Not Your Mother's Casseroles Revised and Expanded Edition

This cookbook is a fantastic resource for updated, modern casseroles recipes. I grew up eating dense, cheesy casseroles made with cream-of-something soup. While I love the convenience of casseroles, I stopped eating them when I started cooking for myself. I prefer fresh, simple food and I feel like this cookbook was written for me. There aren't a lot of shortcuts (like canned soups), but many of the recipes can be put together quickly. This book has been a great resource for weeknight cooking. I've been using it at least once a week.The chapter on breakfast casseroles is particularly good. The recipes for baked oatmeal are fantastic. As with the other sections, the chapter contains a mix of updated favorites and new and interesting casseroles. I also appreciate that the book includes a lot of vegetable and grain-based casseroles. There are lots of great recipes for vegetarians, and many of the casseroles are healthy and light. I can find healthy weeknight meals as well as heartier special occasion dishes.Finally, the recipes are well-written, clear, and easy to follow. The author's warm and personal tone comes through in the brief introductions to each recipe. This cookbook is a pleasure to read and to cook from. I highly recommend it!

I love to read cookbooks, and enjoy Faith Durand's writing and recipes regularly on TheKitchn.com. Here, the warm comforts of a casserole are presented with real, nourishing food, cooked cozily in the oven without a single can of creamy soup. Quality, well-developed recipes worth trying and adding to the family rotation, though the book is a simple paperback and resists sitting open on the counter. I'm happy with the content, and the tasty results, just not the presentation.

Love this cookbook. Great variety and the recipes don't require you to be Julia Child to make. Love the "Not Your......" series and this is a great addition to your cooking repertoire.

I wanted a new twist on casseroles so ordered the book. The recipes I have tried are interesting and tasty, however, the book is very difficult to read. The small print (appears to be 6 or 8 pt font) is very small for easy reading. As well, the font is printed in soft red, which provides no contrast. This is a book, not a website, so the pages cannot be enlarged for ease of reading. I am not blind nor aged, but I do use glasses for reading. With glasses, which bring my vision to 20/20, this book is too difficult to read.

I just received this book from Amazon, and I'll try to come back and add more comments as I try a few more recipes, but I just had to speak up to counter Mr. Protein who was so very disappointed with his purchase.If you're looking for Salty Meat Goop With Crunch On Top (usually including a can of Cream O' Campbell's), this is likely not your book. However, if you're looking for comfort food to stretch your culinary repertoire while still pleasing your family's palate; or if you'd like to do more cooking with healthful ingredients, would like to know what exactly to do with some of the less mainstream veggies at your grocery store, or love the simplicity of one-dish meals on busy nights-- check it out.So far, all I've made is the Asian Cabbage Rolls with Spicy Pork-- but this healthy riff on the Chinese friend dumplings that we (guiltily) adore was immediately filed in the "make this again SOON" category, and it's definitely whetted my appetite to try more.I'm also particularly excited to have this on my shelf because of my familiarity with Ms. Durand's reputation and engaging work as the managing editor at thekitchn.com. I don't buy cookbooks often, but this one looks to be well worth the money and shelf space.

This is one of my all-time favorite cookbooks. I have used it for pot lucks, for friends who are recuperating from illness, and for my own family. Every recipe is absolutely delicious! The flavors burst and unlike most other recipes, I rarely have to add extra seasonings. Even though all the recipes are "from scratch", most are not too complicated and take a minimal amount of effort. I highly recommend this book to anyone wanting to have easy one-pot meals that will surprise and impress others! I even use it for a Vegetarian gathering, as it has such a wide variety of recipes.

The write-up for this cookbook sounded great which is why I purchased it. I was excited to get it mainly because I work long hours and casseroles are right up my alley. And I had high expectations from the book description that they would not be the old casseroles that my Mother did make. Alas, I could not find one recipe that I wanted to even consider making let alone run out and get all the ingredients to make "Right Now". Most of the recipes are vegetable, grain, pasta or legume based. There is only one chapter on protein based casseroles. And that chapter is all inclusive. I would have liked to see more of this type of casserole. I am sorry to say that this is the first cookbook I have ever ever returned. I just don't want to waste valuable shelf space on something I will never use or open again.

i was so excited about this book! looking through it the recipes were nothing new really... however after 30 years of cooking, i am an excellent cook and already very creative! : ) it is a great book for people who need ideas!