I picked up this book as a way to look for new dishes to serve my family as we were getting tired of the same old meals. There are so many new ideas for my family that are healthy as well as appealing. The photography in this book is well done although I wish that there was a photograph for each dish as I am very visual. The index is great to find items fast as this is a large book at 225 pages.

Thank you Net Galley, Alyssa Brantley and Adams Media for the opportunity to preview this title. The opinions expressed are my own.

This cookbook is expected to be released Oct. 22, 2024

I am not a bigger cooker. Sure when I have time and someone has magically stocked my kitchen, I can find the motivation. Otherwise it isn't very high on my list of things to do. BUT, even lower is doing dishes! So meals that are made in 1 pot? Sign me up!! Yes, here are 100 ideas for cooking with fewer dishes! The book starts off with some great tips and then follows with chapters dedicated to specific vessels for cooking (skillet, instapot, sheet pan, even dutch oven - my husband's favorite!). I found some new recipes and some simplified variations on recipes I already like. The variety of foods was impressive. This isn't a book of casseroles featuring a can of soup! I loved the Chicken and Spinach Curry in a Hurry recipe (so did the family) and have 10 more bookmarked for upcoming dinners!

Those of us who are short on time and want to spend less of that time in the kitchen will want to pick up an excellent timesaving cookbook, he "I Don't Want to Cook" Book: Dinners Done in One Pot: 100 Low-Prep, No-Mess Recipes for Your Skillet, Sheet Pan, Pressure Cooker, and More!, by Alyssa Brantley. This cookbook is colorful and fun to read. Most importantly, it’s fun to cook from .

There are many different types of pans and appliances that can accommodate a full meal, and the book outlines them. Brantley also covers timesaving convenience foods that most of us have in our freezer or on our pantry shelves. The best part of this cookbook, however, is the vast array of recipes that are actually appealing and doable for both beginning and advanced cooks. The recipes are written in the traditional manner with the ingredients listed first, followed by step-by-step instructions. There are great recipes using a skillet, sheet pan, casserole dish, Instant Pot, grill, and slow cooker. The recipes are gathered from all over the globe, with flavors that are varied to appeal to almost everyone. Most of the recipes are easy, and many of them have short lists of ingredients.

While the photographs are nice, there aren’t photos of every dish, which is the only negative about this cookbook.

All told, this is an excellent cookbook and a good one for anyone who is busy.

The intro is full of handy information. Her suggestions for cast iron treatment are exactly what I do for my own. No scrubbing with chainmail!
Recipes are sorted by how they are cooked or prepped such as skillets, Dutch ovens, mixing bowls, casserole dishes, sheet pans, grills, pressure cookers, soup pots, woks, and slow cookers. I made the Honey Soy Chicken Thighs with Snow Peas from the Wok group. The list of ingredients matched the directions step by step which I really liked. Dinner was delicious!

If you’re anything like me, you know the daily cooking struggle is real. After a long, stressful day, the last thing I have the energy for is figuring out what to cook and then actually cooking it (and cleaning up afterward!). Enter “The "I Don't Want to Cook" Book: Dinners Done in One Pot” for tired people like us! This clever book features 100 recipes that are made in one pot and can be prepped easily, quickly, and with a minimal amount of mess to clean up at the end.

The recipes are categorized according to what type of cooking vessel is used: skillet, Dutch oven, casseroles, sheet pan dinners, grill, Instant Pot, soup pot, wok, slow cooker, and even no-cook dinners in a mixing bowl. While I do wish there were more pictures (less than half the recipes are accompanied by a photo), overall the recipes look delicious and there’s a wide variety of flavors. All of the recipes are easily doable for even a novice cook, with accessible “normal” ingredients and fairly short lists of instructions – many are 4 steps or less. Each recipe lists the prep time, hands-on cooking time, and hands-off cooking time. There’s also a handy index that sorts recipes by short prep time, hands-off cooking time, and time-to-table of less than 20 minutes for those nights when time is really of the essence.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Adams Media for providing me an advance copy of this book.

