The Complete One Pot: 400 Meals for Your Skillet, Sheet Pan, Instant Pot®, Dutch Oven, and More (The Complete ATK Cookbook Series)

Not the greatest. Out of ten recipes we liked one as a family and we are very open to new meals. Also, be ready to buy ingredients for the shelf you may never use again. There are a lot of ingredients needed for each recipe, on average 8-10 so be prepared for that. I’ll update when I make more recipes in a few more months. On the fence still with this one.

I have always liked America’s Test Kitchen (ATK) cookbooks which always seem to follow a very predictable format. I was excited to get this particular cookbook which is a collection of one-pot recipes. It has not disappointed me. I will start with this: anymore, many people equate one-pot cooking with doing everything in an electric pressure cooker, neglecting the Dutch oven, cast iron skillet and many other stalwarts in the kitchen. This book does have recipes designed for use in the pressure cooker but it is not limited to just that. It covers sheet pans, casserole dishes, skillets, Dutch ovens, roasting pans, sauce pans, slow cookers, and electric pressure cookers. If you’re looking for a book that covers just the pressure cookers, there are better choices, but if you want a book that covers a variety of single pots and pans, this is a collection that has a little something for just about every pan in the kitchen. This is a huge collection of recipes, 400 in all. Many cookbooks these days seems to stop somewhere between 75 – 100 recipes, so this one has a lot more to offer. Each recipe follows the familiar ATK format – a “Why this Recipe Works” introduction, the recipe itself, and more often than not a full-color photograph. If you’re not familiar with the introductory material that ATK includes with their recipes, it is a breakdown of things they tried, things that works, and things that did not. Frequently they state the goals they were trying to achieve – texture, flavor profile, etc. Each recipe is tagged with the type of pot for which the recipe was developed, right under the title. A few recipes have special treatment and are provided with methods for preparation in multiple pots An example of this is the recipe for Classic Beef Stew which is presented for three different pots – a Dutch oven, a roasting pan and a sauce pan. The chapter breakdown is “Soups”, “Stews and Chilis”, “Chicken”, “Beef”, “Pork and Lamb”, “Seafood”, “Vegetarian”, “Pasta and Noodles”, and finally “Desserts”. Obviously there is a little overlap between these but the organization is reasonable and logical. If you are looking for just recipes for a specific pot (for example, the slow cooker), the index at the back of the book is your best friend. It lists the recipes by title, but also you can look for Slow Cooker in the index and find the recipes listed individually there, not only alphabetically but also thy recipe type (dessert, etc.). Some real thought went into this, and the result is a more useful book for those looking for specific preparation based on pot type. As should be expected, the recipe results are predictable and good. I have not tried many of the recipes in this book yet, but the ones I have tried have worked out well. This is a good book by ATK that covers a lot of ground. The format is familiar and the organization of recipes is solid. I am pleased with this cookbook and am happy to recommend it.

I am about half way through this book after it arrived a couple of days ago. I have already found a number of recipes that I would like to try. This is a good cook book. I recommend it. My disappointment is that correctly or incorrectly I had the impression that they provided instructions for each cooking method (Instant pot, slow cooker, Dutch oven, skillet) for each recipe . Instead the recipes are grouped by cooking method. So if you don't own an Instant Pot or similar device you can't do many of the recipes. Generally, what can be made in Instant Pot can be done in a Dutch oven or slow cooker using more time. They could have easily given a time for alternative methods.

This is a Kindle book for me so I can't take a picture of it for you. ATK has the reputation of excellence in everything they do and they certainly meet that challenge here. I already had my Instant Pot before this came out but I ordered it anyway. They cover *any* single pot meal which is invaluable for "grandma" cooks like me who love to experiment in the kitchen. That said this book is full of great recipes and excellent instruction. This would make an awesome gift for any cook you know who enjoys inspiration and/or help thinking of the answer to the eternal question "what's for dinner?"

Great recipes and multiple ways of fixing them! Most recipes have a photo. Very creative and versatile.

Loved the book. Read it cover to cover as soon as I got it. Pictures are beautiful. I want to try practically every recipe in the book. I am into the idea of one pot cooking, and this book delivers as the title advertises. I could list every recipe I want to try, but it would take forever. Suffice to say, I will be keeping this book right on my kitchen counter and looking at it regularly for new recipes to make.

The pots include skillet, sheet pan, instant pot, and dutch oven. I don't have an instant pot or any pressure cooker. At the beginning of each chapter the recipes are categorized by the pot, for instance, Beef has 18 recipes under skillet, 6 under sheet pan, 7 under dutch oven, 5 under slow cooker, 4 under instant pot, 2 under casserole dish, and one under cook it three ways, which gives three different methods like classic, pressure cooker, and slow cook. Each chapter varies with the cooking methods, the soup chapter is fairly high in instant pot while desserts only have one- cheese cake. I don't find not having an instant pot hampers my ability to cook from or enjoy this book. I would say a slow cooker and dutch oven or some sort of cooking pot would probably be the most used, and sheet pan. The recipes fall into the standard atk format. A paragraph on why the recipe works, the ingredient list, and then the directions. All are clearly written. There is a vegetarian chapter, which is nice. The roasted chicken breasts with ratatouille was very good.

