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Book 30 Minute One Pot Meals

    Book Details:
  • Author : Joanna Cismaru
  • Publisher : Macmillan
  • Release : 2016-08-02
  • ISBN : 1624142486
  • Pages : 194 pages

Download or read book 30 Minute One Pot Meals written by Joanna Cismaru and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-08-02 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flavorful and Fantastic Meals for the Whole Family, Fast What’s better than 30-minute meals? How about one-pot recipes? Now you don’t have to choose—yes, you can have both! Avoid spending hours in the kitchen and filling up your sink with dirty dishes. Soon to become a staple in your kitchen, 30-Minute One-Pot Meals provides practical and ingenious secrets to simple, fast, delicious and minimal-mess recipes. Chapters are broken down by cooking vessel, including baking pan, saucepan, skillet, casserole dish and more. In less than 30 minutes you could be devouring Mediterranean Chicken Pesto Pizza, Parmesan Orzo Risotto with Peas or Easy Cheesy Cauliflower and Broccoli Bake. These versatile and easy-to- follow recipes aren’t just for dinner—endless possibilities for breakfast, lunch and dessert are all included as well! 30 minutes and one pot is all it takes, and in this book Joanna Cismaru shows you how.

Book One Pot

    Book Details:
  • Author : Editors of Martha Stewart Living
  • Publisher : Clarkson Potter
  • Release : 2014-09-23
  • ISBN : 0307954420
  • Pages : 258 pages

Download or read book One Pot written by Editors of Martha Stewart Living and published by Clarkson Potter. This book was released on 2014-09-23 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Using just one pan, you can stew, steam, sauté, simmer, braise, or roast your way to a fuss-free meal—and minimal cleanup to boot. At the end of a busy day, you want to serve a delicious home-cooked dinner, a complete, all-in-one meal that can be prepared with little effort and few pans to wash. The editors of Martha Stewart Living present a brand-new collection of 120 recipes—organized by vessel—to help you do just that, all while adding savory new dishes to your weekly rotation. One Pot is an exciting new way to approach everyday cooking: Imagine perfect pasta dishes for which everything goes in the pot at once (yes, that’s pasta, tomato, garlic, basil, and water all cooked together), dinner-party ready roasts with tender vegetables, and down-home casseroles, along with wholesome fish, chicken, and vegetarian dishes. You’ll get incredible flavor payoff from dishes such as comforting Chicken and Dumplings, easy Baked Risotto with Carrots and Squash, healthy Broiled Striped Bass with Tomatoes, hearty Pork Chops with Bacon and Cabbage, and the delectable Skillet Chocolate-Chip Cookie—each of which takes less than an hour from start to finish. Here, too, are a dozen outstanding recipes for surprising and simple desserts that can be ready when you are. With chapters devoted to your essential cooking vessels—stockpot, skillet, slow cooker, and more—this book is sure to streamline your meals and to satisfy the people you share them with. Recipes include: DUTCH OVEN: Beef Stew with Noodles, Chicken and Dumplings, Baked Risotto, Texas Red Chili, Cajun Stew SLOW COOKER: Pulled Pork, Corned Beef and Cabbage, Classic Pot Roast, Lamb Shanks and Potatoes, Garlic Chicken with Barley SKILLET & SAUTÉ PAN: Spinach Pie, Poached Cod with Tomatoes, Three-Cheese Lasagna, Macaroni and Cheese, Stir-Fried Chicken with Bok Choy ROASTING PAN & BAKING DISH: Rib-Eye with Root Vegetables, Roast Chicken with Herb Butter, Salmon with Kale, Roast Beef with Acorn Squash, Tuscan Pork Roast PRESSURE COOKER: Short Ribs with Potato-Carrot Mash, Kale and White Bean Soup, Chicken Cacciatore; Easy Chickpea Curry, Beef Stroganoff STOCKPOT: Classic Chicken Soup, Split Pea Soup, Gemelli with Pesto and Potatoes, Corn and Shrimp Chowder, Pasta with Farm-Stand Vegetables DESSERTS: Peach Crumble, Skillet Chocolate-Chip Cookie, Baked Blackberry Custard, Raspberry Sorbet, Molten Chocolate Cupcakes

