It is possible to prepare affordable, nutritious meals in just minutes a day. With these clever culinary masterpieces, you will find the recipes you need to whip up delicious, deceptively inexpensive dishes that will have the whole family begging for more, such as:

• Skillet Zucchini Quiche
• Greek Pita Pockets with Tzatziki
• Cassoulet Provençale
• Ham and Sausage Jambalaya
• Shrimp Pad Thai Stir-Fry
• Sweet-and-Sour Meatloaf
• Five-Minute Chocolate Mousse

From soups and appetizers to entrées and desserts, these flash-in-a-pan recipes are all you need to please any palate!

Chef Susan Irby (Orange County, CA) trained under Master Chefs in Florence, Italy and Bourgogne, France. As a chef, she's worked with Master Chef George McNeill, Chef Todd English, Chef Ming Tsai, Chef Celestino Drago, and Chef Sherry Yard. She's cooked for Patrick Swayze, Baby Face Edmonds, David Spade, Kate Sagal, James Garner, Dennis Cole, and Bill Handel. She teaches cooking classes for such clients as Gelson's, Whole Foods, Sur La Table, Luguna Culinary Arts, Chefs, Inc., Women Chefs & Restaurateurs, YPO and WPO, Bloomingdales, and the LA Unified School District. The mediagenic chef has appeared on TV here and across the pond on The Mail on Sunday, Woman's Own magazine, BBC radio, TodayLA, Aspen TV, The Patti Gribow Show, the Art of Food & Wine Festival, and The Orange County Register.