title: Rocco's Five Minute Flavor: Fabulous Meals with 5 Ingredients in 5 Minutes
author:  Rocco DiSpirito 
description: In <i>Rocco's 5 Minute Meals</i> celebrity chef Rocco DiSpirito, ex-restaurant owner and one-time reality-show star, offers 190-plus recipes "made with 5 ingredients cooked in 5 minutes at no more than 5 dollars a serving." The recipe range covers all courses from appetizers to desserts, and includes fondues (which can be prepared speedily) paninni, pasta, and vegetarian dishes. Typical recipes include Warm Artichoke and Parmigiano Dip, Chicken and Cauliflower Stir-Fry, Salmon with Shiitake Mushrooms in Ginger-Soy Broth, and Apricot and Dried Cherry Pound Cake.
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  **also by Rocco DiSpirito**
  
  
  Rocco Gets Real: Cook at Home Every Day
  
  
  Rocco’s Real-Life Recipes: Fast Flavor for Everyday
  
  
  Rocco’s Five Minute Flavor: Fabulous Meals with 5 Ingredients in 5 Minutes
  
  
  Rocco’s Italian-American
  
  
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  A Ballantine Books Trade Paperback Original
  
  
  Copyright © 2010 by Spirit Media, LLC
  
  
  All rights reserved.
  
  
  Published in the United States by Ballantine Books, an imprint of The Random
  House Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.
  
  
  BALLANTINE and colophon are registered trademarks of Random House, Inc.
  
  
  All photographs by Kritsada Panichgul
  
  
  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
  
  
  DiSpirito, Rocco.  
  150 of America’s favorite comfort fo