Tired of spending hours in the kitchen and still wondering what’s for dinner?
Say goodbye to cooking stress and hello to fast, flavorful, and foolproof meals—ready with the push of a button!
One-Button Cooking Made Simple is your all-in-one solution to easy, delicious, and healthy home cooking using your Instant Pot, slow cooker, and air fryer. Designed for busy families, beginners, and anyone who craves real food without the daily struggle, this cookbook delivers over 100 dump-and-start recipes that minimize prep, maximize flavor, and work perfectly with your schedule.
Whether you’re a working parent, a meal-prep enthusiast, or simply tired of takeout, you’ll discover how to use your favorite appliances to create crave-worthy dishes that practically cook themselves.
Inside this time-saving cookbook, you’ll learn how to:
Make comforting weeknight dinners using one button—no sautéing, no browning, no stress
Master freezer-friendly recipes for effortless meal prep and future planning
Choose when to use your Instant Pot, slow cooker, or air fryer for best results
Use the "dump-and-go" method to cook healthy meals with minimal cleanup
Cook family favorites like Creamy Tuscan Tortellini, Slow Cooker Pot Roast, Air Fryer Chicken Tenders, and Vegan Lentil Curry
Follow full weekly meal plans and shopping lists to take the guesswork out of dinner
What makes this book different from other slow cooker or Instant Pot cookbooks?
Multi-appliance approach: Combines the best of Instant Pot, Crockpot, and Air Fryer in one volume
Truly dump-and-start recipes: No complicated prep or stove-top steps before starting
Kid-approved and family-tested: Real meals that picky eaters and busy parents will love
Nutrition-conscious choices: Balanced meals made from whole-food ingredients
Freezer-to-cooker instructions: Perfect for batch cooking and stress-free weeknights
Perfect for working professionals, health-conscious eaters, beginners, and multitasking parents, this book brings back the joy of cooking without the burden.
If you're ready to eat better, save time, and finally enjoy weeknight cooking, then this is the cookbook your kitchen has been waiting for.
Maggie O. Hara is a bestselling cookbook author, home chef, and busy mom of three who believes that mealtime should be joyful—not stressful. As the creator of the One-Button Cooking Made Simple method, Maggie has helped thousands of families embrace easy, dump-and-go recipes that transform weeknight chaos into flavorful, no-fuss dinners. Her recipes focus on using everyday ingredients and smart kitchen tools like the Instant Pot, slow cooker, and air fryer to save time without sacrificing taste or nutrition.
With a background in family nutrition and years of firsthand experience juggling a full-time job and a full house, Maggie knows what it takes to get dinner on the table quickly. Her one-button system was born from necessity but perfected through passion. Every recipe she shares is family-tested, meal-prep friendly, and designed to work with your life—not against it.
Maggie is also the author of The One-Button Meal Prep Solution: Fast, Healthy, and Foolproof Recipes for Effortless Cooking with Instant Pots, Crockpots, and Smart Kitchen Gadgets, a follow-up companion book that expands on her time-saving approach to batch cooking.
Her work has been featured in popular food blogs, digital meal-planning communities, and busy-mom forums across the web. When she's not writing or testing new recipes, Maggie loves hiking local trails with her golden retriever, tending her backyard herb garden, and proving every Sunday that home-cooked food can be both comforting and convenient.
One-Button Cooking Made Simple is more than a cookbook—it’s Maggie’s personal invitation to reclaim your time, eat better, and fall in love with your kitchen again, one effortless recipe at a time.