ATK always has good recipes. I got the ebook version but should have gotten the print version. The ebook version is much harder to browse through because you end up flipping back and forth between the table of contents and individual recipe pages. Also, it would be more useful if it was organized by method. I don't have an Instant Pot, for example, so it is disappointing to see an interesting sounding recipe, open it up and find it is for an Instant Pot.

Each one a hit. Easy to follow and straightforward recipes.

I particularly like this book because it contains quality recipes, and is beautifully organized. It is so easy to navigate. Pick your main ingredient, then the first page of each section breaks down the recipes into type of primary cookware (skillet, crock pot, insta pot, casserole, sheet pan, dutch oven), then lists recipes under each type of cookware. So far the recipes I have tried have been very good and I would repeat them. A very good sign.

Not the greatest. Out of ten recipes we liked one as a family and we are very open to new meals. Also, be ready to buy ingredients for the shelf you may never use again. There are a lot of ingredients needed for each recipe, on average 8-10 so be prepared for that. I’ll update when I make more recipes in a few more months. On the fence still with this one.

I have always liked America’s Test Kitchen (ATK) cookbooks which always seem to follow a very predictable format. I was excited to get this particular cookbook which is a collection of one-pot recipes. It has not disappointed me. I will start with this: anymore, many people equate one-pot cooking with doing everything in an electric pressure cooker, neglecting the Dutch oven, cast iron skillet and many other stalwarts in the kitchen. This book does have recipes designed for use in the pressure cooker but it is not limited to just that. It covers sheet pans, casserole dishes, skillets, Dutch ovens, roasting pans, sauce pans, slow cookers, and electric pressure cookers. If you’re looking for a book that covers just the pressure cookers, there are better choices, but if you want a book that covers a variety of single pots and pans, this is a collection that has a little something for just about every pan in the kitchen. This is a huge collection of recipes, 400 in all. Many cookbooks these days seems to stop somewhere between 75 – 100 recipes, so this one has a lot more to offer. Each recipe follows the familiar ATK format – a “Why this Recipe Works” introduction, the recipe itself, and more often than not a full-color photograph. If you’re not familiar with the introductory material that ATK includes with their recipes, it is a breakdown of things they tried, things that works, and things that did not. Frequently they state the goals they were trying to achieve – texture, flavor profile, etc. Each recipe is tagged with the type of pot for which the recipe was developed, right under the title. A few recipes have special treatment and are provided with methods for preparation in multiple pots An example of this is the recipe for Classic Beef Stew which is presented for three different pots – a Dutch oven, a roasting pan and a sauce pan. The chapter breakdown is “Soups”, “Stews and Chilis”, “Chicken”, “Beef”, “Pork and Lamb”, “Seafood”, “Vegetarian”, “Pasta and Noodles”, and finally “Desserts”. Obviously there is a little overlap between these but the organization is reasonable and logical. If you are looking for just recipes for a specific pot (for example, the slow cooker), the index at the back of the book is your best friend. It lists the recipes by title, but also you can look for Slow Cooker in the index and find the recipes listed individually there, not only alphabetically but also thy recipe type (dessert, etc.). Some real thought went into this, and the result is a more useful book for those looking for specific preparation based on pot type. As should be expected, the recipe results are predictable and good. I have not tried many of the recipes in this book yet, but the ones I have tried have worked out well. This is a good book by ATK that covers a lot of ground. The format is familiar and the organization of recipes is solid. I am pleased with this cookbook and am happy to recommend it.

I am about half way through this book after it arrived a couple of days ago. I have already found a number of recipes that I would like to try. This is a good cook book. I recommend it. My disappointment is that correctly or incorrectly I had the impression that they provided instructions for each cooking method (Instant pot, slow cooker, Dutch oven, skillet) for each recipe . Instead the recipes are grouped by cooking method. So if you don't own an Instant Pot or similar device you can't do many of the recipes. Generally, what can be made in Instant Pot can be done in a Dutch oven or slow cooker using more time. They could have easily given a time for alternative methods.

This is a Kindle book for me so I can't take a picture of it for you. ATK has the reputation of excellence in everything they do and they certainly meet that challenge here. I already had my Instant Pot before this came out but I ordered it anyway. They cover *any* single pot meal which is invaluable for "grandma" cooks like me who love to experiment in the kitchen. That said this book is full of great recipes and excellent instruction. This would make an awesome gift for any cook you know who enjoys inspiration and/or help thinking of the answer to the eternal question "what's for dinner?"

Great recipes and multiple ways of fixing them! Most recipes have a photo. Very creative and versatile.

Loved the book. Read it cover to cover as soon as I got it. Pictures are beautiful. I want to try practically every recipe in the book. I am into the idea of one pot cooking, and this book delivers as the title advertises. I could list every recipe I want to try, but it would take forever. Suffice to say, I will be keeping this book right on my kitchen counter and looking at it regularly for new recipes to make.

