Do You Know the Muffin Pan?: 100 Fun, Easy-to-Make Muffin Pan Meals Kindle Edition

This cookbook has a lot of information about the author, and why she wrote the book. It's packed with fun and really easy muffin pan recipes that I plan to try...when the weather cools down. I don't do much baking when it's 95-105 out. Or in the 80's, for that matter. Anyway, well-illustrated and just plain fun!

I discovered the joys of muffin pan cooking some years ago as I was cooking for only one person (me), and portioning food into muffin-sized servings just made life easier, especially since I could then freeze leftovers and pull out only what I needed for a meal.So I was interested to see what others were doing with the “muffin pan meal” idea and saw “Do You Know the Muffin Pan?” available in Kindle format.I’m not disappointed — this has some really clever creative recipes that work with the whole muffin pan concept. Some do require some prep and assembly, but there are quite a few recipes that would be fine for novice cooks, too.My usual cookbook review involves making at least 3 recipes to get a feel for how they’re put together. Here are my 3 from this book:Breakfast: Mini Carne Asada Frittatas with Sweet Potato CrustThinly sliced sweet potatoes, laid in each standard-size muffin “cup” to form a thin crust, baked first for 15 minutes, then filled with a mixture of steak, onion, bell pepper, mushrooms, eggs, and cheese.Great idea, but the lack of seasoning (only salt and pepper indicated in the recipe) was a bit of a problem for me. Next time I make these, I’ll add some “southwestern” spices (cumin, cayenne, and/or maybe a finely chopped chipotle en adobo), just to give it a kick.Main Dish: Individual Chicken Alfredo LasagnaThis one uses wonton or potsticker wrappers in place of the usual lasagna noodles, and it works. No, it’s not “identical” to the effect you’d get from using pasta, but the composition of the wrappers, cooked along with the fillings, create something that is quite good. This one uses chicken, alfredo sauce, onion, garlic, ricotta cheese, parmesan, mozzarella, bacon, and parsley. I used some grilled chicken breast that I had in the freezer, and this came together nicely. It’s also the kind of recipe you can tailor to your own tastes. Next time out, I’ll replace some of the chicken with spinach.My only quibble with this recipe is that it’s obvious to an experienced cook that the “2 cups chicken, shredded or cubed” refers to pre-cooked chicken (e.g., rotisserie chicken from the supermarket). But a novice cook may not know that, and the amount of cooking time would be insufficient to cook cubed raw chicken. Like I said, a quibble, but one that would be easy to fix in the next edition.Appetizers: Southwest Eggroll Bundles with Chipotle Cream SauceNow, THIS one has flavor! Although listed in the “Appetizers” section, this would be great as a main dish, too. Chicken, red bell pepper, black beans, corn, jalapeño, and Monterey Jack cheese make up the filling; egg roll wrappers are laid into the muffin cups, filled and baked. The sauce is wonderful, too — cream cheese, chipotle pepper in adobo + sauce, lime juice, and a little cream. Yum!! Of the three recipes I tried, this was by far my favorite. A keeper for sure, I’ll be making this again and again.Other recipe categories include “Side Dishes” and “Dessert.” I really like the “Dessert” section — I was afraid it might be just cupcakes and/or muffins. Not so — the author has included some very clever and creative desserts that include just smaller versions of “larger” desserts (cheesecake, for example), but also desserts that could be made only in a muffin pan (Apple Pie Roses with Cheddar Cheese Crust). I have a few of these on my list to be made over the next few weeks.Overall, very interesting and creative ways to use a pan that most of us have, but most use only for muffins and cupcakes. Probably a few minor misses on flavor, but that’s a very subjective thing anyway. I like big bold flavors — some folks don’t — you’ll find recipes to satisfy both tastes here.

I can make ahead meals - entrees, veggies, dessert and pop each out of the muffin tray to freeze for separate meals later. Perfect portions for one.

Found some wonderful recipes in this cookbook that are unique with lovely photographs and very detailed information on equipment. The dessert section is amazing! Looking forward to giving many of these recipes a try for our next gathering.

I like this book for the variety of recipes and the inspiration it provides to devise many more on my own. I may not have the exact ingredients called for in the recipe...that's when I improvise.

Love the pictures and stories. The recipes are large family size recipes so you will need to cut the recipe or freeze the excess if you are cooking for one or two, that could be beneficial. Many of the offerings make great appetizers for parties. The recipes I tried were wonderful.

A lot of ingredients that you need to buy to do the recipes and sometimes the amount is off.I did the pretzels muffins, 48 of them but the sauce was more like for 100 of them.waste of food. The muffins pan is really sticky after cooking not really fun for that and add papper muffin with the pretzels one wasn't a good idea...but for the puff pastry it would be better than stay in the pan.

Informative, easy to follow, some parts even fun with grandkids. Glad I decided to try.

Good recipes, excellent variety. I tried two of them. Fun, easy to make, tasty.

I really love the unusual recipes in this book and will definitely be making quite a few of them; in fact I think most of our meals will be in muffin form from now on as there are so many I want to try! The Mini Brussels Sprouts Gratin will be tried out on non-sprout eating members of the family! The book is written in a friendly, easy to read way and I found I could really relate to the author.

Interesting ideas, very tasty and mainly easy. Many of the recipes would be very good for picnics or parties. Savoury and sweet recipes.

Great read, great ideas, great photos, great versatility, and great fun! I highly recommend this book

Great idea for students. And a novelty for others.