Book The Domestic Geek s Meals Made Easy

Download or read book The Domestic Geek s Meals Made Easy written by Sara Lynn Cauchon and published by Harvest Publications. This book was released on 2019 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first cookbook from YouTube cooking show superstar Sara Lynn Cauchon, aka The Domestic Geek

Book Clean Paleo One Pot Meals

    Book Details:
  • Author : Christina Shoemaker
  • Publisher : Fair Winds Press
  • Release : 2020-10-06
  • ISBN : 1631599046
  • Pages : 195 pages

Download or read book Clean Paleo One Pot Meals written by Christina Shoemaker and published by Fair Winds Press. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clean Paleo One-Pot Meals makes living the paleo lifestyle quick and delicious with 100 mouth-watering and family-friendly recipes that are uncomplicated in both time and preparation. Do you want to cook healthy meals but feel overwhelmed in actually accomplishing it? You start with good intentions but by dinnertime you are tired, out of time, uninspired, and just ready to be done with the day. All of your big Instagram-worthy meal plans have flown out the window. Who has time to spend two hours in a hot kitchen chopping, simmering, and then cleaning up? Fast food doesn’t have to be junk food. Healthy food doesn’t have to be complicated or weird. Christina Shoemaker of the beloved blog The Whole Cook proves both in this gorgeous cookbook. You’ll find immense satisfaction in tossing meat and vegetables on a sheet pan and letting it roast or simply throwing all your ingredients into a soup pot to simmer and serve in 30 minutes. Clean Paleo One-Pot Meals will help you live the paleo lifestyle without living in your kitchen. Enjoy these and more mouthwatering recipes free of grains, gluten, legumes, dairy, soy, and artificial ingredients: Fiesta Pineapple Chicken Maple Salmon with Sweet Potatoes Sheet Pan Steak Fajitas Lemon Shrimp Stir Fry No Bean 30 Minute Chili Paleo Pad Thai Herby Lemon Chicken Soup Beef Burrito Bowl Enchilada Breakfast Casserole Chicken Fried Cauliflower Rice Easy Paleo Chocolate Muffins

Book Damn Delicious

    Book Details:
  • Author : Rhee, Chungah
  • Publisher : Time Inc. Books
  • Release : 2016-09-06
  • ISBN : 0848751434
  • Pages : 420 pages

Download or read book Damn Delicious written by Rhee, Chungah and published by Time Inc. Books. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The debut cookbook by the creator of the wildly popular blog Damn Delicious proves that quick and easy doesn't have to mean boring.Blogger Chungah Rhee has attracted millions of devoted fans with recipes that are undeniable 'keepers'-each one so simple, so easy, and so flavor-packed, that you reach for them busy night after busy night. In Damn Delicious, she shares exclusive new recipes as well as her most beloved dishes, all designed to bring fun and excitement into everyday cooking. From five-ingredient Mini Deep Dish Pizzas to no-fuss Sheet Pan Steak & Veggies and 20-minute Spaghetti Carbonara, the recipes will help even the most inexperienced cooks spend less time in the kitchen and more time around the table.Packed with quickie breakfasts, 30-minute skillet sprints, and speedy takeout copycats, this cookbook is guaranteed to inspire readers to whip up fast, healthy, homemade meals that are truly 'damn delicious!'