The pots include skillet, sheet pan, instant pot, and dutch oven. I don't have an instant pot or any pressure cooker. At the beginning of each chapter the recipes are categorized by the pot, for instance, Beef has 18 recipes under skillet, 6 under sheet pan, 7 under dutch oven, 5 under slow cooker, 4 under instant pot, 2 under casserole dish, and one under cook it three ways, which gives three different methods like classic, pressure cooker, and slow cook. Each chapter varies with the cooking methods, the soup chapter is fairly high in instant pot while desserts only have one- cheese cake. I don't find not having an instant pot hampers my ability to cook from or enjoy this book. I would say a slow cooker and dutch oven or some sort of cooking pot would probably be the most used, and sheet pan. The recipes fall into the standard atk format. A paragraph on why the recipe works, the ingredient list, and then the directions. All are clearly written. There is a vegetarian chapter, which is nice. The roasted chicken breasts with ratatouille was very good.

ATK always has good recipes. I got the ebook version but should have gotten the print version. The ebook version is much harder to browse through because you end up flipping back and forth between the table of contents and individual recipe pages. Also, it would be more useful if it was organized by method. I don't have an Instant Pot, for example, so it is disappointing to see an interesting sounding recipe, open it up and find it is for an Instant Pot.

Each one a hit. Easy to follow and straightforward recipes.

I particularly like this book because it contains quality recipes, and is beautifully organized. It is so easy to navigate. Pick your main ingredient, then the first page of each section breaks down the recipes into type of primary cookware (skillet, crock pot, insta pot, casserole, sheet pan, dutch oven), then lists recipes under each type of cookware. So far the recipes I have tried have been very good and I would repeat them. A very good sign.

The recipes are written with thoughtful background and there is so much variety. I’m cooking something from it at least once a week and it is a great add to my rotation. Highly recommend.

Test Kitchen recipes are usually good. I am always looking for good , easy recipes for my rafting trips. Ease of clean up also matters. I hope to have some time to try more recipes in the future.

This cookbook is awesome! Everything has been really flavorful and I’ve never had anything from America’s Test Kitchen that didn’t work out. (And it tells you why it works. So you can learn!) Take note. When they say “one pot”, it definitely means it cooks in one pot. The recipes are very in depth and you have to use multiple bowls and things. With that said, the time and effort pays off with some delicious meals.

Boughtcthis for my father in law as he is recently widowed. The recipes look simple and since it is just him it makes sense for him to be able to cook smaller portioned meals.

love this book. I'm not a huge cooker and am even less into the dishes I create when I do. This book is very detailed and step by step. I also really like how it tells you why the recipe works. I'm really bad at pairing food and flavors and it is a really useful part of the cookbook that I really enjoy!

daughter likes it gave it for christmas

Awesome book the recipes are great and easy to follow. Great pictures.

Thorough and comprehensive

Great variety of recipes and different ways to cook them. Easy to follow. Haven’t had a question that wasn’t easily answered within the book.

Like the recipe is given for 4 different cooking methods i.e. crockpot etc. great pictures

A great cook book for the beginner and experienced cook

Love this book. Have made some amazing dinners from this book. Family loves it.

Best one pot cookbook ever! Wish they had more instant pot recipes, but it is a great cookbook!

Fantastic recipes. Highly recommended.

Although the one pot meals in this America's Test Kitchen cookbook are not quick to prepare or cook -- most require one hour or more -- the resulting meals are worth the wait. And yes, clean up is much easier if the whole meal (mostly) uses just one cooking vessel, whether that's a Dutch oven, slow cooker, Instant Pot, sauce pan/skillet, or sheet pan. Even so, you will need bowls, cutting boards, plates, etc. to clean up as well. i found that these recipes may not make my kitchen during prep, but they gave me time to clean up as dinner was cooking. And the dinner itself is indeed the reward. I love that, while some classic one-pot recipes such as pot roast are included, most recipes are unique to this cookbook. They cover a wide range of international flavors as well as new twists on more standard fare. The Lamb Meatballs with Couscous and Pickled Onions, using the Instant Pot, uses Middle Eastern spices and ingredients to create a dish that's both familiar and exotic. The accompanying recipe for quick pickled onions is worth making as a condiment for other meals -- it's both easy and delicious. Proscuitto-Wrapped Chicken with Asparagus, made in a ovenproof skillet, uses the flavors of Italy to create a dish similar in taste to Chicken Saltimbocca. The slow-cooker Spicy Pork and Black Bean stew gives a delicious nod to Brazil. Many recipes have variations to serve just two people instead of four or six, but beware that these recipes are indeed different, not just in quantity, than their parent recipes. Although the cookbook is organized by recipe type -- for example, Soups or Pasta/Noodles or Seafood -- each section has a page that breaks down recipes into the types of pots they use. For instance, if you don't have an Instant Pot or similar pressure cooker, you can easily pass over those recipes. Or if you feel like using your Dutch oven, you can quickly pick out the recipes that use one. The top of each recipe also lists the number of servings and the total time. Nutritional information is included in a separate table at the back of the book. And in true ATK fashion, each recipe is preceded by "Why This Recipe Works" to explain the choices made to come up with it. Because of the length of their cooking times, these recipes are not great for weeknight meals when you want to get food on the table in a hurry. The exception might be longer-timed slow cooker recipes that you can assemble in the morning and let cook until dinner time. And you may want to supplement these "complete" meals with either a salad or other vegetable side. All the recipes I've tried came out exactly as described and as I expected, though,, and I have yet to be disappointed. This softcover book contains over 350 pages of recipes, which is staggering to think of given the limitations of one-pot cooking. Each open, double-page spread contains at least one color photo to give you an idea of how at least one recipe on that page should look. I love this cookbook because of both its focused one-pot theme and the sheer variety of recipes. As always, I appreciate that America's Test Kitchen has researched and tested each recipe to reach optimal flavor, texture, and ease of cooking. You really can't go wrong with this book. -- Debbie Lee Wesselmann

