Like a Winter Snow: a heartwarming novella by Lindsay Harrel
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This book start out with Sophia and she's near London about to be married and she can't wait for her maid of honors to show up.
Joy is visiting her mother in the nursing home and she's soon to be released to her dad and she assumes they will head home. Her dad wants to put them both into an assisted living home where it will free up Joy's part in taking care of them.
Joy leaves to attend the wedding in London and loves helping her bestie with all kinds of chores. She is sometimes thrown together with Oliver a friend of the groom and she likes him.
She gets a call about her mother and leaves suddenly to Florida without saying good bye to Oliver. After she finds her parents at peace in their location and has a super talk with her mom who reminds her of things she heads back to make things right.
Seeing Stars by J. Sterling
This book starts out with Keri and she's gotten tickets to a music concert and wants Madison to go with her because she needs input and pictures of the star, Walker for her father's movie company.
Madison gets so wrapped up in the tabloids and knows the star is a real bad boy and can't treat women right but she's escorted up on stage and he sings a love song to her and asks for her number.
She ignores him and goes to work and when her boss finds out he orders her to get him to sign as their agent....After the dinner that goes all wrong she heads to work and the paparazzi are at her condo still
she ends up quitting cuz her boss is a jerk about it all. She confesses to Walker what went down and he takes care of her, meeting in a beachside area that she did not want to go to.
She soon realizes why and he confessed to when they had first met when they were very young teens...
Lots of erotic sex scenes and the story line is very predictable.
Many other works by the author are highlighted at the end.
His Holiday Pact by Ayla Asher
Starts out with Carter and his mother is dying of cancer and the boys think this will be her last holiday. Carter has an idea and take it up with his neighbor-Kayla.
She is also single and in her 30's and has been getting hounded by her mother that she needs to get married and have children.
Carter and Kayla agree to form a holiday pact where they spend time at one another's houses during the holidays to get their relatives off their backs.
Problem is they are each becoming sexually attracted to one another. Sex scenes and situations.
Like the idea of the pact and it's cute in a way. Very predictable.
Recipes from my 15 grandmothers
Like this book because it sounds like what I did with my mother in laws recipes on papers and some in her head. Was able to compile them all together for each member of the family over the years.
Recipes are shown with their foreign name and description where it tells you about the food, level and kosher is attached.
Summary of the recipe and facts about it are included.
Ingredients are listed and directions. There are NO pictures and NO nutritional information.
Some of the recipes have a LOT of ingredients be sure you have them all.
Recipes are broken up into food categories.
Glossary is also enclosed at the end. Can't wait to try a few of the cookie recipes.
Instant Pot Pressure Cooker Cookbook for Beginners: 5-Ingredient Instant Pot Recipes - 80 Simple, Quick, Easy, and Healthy Recipes by Lesley Owens
TOC where recipes are broken up into meals and food categories.
Intro talks a lot about settings of the pressure cooker and what they all mean. Each recipe starts with a title, medium size color photo, prep and cook time and servings.
List of ingredient and you should be able to substitute for your healthier dietary needs: low sodium, low fat and low sugar products and fresh vs. canned.
Directions are given and some nutritional facts per serving: calories, fat NOT broken up into good or bad, carbs, and protein.
Can't wait to try a few of these. Other works by the author are highlighted at the end.
A KEEPER
Instant Pot recipes for Beginners, easy healthy and fast instant pot pressure cooker recipes. 80 best original by Lesley Owens
TOC where recipes are broken up into meals and food categories.
Intro talks about the pressure cooker and the functions along with benefits of using it.
Each recipe starts with a title, medium size color photo, prep and cooking time and level.
List of ingredients and you should be able to substitute for her healthier dietary needs: low sodium, low sugar, low fat products and fresh vs. canned.
Directions are given and there is nutritional information where servings are listed and in chart form you can find calories, total fat, sat. fat, cholesterol, sodium, total carbs, dietary fiber, total sugars, protein, vit D, calcium, iron and potassium in grams and daily value % as well.
Can't wait to try these recipes, no guessing with nutritional information and pictures, priceless!
A KEEPER
DASH Diet for Dummies: 56 Easy Recipes for a 14-Day Diet Meal Plan to Lose Weight and Get Healthy (DASH Dieting Book 1) by
This book starts out with a table of contents where meals are broken up into meals and food categories. Intro talks about high blood pressure and how you can control it with food. Love the section on what to eat and foods to avoid.