Book Bare Minimum Dinners

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jenna Helwig
  • Publisher : Mariner Books
  • Release : 2021-09-07
  • ISBN : 0358434718
  • Pages : 243 pages

Download or read book Bare Minimum Dinners written by Jenna Helwig and published by Mariner Books. This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Easy recipes and shortcuts to spend less time in the kitchen--with fewer ingredients, less cleanup, Instant Pot and slow cooker options, meals made in 30 minutes or less, and other smart strategies Getting a home-cooked meal on the table every day is an admirable goal, but it shouldn't get in the way of your life! In Bare Minimum Dinners, Jenna Helwig--food director at Real Simple magazine--shares delicious, easy recipes so you can spend less time in the kitchen and more time enjoying your meal...or doing whatever else you want! Chapters include: Bare Minimum Time (30 minutes or less); Bare Minimum Ingredients (7 ingredients or less, including salt and olive oil); Bare Minimum Hands-On Time (slow-cooker and Instant Pot meals); Bare Minimum Clean-Up (one-pot/sheet pan/skillet meals); and Bare Minimum Sides (super-simple vegetables, salads, and grains so you can feel good about serving healthy, well-rounded dinners). Throughout, Jenna offers helpful tips--for example, how to keep salad greens fresh and at the ready, easy substitutions, and suggested supermarket brands--as well as easy ideas for dressing up or rounding out your meal.

Book The Simple Kitchen

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  • Author : Donna Elick
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2017-10-17
  • ISBN : 1624144357
  • Pages : 194 pages

Download or read book The Simple Kitchen written by Donna Elick and published by . This book was released on 2017-10-17 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Eighty plus time-saving recipes for everyday meals that the whole family will love. Tasty recipes include 30 minute dinners, one-pot meals and simple appetizers."--

Book The Modern Proper

    Book Details:
  • Author : Holly Erickson
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2022-04-05
  • ISBN : 1982177667
  • Pages : 304 pages

Download or read book The Modern Proper written by Holly Erickson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-04-05 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The creators of the popular website The Modern Proper show home cooks how to reinvent what proper means and be smarter with their time in the kitchen to create dinner that everyone will love."--Provided by publisher.

Book The Skinnytaste Cookbook

    Book Details:
  • Author : Gina Homolka
  • Publisher : Clarkson Potter
  • Release : 2014-09-30
  • ISBN : 0385345631
  • Pages : 322 pages

Download or read book The Skinnytaste Cookbook written by Gina Homolka and published by Clarkson Potter. This book was released on 2014-09-30 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get the recipes everyone is talking about in the debut cookbook from the wildly popular blog, Skinnytaste. Gina Homolka is America’s most trusted home cook when it comes to easy, flavorful recipes that are miraculously low-calorie and made from all-natural, easy-to-find ingredients. Her blog, Skinnytaste is the number one go-to site for slimmed down recipes that you’d swear are anything but. It only takes one look to see why people go crazy for Gina’s food: cheesy, creamy Fettuccini Alfredo with Chicken and Broccoli with only 420 calories per serving, breakfast dishes like Make-Ahead Western Omelet "Muffins" that truly fill you up until lunchtime, and sweets such as Double Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies that are low in sugar and butter-free but still totally indulgent. The Skinnytaste Cookbook features 150 amazing recipes: 125 all-new dishes and 25 must-have favorites. As a busy mother of two, Gina started Skinnytaste when she wanted to lose a few pounds herself. She turned to Weight Watchers for help and liked the program but struggled to find enough tempting recipes to help her stay on track. Instead, she started “skinny-fying” her favorite meals so that she could eat happily while losing weight. With 100 stunning photographs and detailed nutritional information for every recipe, The Skinnytaste Cookbook is an incredible resource of fulfilling, joy-inducing meals that every home cook will love.