The Complete One Pot: 400 Meals for Your Skillet, Sheet Pan, Instant Pot®, Dutch Oven, and More is packed full of recipes with nice color photos. I've been a fan of America's Test Kitchen for years, and still am. I have made many of their recipes, and I just didn't see this cook book quite matching up with so many others from ATK. I tried the meatball sandwich recipe, which was easy and the meatballs held together well, but the flavor was relatively mild. I like the idea of one-pot meals because there are fewer dishes--exactly one pot. If I'm going to be cleaning a blender and a sheet pan after a meal, it doesn't matter if only one of them is used for cooking--I might as well clean a skillet and a sheet pan. If the prep is in regular fit-in-the-dishwasher-easily dinner plates/bowls, then that's easy enough. Some recipes here do require a blender, or a larger mixing bowl, or whatever. Personally, I think these items that require other such tools should be reworked or excluded, or the title of the book changed.

Due to the pandemic and all the extra home cooking we’re doing (we haven’t eaten out in eight months), I’ve become more and more interested in simple meals that use the least amount of pots, pans, and other kitchen accessories. This book is an awesome collection of meals that I can make in one pan. While I’m addicted to my InstaPot and Fagor pressure cooker, I love that this collection includes recipes for Dutch ovens, sheet pans, slow cookers, skillets, and more. (I really need tutorial help with slow cookers, because I’ve never gotten along with any crock pot that I have bought. They hate me. And I know ATK will tell it to me straight.) From my experience with several other America’s Test Kitchen cookbooks, I know I can trust these recipes. One thing that frustrates me about a lot of modern cookbooks is that the cooks never seem to have tested or even tasted the recipes they’ve included. There is nothing worse than working your way through a recipe and wasting ingredients because it turns out inedible. ATK cookbooks take away that uncertainty. If there’s a recipe included, it’s tried, tested, refined, and perfected. I absolutely love that. And I love this cookbook as it includes some of my favorite ATK design elements: pictures of just about every dish, a brief explanation of why each recipe works, clear ingredient lists, and comprehensive and accurate directions. The recipes come from a wide range of ethnicities, including Mexican, Thai, Chinese, etc. Awesome! Very pleased with this cookbook and very inspired to work my way through a bunch of the recipes. This cookbook is going to make life much easier in the kitchen. As the parent of kiddos with autism, there are causes near and dear to my heart. Let Amazon donate to your favorite charity! Use Amazon Smile (smile.amazon.com) when you order and Amazon will donate to the charity of your choice when you make a qualifying purchase. Check out how Amazon Smile works at https://smile.amazon.com/gp/chpf/about/ref=smi_se_rspo_laas_aas. My shopping is donating to my favorite charity, Canines for Independence at no cost to me. Awesome!

I love the convenience of one-pot meals, but this cookbook combines all my favorite cooking methods as well—skillet, Instant Pot, sheet pan and Dutch oven. It’s easy to see which recipe incorporates what method—it’s clearly printed under each recipe title. When applicable, some recipes offer several cooking method variations. For instance, the chicken and vegetable soup incorporates three different directions—one using a Dutch oven, another for Instant Pot pressure cooking, and a third set for a slow cooker. Looking for a recipe using your method of choice is made easy too; each chapter category begins by listing all recipes and their cooking methods. As an example, I’ve included a photograph of what’s included in the beef chapter—as you can see, there are lots of recipes and cooking methods to choose from. This is a great compilation of tested, trusted recipes. There’s a reason my favorite cookbooks are all from America’s Test Kitchen—their staff perfects recipes through trial and error, and then passes them along as fool-proof, step-by-step cookbooks that both seasoned and beginner cooks can appreciate. I always welcome and learn from the introductory “why this recipe works” paragraphs that precede every recipe. My one complaint is that the recipes in this book aren’t as family friendly as some of ATK’s other cookbooks—too many use ingredients that I know my kids will turn up their nose at. Still, there is enough family-friendly fare included to warrant a place on my cookbook shelf. This is an instance when I recommend prospective cooks take a peek at One Pot’s recipe index before actually purchasing to see if the dishes would appeal to your particular family. I’ve included a few other chapter recipe lists as a sampling.

