So I bought the book called 20-Minute Menus by Marian Burros. Luckily I got
it used and didn't pay much for it because it is totally worthless to me.
The book seems to presume that the people buying it don't know a thing about
cooking. They tell you if the recipe calls for an 8 oz onion but you only
have a 10 oz. onion to either discard the 2 oz. or add them to your dish.
Say what? Who weighs their onions? Really?

I do not seem much at all in that book that I would like to eat. It's big
on fish dishes. I already know how to make things with chicken nuggets. I
know how to make lasagna without meat. In fact I never put meat in mine. I
know how to make hamburger patties. It's just far easier to make them
already made up. Same with the chicken nuggets. Now that's really fast
food. Buy it already made. Which is what I would think they would tell you
to do since they tell you to buy the breadsticks, whole wheat bread, pesto,
etc. already made up. You are also supposed to buy your veggies cut or
sliced already.

This book might be good for someone who truly doesn't know how to cook or
stock a pantry. It also tells you how to do that and what the game plan is
for the meal.

So whoever recommended this book to me (I can't remember), thanks but no
thanks!