Thursday, April 19, 2018

Books read April 19







Dash Diet Crock Pot Cookbook: Easy and Wholesome Dash Diet Recipes to Satisfy your Healthy Appetite! by Lisa Harrington
Talbe of contents where recipes are not in any order.
Each recipe starts with a title, ingredient list-which you should be able to substitute for your healthier dietary needs: low sodium, low fat and low sugar products along with fresh vs canned items.
Directions are included but there is no nurtional information.
There are NO pictures.
Very basic easy recipes.




 Zachary and the Great Potato Catastrophe By Junia Wonders and Giulia Lombardo
Have to hold the book in landscape mode using a tablet, not able to enlarge the words which are hard to see.



Instant Pot Cookbook: The 5 Ingredients or Less Instant Pot Cookbook- 110 Simple And Delicious Pressure Cooker Recipes For Your Instant Pot Cooking At Home Or Any Occasion( Instant Pot Crock Pot)  b Olivia Fisher
Table of contents of history of the instant pot and how to use it along with recipes broken up by food groups.
Each dish starts with a title, servings, prep and cook time. Suitable for different groups with food allergies. List of ingredients and you should be able to subsitutute for your healthier dietary needs: low sugar, low fat, low sodium products along with using fresh rather than canned products as they contain too much sodium and you can't just rinse that away.
Directions are given.
There are NO pictures.
There is NO nutritional information.
cooking timetable for various foods. Table of healthy foods vs. unhealthy foods.
Conversion measurement table. 




Instant Pot Cookbook: The Easy 5-Ingredients Or Less Instant Pot Cookbook  by Jessica C. Waston
Table of contents about what an instant pot can do for you and how to use it.
Recipes broken up into food categories along with abbreviations for gluten free, dairy free, etc.
Each recipe has a title, servings prep time and list of ingredients which there are only 5 of listed.
Directions are included along with servings ugggestions.
No pictures, NO nutritional ifnormation but you should be able to substitute for your healhiter dietary needs: low sodium, low fat and low sugar products along with fresh instead of canned.




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THE PONY THAT HATES MACARONI by Tim Zak
Tablet you are forced to read the book in landscape mode. Colorful children's story about a pony who does not like macaroni.
One day the school is to have pizza but that's not right. Others love the macaroni so they finally give it a try themselves.
Cute story.



Totally Thai: Classic Thai Recipes to Make at Home by Sarah Spencer
Table of contnets where chapters are broken up into food groups.
Offer of free books. Each recipe has a title, servings, prepa nd cook times.
List of ingredients which you should be able to substitute foryour healhiter dietary needs: low fat, low sodium and low sugar products.
Directions are given and some nuttirional  information is given per servings; calories, carbs, fat NOT broken up into good or bad, sodium, protein and sugar.
There are NO pictures.
Converstion charts and oven temperature charts are included along with other works by the author.


Slow Cooker: One Month Of Make Ahead Meals Including Carnitas, Jambalaya, And Chicken Slow Cooker Recipes-Just Drop Everything In The Slow Cooker And Sashay ... Recipes, Make Ahead Meals, Freezer Meals) by Rebecca Herbertson
Table of contents where chapters are broken up into food groups.
Free bonus recipes.
Intro about slow cooking. Each recipe starts with a title, brief summary of the dish and list of ingredients which are listed as low sodium and fat free products.
Servings and how to make are included.
Nutition facts-not sure if it's by servings: calories, fat NOT broken up into good or bad, carbs, and protein.
There are NO pictures.  Should be using fresh rather than canned products as the sodium will be present with a rinseing.


Slow Cooker for Two Cookbook: The Top 100 Healthy Slow Cooking for Two Recipes by Cindy Anderson
Free book offer. Table of contents where cahpaters are broken up into food groups.
Intro about healthy slow cooking. Each recipe starts with a title and total time and servings.
Ingredient list is included and you should be able to substitute for your healthier dietary needs: low sodium, low fat and low sugar products.
Directions are given and some nutritional info per serving: calories, fat - NOT broken up into good or bad, carbs, sugar, protein and cholesterol.
There are NO pictures.
Chart of dietry dozen and clean 15 are included at the end-pesticide data.
Measuremnt converstion tables are included and also offer for free books.



SUNDAY SAUCE - When Italian Americans Cook: Secret Italian Recipes & Favorite Dishes by Daniel Bellino-Zwicke
Book starts with intro about the format of the cookbbok and table of contents where meals are set up as described prior.
Talks about what each section means to Italian Americans.
Each recipe starts with a title and summary of the dish, ingredients which you should be able to substitute for your healthier dietary needs: low sodium, low sugar and low fat products, also fresh instead of canned products.
Directions are includedThere is no nutritional information.
There are NO pictures. Locations in ny of best places to get different variety of Italian foods.



THE WORM WHO HAS A PERM! by Tim Zak
On the tablet you are forced to read the book landscape mode.Cute, colorful, rhyming children's story about a worm who has hair like bushy and vibrant colors.
The others make fun of him but he ignores them. Others come along who are diffeernt also and they bond together. Other works by the author are highlighted at the end.


Fruit Pies: Practical Guide to Homemade Baking by Melissa Teigen
Book starts with a table of contents where dishes are not in any order.
Each recipe has a title, short sentence of the pie and list of ingredients where it also states total time and servings and calories.
List of ingredients are actually all jumbled together.
Directions included prep and cook time, and ready in minutes. Also how to prepare the dish with a tip.
Nutrition info per servings: calories, fat-NOT broken u pinto good or bad, carbs, protein, cholesterol and soidum.
There are NO pictures. Format changes often in the book. Nutritional information changes also-there is no uniform pattern: Nutrition: calories, cals from fat, total fat, sat. fat, transfat, cholesterol, sodium, potassium total carbs, dietary fiber, sugars and protein.
Not sure why the format keeps changing, should be one throughout the book.

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