Book Jamie s 30 Minute Meals

Download or read book Jamie s 30 Minute Meals written by Jamie Oliver and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2017-03-09 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whip up delicious three-course meals in no time at all with the bestselling Jamie's 30-Minute Meals Jamie Oliver will teach you how to make good food super-fast in his game-changing guide to coordinating an entire meal without any fuss. _________ With 50 exciting, seasonal meal ideas, Jamie's 30 Minute Meals provides the essential collection of dishes for putting on the ultimate three-course meal without taking up your time. Not only that, Jamie also includes refreshing, light lunch recipes that you can put together in no time at all. These mouth-watering dishes include . . . - Melt-in-the-mouth SPRING LAMB and CHIANTI GRAVY - Mushroom risotto with spinach salad - Tender DUCK SALAD - Moreish LEMON and RASPBERRY CHEESECAKE - Creamy RICE PUDDING and STEWED FRUIT Jamie offers a tasty dish for every occasion, with recipes written to help you make the most of every single minute in the kitchen. With the help of Jamie Oliver and Jamie's 30-Minute Meals, you'll be amazed by what you're able to achieve. In Jamie's extensive collection of internationally loved and trusted cookbooks, this is the one about multitasking to cook whole meals, fast. _________ 'There is only one Jamie Oliver. Great to watch. Great to cook' Delia Smith

Book Incredible One Pot Cooking

    Book Details:
  • Author : Megan Marlowe
  • Publisher : Page Street Publishing
  • Release : 2020-04-21
  • ISBN : 1624149758
  • Pages : 144 pages

Download or read book Incredible One Pot Cooking written by Megan Marlowe and published by Page Street Publishing. This book was released on 2020-04-21 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recipes Your Family (and Dishwasher) Will Love Here to make dinnertime simple, easy and above all delicious is Megan Marlowe, founder of Strawberry Blondie Kitchen. As a busy mom of two, she knows how hard it is to whip up tasty meals for the whole family without making a huge mess in the kitchen and leaving yourself tons of dishes. But with this genius collection, she has created 60 comforting recipes that miraculously come together in just one pot, pan or baking dish, so you can completely skip out on hours of cleanup. And with most recipes taking 30 minutes or less, weeknight cooking is an absolute breeze. Discover an exciting new dinner lineup, full of creative comfort foods, with recipes like: • Peach and Ginger Barbecue Pulled Pork • Charcuterie Board Stuffed Chicken • Chili Mac Tortilla Pie • Loaded Sausage and Pierogi Soup • Pork Chops with Sweet and Spicy Apple Salsa • Chicken-Bacon-Ranch Carbonara • Raspberry-Chipotle Salmon with Broccoli • Sheet Pan Monte Cristo Pizza • Smoked Sausage with Apple and Onion Kraut Enjoy fresh takes on all your favorite classics, all while cutting your cooking and cleaning time in half!

Book Cooking for One

    Book Details:
  • Author : America's Test Kitchen
  • Publisher : America's Test Kitchen
  • Release : 2020-09-01
  • ISBN : 1948703289
  • Pages : 355 pages

Download or read book Cooking for One written by America's Test Kitchen and published by America's Test Kitchen. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the joy of cooking for yourself with more than 160 perfectly portioned, easy-to-execute recipes, flexible ingredient lists to accommodate your pantry, and ideas for improvising to your taste. Taking care to prepare a meal for yourself is a different experience than cooking for others. It can be a fun, casual, and (of course) delicious affair, but there are challenges, from avoiding a fridge full of half-used ingredients to ending up with leftovers that become boring after the third reheat. Cooking for One helps you make cooking for yourself special without becoming a chore with unfussy yet utterly appealing meals that rely on ingredients you already have on hand, like Garam Masala Pork Chop with Couscous and Spinach and Weeknight Chicken Cacciatore. Don't have exactly the right ingredients? Never fear--with a "Kitchen Improv" box on every page, we offer ideas for altering the dish so it works for you. And for those weeks you didn't make it to the supermarket, we use a "Pantry Recipe" icon to clearly mark recipes that rely entirely on our checklist for a well-stocked pantry. We show you when it's worth making two servings (but never more) with our "Makes Leftovers" icon, and suggest how to transform those leftovers into a whole new meal. (We love our Spice-Rubbed Flank Steak with Celery Root and Lime Yogurt Sauce served over arugula as a hearty salad the next day.) Ingredients themselves often lead you to another exciting meal--when you're left with half an eggplant from Simple Ratatouille, we direct you to Broiled Eggplant with Honey-Lemon Vinaigrette as the perfect way to use it up. And if the thought of a sink full of dishes keeps you out of the kitchen, there are plenty of appealing one-pan dinners like Sheet Pan Sausages with Sweet Potatoes, Broccoli Rabe, and Mustard-Chive Butter or Couscous with Shrimp, Cilantro, and Garlic Chips that are here to save the day.

