Prep + rally An hour of prep, a week of delicious meals

Dini Klein

Book - 2022

From Dini Klein, rising Instagram star and founder of the popular meal-prep service Prep + Rally (@prepandrally), a guide to delicious, family-friendly meals with less stress, less expense, and minimal time. At the end of a workday, when the whole family is hungry, who has the energy or time to put together a home-cooked meal? With Dini Klein's brilliant Prep + Rally method, you do--all while saving money, saving time, and saving the stress of what's for dinner. In this inspired recipe collection, Klein shows you how just one hour of prep can result in four delicious, home-cooked weeknight meals, with one inexpensive weekly grocery bill. It's easy: shop for the week, using Klein's grocery list, spend one hour to Prep sta...ple recipes, and use those staple recipes to quickly assemble creative and flavorful Rally meals that are sure to please the whole family.

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Subjects
Genres
Cookbooks
Recipes
Published
New York, NY : Harvest, an imprint of William Morrow [2022]
Language
English
Main Author
Dini Klein (author)
Edition
First edition
Item Description
Includes index.
Physical Description
xi, 307 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN
9780358645566
  • Introduction: My aha moment
  • Part 1: The prep + rally method
  • Part 2: Let's prep + rally: the weekly meal plans, Spices and stewed ; Pesto the besto ; Brekkie for din ; Do that hokey poke ; No way it's veg ; Winter cozies ; Nostalgic magic ; Turnip the heat ; One-pan heroes ; Sun's out, buns out
  • Part 3: Extra goodies: recipes to round out your week and use up what's left! Leftovers remix ; Last-minute scramble ; Sweets, snacks, and everything in between.
Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

Chef Klein promises to "de-stress dinner" in her hefty debut, offering a program in which one day of the week is used to cook "staple recipes" that will be repurposed into weeknight dinners. For instance, after purchasing the meat, produce, and spices on the "Turnip the Heat" grocery list, readers prep the base dishes--roasted turnips, poached chicken breast, hot pot broth--which are swapped around later in the week in menus like DIY hot pots, a cheesy cabbage bake, or chicken flautas with salsa roja, guacamole, cilantro-lime rice, and turnips. The weekly meal plans feature time-saving tips (mincing garlic in advance or simply buying it already minced) and ingredient substitutions (cauliflower rice or zucchini noodles can replace sushi rice). However, the claim that the one-day base recipes only require one hour will prove to be daunting for even efficient home cooks--with the warning to "grab the wine," Klein sets out roasting a chicken while chopping and roasting copious vegetables, making a lentil soup, creating a homemade sauce, and cooking up a pot of quinoa. A bonus section could prove the most thumbed: helpful ideas for making leftovers shine, such as by turning veggies into a galette or tossing extra salmon into a lemony pasta dish. Some readers may click with it as a panacea, while others will prefer a more accessible starter resource. Agent: Alison Fargis, Stonesong. (Sept.)

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Review by Library Journal Review

Klein's book is recommended for anyone confronting the start of the week and wondering what to cook for dinner. Klein shares solutions she developed when, as a private chef, she struggled to prepare meals for her family after cooking for others. While readers may have seen similar works, Klein's plan is different, since her modest one-hour prep session results in a week of meals. Add to that an hour working through the included grocery lists, and Sunday prep suddenly seems very doable. Amazingly, recipes aren't just reworks of leftovers but are stand-alone dinners that come together in minutes. Klein's "hot tips" are sprinkled throughout her prep instructions, which also include cooking techniques and adaptions for picky eaters. Her narrative is encouraging and streamlined--she even includes shortcuts for her shortcuts, which is music to a busy cook's ears. VERDICT Look for this to become a perennial favorite for any cook looking to simplify meal planning and prep with delish results.--Sarah Tansley

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