I am a huge fan of one-pot/pan cooking, so I was pretty happy to see America's Test Kitchen put out a book devoted to them. The book does have recipes from their other, bigger books, but having the one-pot recipes in a single book makes looking for such recipes that much easier. I've tried several other one-pot cookbooks and I have to say that this is by far my favorite. In fact, I'd almost given up on the one-pot idea since so many recipes in other books were disappointing. I'll happily go through a few extra steps to get a great-tasting meal out of one pan. What I Like: ~ Clear directions make the recipes very easy to follow. ~ A "Why This Recipe Works" paragraph precedes every recipe. ~ 100 of the recipes can be made in 45 min or less. ~ Unlike in many of America's Test Kitchens cookbooks, the Total Time for making each recipe is given - YAY!! for that! ~ Each chapter opens with a list of the recipes by type of pot or pan needed. So, for instance, you can look up the chapter for the type of food first, then look for the recipes you might want to make by the type of pot or pan, which can include: Skillet Sheet Pan Casserole DIsh Dutch Oven Saucepan Roasting Pan Slow Cooker (typically a 4-7 qt traditional slow cooker) Instant Pot (a 6-8 qt Instant Pot or other electric pressure cooker) Cook It Three Ways (which offers three different ways of cooking the same ingredients) On the Side (for the occasional recipes within recipes, such as pizza dough for the pan pizza) ~ The recipes I've tried so far have been very good - pictured are the White Chicken Chili, which is an outstanding version of that dish; and Roasted Cod with Artichokes, Olives, and Sun-Dried Tomatoes, which was delicious - especially the vegetable part. Additional Notes: ~ I usually have a "What I Don't Like" list, but not for this book. ~ Some of the recipes are expensive to make, others have hard to find ingredients - I had trouble finding the mix of chili peppers used for the White Chicken Chili, so I substituted another type for the poblanos and I can't imagine that it suffered any because of that. ~ I'm adept at recipe reading and can generally tell if something is going to be to our liking, so the recipes I choose to make generally do turn out. Honing that skill takes a while, but it's one I recommend doing. ~ Some recipes require prepping some ingredients in a microwave. Bottom line: This book is a keeper. There are 400 recipes in the size of other books that have a quarter of that amount. If you like one-pot/pan cooking, this is definitely one worth considering. I hope this review has been helpful. My reviews reflect my honest opinion based on several weeks of using each product and book I review.

When ATK sets out to tackle a subject, what you get is as much textbook as cookbook. I always enjoy their "Why This Recipe Works" headers, and you get a wide range of recipes from traditional to trendy -- under Sides there's Rice Pilaf, Buttered Noodles, Squash Ribbons, Cauliflower Rice, Quinoa Pilaf, and Baked Polenta. Under Beef I found Prime Rib, Fajitas, Cuban Shredded Beef, Classic Pot Roast, Tuscan Steak, Teriyaki Stir Fry, and Osso Buco. Under Pork there's Pulled Pork Tacos, Vietnamese Banh Mi, Bratwurst, Chorizo, and Country-Style Ribs. Included are Soups, Stews, Chicken, Beef, Pork, Lamb, Seafood, Vegetarian, Pasta, and Desserts. When they say "COMPLETE", they really mean it. The recipes are well laid out, they work, and they generally call for quite a few ingredients. This book is for the cooking enthusiast, not for the casual cook. It isn't a "quick browse" sort of book, and there are an adequate number of quarter-page color pictures of the dishes.

It's a book that's loaded with recipes--every page is of interest. It's too much for me..... But if you are looking to while away some time, you can easily do that with this book on your lap--although you may very well get annoyed by the cheap paper cover that loves to curl! But, yes, this will make a nice gift, too: For someone who likes to read cookbooks and has a lot of time on their hands. But don't count on a picture for each recipe. For me, I won't be getting much use from this book. Because it covers so much territory, it just cannot do any one of the cooking methods justice. There are recipes for skillets, for sheet pans, the Instant Pot--so slow cookers and pressure cookers, dutch ovens, casseroles, roasting pans and more. And if you go to the index looking for a specific cooking method, you won't find a recipe for the food you are looking to cook with that method. And if you go to the index with a particular food in mind, you won't find it paired with a specific cooking method. ATK just had to whittle down the choices to fit the size of the book and the expanse of the topic "One Pot". Chapters are arranged by a combination of type of food and type of dish. (In other words you will find a chapter on Beef, and also a chapter on Soup. In the index you will recipes listed by name and by main ingredients and by cooking technique. For instance, I bought 1.5 pounds of ground chuck thinking I would make burgers on the grill. Got too chilly out, so I looked for an interesting one pot recipe in this book. I found same-old, same-old meatloaf, meatballs, chili, tacos. I finally took down from my library shelf, my favorite soup cookbook, my favorite casserole cookbook, my favorite beef cookbook--and came up with a great meal plan. That is when I realized what was wrong with this book. Thinking about it, it's what's wrong with many ATK books lately.

