I love this cookbook and the stories and photos make it very appealing! I have made 4 recipes so far and want to make everything. I am giving it a 5 star rating with the caveat that you have to realize that these are “comfort food” recipes from the 60s and 70s....similar to the things I made for my kids growing up. Today we cook differently....less fat, sugar, salt, carbs, and cholesterol. I will use these recipes with some substitutions for certain items to make them healthier...e.g., frozen peas and carrots instead of canned; less sugar than called for; no flour at all in the zoodle pie(not needed, the flour makes it “heavy”); a pie crust instead of bisquick biscuits in the chicken pot pie, low fat milk, not half and half, etc. The recipes can still be delicious with healthier substitutions. I want to make everything in the book.....and yes, occasionally I will use the less healthy ingredients(!!!!) I still give it 5 stars because I love the stories.....takes me back to the same era as Steve and his family. The recipes are much like the ones I used for my kids! It takes me back! This is a great gift and I plan to buy a few more!
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Thank you, Grandma Reba!
Grandma Reba loved to read cookbooks. I bet she spent as much time reading cookbooks as I do reading novels. She read them cover to cover, line by line, word by word with an intense interest in ingredients, tools, and methods, but even more, the chef’s—shall I say it?—soul.Grandma would have devoured, as I did, the “Happy in a Hurry” cookbook by Steve and Kathy Doocy. The authors, a husband and wife team, share favorite quick-to-make recipes, shared by family and friends, which are guaranteed to MAKE YOU HAPPY.The genius of this cookbook is the humorous family story that accompanies each recipe, which starts your smiles before you preheat the oven. We learn each recipe’s provenance—a favorite meal first eaten in the home of one’s true love, a recipe garnered during a near-disastrous family vacation, and why a mac-and-cheese recipe claimed a spot near the front of the book.I laughed out loud for eight whole seconds upon reading the “Paprika Chicken Under a Brick” story, and the thought came to me that Grandma Reba would have loved this cookbook. If she were still here, I’d make sure to give her a copy. Since she’s in heaven, I’m sure she’s already plenty happy. Love you, Grandma!
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Grandma Reba loved to read cookbooks. I bet she spent as much time reading cookbooks as I do reading novels. She read them cover to cover, line by line, word by word with an intense interest in ingredients, tools, and methods, but even more, the chef’s—shall I say it?—soul.
Grandma would have devoured, as I did, the “Happy in a Hurry” cookbook by Steve and Kathy Doocy. The authors, a husband and wife team, share favorite quick-to-make recipes, shared by family and friends, which are guaranteed to MAKE YOU HAPPY.
The genius of this cookbook is the humorous family story that accompanies each recipe, which starts your smiles before you preheat the oven. We learn each recipe’s provenance—a favorite meal first eaten in the home of one’s true love, a recipe garnered during a near-disastrous family vacation, and why a mac-and-cheese recipe claimed a spot near the front of the book.
I laughed out loud for eight whole seconds upon reading the “Paprika Chicken Under a Brick” story, and the thought came to me that Grandma Reba would have loved this cookbook. If she were still here, I’d make sure to give her a copy. Since she’s in heaven, I’m sure she’s already plenty happy. Love you, Grandma!
Grandma would have devoured, as I did, the “Happy in a Hurry” cookbook by Steve and Kathy Doocy. The authors, a husband and wife team, share favorite quick-to-make recipes, shared by family and friends, which are guaranteed to MAKE YOU HAPPY.
The genius of this cookbook is the humorous family story that accompanies each recipe, which starts your smiles before you preheat the oven. We learn each recipe’s provenance—a favorite meal first eaten in the home of one’s true love, a recipe garnered during a near-disastrous family vacation, and why a mac-and-cheese recipe claimed a spot near the front of the book.
I laughed out loud for eight whole seconds upon reading the “Paprika Chicken Under a Brick” story, and the thought came to me that Grandma Reba would have loved this cookbook. If she were still here, I’d make sure to give her a copy. Since she’s in heaven, I’m sure she’s already plenty happy. Love you, Grandma!
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Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2023
Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2023
This book and Simply Happy are my go to cookbooks every week when I meal plan. All the recipes are fantastic! Only complaint is the happy in a hurry book is falling apart. The binding material isn't great and so I must be careful when using or all the pages fall out of place.
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Nona Lyn Philp
EASY DIRECTIONS;HEAVENLY TASTE!
Reviewed in Canada on December 31, 2020Amazon Customer
It was everything that was promised!
Reviewed in Canada on December 24, 2020
