Title:	The Simplified Cookbook: Delicious Meals with Effortless Prep (60 Recipes + 60 Assembly Meals)
	Author:	Emily Ley
	Published:	Marc h 4, 2025, Thomas Nelson
	No. of Pages:	240
	Cover Price:	$20.98, $14.99 Kindle

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Most people nowadays are too busy to cook a fancy dinner every day; in fact, most don’t have time to do it anytime. So those people will appreciate a cookbook, The Simplified Cookbook: Delicious Meals with Effortless Prep (60 Recipes + 60 Assembly Meals), Emily Ley, the founder of Simplified®, a bestselling brand of planner; she is an expert on organizing and simplifying, and has used her expertise to simplify good dishes to serve to her family.

The recipes in this cookbook are appealing to everyone – both adults and children. The ingredient lists are short, and the recipes are fairly easy to assemble. They call for ingredients that are easy to find at mainstream grocery stores. The recipes are written in the traditional manner with the ingredients listed first, followed by step-by-step instructions that are easy to follow. There are main recipes, and what she calls assembly meals, and most are dishes that everyone will like, and are easy enough for both beginning and advanced cooks.

In addition, many of the recipes are accompanied by beautiful, professional photographs. All told, this cookbook is a good one for anyone who needs to simplify their meal planning and assembly of dishes. This is a good one for the cookbook shelf.

Special thanks to NetGalley for supplying a review copy of this book.