While America’s Test Kitchen is a wonderful TV show, I find their cookbooks to be a mixed bag. Some recipes are overly fussy, and some of their crockpot recipes simply turned out badly. But I’m making more one-pot dishes these days, and wanted to give this a try. First off, this book is crammed with hundreds of recipes! If you don’t have a crock pot, or insta-pot, or Dutch oven, no worries, there are plenty of other options. While the recipes are one-pot, you don’t necessarily cook everything together, some recipes call for cooking in batches. Ahh, but are they any good? I picked 4 recipes that looked interesting, and gave them a try. My first trial was Beef & Barley soup for the slow cooker. Unlike some crock pot recipes that require an hour or more of preparation, you just nuke some onions and then chuck everything into the pot. Fast and easy. 10 hours later we tried it, and it was excellent. Oddly enough though, when I tasted it about halfway through, it was more flavorful. Next time I’ll reduce the cooking time to closer to 6 hours for a better result. Next up was Barbecued Pork Chops, which are actually cooked in a skillet. I wasn’t sure how well this would work out, and was very pleasantly surprised. The chops ended up tasting a lot like ribs off the grill. Again, fast to prepare and very easily done. Next was Crispy Parmesan Chicken, also quick and simple. Just butterfly some chicken breasts, bread them in eggs and a panko/parmesan cheese mixture, and fry. Unfortunately, they turned out tasteless. A little parmesan in your breading can be good, but the 50/50 mixture used here was a complete disappointment. Inadvertently I saved the best for last, Daube Provençal. Essentially a beef stew, but with some interesting French elements, this cooks up in a Dutch oven. Unlike the other dishes, this took over an hour to prepare. Although it cooks in “one pot”, you use that pot to make several batches of food. Though it took time, it was easy to do, and after a 4-hour wait the results were fantastic. I’ve never tasted anything like this before, and it was delicious. Definitely worth the time investment. To test 4 recipes and get 3 winners is rare for a cookbook. I plan to try another recipe every week, which should keep me in good eating for months. Highly recommended.

As a busy mom and the main cook in my household, I absolutely appreciate the idea of one pot (or pan) cooking. I've also appreciated ATK cookbooks for being reliably good recipes. Though occasionally their "Why this recipe works" educational approach is just more information than I want or need, it's often interesting or helpful and has probably made me a better cook. I tried two recipes from this book. Because of a large assortment of food allergies and intolerances among my household, I know that a small percentage of recipes in any given cookbook will work for us, but if those are good, they are treasured additions to our rotation. I selected Easy Tortellini Minestrone, and Sausage Lasagna with Spinach and Mushrooms, and they are keepers! They worked well, and within the time frames given. They stood up to little tweaks, like having to use a different type of mushroom or leave off a dollop of pesto. And most of all they were delicious, and won hearty approval from the whole family (minus the youngest, who prefers food to be simple without too many combined flavors.) While the lasagna took awhile from start to finish and had several steps, that's no surprise for a lasagna, the time estimate was accurate, and the results felt worth the effort. There was also an option given to refrigerate between assembly and cooking. Not every single recipe is a meal on its own (there is a dessert chapter) but most would be. There are pictures of many of the finished dishes, plus a few techniques, that I find appealing and helpful. And the variety of types of food and cooking method offers something for nearly everyone and means you'll find quite a bit to try. Overall, it's just what I hoped and expected.

The convenience of one-pot cooking makes a book like this a welcome reference particularly when created by America’s Test Kitchen (ATK) which is a respected source. When I see their name on a cookbook I know the recipes will work, generally be tasty and not waste my time or ingredients. Also, the directions are clear so even possessing modest experience they can be successfully prepared. Complexity varies as does the number of components used in each recipe and time required so this isn’t necessarily a quick-to-the-table kind of cookbook but rather a cooking-from-scratch cookbook. As a group the recipes include basics like Roasted Chicken and Potatoes and interesting variations on standard pot pies like Chicken, Spinach and Artichoke Pot Pie. Beginning with a Getting Started section which contains solid information about selecting equipment, how to stack ingredients, layer flavors and scale recipes up or down along with a group of side-dish recipes. These include things like Garlic-Parmesan Mashed Potatoes for Two, Cauliflower Rice, Quinoa Pilaf and Sautéed Summer Squash Ribbons. The book is logically organized by category, for example soups, and within that grouping it is further divided by method of cooking whether it be pressure cooker, Instant pot, sheet pan, slow-cooker or Dutch oven. The chapters are: Soups; Stews and Chilis; Chicken; Beef, Pork and Lamb; Seafood; Vegetarian; Pasta and Noodles; and Desserts. The--Why This Recipe Works—section of the recipes is unique to ATK books and it provides invaluable information regarding why a certain ingredient was chosen and which ones did not work and why. More than once this has stopped me from substituting something they already tried and discarded. Their goal is to create the best flavor and outcome so if for no other reason it is interesting to follow the process to the finished recipe. Some of the recipes also have helpful Notes with additional information. This large paperback book has a lay flat binding so it stays open when on a countertop during recipe preparation—a plus if not using a cookbook holder. Also, the paper quality is good so if wiped up quickly a splash on the pages won’t cause serious damage. The font size is small, which is typical, but black ink is used which makes it as easy to read as possible. Some cookbooks are more concerned with design rather than functionality. For visual interest they may use pale ink colors that are almost impossible to read and include a significant number of photographs of artfully arranged raw ingredients instead of finished dishes. The bindings won’t stay open, the paper quality is so thin it instantly absorbs every drop of liquid and the recipes are often not thoroughly tested. Like a coffee table book they are nice to look at but they are not a kitchen tool. That is not the case with ATK books. My only quibble is that I prefer it when a photo of each dish is provided which it isn’t the case here but plenty are provided and wedging 400 recipes into the book is sufficiently impressive. Nutritional information for the recipes is included in the back of the book along with a solid index to help locate recipes quickly. An excellent assortment of one-pot recipes from a trusted source.