As someone who loves watching cooking shows and dreaming of making elaborate dishes, the reality is I’m much more of a “one-pot” cook. That’s why I Don’t Want to Cook: Dinners Done in One Pot is perfect for me. The recipes are straightforward, easy to follow, and use ingredients that are readily available at any local grocery store. I’ve already bookmarked several recipes to try soon! While I do wish there were more pictures of the finished meals, this is an ideal cookbook for anyone who wants delicious, fuss-free dinners without the hassle of too many dishes. Highly recommended for the busy home cook who values simplicity.

Thank you to Net Galley and Adam’s Media Hardcover for this ARC in exchange for my honest opinion.

This book caught my eye, because I NEVER want to cook! The "I Don’t Want to Cook" Book: Dinners Done in One Pot is for anyone who dreads cooking or cleaning up afterward. With 100 simple, flavorful recipes, it’s perfect for busy days when the last thing you want to do is cook an elaborate meal. Each dish is made in a single pot, skillet, or Dutch oven, keeping both cooking and cleanup easy. While I haven’t tried any recipes yet, several caught my eye, and the book definitely makes me want to explore the author’s first cookbook. This is a must-have for anyone who wants quick, no-fuss dinners!

This is my first cookbook review & I had so much fun doing it!
I don’t love cooking, so the concept of one pot dinners is perfect for me!

The author categorizes each dinner by the type of pot. So there are recipes for skillets, Dutch ovens, mixing bowls, casseroles, sheet pans, grills, instant pots, soup pots, woks, and slow cookers!
If you’re more worried about time and less about the type of pot, the author also has an index in the back that’s categorized by prep time and total cook time, which I found really handy!

Obviously I couldn’t try every recipe, but I did try the Turkey Pot Pie with Biscuit Crust and I loved it! The recipe was easy to follow, and it turned out delicious! I also liked that the author includes substitutions and tips for every recipe.

There’s definitely a recipe for everyone, as there are meat, vegetarian, and seafood recipes to choose from!
The author also suggests good brands for each type of pot, if you’re in the market for any of them, which I also appreciated!

Overall, I’d definitely recommend this cookbook and I’ll be trying out some of the other recipes in the future!
If you’re wanting to cook more this fall and are looking for easy, cozy recipes, definitely give this a try! 🍂🍲 It comes out on October 22nd!

Thank you to NetGalley and Adams Media for this advanced copy!

This cook book was exactly what I hoped. It's easy recipes with accessible ingredients that minimize the after cooking clean up but using one pot/pan/sheet for the meals. The pictures look great and while I wish the was one for ever meal the one in the book look enticing. The sections are well organized and the cook book just pops. The recipes we have already tried are delicious and I enjoy the prep, hands on and hands off cook time to show you just how much time you need to invest to get the dinner done.

As a person who doesn't actually like to cook that much, and when I do cook, it's simple and easy, this book is ideal for me! I really liked how easy the recipes were, and that there was a lot of variety in the types of food found in this book. 5/5

Switching it up today with a cookbook review!

Blurb: Make those “I just don’t feel like cooking” days easier than ever with this cookbook that features 100 quick and easy one pot recipes with minimal prep, limited equipment, and as little clean up as possible—while still getting a healthy dinner on the table. Each recipe uses only one single piece of cookware—whether that’s a pot, skillet pan, or Dutch oven, every ingredient is cooked in the same place. Not only does that keep your cook time to a minimum, it also means you’ll spend less time cleaning up afterward.

I used only this book to cook this week and I do feel like I did way fewer dishes than normal, so that's definitely a win. Our favorite meals were French dip sandwiches and lemon Dijon chicken orzo. Honorable mention goes to the wedge and butter potatoes that were super easy to whip up when I REALLY didn't want to cook!

There were not very many ingredients required and the steps were also simple and short. I only tried a few that I was interested in but there was a variety of flavor profiles and ways to cook too, including sheet pan meals and instant pot meals! I can't wait to try out some others. This would be a great gift for a college student, recent graduate, or new parent.

Cookbook hack: I love to check out cookbooks from the library and then decide if I want to purchase them.

