From Storebought to Homemade: Secrets for Cooking Easy, Fabulous Food in Minutes

In From Storebought to Homemade, Southern hostess extraordinaire, Emyl Jenkins, shares her top secret collection of 200 fast, foolproof recipes — most can be prepared in 30 minutes or less — for doctoring up storebought food: from Tell Me It's Homemade Clam Chowder and Everybody's Mother's Pork Chop Casserole to No-Fail Potatoes and Old-Fashioned Lemon Chess Pie. Your family and friends will think you slaved over a hot stove all day! Chapters include: § Menus that Work: From Family Dinners to Formal Dinner Parties § Appetizers and Hors d'oeuvres: They Aren't Just for Cocktail Parties § Soups: …du Jour, or Anytime § Easy Entrees: Time-Saving and Timeless Main Courses § Salads, Vegetables, Potatoes, and Rice: Accompaniments that Make Your Entrees Sing § All-in-One Meals: Dishes that Save the Day and the Dinner § Zippy Breads: No-Kneading Needed Breads § Fabulous Finales: Well-Deserved Desserts § Brunch for the Bunch: Bringing Back the Tradition