Article: Desperation Dinners: Recipe for fish fillets is family's favorite; Reader says she likes the dish because it tastes fried but has less fat

Sorting through the piles of readers' Desperation Dinners Recipe Hall of Fame submissions, we weren't surprised to discover many of you found it nearly impossible to pick only one.

People often ask us which recipe is our favorite, and we can't decide on just one, either.

Julie Pahutski of Cincinnati, Ohio, writes: "My old 'Desperation Dinners' cookbook has the battered, scribbled-in look of a well- loved kitchen accessory. My kids (now 9 and 11) have been raised on Desperation meals and so far are turning out pretty well!

"My daughter loves your Shepherd's Pie (page 56 in the cookbook) so much that she requested it several years running for her birthday dinner. My son loves your Flexible ...

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