I think this would be a great cookbook for someone just starting out as a cook. A young person just moving out on their own might get a lot of use out of it. For me, the recipes were too high in sodium and not healthy enough to be particularly appealing. I also felt like there wasn't much that intrigued me in any of the recipes. I like a cookbook that's a bit more inventive. I found it useful that the recipes were organized by what type of cookware they require (slow cooker, sheet pan, etc) and I really appreciated the "Tips, Substitutions, and More" at the end of each recipe. That was probably the most unique and useful thing for me while reading. I also appreciated the nutrition information given for each recipe.

Lovely book! The recipes are delicious and following them really helps save time. I love how they are divided based on the method of cooking. The ingredients are "normal" and easy to find. I'll be keeping this book on hand!

I’m always on the search for new recipes and the title of this cookbook was intriguing. I don’t mind cooking, I like it most times, but the prep and meal planning is so hard sometimes. Trying to figure out what to make is the hardest part. I was hoping this one pot cookbook would have some recipes that I could try on my family and while it had a few, there were so many my family wouldn’t eat that this cookbook wasn’t that useful to me. The book had a nice layout and was easy to look through, but a lot of the ingredients in the recipes weren’t things my family would eat. There were a lot of fish and seafood recipes, so if you like that kind of thing this might be a good cookbook for you. I also wish there were more pictures throughout. I like it best when each recipe has a picture accompanying it, but there were only a handful of images in this book. Overall, this was an easy to look through cookbook that had a lot of recipes that just weren’t for my somewhat picky family. If you are more adventurous than us you might find this to be a go to cookbook for you.

As a mom of 3 young kids, I am always look for easy to make dinners as I find myself constantly saying "I don't want to cook," especially giving how cooking also leads to washing more dishes. This cook book was my hope to find some new quick and easy recipes to make for my family and I am happy I found it! There are so many recipes I am excited to try with my family.

The formatting for trying to read this pre-publication copy through the kindle app on my phone and on my ereader was terrible. I know it is probably formatted better for print, but as someone with little space in my apartment, I hope they fix the formatting so I can read it on my kindle or phone.

Thank you to Alyssa Brantley and NetGalley for providing bme with this ARC. All opinions are my own.

This book is great in theory but the arc I received, the kindle version, is a formatting nightmare! I imagine that a lot of people will get this cookbook from their library (as I often do) on kindle, but the recipes are incredibly difficult to read in this format.
In terms of the recipes themselves, I like the content and I am excited to make a few of these, but they are not particularly healthy and I was expecting a few more healthier options.

I loved this cookbook! My husband and I are both disabled and a lot of times dinner is whatever we have that’s easy to throw together, so one-pot dinners are a favorite. This book offered lots of creative recipes that are easy to follow. The formatting has each section divided by the type of cooking vessel (skillet, instapot, slow cooker, etc) and has great indices in the back broken down by recipe name or by cooking time; I love those 5 minute meals when the energy is extra low.

I love to cook and I like to bring my kids in with me! My spouse does NOT like to cook so I wanted to see if there were healthy, easy meals that he or my kids could make on their own! There are some really great ideas here and with great info for beginners on tools and methods. I appreciate there are recipes organized into one pot, no cook, sheet pan, etc so you can choose your method and go!

Thanks for this fun resource for less stress dinners for the whole family to help with!

We all feel it right? At least two or three times a week I find myself saying exactly what Alyssa Brantley is telling us in this book, "I don't want to cook." This cookbook has some clever ideas to save time and still eat well and I found some that look delicious and that I can incorporate into my meal planning to give me a meal without all the fuss. My biggest complaint is that there are a LOT of similar flavor profiles going on in this cookbook - which might be great for someone that keeps a limited pantry in their house. If you're not a fan of pesto or Mediterranean and Mexican flavors, this might not be the book for you. There are a LOT of recipes with those flavor profiles. If you are a fan however, you're likely to find lots of ideas to make those weeknight meals a little easier.

There’s lots to like in this cookbook. The recipes are simple and varied, and they mostly involve real food as opposed to dumping lots of ultraprocessed foods into a casserole dish. Most of the ingredients are easy to source in the US and nutritional information is given for each recipe. I do wish every recipe had a photo (less than half do) and they were a little high in carbs and calories for me, but it is a great book that will work for lots of folks. I also appreciated the tips and substitutions for each recipe, which makes it well suited for folks with different dietary needs.

I read a temporary digital loan of this book for review.