One to Five

Loved this book and its defo something every busy mum needs in the kitchen. would recommend for all my friends

One to Five by Ryan Scott is an interesting and effective concept for a cookbook. After listing the staples that most homes should have in their pantry and refrigerators, the book is then divided by main ingredient, listing five ways to use the ingredient for a variety of recipes. Recipes include beautiful photos and easy to follow instructions. Great cookbook and a great choice to add to your bookshelf!

WOW! What can I say? This book starts with some ordinary products and quickly turns them into recipes for things I never would have come up with. However, there were quite a number of times I thought to myself, "Why did it never occur to me to do that?"

The book is divided into three sections: In Your Fridge; In Your Freezer and In Your Pantry. After that the fun begins! I found original recipes for eggs, broccoli, carrots, chicken and more. There is also a section on what you can do with those refrigerator biscuits beside just baking them. I never would have thought of anything that creative. And yet, I love the ideas!

There are definitely some great recipes in this book.

Prior to getting this cookbook for review, I did not know who Ryan Scott was. Reading the forward by Rachel Ray gave me a little clue, but then I did what everyone else does – I googled him. So now I know he appears on Ray’s show, has been on Top Chef and has a couple of shows on the LiveWell network. He also has a couple of restaurants in San Francisco.

The concept of his book, One to Five is that he gives you one basic recipe from which you can then make five other dishes He is all about regular, normal foods, but he does do some fresh new takes on those foods. One example is what he does with one box white cake mix. Using his recipes where that cake mix is the foundation he shows how to make waffles, streusel, bars, churros and cookies.

Mr. Scott encourages the home cook to be creative while still keeping it simple. He uses what most everyone either has in their pantry or can easily purchase. And it is food that you normally purchase – cake mix, a head of cauliflower, a head of broccoli or a package of biscuit dough. Throughout the book there are small tidbits of information called “Extra Credit” which are suggestions such as how serve the dish.

At the beginning of the book is an excellent section on what the home cook needs in their kitchen. He covers staples for your pantry and freezer and equipment. I was pleasantly surprised while reading this section that I had most everything listed. This made me like the cookbook right off the bat. I previously reviewed a cookbook that had the premise of making a week’s worth of meals with one ingredient as the basis. You spend most of Sat. and Sun cooking for the week ahead. It was billed as being for everyday folks. Well, I don’t spend two days cooking for the coming week with some ingredient that I had to search all over to buy. All the recipes in One to Five should be able to be prepped and cooked in an hour or less.

This book being published by Time, Inc. is scheduled for publication on Oct. 25, 2016.

I received a free copy of the book from NetGalley in exchanged for my honest review. Thank you.

Can't wait to try some of these recipes. The pictures made me hungry! Great concept to make one thing and then show how you can use that in multiple recipes. I think the section on chocolate was my favorite.

As a fan of Rachel Ray, I have seen Ryan Scott on her show several times and I love his new cookbook One to Five. The book is divided up by an ingredient (i.e. chocolate, chickpeas, ground beef, etc.) and then there are five recipes that go along with that ingredient. Additionally, there are many pictures that accompanied the recipes, however, I prefer when each recipe has a picture. As I write this review I have a batch of the Kitchen Sink cookies in the oven. Can't wait to try them and I plan on doing his chocolate ganache next. If you can't already tell the chocolate recipes are my favorite. Lastly, I would like to point out that some of the recipes have a different text that remind me of the notes I write on my own recipes after I have had to tweak recipes. This is a great addition. Overall, this is a great book and I look forward to trying out many more recipes.

One to Five: One Shortcut Recipe Transformed Into Five Easy Dishes is my kind of cookbook as the author, and former line cook, Ryan Scott has written a cookbook that streamlines the cooking process. His recipes may use prepared ingredients to help cut down on time of the kitchen. As he writes his grandmother made the best biscuits and after many years of enjoying her tasty biscuits he discovered his grandmother used Bisquick. Enough said.

At the start of the cookbook the author details pantry ingredients to keep in the pantry to prepare streamlined recipes which I really liked. Thanks to his suggestions I am sure I will be speeding up my cook time in the kitchen and that's something I look forward to. I do enjoy cooking, but I enjoy visiting with family and friends more. Less time in the kitchen means more time with friends and family.

