicken; easy breezy pot roast; sweet and spicy tilapia; roast pork loin; steak and potato hash; vegetable green curry; cilantro lime shrimp; and much, much more. Serve them up with tasty sides, including easy Mexican rice and rotisserie chicken potatoes, as well as flavorful desserts such as Nutella brownies and salted caramel chocolate tart. Dinner Then Dessert is packed with more than 100 full-color photos, easy-to-follow directions that teach you how to cook each recipe to match your skill level, variations of recipes made with ingredients you have on-hand, and advice on the best ingredients to stock your fridge and pantry. With Dinner Then Dessert, you'll never have to struggle over what to make for dinner again! Editorial Reviews 07/05/2021 In this resourceful guide, Snyder, founder of the food website Dinner Then Dessert, suggests the secret to creating satisfying home-cooked meals is "layering in new and interesting flavor combinations." She begins by taking an in-depth look at stocking a pantry, with helpful tips for less-experienced cooks ("red bell peppers are sweeter and more kid-friendly... green bell peppers have a bit of bitterness when raw," she explains). The recipes that follow are prepared using three, five, or seven ingredients (excluding salt, pepper, butter, and oil). Some highlights include sausage and fennel pasta, Greek lemon chicken, and Caribbean chile shrimp. In addition to the mains, Snyder includes recipes for side dishes, such as garlic-cheddar mashed potatoes, honey-ginger carrots, and asparagus with lemon and ricotta. Throughout, she lists potential ingredient substitutions--for instance, she suggests using cinnamon or dried sage in place of the thyme for her apple cider pork recipe--and ends with a chapter of indulgent desserts that require the same small range of ingredients, with palatable choices like chocolate truffles and strawberry shortbread bars. This is a volume that home cooks of all levels will rely on time and again. Agent: Sharon Bowers, Miller Bowers Griffin Literary Management. (Sept.) - Publishers Weekly In this resourceful guide, Snyder, founder of the food website Dinner Then Dessert, suggests the secret to creating satisfying home-cooked meals is "layering in new and interesting flavor combinations." She begins by taking an in-depth look at stocking a pantry, with helpful tips for less-experienced cooks...This is a volume that home cooks of all levels will rely on time and again. - Publishers Weekly - From the Publisher 09/01/2021 How does a private chef juggle busy family life with a demanding work schedule? Snyder's solution was to start a recipe blog that became her full-time job. The blog led to the creation of this laid-back cookbook, which seeks to make cooking enjoyable and effortless. Inspired by America's Test Kitchen and the Serious Eats Food Lab, Snyder approaches recipes with a practical eye. Starting with stocking a meat and vegetable-based pantry, the book includes creative uses for fresh and shelf-stable ingredients. The recipes are orderly, unfussy, and just what one needs on a busy weeknight--particularly those recipes that use only three, five, or seven ingredients. For Snyder, recipes are guides and not set in stone--home cooks should feel comfortable modifying as they need. At the end of each recipe, she even includes substitutions that offer extra flexibility. VERDICT The easy-going style and kid-friendly meals will make this cookbook attractive to busy households looking to go beyond an uninspired dinner routine.--Ginny Wolter, Toledo Lucas Cty. P.L., OH - Library Journal