Recommend a cookbook? For my dtr, who is busy, broke, and doesn't like cooking much.?

I borrowed this book from the library, "Cheap. Fast. Good!

by Beverly Mills, Alicia Ross."

I still prefer the online recipe databases such as recipezaar.com and allrecipes.com. On the latter, there is an ingredient search where you can tailor fit it to what's in your pantry. And, you can always change recipes to suit your taste and what you have on hand.

I really learned to prepare meals using the Fannie Farmer cookbook. I was initially disappointed when I first received it because there are no color pictures just drawings etc. But it tells you how to steam broccoli, boil pasta, set the table etc. It has really delicious recipes for all tastes some fancy some simple. The drawings make it easy to understand what they want you to do. Mine is now 17 years old and it is my old tried and true. When in doubt I search it out! (I must own 50 cookbooks, 100 cooking magazines, and check out new cookbooks all the time from the library)

An old classic "The Impoverished Student's Book of Eatery, Drinkery and Housekeepery" by Jay Rosenberg (I believe its from the 70s) is a good start. There is also an updated version but I think the original has the best recipes. Another favorite is HP Books "Cooking for One (or Two)" - this book is built around a basic stock of ingredients and shows how to use them in many different ways.

I love all the Pampered Chef cookbooks. The recipes are so simple, people that burn water can successfully make these meals. They meet all your requirements. If you want, email me and I can give you some recipes that are in the books to see if it's something you'd be interested in.

I have this cook book that my wife uses, and she does not know how to cook. After she uses this book she does allot better. The name of the book is: (The I hate to cook book) More than 180 quick and easy recipes by: (Peg Bracken) Drawings by: (Hilary Knight) Good luck with this.