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(More customer reviews)Although this book has some VERY good recipes, I was extremely disappointed and felt like I was misled by the title. I would expect a book titled "Quick Fixes with Mixes" to contain recipes with some great mixes and only a few add'l items. Not so with this book--example: Slow Cooker Chicken Tortilla Soup: Out of 14 ingredients (plus optional garnishes), there are only THREE that are marked as the "mixes"...frozen whole kernel corn, canned tomato paste and canned diced tomatoes. You must still provide skinned, boned, cubed chicken breasts, chopped onion, pressed garlic cloves, 2 cans chicken broth (don't know why they didn't count this as a "mix" like the frozen corn, etc.) cumin, salt, chili powder, ground red pepper, black pepper, bay leaf, and finally, 4 corn tortillas cut into strips & baked in oven. And, the "prep time" was listed as 10 minutes! Another example, Beef Vegetable soup had 4 "mixes" out of 13 ingredients: frozen mixed veggies, canned tomato sauce, canned diced tomatoes and a chicken bouillion cube. I would call these "convenience items" rather than "mixes".
Maybe I am spoiled because I had previously ordered similar books by Taste of Home, etc. and they were actually "Quick Fixes with Mixes"... I guess I let the good name of Southern Living keep me from looking as closely as I should have before clicking on "order". To make matters worse, I even ordered a 2nd copy of it to send to my daughter. Each book has 320 pages, so it's not really worth the hassle of returning, etc. so we are keeping them. As I said at the beginning, it DOES have some very good recipes that I'm sure we will try,so it's not a total loss as far as I'm concerned.
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In this title, over 150 recipes call for stirring a few simple ingredients into pre-packaged fresh, bagged, or bottled ingredients - or quick mixes and other convenience products - to make homestyle recipes without starting from scratch. The speed scratch philosophy delivers each recipe with a combination of flavour, quality and convenience. Now, the busy cook can get fresh and delicious home-cooked dinners on the table with 15 minutes or less prep time. There is a photo of every recipe that makes meal planning even easier. Quick recipes, such as Sante Fe Chicken and Dressing, Easy Texas Cilli, and So-Easy Cherry Fudge Cake, leave plenty of time for being with family. This title is designed to be used every day. "Quick Fixes" organises quick and yummy "Southern Living" recipes into main dishes, side dishes, snacks, breads and desserts. Tip boxes called 'Speed Scratch Secrets' with every recipe, as well as blurbs throughout, divulge hundreds of hints, tips, and secrets from "Southern Living" test kitchens to help busy cooks prepare delicious dinners in record time - after work or anytime.
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