Introduction: Leading the Desperate Life
The Desperation Dinners Promise
Chapter 1 - Soups
Chapter 2 - Stews
Chapter 3 - Skillet Meals
Chapter 4 - Salad Entrees
Chapter 5 - Pasta
Chapter 6 - Food on Bread
Chapter 7 - Breakfast for Dinner
Chapter 8 - Easy Entrees
chapter 9 - Quick Sides
Chapter 10 - Desserts
The Essential Shopping List
Organizing Your Pantry
Shelf Life
The Desperate Week
BACKCOVER: Part cookbook, part survival guide, part "whole new way of cooking for your family," here is the answer to every busy cook's prayers. What's a Desperation Dinner? How to feed your family well when your spouse is late, the kids are losing it, and the dog is scratching at the door. Features over 250 tempting, nutritious recipes that take brilliant advantage of convenience foods-from individual quick-frozen chicken breasts to chopped ginger in a jar-plus innovative techniques to cut time and "push" flavor.
Desperation Dinners Promise
1. These recipes are not hard.
2. These recipes do not require expensive equipment.
3. These recipes don't lie-every one can be made in 20 minutes, start to finish.
4. Expect to be working, but only for those 20 minutes.
5. These recipes taste good.