Some of the recipes you'll find in his cookbook include:

Ryan's Deviled Egg Salad Sandwiches
Garlic-Basil Biscuit Bombs
Broccoli-Cheddar Ranch Burgers
12-Layer Super Nachos
Kielbasa, Kale, and Brown Rice Soup
Decadent Caramelized Tuna Patty Melts
Fork-And-Knife Sloppy Joes
Rocky Road Fudge

Recommend.

Review written after downloading a galley from NetGalley.

As far as ideas go, I absolutely love this and let me start out by saying that it was executed really well. The concept is that you make one shortcut recipe and then you can use that to make 5 different dishes. The biggest surprise, at least to me, was that the dishes were very diverse. I'm a picky eater so many of the ingredients weren't to my liking but overall these recipes will appeal to a large audience. I love the meat sauce recipe (done in a slow cooker no less) that then leads to chili and sloppy joes; the brown rice for a chocolate rice pudding and stuffed cabbage rolls; a pork shoulder to baked Mac N Cheese egg rolls. Rachael Ray does the forward which I enjoyed and learned he's been on her show many times. I don't like the use of some processed foods like biscuits, cream of xyz soup and cake mixes but most of the recipes are made with whole, real food which I think everyone would enjoy. I also learned I need to check out garlic paste since it seems to be a favorite of his, going right on my grocery list!

Thanks to NetGalley, the publisher and author for the opportunity to read and review this cookbook.

I love cookbooks - can sit and read them like a novel! This one was great and definitely lived up to the title. Rachael Ray wrote the foreword so you know it's a good book.

This is a great concept - take one recipe for a food...say a pot roast. Then he gives you 5 more recipes to make that use the pot roast. Genius! Plus, this is not one of those "have to run to the store for some weird ingredient" cookbooks. This uses things you probably already have in your house. Plus, he gives you great tips on essentials for your pantry and refrigerator. I've already bookmarked lots of recipes.

This is just personal preference, but I love when cookbooks have nutrition info for their recipes. I knew going into this book that since it uses some processed foods (like canned biscuits) it probably wasn't uber-healthy but I still enjoy the nutrition info.

Bravo to the chef! Families short on time as well as those just starting to cook will love this book!

I really enjoyed this cookbook. It felt like a real life cookbook, instead of a “you should be eating like this” cookbook. It had real foods that you’d want to eat and serve your kids. Some of the recipes are healthier than others, but they looked quick, easy, and delicious, which works.

There are a lot of essentials for the pantry in the beginning of the book and some are a bit strange…kalamata olives, pickled jalepenos, potato chips… but, many are quick use and I prefer his list to the ones that have a bunch of different beans you need to soak, etc.

I love the set up! On one page it will say the main ingredient, then list 5 ways which it will be used. Then the listed recipes are detailed on the following pages. You only make the recipes you want to make, not all the recipes.

There were plenty of recipes in this book that I want to try. I haven’t tried any yet, so I can’t say how they will come out for certain, but they look really good and I have enough cooking experience that I can usually tell what will work for me and make some tweaks if needed.

My first to try list:
Garlic-basil biscuit bombs
Carrot, cranberry, and zucchini muffins
Lesley’s biscuit chicken turnovers
Baked pork mac and cheese egg rolls
Rogue pot pie
12-layer super nachos
EZ baked tuna arancini
Tuna and egg demons
Sweet and salty chocolate bark

I look forward to trying out these recipes and seeing what else Ryan Scott comes out with. Great cookbook!

I have watched his television show and now read his book. He has such innovative ideas when it comes to cooking and they are easy to achieve. He uses every day ingredients and easy instructions that you cannot go wrong. I love his devotion to family and sharing good food with them and I especially like that he always credits his mother for her great example as he was growing up. You cannot go wrong with a Ryan Scott recipe. I would like to thank the Publisher and Net Galley for the chance to read this ARC.

This is the best cookbook I have seen all year! I love that he taught me how to make a delicious meal and then how I can turn it into other delicious meals during the week! The recipes are all easy to do with beautiful pictures! It is without a doubt my new go to cookbook! I highly recommend!