The reviews for this book are so good, but I'm just not that excited about this cookbook. Honestly, I gave it four stars but, for me personally, that might be a bit high. It's a nice book- lots of pictures and attractive. I just think the recipes are a boring. So The Complete One pot has recipes that use the instant pot, sheet pans, casserole dishes, the dutch oven, and the slow cooker. That makes for easy clean up. Who doesn't like that?! It's just that I've made too many of these things before: lasagna (yawn), spaghetti and meatballs (snore), fajitas, and roast salmon with vegetables. Other recipes are just not appetizing to me: spiced winter squash with Halloumi and shaved Brussels sprouts or beet and wheat berry salad with arugula and apples. Maybe this is a better book for someone with less kitchen experience. I don't know that I'll use it much.

Love the options in this cookbook for weekly dinners. Plenty of variety with oven and stove cooking. Keep in mind though that one pot sometimes means two steps. For example, we used the turkey and green beans recipe for our Thanksgiving meal. You cook the turkey and then while the turkey rests you cook the green beans in the same oven-safe skillet. Saves washing, but your pan is pretty caked on at the end with turkey grease. It wouldn't kill to do two pans for this and both might be easier to clean up afterwards. The turkey used Chinese 5 spice in the rub, which was an interesting and very nontraditional addition. Made for funny tasting turkey sandwiches later, but the meal itself was DELICIOUS! In other words, the recipes stretch and introduce new flavors in a good way. The recipes also assume some basic cooking knowledge, so all won't do for a beginner cook though there are plenty that will. For example, the turkey breast and green bean recipe gave a very brief and short description of how to prep the turkey. I would have needed a diagram to follow the directions. It assumed basic knowledge about prepping meat that not all will have. In other words, the cookbook is packed in with recipes so you don't get a lot of cooking instruction along with it. There is a good variety of meat and meatless dishes and a good variety of meats. If you are a red meat eater, there are a lot of beef dishes. If you don't eat meat, then you'll find plenty of recipes, but you may be annoyed to run into so many beef recipes interspersed throughout. The cookbook is organized by type of pot rather than type of protein.

One of the best things about this book is that the beginning of every section tells you how the recipes are cooked and in what appliance. For example, the dessert section had skillet recipes, sheet pan recipes, dutch oven recipes, cast iron skillet recipes, sauce pan recipes, casserole dish recipes, slow cooker recipes, instant pot recipes, and so on. I love this because I don't waste my time looking at a recipe if I'm looking for something to use with my slow cooker. So it makes the planning of what you're going to cook SO MUCH EASIER. There's at least one picture on every page (for the most part). This book has more pictures than I have EVER seen in a cookbook and I find that super helpful (as well as aesthetically pleasing). The pictures are often helping you with technique to show you how to do something or how it should look. On top of that, the recipes are just top notch and fantastic. Everything looks delicious (and feasible), and I love the notes from the Test Kitchen that are scattered throughout that teach you technique or how to buy certain ingredients, or how to store things properly. We watch the Test Kitchen at home, so when we found out that they had cookbooks, obviously we were very excited. They obviously didn't cut any costs with this one. It was made with effort and love, and it shows. I can't wait to cook my way through this whole cookbook inside my own little "test kitchen." :D

I have never been disappointed by any publication by ATK and I am often astonished, like their Science of Cooking book. I learn and incredible amount from everything I have seen from them. I especially like their introduction content which is a little light in this book, but still I love what I learned in the first 20 pages of this book, like focusing on stacking for cooking time, stacking flavors and other tips and tidbits. But for this book, the treasure is the recipes that fill the next 350 pages. Each is easy to follow, illustrated with a beautiful photo! and full of inspiration. I can't wait to try a bunch of them. To explain why I love these so much. Take the Stuffed Spiced Eggplants. I don't know that I have ever seen this in a cookbook before. It is unique, it is not crazy on the ingredients, I have nearly everything in my cupboard (just out of fresh herbs), the recipe is easy to follow and they put in a little side bar to show you how to split the eggplant to make room for the filling. Note, this recipe does take hours, so these are not 15 minutes easy meals, but they are inspiring. I love these cookbooks! Highly recommend!

This Complete One Pot cookbook goes on the top shelf along with my 50 year old Joy of Cooking. This book has everything a one pot cooking lover could want. The table of contents includes: Soups, Stews and Chilis, Chicken, Beef, Pork and Lamb, Seafood, Vegetarian (about 40 pages) Pasta and Noodles, and Desserts. Another different and fabulous thing about this book is that at the beginning of each chapter it lists the recipes under the type of pot or pan needed. I don't think I have ever seen that. This is one cookbook where I wanted to read the Introduction. The one thing I especially liked is that they tell you what there favorite brands of cooking pots, sheets, etc. are. They list their favorite sheet pan, casserole dish, skillet, dutch oven, roasting pan, saucepan, slow cooker, and electric pressure cooker. Not all are expensive brands. There are many, many pictures. Not of every recipe, but probably about 2/3 of the 400 recipes have pictures. The recipes give the total time it takes to complete which I always need to add about 50% to as I always clean as I go along--and I am apparently, slow. This cookbook has so many features that I haven't seen elsewhere. I am very excited about it and looking forward to making many of the recipes.

