Well Fed Weeknights: Complete Paleo Meals in 45 Minutes or Less
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Bursting with vibrant flavors and foolproof recipes, the third installment in the best-selling Well Fed cookbook series puts more than 125 complete—and crazy-delicious—paleo meals on your table in 45 minutes or less.
With Well Fed Weeknights, author and mouthy paleo cook Melissa Joulwan brings her love for food and spirit of adventure to a knockout collection of weeknight recipes inspired by takeout classics, food trucks, and cuisines from around the world—all totally free of grains, dairy, legumes, and soy.
Every meal is thoroughly tested and easy to make, with affordable ingredients you’ll find at your regular grocery store. (No extra trips to specialty food stores required!)
You won’t mind skipping the drive-through or delivery when you can quickly cook meals like…
• Bacon-Jalapeño Burger Balls
• Thai Yummy Salad
• Dirty Rice
• Fried Chicken • Pizza Noodles
• Sticky Orange Sunflower Chicken
• Italian Hoagie Salad
• Street Fries
… and so many more.
All recipes include Melissa’s popular ”You Know How You Could Do That?” variations, as well as Cookup Tips to help condense cooking time with make-ahead items.
You’ll want to dog-ear the Mini Cookup page where you’ll find step-by-step instructions for cooking six paleo kitchen staples in under an hour. Cook once, and fancy-up your meals all week long with cauliflower rice, zucchini noodles, homemade mayo, and more.
Debuting in Well Fed Weeknights are fun and flexible Food Court Recipes: in-depth blueprints of your favorite dinner themes, like Meat & Potatoes, Burger Night, Velvet Stir-Fry, The Ultimate Salad Bar, and more, all offering basic techniques and creative variations to satisfy your personal cravings.
Well Fed Weeknights is also packed with useful tips and how-to info including:
How to eat in restaurants without abandoning good habits
How to cook quickly and eat slowly
Essential pantry foods for weeknight cooking
The best kitchen tools for fast cooking
Two months of sample menus
A mobile shopping list for every recipe
With fresh ingredients, flavorful spices and herbs, luscious sauces, and simple prep, Well Fed Weeknights is sure to become a lovingly splattered-and-bookmarked, go-to paleo kitchen companion.
Publisher : Greenleaf Book Group Press; Illustrated edition (November 1, 2016)
Language : English
Paperback : 250 pages
ISBN-10 : 162634342X
ISBN-13 : 978-1626343429
Item Weight : 1.8 pounds
Dimensions : 8.5 x 0.8 x 8.4 inches
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Customers find the recipes in the book flavorful and unique. They also say the book is easy to follow and makes daily meal prep easy. Readers appreciate the wonderful advice and inspiration that help them feel more confident improvising. They mention the timing is down perfect and the book has some quicker meals. Additionally, they appreciate the beautiful pictures and writing style.
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Lancaster –
Frequently used. Fantastic recipes non Paleo eaters will love!
I have all of the Well Fed cookbooks in addition to several other Paleo cookbooks: Nom Nom Paleo, Meals Made Simple, Paleo Perfected, and The New Yiddish Kitchen. I went Paleo about 3 years ago simply to try something different. Fortunately, I have no dietary issues that require this type of eating, but It did have a noted beneficial impact on my health. My good cholesterol levels soared and my bad dropped. I lost weight. I had more energy. I try to follow a Paleo diet as much as possible, but I do eat traditional foods on occasion. (I know I’m one of the lucky ones who can indulge in beer or ice cream without a major intestinal event.) Since I am the primary cook for my husband and 8 year old, I subject them to my Paleo-esque eating. And they are good sports about it, happily reviewing the dishes and giving honest feedback. I’m a mom and teacher so I don’t have tons of time to cook as much as love to do it; so, I was excited to get this book for Christmas because I really liked the other Well Fed books.Melissa Joulwan’s style of writing is fun and easy yet thoughtful. She gives a lot of suggestions and information up front, which is very helpful for newcomers to Paleo. Recipes are well laid out. Her strong emphasis on culturally driven ingredients makes for some really flavorful dishes, but few of the ingredients are items most people who frequently cook would be without. I will say some of the recipes take longer than 45 min unless you’re flying through the prep. I’ve made quite a few recipes from this. Here are some standouts: Burger Deluxe p. 45, Chicken Shawarma p. 53, Velvet Stir Fry – Cashew Chicken p. 58 (amazing authentic stir fry flavor). Bacon Jalapeño Balls with Everything Carrots p. 99, Moroccan Cabbage Saute p. 113, Curry Chicken Salad p. 159, Zucchini Pasta with Chicken and pistachios p. 193.These are all recipes we all loved. This is a great book for hardcore Paleo and Paleo dabblers alike. Yes, my binding also is coming apart but it gives it a Well- loved look.
