Start Simple

Eleven Everyday Ingredients for Countless Weeknight Meals

Lukas Volger

• Publisher: Harper
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN:
  9780062883599
• eBook ISBN:
  9780062883605
• Topic: Art
• Subtopic: Culinary Arts

From the veteran food writer and creator of the James Beard Award–winning Jarry magazine comes a simple yet innovative approach to vegetarian cooking.

In Start Simple recipe developer and author Lukas Volger offers a radically new, uncomplicated, and creative approach to cooking that allows you to use what you already have on hand to make great meals you didn't think were possible. He shows you how magic can happen with just a few ingredients every home cook should keep on hand: sweet potatoes, tortillas, eggs, cabbage, hearty greens, beans, winter squash, mushrooms, tofu, summer squash, and cauliflower.

Instead of shopping for individual recipes, you can combine and embellish these eleven building blocks to create endless variations. A protein (tofu, beans, eggs) is a foundation. A crunchy garnish (cabbage, greens) is a finishing touch. Once these structural components of a meal are established, you can throw in your own favorite flavors—mixing, matching, and adding ingredients to customize your dishes.

While Start Simple is a vegetarian cookbook—none of the recipes include meat—Volger's approach transcends categories. Anyone can use his method to stock the pantry and fridge—and make sure they're never at a loss for a delicious, cost-effective meal.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: A Few Kitchen Items That Help Me Love Cooking
• Chapter 2: A Few Tips That Will Make You a Better Cook
• Chapter 3: My Curated Pantry
• Chapter 4: A Big Winter Squash
• Chapter 5: A Block of Tofu
• Chapter 6: Essential Hearty Greens
• Chapter 7: Beans, Canned and Dried
• Chapter 8: A Few Sweet Potatoes
• Chapter 9: A Carton of Eggs
• Chapter 10: A Pile of Mushrooms
• Chapter 11: A Stack of Tortillas
• Chapter 12: A Head of Cabbage
• Chapter 13: Crowns of Cauliflower or Broccoli
• Chapter 14: Several Summer Squash
• Chapter 15: Dessert Every Day
• Acknowledgments
• Index
• About the Author
• Also by Lukas Volger
• Copyright
• About the Publisher