$10 Dinners: Delicious Dinners for a Family of Four That Don't Break the Bank by Julie Grimes, 255 pagesAs you may be able to guess from the title, every dish in this wonderfully presented, and wide-ranging, cookbook is costs less than $10 to prepare. That said, the $10 price tag can be a bit deceptive, as some of these dishes can't serve as full meals — unless you consider a 4 oz. chunk of pork tenderloin a meal — but I get the appeal of throwing the $10 label on these for simplicity's sake. Speaking of simplicity, some of these meals are ridiculously simple (like, to the point that my non-gourmet family has already figured out a variation on our own) while I passed on others because of the amount of time it would take to prepare them. While there were definitely a few recipes that I'll be hanging onto, the true value of this book lies in the page of ingredients that belong in a well-stocked kitchen, as well as the brief intro that covers the ways to stretch your dollar at the grocery store.