Book Everyday Dinners

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jessica Merchant
  • Publisher : Rodale Books
  • Release : 2021-05-04
  • ISBN : 0593137507
  • Pages : 463 pages

Download or read book Everyday Dinners written by Jessica Merchant and published by Rodale Books. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get family dinner on the table in 30 minutes or less without sacrificing beauty or flavor, from the beloved blogger and author of The Pretty Dish. “The new go-to book for home cooks everywhere. Yum!”—Ree Drummond, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Pioneer Woman Cooks With her down-to-earth style, can-do attitude, and gorgeous photography, Jessica Merchant presents Everyday Dinners, your new guide for meal prepping. Along with plant-based, one pot, and slow cooker recipes, Jessica also includes weekly dinner plans, ideas, tips and tricks, and even a 45- to 60-minute meal prep game plan for the weekends to keep cooking easy and quick on busy weeknights. You and your family will be delighted and nourished by Jessica’s recipes for Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Honey Ginger Chickpeas and Tahini, Tuscan Cheese Tortellini Soup, Honey Dijon Pretzel-Crusted Salmon, Grilled Peach BBQ Pork Chops with Napa Slaw, and Garlic + Chive Butter Smashed Potatoes. As life gets busier, it’s increasingly harder to set aside time to put a nourishing meal on the table after a long day. In Everyday Dinners, Jessica gives us the tools and tricks to make that possible.

Book The Feel Good Effect

    Book Details:
  • Author : Robyn Conley Downs
  • Publisher : Ten Speed Press
  • Release : 2020-09-01
  • ISBN : 1984858246
  • Pages : 162 pages

Download or read book The Feel Good Effect written by Robyn Conley Downs and published by Ten Speed Press. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A groundbreaking approach to wellness that will help you cut through the clutter and find the small shifts that create huge changes in your life, from the host of the podcast The Feel Good Effect “An absolutely fresh and insightful guide . . . If you’re looking to create more calm, clarity, and joy, this book is for you.”—Shauna Shapiro, Ph.D., author of Good Morning I Love You What if wellness isn’t about achieving another set of impossible standards, but about finding what works­—for you? Radically simple and ridiculously doable, The Feel Good Effect helps you redefine wellness, on your own terms. Drawing from cutting-edge science on mindfulness, habit, and behavior change, podcast host Robyn Conley Downs offers a collection of small mindset shifts that allow for more calm, clarity, and joy in everyday life, embracing the idea that “gentle is the new perfect” when it comes to sustainable wellness. She then leads you through an easy set of customizable habits for happiness and health in mind, body, and soul, allowing you to counteract stress and prevent burnout. Instead of trying to get more done, The Feel Good Effect offers a refreshingly sane approach that will allow you to identify and focus on the elements that actually move the needle in your life right now. Less striving. More ease. It’s time to feel good.

Book Minimalist Baker s Everyday Cooking

Download or read book Minimalist Baker s Everyday Cooking written by Dana Shultz and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-04-26 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The highly anticipated cookbook from the immensely popular food blog Minimalist Baker, featuring 101 all-new simple, vegan recipes that all require 10 ingredients or less, 1 bowl or 1 pot, or 30 minutes or less to prepare Dana Shultz founded the Minimalist Baker blog in 2012 to share her passion for simple cooking and quickly gained a devoted worldwide following. Now, in this long-awaited debut cookbook, Dana shares 101 vibrant, simple recipes that are entirely plant-based, mostly gluten-free, and 100% delicious. Packed with gorgeous photography, this practical but inspiring cookbook includes: • Recipes that each require 10 ingredients or less, can be made in one bowl, or require 30 minutes or less to prepare. • Delicious options for hearty entrées, easy sides, nourishing breakfasts, and decadent desserts—all on the table in a snap • Essential plant-based pantry and equipment tips • Easy-to-follow, step-by-step recipes with standard and metric ingredient measurements Minimalist Baker’s Everyday Cooking is a totally no-fuss approach to cooking for anyone who loves delicious food that happens to be healthy too.