Scott B. –
Great Cookbook. Plus Read Review for a Solution to Your Binding Woes
I really like the Well Fed series cookbooks. As far as content goes…this one very possibly has the most recipes that we’ll actually make of the three cookbooks. Although we like to cook, like everybody, it seems like there’s never enough spare time to cook as much as we’d like. So, a cookbook focused on recipes that take less time is a welcome addition. We’ve looked through the whole thing, and have made several things. I also find it interesting that the author has picked some of the same types of recipes that we’ve independently found work very well on those time-crunched nights [homemade taco meat is delicious and very simple even when using actual spices and not a ‘packet’, and of course grilled burgers with salad, etc.].Trying to keep the carbs down, I AM IN LOVE WITH the cauliflower-based ‘rice’ and ‘mashed potatoes’ substitute recipes that we learned about in Well Fed 2 (page 167). This book uses those ingredients in several dishes such as “Shepherd’s Pie” (page 123) and “Dirty Rice” (page 129)…and I literally see no reason to ever eat potatoes or rice ever again! I also really liked the Sticky Orange Sunflower Chicken with Sesame Broccoli (page 173). If you are thinking of doing more low-carb and/or Paleo cooking, I strongly recommend that you check out this book and Well Fed 2 (with Nom Nom Paleo also being pretty good).Now on the subject of the binding: Yeah, not sure *what* is up with that binding, but it is strange and leaves a lot to be desired. A couple of others are reporting pages falling out. That hasn’t happened with ours, but if you leave the book laying open, the cover doesn’t return to flat…it kinda sits there all curved around the spine of the book. And is really just funky. I saw a recommendation here by someone to get it spiral bound at an office supply or print store, and this was great advice. I just took it down to Staples, and it was only $5.50 to cut off the old binding and put a plastic spiral binding on the cookbook. It now works *better* than when it was brand new, as it lays truly flat now (see my uploaded image)! I am guessing that at some point the publisher and printer will fix this binding issue, but I’m actually glad that I’ve made this ‘upgrade’…makes using the book much easier.My wife wants me to tell everyone on Amazon that a great cookbook with a poor binding is still WAY better than the opposite. This way, however, you can have the best of both worlds!Update 12/14/16: We’ve made several more things from this cookbook, and I’ve liked everything except for one recipe that called for ground up anchovy (Sicilian Cauliflower w/ Beef page 73…tried to be ‘open’ to new flavors…but no thank you). I really liked the Yucatan Green Chile Saute with Cumin-Lime Sauce (page 101) and the Greens with Potatoes & Sausage (page 111). I thought the Chicken Satay Burger was decent as well…I would have it again…but maybe not on my list of absolute favorites from this cookbook. Anyway, we’re really enjoying these new meals, and some new recipes that don’t take a really long time to make.
M. MacAskill –
My favorite cookbook!
Thank you Mel Joulwan for being amazing! I love this cookbook – the idea (fast paleo meals? Yes, please!), the design (bigger fonts, beautiful photos, “you know how you could do that?”), and the clever writing (Mel, can we be besties?). This was an early Christmas present to myself – along with an immersion blender! – and armed with these two weapons, I’m about to become a kitchen ninja. I’ll update as I cook my way through, but honestly, Ms. Joulwan’s recipes have never, ever failed me.What I’ve made so far:Mini Cookup: a blast through the kitchen to prep/cook paleo basics! One hour of time to cook/prep chicken, potatoes, zucchini noodles, cauliflower rice, mayonnaise, and salad dressing. This worked. And it made my life easier. Win. And win.Sausage & Peppers: I love the seasoning for the meat – tastes like pizza! We used it as topping for home fries and as a side for zucchini noodles. Everyone in the family loved this – even my picky eater. Glad I made a double batch!Beef Burrito: The seasoned meat is delicious on its own, but the Cumin-Lime Dressing added zing! We threw this on home fries and added tomatoes. My husband kept saying,”This is SO good!” Made a double batch of this as well, and I can’t wait to try it as taco salad.Spicy Peach Vinaigrette: I made this dressing twice actually…the first time the jar tipped and sprayed my kitchen counter with semi-blended peach globs, but what is cooking without a few casualties? I *love* that I can make it in a mason jar and not have to mess with the blender.Creamy Italian Dressing: Dip for my veggie snacks, and a very good reason for me to buy a copy of this cookbook for my mother. The dressing recipes alone are worth it!
Trigger –
This is the holy grail of books! Love it!!
Piotr Mikosik –
Amazing book with super delicious recipes. All recipes are easy to make which allows you to enjoy paleo supper during weeknights.
Lorraine –
I have Melissa’s first two books already and like those. I bought this one and knew i’d like it, but instead, i LOVE it. So many easy tasty recipes! I am cooking my way through! and all the recipes are easy to follow, with timing! and also ingredients that arent weird. The weirdest one I have come across is Yuca, i have heard of it, but never attempted to cook with it, but i will now!One the negative side, i have found that my pages are starting to fall out already. I emailed Mel about this and shes offered to replace it. I dont mind my pages falling out, im weird like that, gives it that well used feel, so wont have her send me a new one but so awesome that she offered!Hopefully mine is a one off issue.Buy the book! Cook the recipes! Especially her new ranch Dressing! O M G
L.J. –
Really good book for simple paleo food
Tamara Jansen –
Well, it doesn’t get much better than this! I have used and loved the two previous WellFed books for the last few years and now to have an option that cuts down kitchen time for busy days is perfect! I love the easy to follow, delicious recipes that get me in and out of the kitchen, most of the time in less than an hour. During a Whole30 these books are my best friend with all of the compliant recipes. Aside from the recipes are tips and tricks that make cooking even more effortless. Love Melissa Joulwan’s books!