The Complete One Pot: 400 Meals for Your Skillet, Sheet Pan, Instant Pot®, Dutch Oven, and More This book has lots of pictures and 400 recipes! It is over 400 pages long and is divided into 9 sections. Soups, Stews and Chilis, Chicken, Beef, Pork and Lamb, Seafood, Vegetarian, Pasta and Noodles, and Deserts. The concept is cook everything in one pot. There are recipes for instant pots, sheet pans, roasting pans, casserole dishes, Dutch ovens ,and slow cookers. Mix everything in the pot and cook. This book is a bit unique, there is a nutritional guide at the back that breaks down each recipe into total calories, per serving, fat, sodium, fiber, protein, etc. Very nice for those of us who are watching any type of intake. I personally like to eat minimum sodium so for those recipes I will revise it a bit. I like to read cook books, and this one is a winner! Highly recommend! 5 Stars! Hope you found this review helpful!

I received a copy of this book through the Amazon Vine program in exchange for an honest review. This is a great cook book! I usually like when cook books have a picture of each recipe and while this book has pictures of some recipes it doesn't have them all. There are also so many recipes! The book is broken down by dishes - chicken, beef, desserts, etc. and within those chapters by how to cook - with a skillet, casserole dish, pressure cooker, etc. It's very interesting. The recipes are interesting! The pictures make my mouth water and while some of the recipes are time intensive this is a great book for those learning to cook and already established chefs. There's a good variety and helpful guides for each recipe. Overall a great find!

I trust the America’s Test Kitchen cookbooks. Their layouts are always outstanding, almost like a textbook. This book, The Complete One Pot, takes me a bit by surprise. It’s more advanced than I expected. There are 400 meal options. Recipes cover the skillet, slow cooker, Dutch oven, instant pot, sheet pan, roasting pan, casserole, and sauce pan. Phew, a little overwhelming in scope. The recipes have a lot of ingredients and multiple steps. “One pot” seems a misnomer, these recipes look like some work. They will be fun to explore, but will need time and attention to complete. The ATK notes and advice inserts are there, as well as great pics, but there are not as many easy guides as in their other books. This is advanced ATK.

I’ve made a couple recipes after having this book for a little while. We made a whole thanksgiving feast this year like we do every year. My husband loves Macaroni & Cheese - it usually takes him 3 or more pans to make. He was hesitant but made the One Pot Mac & Cheese - it was great! It was so nice being able to toss it all into a 9x13 and then put it into the oven - the recipe doesn’t even need boiled pasta! It used less ingredients than his stove top version and tasted just as great. I’m excited to try more of the recipes in here. Who doesn’t love great food with great taste and less dishes!?

Which, as far as I am concerned is a good thing. The recipes are presented in an easy to follow format although not always as streamlined as one might have expected with one pot preparations. Many of the entries reflect alternatives among slow cookers, pressure cookers, Dutch ovens and skillets. One of the most appealing aspects of this volume is the variety of selections as while I regularly resort to a single pot meal equally as often I fall into the rut of preparing the same choices out due to familiarity. This cookbook encourages experimentation and variety.

Really comprehensive, recipes for a vast number of one pot meals classified by method and grouped into.different main profiles, vegetarian and dessert. Sheet pan recipes usually result in a fairly standard meal.of separate items that are cooked on the same sheet. Skillet ,crockpot,casserole instant pot or slow cooker are mostly one dish as well.as one pot. Desserts are mostly fruity ..The range is definitely international so.there is something for almost everyone. Some recipes deviate from what I assume is traditional, Chopinno without crab, kind of odd lo mein but generally.these are solid recipes that can be trusted.

First, let me start off by letting you know that I am part of the Amazon Vine Program so Amazon did send this product out to me for review. This is a good cook book, it has great colorful delicious looking pictures with detail instructions on how to make a lot of different meal. I have the paper back which has held up over time. The instructions are easy to read but something can look over whelming but it really breaks down everything really well making it easy to follow. There are a lot of recipes in this book and I love it.

This cookbook is perfect for families. There are TONS of delicious recipes and something for everyone. I don't think I'll every get through them all. The recipes are easy to follow, ingredients relatively easy to find, and overall really good. You can always tweak where necessary or desired. Highly recommended.

Got this as a gift. I am cooking my way through, trying the recipes in order (think Julie and Julia) and so far every recipe has been super delicious! I do agree it would be nice if all the recipes had alternative directions for your chosen cookware (there are some recipes that do but not all). However, I ended up buying a dutch oven which I had never used before and I LOVE it! I feel like I am learning more skills for cooking and the instructions are easy and straightforward.

So many good new recipes come my favorite cooking program. The format of the book could be better making it easier to find particular recipes. I have been skimming through this book for weeks and still find so many good recipes to be made multiple ways. This is a great Christmas gift for the cook in your life.

I now have two of The America's Test Kitchen Cookbooks and this is a fantastic addition to my collection (Baking Illustrated) They really teach you to be a better cook or baker, by explaining why their recipes work. Their exhaustive testing of the recipes to get them "just right" ensures that your efforts will be rewarded with perfect dishes every time.The array of recipes in this book, make it so valuable for everyday meals or special occasions. If you are tired of being in a rut of cooking the same meals over and over this will give you and your family a welcome change. Get this book - you won't regret it!

Great variety of recipes for all different types of one pot meals. Very happy with the quality and variety of the recipes.