Book The Well Plated Cookbook

Download or read book The Well Plated Cookbook written by Erin Clarke and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-08-25 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comfort classics with a lighter spin, from the creator of the healthy-eating blog Well Plated by Erin. Known for her incredibly approachable, slimmed-down, and outrageously delicious recipes, Erin Clarke is the creator of the smash-hit food blog in the healthy-eating blogosphere, Well Plated by Erin. Clarke's site welcomes millions of readers, and with good reason: Her recipes are fast, budget-friendly, and clever; she never includes an ingredient you can't find in a regular supermarket or that isn't essential to a dish's success, and she hacks her recipes for maximum nutrition by using the "stealthy healthy" ingredient swaps she's mastered so that you don't lose an ounce of flavor. In this essential cookbook for everyday cooking, Clarke shares more than 130 brand-new rapid-fire recipes, along with secrets to lightening up classic comfort favorites inspired by her midwestern roots, and clever recipe hacks that will enable you to put a healthy meal on the table any night of the week. Many of the recipes feature a single ingredient used in multiple, ingenious ways, such as Sweet Potato Boats 5 Ways. The recipes are affordable and keep practicality top-of-mind. She's eliminated odd leftover "orphan" ingredients and included Market Swaps so you can adjust the ingredients based on the season or what you have on hand. To help you make the most of your cooking, she's even included tips to store and reheat leftovers, as well as clever ideas to turn them into an entirely new dish. From One-Pot Creamy Sundried Tomato Orzo to Sheet Pan Tandoori Chicken, all of the recipes are accessible to cooks of every level, and so indulgent you won't detect the healthy ingredients. As Clarke always hears from her readers, "My family doesn't like healthy food, but they LOVED this!" This is your homey guide to a healthier kitchen.

Book Simply Italian

    Book Details:
  • Author : Michela Chiappa
  • Publisher : Penguin UK
  • Release : 2016-11-17
  • ISBN : 1405930586
  • Pages : 491 pages

Download or read book Simply Italian written by Michela Chiappa and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2016-11-17 with total page 491 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The very best of Italian cooking with Michela, Romina and Emanuela in Simply Italian. 'Wales and Italy, family and food: for us, these four things are inextricably linked and at the root of our upbringing. Whether at the family home in Wales or when we spend holidays in the small hilltop village we are from in northern Italy, we have always heard Dad say that 'la tavola' (the table) is the central focus of our lives. It's where we cook, eat and socialise as a family.' Michela, Emanuela and Romina Chiappa grew up in Wales in the heart of a close-knit Italian community where food was always at the centre of family and social gatherings. Whether searching for porcini in the hills near their parents' home, or making pasta for Christmas Eve with the whole family, to sharing food at the annual Welsh-Italian summer picnic, the three sisters have been immersed in the Italian way of cooking all their lives. In their first cookbook they share their cherished family recipes, including all the pasta dishes recently seen in their Channel 4 series Simply Italian. From snacks, soups and salads, to mains, side dishes and desserts, Simply Italian brings you good, simple, fresh Italian food. Michela works as an agent in a sports management company, as well running a coffee and pizza café in Cardiff with her husband. Of the sisters, she's the risotto expert and also loves to make pasta sauces. Romina works for a luxury fashion brand is London, and loves to bake for friends and family. Emanuela runs an online business selling bespoke homemade gifts for children, and works as a nanny. She loves to cook time-consuming meals and entertain large groups.