Each recipe starts with a title, medium size color photo, prep and cook time and servings.List of ingredients and you should be able to substitute for your healthier dietary needs: low sodium, low fat, low sugar products and fresh vs. canned.
Directions are given and some nutritional info per servings: calories, fat, NOT broken up into good or bad, carbs, protein, sodium and fiber.
Like that there are just a few recipes per section- so many from each I want to try.
Also included is a 14 day meal plan and conversion tables at the end.
Other works by the author are highlighted at the end.
Mediterranean Diet for Dummies 56 easy recipes for 14 days diet meal plan by Helen Pearson
This book starts out with recipes broken up into core, regimen, food categories, etc.
Intro is about Med diet and how to make it work for you.
Regulated rations include the items you use to cook with and why they are fiber filled and so beneficial.
Regimen includes listings of vegetables and fruits and other aspects of this diet plan.
Each recipe starts with a title, medium size color photo and prep and cook times.
Servings and its own size portion are listed.
List of ingredients are included and you should be able to substitute for your healthier dietary needs: low sodium, low sugar, low fat and fresh vs canned items.
There are a LOT of ingredients listed, be sure you have them all before starting.
Directions are given and nutritional info includes calories, total fats, NOT broken up into good or bad, dietary fiber, carbs and protein per serving.
Very fancy sounding names and a lot of ingredients but I can just imagine the flavor.
Conversion charts are listed at the end. 14 day meal plans are also included.
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Kale Cookbook: Illustrated Easy Kale Recipes Book Including Soups, Salads, Sides, Dinners and Paleo Diet Recipes (Paleo Recipes: Paleo Recipes for Busy ... Lunch, Dinner & Desserts Recipe Book 5)
TOC where recipes are not listens in any order.
Intro talks about what kale is. we love it and grow it in our garden. Lots of history is also noted in this section.
Each recipe starts with a title tiny color photo and list of ingredients using Imperial measurements.
You should be able to substitute for your healthier dietary needs: low sodium, low fat, low sugar products and fresh vs. canned.
Directions are given and there is NO nutritional information.
Some recipes call for a LOT of ingredients be sure you have them all before starting.
There are NO servings listed.
Kale chips would be my choice as i can bake them.
Paleo recipe resource book listing is also included at the end.
Other works by the author are highlighted at the end.
Sauces, Salsa And Dips Recipes: The Most Delicious Original Recipes From Around The World (Recipes For Sauces, Sauces Cookbook, Salsa Cookbook, Hot Sauce ... Mexican Cookbook, Indian Recipes Book 1) by Susannah Marin
Starts with TOC where recipes are broken up into Salsa, dips, and sauce recipes.
Intro talks about the value the sauces have around the world and wife variety of ingredients.
Each recipe starts with a summary of the dish, servings and list of ingredients which I would substitute for our healthier dietary needs: low sodium, low sugar, low fat products.
Directions are given and there are NO pictures and NO nutritional information.
Like that it tells you what part of the world the recipe is from and what to use as a serving cracker...
BBQ sauce recipe sounds like the one my mother was always looking for in her recipe box. I can just imagine the flavor...
Other works by the author are highlighted at the end.
Picky Eater by Michael Gordon
Cute children's colorful rhyming story about Franklin and he will not under any circumstances eat fruits or vegetables.
He has many reasons why he doesn't like them although he's never tasted them. Mom to the rescue as she makes a pie for Franklin
and they all surprised.
Not able to enlarge the words so was a bit difficult to read them holding a magnifying glass.
About the author is included at the end along with other works by the author.
Free review copy from the author and this is my honest opinion.
Today I am Mad by Michael Gordon
Colorful children's story that rhymes and is about a little boy Josh who easily gets angry when things don't go his way.
He soon realizes that he's not acting right and apologizes to those he's hurt and they become friends.
Nice to share with others.
Free from the author and this is my honest opinion.
If my nose could talk
Rhyming colorful children's story about a girl who imagine what it would be like if her nose could talk and tell you secrets.
Such silliness, cute story. Funny scenes of the things she imagines the nose being able to do.
About the author finishes this book.
Cute short story about friendship and hard times.
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