Half Baked Harvest Super Simple: More Than 125 Recipes for Instant, Overnight, Meal-Prepped, and Easy Comfort Foods: A Cookbook Hardcover – October 29, 2019

Such a good cookbook, it has a lot of good recipes. She likes to focus less on meat and more on Whole Foods and healthier recipes which is nice!Shipping was fast and the book came in perfect condition!

We are in our 50’s and have cooked for our families for 30+ years. We are pros at large batch chili, fried chicken spreads, Sunday pot roast, large pan lasagna and so on, but now as empty nesters we want to scale down and step up our game. I have invested in probably 15 cookbooks over the last couple of years plus 100’s of online recipes but very few have made it to the keepers list.My criteria is:- PICTURES (visuals are 1/2 the battle)- FAMILIAR INGREDIENTS- FRESH OR MINIMALLY PROCESSED INGREDIENTS- TERMS I DON’T HAVE TO GOOGLEI have read this cookbook cover to cover twice in the last 24 hours and I believe this may be “the one”. There are only a handful of recipes that are not appealing to me simply because I don’t care for some of the main ingredients, ONLY A HANDFUL! That’s pretty amazing in itself. I’m handing the book off to my husband today who seems equally as excited (he’s been looking over my shoulder at it). I will update this review as we explore, what we suspect, will be a game changer in our kitchen. ❤️

Beautiful cover prep and cook time are just what I need. Most definitely buying more from this chef. Any suggestions?

I love the entire Half Baked series of cookbooks. The recipes are fun and the book is designed with love and care. It looks good on the bookshelf; the pages feel good beneath your fingers. It's relaxing to sit down and look through cookbooks. This one is no exception!

I purchased this book as part of a Christmas Adult Grab Bag gift, and it was an excellent choice! The book was both affordable and high in quality, making it a perfect value for the price. It was beautifully presented, with engaging recipes and tips that cater to both beginner and experienced cooks.The recipient loved it, and it sparked a lot of conversation and excitement during the gift exchange. It’s a practical yet thoughtful option for anyone who enjoys food, cooking, or even just exploring new recipes. Highly recommend this as a gift idea—it’s worth every penny!

The media could not be loaded. What a gorgeous book! This is the 2nd release from Half Baked Harvest (AKA Tieghan Gerard) that I’ve purchased – the other being Half Baked Harvest Cookbook: Recipes from My Barn in the Mountains.What initially got me hooked on her website, social media, and now books, are the gorgeous photographs and incredible effort put forth into each and every recipe, layout, and design. It’s the total package that makes you drool every time you peruse the pages.I’ll admit to being plant-based (except for fish… yes, yes, it’s called pescatarian, but I didn’t want the uniformed to think I was bringing religion into this discussion lol… you either get it or you don’t, it’s called a ‘dad joke’), so there are a number of recipes that do I will never eat… sorry Quick Filipino Adobo… sorry Spiced Lamb Hummus… sorry Dry-Rubbed Grilled Steak.Buttttttt….. HELLO The Meanest, Greenest Pizza… HELLO Lemon Basil Pasta with Balsamic Brussels Sprouts…. and I certainly couldn’t forget about you Black Pepper Buffalo Cauliflower Bites and your delicious ranch side sauce - get in my belly!The contents and pages are broken down as follows:The Basics (15)Breakfast + Brunch (23)Appetizers + Sides (47)Salad + Soup (77)Pizza + Pasta (107)Vegetarian (135)Pork + Poultry (165)Beef + Lamb (199)Seafood + Fish (221)Dessert (241)I do appreciate the section dedicated to vegetarians. My only real complaint is that I wish there were more plant-based options or recipes that it was easy enough to make the meat optional and this is why I deducted one star. It just seems like part of the target audience is the plant based crowd, so it would be helpful to make it slightly more user friendly for them.What differentiates this book from her other one is that this is focused on making your life slightly easier by taking the time and difficulty out of cooking. The majority of the recipes are tailored to Instant Pots/Crock-Pot, overnight, meal-prepping, and overall ease of use. I’d consider this a great companion book to pair with the first release of slightly more complicated, time intensive recipes… hence the title, Super Simple.The guidance is straight-forward, obviously the pictures are beautiful, instructions make sense, and it’s all presented/laid out in an intelligent fashion, at least in my opinion.A few of my favorites aside from the ones mentioned above are the Autumn Harvest Salad (84), Butter-Roasted Tomato Soup with Honey’d Brie Grilled Cheese (103), and the Maple Glazed Cardamom Apple Fritters (40).Check out her blog, check out her Instagram, and sign up for the emails. Get hungry, get excited.

I have another cookbook by her and they are the best! We are trying to stay away from processed foods and this gave me direction, the recipes are delicious and I’m not in the kitchen all day- plus I’ve adapted several meals to freezer meals. Love both books.

Pictures! For every dish! Why is this a novel idea? Another Half Baked Harvest recipe book frightened me off with the number of ingredients in each dish. These recipes are definitely "simpler" while maintaining quality. There's an option to get it with a spiral binding and for any cookbook, I'd recommend that if you're willing to pay for it.