Actually Easy

101 low-effort, high-flavor comfort-food recipes for every day and every season, from the creator who made baked-feta pasta go viral

MacKenzie Smith is ready to be your best friend in the kitchen. She has worked in professional kitchens, food media, and then went viral with baked feta pasta. In this book, she shares all the tricks she's learned along the way, to help home cooks add bold flavors to their repertoires. MacKenzie is all about comfort, ease, and fun, channeling her creativity into classic comfort food for quick weeknight family meals.

In Actually Easy, 101 streamlined, fuss-free, flavor-packed recipes will take you through the year season by season. There are “Hot Weather” and “Cold Weather” dishes for every meal of the day, from Skillet Miga-Quiles and Hawaiian Roll Churro French Toast Bites, to lunches like Manchego Grilled Cheese con Tomate and Lemony Kale Salad with Parmesan-Crusted Popcorn Chicken, and dinners like Chicky Chicky Parm Parm with Jammy Tomatoes, Basil, and Stracciatella and Baked Feta Butternut Squash Pasta. MacKenzie doesn’t skimp on dessert, either, although she’ll be the first to tell you that she likes to take the easy route. Strawberry Matcha Tres Leches and No-Bake Salted Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie will impress the family with minimal effort.

With a voice that will make you want to pull up a chair to MacKenzie's kitchen island and food that will invite you to stay there, Actually Easy is your new weeknight companion.

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