Books read Aug 31

40 Cupcake Recipes: Cupcakes Recipe Book
Each recipe includes a color photo, summary of the cupcake, ingredient list and how to make the cupcake and frostings.
Very high fat content on the ingredients. No nutritional information.

Mary had A Sleepy Sheep
Found this hard to read with background colors.
Bold words can help you explain to the child what they mean. Other works by the author are highlighted at the end.

Healthy Slow Cooker Recipes: 25 Quick, Easy and Low-Calorie Recipes For Guilt-Free Meals
Recipes include a color photo, cook time, servings and ingredient list along with directions on how to make the dish.
There is no nutritional information and not all the dishes are healthy-some have high doses of sodium.
Desserts and drinks are also included.

A Dog in the Fog: Short Word Fun for Beginning Readers (Simple Books Book 3)
Reminds me of some of Dr. Seuss works. This is a colorful rhyming children's book.
Illustrations are great showing what the dog is doing.
Lots of other works by the author are highlighted at the end.

Dump Dinner Cookbook: 40 Recipes to Cook with Your Skillet, Casserole Dish, Slow Cooker, and Dutch Oven (Freeze, Heat, and Eat Meals
Explains what a dump dinner is. One chapter devotes itself to skillet dinners.
Recipe comes with a chart of servings, prep/cook times, and nutritional information, ingredients and instructions on how to make the dish.
Other categories include dutch oven, casserole cooking along with other methods.
Free gift at the end.

Soup Recipes: 50 Simple, Delicious & Healthy Soups & Stews Recipes for Better Health and Easy Weight Loss (Delicious Soup Recipes)
Recipe includes a list of ingredients along with instructions and a table of nutritional information.
Too much sodium for us and we could use low sodium/fat chicken broth for some of the recipes. Lots of variety to choose from.
Other works by the author are highlighted at the end.

  

The Whole Food: 50 Healthy Slow Cooker Recipes For an Easy & Stress Free Way To Prepare A Meal (Good Food Series)
This slow cooker cookbook starts out with the recipes, picture, servings, prep, cooktime and the ingredient list,
directions and some nutritional information: fat is not broken up into good/bad contents and no sodium listed.

Children's Book of Experiments: 30 Incredible Experiments for Young Scientists (Educational series for kids 4-9 years 1)
What I liked first off in this book is that the index shows exactly what you will need to do them by showing the pictures.
Shows you what to mix and even tells you why certain things happen and why.
Good for parents to help with these. Lots of great ideas for things you probably have around your house.

Adding Flavor: 50 Marinades, Sauces, Rubs, Spices and Toppings for Meats, Seafood, Pasta and Desserts (Sauce Bible & Mixing Spices)
The secrets are in this book-you make it yourself. There are listings for all kinds of food seasonings, along with nutritional information.
Taco seasoning would be our favorite as we'd use it even on chicken.
Free book at the end along with do's and don'ts.

Clean Eating: 100 Slow Cooker Recipes For A Full Week Of Clean, Cozy Meals (Good Food Series)
Recipes start out with a color photo, servings, prep and cook time and ingredients,
Some of the dishes have nutritional information.  Lots of good things to make, we'd have to substitute for less sodium.
Free ebook at the end and other works by the author are highlighted.

Chinese Cooking at Home: From Soups to Stir-Fry, 50 Delicious Recipes for Every Occasion! (Asian Cuisine
Has introductory material on what makes Chinese food special.
Recipes include a photo, servings and ingredient list and instructions.
There is no nutritional information.  Stir fry is our go to.

Glorious One-Pot Meals: Top 50 Slow Cooker Recipes For A Revolutionary New & Healthy Approach to Slow Cooking (Good Food Series)
This slow cooker cookbook starts out with the recipes, picture, servings, prep, cooktime and the ingredient list,
directions and some nutritional information: fat is not broken up into good/bad contents and no sodium listed.
Has charts to help you, at the end, with shopping and cooking.

DIY Crafts (2nd Edition): The 100 Most Popular Crafts & Projects
I like the idea of the book but when you have to click to go to an online site that is not cool with me, include the picture in the booklet you wrote.
Maybe they don't own the instructions and are copying others work but are giving them credit ? 
I don't want to sign up to a newsletter, I just want to see the finished item picture.
Good projects for kids to do with adults.

100 More Easy Recipes in Jars
Like how the index is broken up into categories, making it easy to find just what you are looking for.
Tips on finding the right jar, the items that go into it, decorating the outside, etc.
Pictures of some of the projects as they are being made. There are links to go to the site online, where you sign up for a newsletter.
Not all the recipes have pictures. There is no nutritional information.

TEX-MEX COOKBOOK Tex-Mex Takeout Cookbook: Favorite Tex-Mex Recipes to Make at Home (Texas Mexican Cookbook)
Like how it describes the special ingredients that a tex-mex meal consists of.
Also a chapter on the tools and equipment to make it all easier.
Starts out with the prep/cook time and servings the dish will make, Ingredient list,
and detailed instructions on how to make the dish. There are no pictures and no nutritional information.
Some we'd be able to have on our low fat, low sodium diet-we'd have to substitute some of the ingredients.
Even has a section for desserts among the other common ones: dips, soups, sandwiches, etc. Other works by the author are highlighted at the end.

Happy Hippo: A Silly Rhyming Picture Book for Kids
Colorful rhyming book for kids, very silly as it tells it's tale of what makes the hippo happy.
Funny hats page is the best for me as we take pictures of the family wearing them.
Easy words for a child to help read with a parent.
Other works by the author are highlighted at the end.