Julia's Comfort Food Cookbook: 110 Easy Recipes for Healthy Home Cooking

Amanda BrownAmanda Brown: This cookbook has something for everyone at all levels of cooking. Over the past week I made the Everything Bagel Hand Pies, Sticky Chicken, Creamy Roasted Tomato and Orzo Soup, and Stewed Chicken with Sour Cream and Chive Dumplings. All recipes were easy to follow and everything was written out well. Family favorite was the Stewed Chicken with Sour Cream and Chive Dumplings. My personal opinion the recipe alone is completely worth the price of the book. The only recipe I wasn’t fond of was the Sticky Chicken but that is just my personal opinion and flavor palate

United States on Oct 30, 2023

Amazon Customer: These recipes are easy too make and yummy.

United States on Jul 02, 2023

Eternal Senshi: This book is written in a way that'll make you feel like you are being hugged by a big sister and taught all her recipes so lovingly.

I can't say enough good things about this cookbook by Julia Turshen. It's organized very well. There's a very decent variety of recipes that'll cater to people who like to eat meat and also eat vegetarian meals as well. I've made about 10 or so recipes so far and I've really liked each and every one.

Julia walks you through the steps and it feels so comfy, how she speaks to you. You'll gain confidence in yourself in the kitchen. She has tons of words of encouragement for each and every single recipe. I love it. I can totally feel her personality shine through.

I love how the recipes contain easy to find items and substitutes as well. She uses a lot of basic ingredients but the flavors just comes together so well! Love her take on fancy recipes but she brings them down to the average person's level and it's so accessible and doable.

I honestly hope and wish that Julia makes another cookbook very soon. I purchased her two other previous books after this one but this particular book I HIGHLY recommend if you have to choose...

Canada on Jul 27, 2022

C. Paschke: For the most part, I love this book. It would get 5 stars if I felt like like it was thoroughly tested to the Rick Bayless and Ina Garten level (never had a fail in any of their books and they have published lots of books). There are many recipes that I’ve made multiple times. The pizza kale and tofu rice bowl with quickies are two of my favorites. The Brunswick stew is delicious and simple. Two recipes were flat-out fails. The kitchen sink fritatta heat level and cooking times were off resulting in near-burnt sausage and shallots. The roasted cauliflower soup cooking time was off and my end product was an unappealing shade of beige and the texture was like sludge. I also don’t recommend tossing the turmeric croutons for this recipe with your hands - turmeric stains everything it touches yellow. The crumb cake has too much salt in the topping if you use Morton’s Kosher. If a revised 2nd edition is released, I will happily buy it and chuck the first.

United States on May 23, 2022

historybuff87: I was a fan of Julia Turshen’s Small Victories, but did not find her follow-up, Now and Again, to be as appealing. I’m glad I tried Simply Julia. I judge cookbooks on two main factors: How entertaining it is to read, and how delicious the recipes are. On the first, Julia nails it; the recipe notes and essays are interesting, recipes are written clearly, and the photography is great. On the second factor, I’m still working my way through the recipes. So far I’ve tried:

Roger’s Jambalaya: Good flavors, nice textures, easy one-pot cooking. The recipe does not ask you to rinse or toast the rice, & it calls for cooking shrimp in residual heat off the flame, both of which I was skeptical of—but it turned out well and taught me a new technique with the shrimp. This will be a go-to recipe in my arsenal.

Grace’s Green Beans with Garlic and Tomatoes: Surprisingly good for how few ingredients and steps are involved. The recipe calls for sautéing the beans for 25 minutes, but I found it took closer to 40m to get the beans blistered and tender. Never mind, it was worth it.

Carrot and Chickpea Korma: To be fair, I did not cook this as directed (blending...

United States on Aug 22, 2021

Jennifer GuerreroJennifer Guerrero: I love all of Julia Turshen’s books. (Well, I don't have the first one.) This one’s fabulous, too. There are a lot of vegetarian dishes and then you’ll see a lot of poultry and some dishes with a low-carb swap. As always, they’re stress-free easy and yummy.

White Bean and Pimenton Dip. Flippin’ lickable! The beans are zhugged in the food processor with olive oil, garlic and smoked paprika. I used it as the center of a charcuterie board with a Spanish vibe. Great stuff!

Black Bean and Corn Tamale Pie. Total comfort food vegetarian dish. It’s got plenty of flavor and the smell of the cornbread baking over the bubbling beans and veggie mixture filled the house.

Coffee Crumb Cake for Georgine. Oh wow. I don't think I've had a crumb coffee cake since the 1970s. I'm so glad Julia's bringing them back! Delicious!

Street Fair Stuffed Mushrooms. This is my kind of street fair! Portobellos stuffed with Italian sausage, sweet bell peppers, onions, and garlic and finished with bread crumbs and goat cheese. Yum!

White Pizza-Style Kale. This totally works! Absolutely delicious! This is going to be a side dish around here regularly!

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United States on Apr 09, 2021