Books read Dec 29

Slow Cooker Cookbook: Vol. 3 Delicious Dessert Recipe by Charity Wilson
Cookbook starts out  with thank you gifts and a table of contents where recipes are not in any special order.
An introduction about slow cooking is also linkable where it summarizes the previous editions.
Each recipe has a title, summary of the dish, servings. List of ingredients and you might be able to substitute for your healthier dietary needs: low fat, low sugar, low sodium.
Directions are included and there is some nutritional information: calories, carbs, fat-NOT broken up into good or bad, and protein. NO sodium is mentioned and it also doesn't state how big a serving is although it states the pie makes 8 slices.
Nothing new in this book I've seen way better, photos and all nutritional information in other books.

Tamales: Exquisite recipes from Mexico with Love by James Miller
Starts with a warning to get approval from your doctor for the foods that could potentialy harm you.
Table of contents and offer of a free gift.
Introduction about tamales and their history. Color photos are with text. Different parts of the masa are discussed.
Basic recipe has a summary, title, cook time and servings. List of ingredient and I do not think you can substitute for your healthier dietary needs: low fat, low sodium, etc.
Directions are included along with pictures of the process of mixing. Nutritional information includes calories, total fat, sat fat, trans fat, sodium, fiber, total carb and protein.  doesn't state what a serving size is in grams.
Tamale recipes themselves start with a title, cook time, servings and list of ingredients and directions along with the same nutritional information.

Indian Cuisine Made Simple. 30 Superb Recipes by Robert Pratt
This book starts out with a table of contents where chapters are divided into meal categories.
A free gift is clickable.  Intro about Indian cooking and what herbs and spices really matter.
Eas recipe includes a title, color photo, prep time and servings.
List of ingredients and how to make it. There is no nutritional information but you should be able to substitute for your healthier dietary needs: low fat, low sodium, low sugar products.
Most everything is cooked in oil.
Ghee is listed a lot and we get that from the yogurt we make at home.  Wish there were English translations to the recipe names.

Breakfast Cookbook: Breakfast Sandwich Mania by Charity Wilson
This cookbook starts with a table of contents in a short introduction,
the recipes include servings, cook and prep times,
list of ingredients which you should be able to substitute
for your healthier dietary needs such as low-sodium low-fat and low-sugar.
There are no pictures there is no nutritional information.

The Instant Pot® Electric Pressure Cooker Cookbook by Adele Baker 
Starts out with a table of contents where chapters are broken up into meal categories.
An introduction about pressure cooking and what you should about cooking and why it's so much more healthier.
Terminology used and abbreviations  and what the buttons mean and chart of the different types of instant pot pressure cookers available.
Has a section for holiday pressure cooking dishes, Thanksgiving and Christmas, Memorial day, Labor day and 4th of July,
Each recipe has a title, tiny color photo, servings, cook time and prep time.
List of ingredient and how to make it.
Nutritional information has fat per servings, carbs,  protein and calories. There is no listing for bad or good fat, nor sodium, nor sugars.
You should able to able to substitute for your healthier dietary needs: low sodium, low fat, low sugar products.
Has some great ideas but we like leftovers and most of the dishes are for 2-4.
Some recipes use the pot but also a skillet, what's wrong with the pot itself for browning?
Conversion tables at the end and other works by the author.

The Fairy Garden: A Discovery of Birth Flowers (Picture book for ages 5-8) by Tara Thomas-Sanderson
Colorful children's story about Nateli Belle who loves fairies. Her mother surprised her with a fairy house and she was able to create her own fairy garden.
Each month has their own page and explanation about the flowers.
Love the ending also because it matches the flowers up with thier birth months.
My favorite would be holly-you need a male and a female to make it produce the berries.
Link to other works by the author are included at the end.

Crockpot Recipes: 39 Amazingly Tasty Gluten Free Crockpot Recipes by Amelia Sanders
Book starts out with a table of contents and an intro that talks about our hectic lifestyle and how easy it can be to prepare meals.
Chapter on the crockpot  and it's history.  Going gluten free with the crockpot is another enlightening chapter to read.
Conversion table is included
Recipes include a title, tiny color photo and list of ingredients where some are using prepared package or cans of items.
Like that it lists some products as light and low fat. Directions are included but there is NO nutritional information.
Offer of free kindle books is linked at the end.

Easy and Healthy Weeknight Meals by Alice Newman
Starts with a table of contents where recipes are not in any order.
Intro talks about clean eating, benefits of low carb eating and what you should be eating  and how to make a shopping list from the recipes.
There are few pictures and also an equipment list of things you should have on hand.
Recipes start with a title, tiny color photo, servings, prep and total time.
List of ingredients and how to make the dish. Some nutritional information per servings are total calories, net carbs and protein.
I'd be more interested in sodium, sat fat contents.
You should also be able to substitute for your healthier dietary needs: low sodium, low sugar, low fat products.
Don't like that a recipe could include English measurements and also US ones, why not keep it all uniform and use one country or other other, Don't mix them.
Title is different at various book retailers.