Snacking Dinners: 50+ Recipes for Low-Lift, High-Reward Dinners That Delight [Hardcover]

What do you want to eat when you have no demands from family or friends? What is your idea of a meal that is all delight and zero obligation? Maybe it’s fresh tomato and melted cheese on sliced sourdough; or tuna hand-rolls made ingeniously with tinned fish; hummus topped with a fragrant mix of spiced nuts and raisins; or, for a splurge, caviar sandwiched between toast points. Snacking dinners are the ultimate form of self-care, a meal of favorite foods expanded to be balanced and perfectly satisfying, magical in their simplicity and promise, and both a delicious treat and a cooking shortcut.

With over 50 recipes that are endlessly versatile, accommodating of any food preferences, perfect for one, but easy to scale up for sharing with family and friends, Snacking Dinners is your blueprint for dinner tonight, tomorrow, or any time you want to truly take care of yourself.

Georgia Freedmanis a California-based editor, recipe developer, journalist, and the author ofCooking South of the Clouds: Recipes and Stories from China’s Yunnan Province as well as the co-author ofThe Ranch Table andThere’s Always Room for Chocolate. Formerly the managing editor ofSaveur, Georgia has also worked as a freelance editor at a variety of national and regional publications and edited more than a dozen cooking and lifestyle books."As a parent to growing teens, I struggle with dinner ideas that meet my kids expanding palates, evolving appetites, and wild schedulesall while feeding myself well, too! With creative recipes in a variety of snacking styles and its gorgeous photographs, Snacking Dinners has my family saying: Lets make THAT for dinner!Sarah Powers, co-host of The Mom Hour podcast and co-author of The Mothers Gratitude Journal: An Easy Guide to Capturing Everyday Joys and Milestone Moments"Snacking Dinners is brilliant! Freedman brings the joy of a quick and siló(