What to Cook When You Don't Feel Like Cooking - A Cookbook

I love this cookbook. Delicious recipes of food you actually want to eat on a weeknight. Each recipe is a complete meal which I appreciate so much as having to figure out sides is always so much extra work. The instructions are clear, the photos for each recipe look great, and there's plenty of options for substitutions so you can customize everything to your tastes. I would give more than 5 stars if I could!

I love this cookbook! I just got it and have read it cover to cover. I made the White Chicken Chili today and am in LOVE! It is the best chili of any kind that myself, my husband and daughter have ever had. Hands down. I have 6 more recipes to try next week. Carolyn makes it easy and with several options to use what you have on hand. This would be a great gift!

As a working mama this has SAVED us for meal times and even meal trains! It has become a go-to in my mom friendship circles to create quality, DELICIOUS but most of all SIMPLE meals. Cant recommend enough.

The best purchase of 2025 so far. I always like to start the new year with a new cookbook during the dreary winter months. We’ve loved most everything from this book and it’s all I’ve been cooking with!Included are photos of: turkey burgers, taco salad, chicken fajitas, creamy pork & mushrooms, grilled pork with creamy pesto, and the pizza insalatta.Have also done the rib eye, pickle chicken sandwiches, peanut chop salad, bolognese, pork Marbella and I’m sure more. All excellent. Really easy recipes that have changed my mind around cooking.

My wife loves this book. The meals are delicious. We have made the shrimp orzo, mushroom chicken, pot roast. All are excellent. Highly recommend this book for a variety of meals. You can search by how much time you want to spend making dinner.

Love this cookbook. Love all the recipes we have tried. My 3 year old eats them too. Husband loves everything. Crowd pleaser. Love the organization of the cookbook and how easy it is to follow the recipes

We bought this book after loaning it from our local library - every one of the 5 recipes we made from the library copy was an absolute hit and definite repeat in our household - mom, dad, 2 year old, and grandma. We loved the meals - and there are so many more we want to make that I decided to buy it. I'd also like you to know that I have NEVER bought a cookbook - why would you when there is the whole internet? We literally own this cookbook and a Jamie Oliver one published in 2000-and-something that my husband got from his mother when he moved out of the house. That's how good this is!!

I have been following Caro's substack for about a year and couldn't wait for this book to be in my hands. I have cooked probably 40 (50? 100?) of her recipes prior to cracking this baby open. I was so overwhelmed with the content (btw picture for every recipe!), I had to make a list of all the ones I am dying to make. That list is on the frig. GOALS.The thing I love most about her recipes is the outcome. The flavors, the little touches (zest, fresh grated cheeses, use of everyday household staples, fresh citrus, herbs) and her genius sauces really level up the meals I create in my tiny, basic kitchen. It tastes gourmet every time. 10/10 from every single person every time.The other things I love about her recipes is the way she organizes them, that she includes the ingredient amounts embedded within the recipe itself (so easy, such a gamechanger), that she offers substitutions if you do not have a particular ingredient, that she tries to empower you to not stress about missing a step or forgetting an ingredient- she does it herself!, and the suggestions she makes if you need to bulk a meal up for more people or a hungrier crowd.I am always so excited to cook for others because everyone always loves caro-met. This book isnt just a collection of recipes, it's a mindset shift (you will come to love her cooking and insist on taking back the grill). She has helped me build a foundation in cooking by trusting my taste and even relying on my own creativity at times. Your confidence in yourself will skyrocket through cooking these delicious and beautiful dishes. I never doubt my Caro.I made my first recipe last night from this book and it was a very enjoyable process and, man oh man, was that Peanutty Pork & Brussels recipe a smash hit. This book is organized by length of time estimated to cook each meal, and let's just say, I have some room to improve in that department. This 15min recipe took me about 35 min. There are also different indexes in the back that I will rely on as well. I cant recommend this collection enough! Do you and your household a favor, buy this book, make one of the first 10 recipes and I can guarantee you'll want to make a second.