Table of contents : Introduction Chapter 1: Advantages of Home-made Foods Quality Freedom It’s Nourishing It Enables You to Have Control It’s Unifying You will Have a Comfortable Eating Time It Saves Time It Helps in Keeping a Family Together It will Improve Your Cooking Skills Copycat Recipes Really Help You Lower Your Budget Chapter 2: Health Benefits of Cooking Dishes at Home Substitutions and Healthy Eating Healthy Ingredients and Methods Sensitive and Allergic Food Ingredients can Be Avoided You can Control the Portion of the Food You can Avoid Diseases Increased Fruit and Vegetable Intake Chapter 3: Breakfast Porto’s Guava Cheese Strudel Sawmill Gravy and Biscuits Starbucks’ Spinach and Feta Breakfast Wraps Blueberry Syrup Cracker Barrel Fried Apples Denny's Country Gravy McDonald’s McGriddle Breakfast Sandwich IHOP’s Banana Bread IHOP’s Healthy “Harvest Grain ‘N Nut” Pancakes Copycat Power Breakfast Sandwich from Panera Jimmy Dean’s Homemade Pork Sage Sausage DIY California A.M. Crunchwrap Buttermilk Pancake Kiwi Muffins Olive Garden’s Smoked Mozzarella Fonduta McDonald’s Sausage Egg McMuffin Java-Plum Muffins Chocolate Muffins Mango Muffins Bok Choy Omelette Brussel Sprouts Omelette Carrot Omelette Breakfast Burrito Starbucks’ Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins Cinnabon’s Monkey Bread Denny's Pancake Puppies IHOP Chicken Fajita Omelette Corn Muffins Chapter 4: Appetizers Chili's Cheddar Cheese Bites Aunt Annie's Pretzels Olive Garden Stuffed Mushrooms Chili's Boneless Buffalo Wings Olive Garden Bruschetta Chili's Chicken Crispers Fried Mac and Cheese Balls Chili's Fajita Nachos Awesome Blossom Petals Chili’s Classic Nachos Burger King Zesty Sauce Fried Pickles Texas Chili Fries Olive Garden Breadsticks Pei Wei’s Vietnamese Chicken Salad Spring Roll Takeout Dry Garlic Ribs Boston Market Mac n’ Cheese Cheddar's Santa Fe Spinach Dip Chevy's Mango Salsa Cheesecake Factory Warm Crab & Artichoke Dip Chili's Salsa Joe's Crab Shack Blue Crab Dip Spinach and Artichoke Dip from Applebee’s Olive Garden Spinach-Artichoke Dip White Spinach Queso Tuscan Cheese Spread Chili's Southwestern Eggrolls World Famous Chicken Crunch Copycat Mozzarella Sticks from TGI Fridays Queso Blanco Dip Red Robin Campfire Sauce Ruby Tuesday Queso Dip Houston's Chicago Style Spinach Dip Loaded Boneless Wings Five Cheese Dip Chapter 5: Salads and Side Dishes Chicken BBQ Salad Hooters Pasta Salad Brussels Sprouts N’ Kale Salad Tomato, Cucumber and Onion Salad Roasted Tomato Sauce House Salad and Dressing Santa Fe Crispers Salad Ragù (Italian Meat Sauce) Quesadilla Explosion Salad Chili's Grilled Caribbean Chicken Salad Ham and Egg Casserole Dave and Buster's Muffaletta Salad Golden Corral Seafood Salad Olive Garden House Salad Olive Garden Salad Dressing Chapter 6: Pasta Pesto Chicken and Broccoli Pasta Cheesecake Factory’s Pasta di Vinci Olive Garden Angry Alfredo with Chicken Chow Mein from Panda Express Pesto Cavatappi from Noodles & Company Rattlesnake Pasta from Pizzeria Uno Copycat Kung Pao Spaghetti from California Pizza Kitchen Three Cheese Chicken Penne from Applebee’s Macaroni Grill’s Pasta Milano Olive Garden’s Fettuccine Alfredo Spaghetti Pizza Recipe Garden Spaghetti Carbonara Spaghetti Frittata Chapter 7: Chicken Chicken Pot Pie Green Chili Jack Chicken Cracker Barrel Chicken Potpie Double Chicken Pie Grilled Chicken Tenderloin Boston Market’s Rotisserie Chicken Copycat Apple Cheddar Chicken Chapter 8: Beef and Pork The Cheesecake Factory Famous Meatloaf Denny's Country Fried Steak Chili’s Baby Back Ribs Applebee’s Honey Barbecue Sauce with Riblets Stuffed Pork Chop Mushroom Swiss Chopped Steak Roast Beef Dinner P.F. Chang’s Mongolian Beef Panda Express’ Beijing Beef Chipotle’s Beef Barbacoa Homemade Spicy Beef Jerky Meatloaf Chapter 9: Fish and Seafood Feta Shrimp Skillet Salmon gravlax Chi-Chi’s Seafood Chimichanga Red Lobster’s Copycat Lobster Pizza Tilapia Florentine Cajun Jambalaya Pasta Avocado and Fish cake Chapter 10: Vegetarian Corn Cream Recipe Chipotle Baba Ghanoush Chopped Caprese Salad-Vero Amore Boston Market’s Squash Casserole DIY Sweet Potato Casserole from Ruth’s Chris Olive Garden’s Salad and Creamy Dressing Red Lentil Soup-Cafe Falafel Zucchini cream Citrus Kale Hollywood Bowl Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes Pumpkin Cream with Edible Mushrooms Chapter 11: Bread and Soups Olive Garden Italian Sausage Soup PF Chang's Spicy Chicken Noodle Soup Chili's Chili Chicken Enchilada Soup Olive Garden Pasta Roma Soup Chicken Tortilla Soup Tuscan Tomato Bisque Outback Steakhouse Walkabout Soup Panera Bread Summer Corn Chowder Olive Garden Chicken and Gnocchi Soup Applebees’s Tomato Basil Soup Olive Garden Minestrone Soup Chicken Mushroom Soup Honey Brown Bread Lemon Bread (Starbucks) Chapter 12: Desserts Chocolate Pecan Pie Starbucks® Mocha Frappuccino New York’s Serendipity® Frozen Hot Chocolate Starbucks’ Raspberry Swirl Pound Cake California Pizza Kitchen’s Pumpkin Cheesecake Papa John’s Cinnapie Panera Bread® Butterscotch Bread Pudding with Bourbon & Pecans Chocolate Chip Pizookie Starbucks’ Chocolate Cinnamon Bread Royal Dansk Butter Cookies TGI Friday’s Oreo Madness Cracker Barrel Banana Pudding Cinnamon Apple Turnover McDonald’s Apple Pie McDonald’s® McFlurry® Applebee’s Key Lime Pie Dessert Shooter Applebee’s Strawberry Cheesecake Dessert Shooter Mrs. Field’s Cinnamon Sugar Cookies Pumpkin Custard with Gingersnaps BJ's Peanut Butter S’mores Pizookie Starbucks’ Iced Lemon Pound Cake Chili’s Molten Lava Cake Cherry Chocolate Cobbler Conclusion