Books read Dec 18

  

Instant Pot Cookbook: 555 Quick, Easy and Simple 2019 Recipes for Beginners and Advanced Users with Meal Plan: Try Easy and Healthy Recipes For Your Electric Pressure Cooker by Vanessa Guzman

Starts with table of contents where recipes are broken up into meals and food categories.

Descriptions talks about chapters and the instant pot. Into talks about pot itself.

Each recipe starts with a title, servings, prep and cook times.

 List of ingredients are included and you should be able to substitute for your healthier dietary needs: low sodium, low fat, low sugar and fresh vs. canned items.

Directions are given. There are NO pictures. Some nutritional information per servings: calories, carbs, protein, fat-NOT broken up into good or bad, fiber,.

Some of the recipes have different nutr. info: calories, carbs, protein, fat, sugar, sodium.

Not sure why they all don't have same information. Recipes don't always start at the top of the page.

Measurement abbreviations are also not the same throughout.

Wonder who really owns all these recipes?

Asian Soup Cookbook: A Collection of Easy, Simple, and Delicious Asian Soups by BookSumo Press

Starts out with offer of free cookbooks when you join the club.

About the author is included along with short intro about Asian soups.

Table of contents is included where recipes are not listed in any specific order.

Common abbreviations are listed.

Each recipe starts with an English title and a foreign name in symbols.

List of ingredients are included and you should be able to substitute for your healthier dietary needs: low sodium, low fat, low sugar and fresh vs. canned items.

Directions are given and there are NO pictures.

Some nutritional information is included: calories, carbs, cholesterol, fat-NOT broken up into good or bad, fiber, protein and sodium based on 2000 calorie diet.

Servings and prep and cook, total times are included.

Lots of interesting flavorful choices.

Instant Pot Cookbook For Two: 300 Verified, Effortless and tasty IP Recipes For Beginners. by Michelle Sanders

Like the idea of only making enough for two but we really enjoy leftovers so i'd double the recipes.

Table of contents list recipes in food groups. Like this so you can decide what meal you want to make.

Intro about the instant pot and the recipes.

Each recipe starts with a title, servings, prep and cook times.

List of ingredients are included and you should be able to substitute for your healthier dietary needs: low sodium, low fat, low sugar and fresh vs. canned items.

Some recipes have a LOT of ingredients, be sure you have them all.

Directions are given and there are NO pictures, NO nutritional information.

Hard to believe that to make mashed potatoes for two they want you to use 2 pounds of potatoes?

What am I missing here?   There are many recipes for potatoes with the same mistakes. 

Thought this was a cookbook for only two people but some recipes are for 4 and some for 6 people.

  

50 Easy Gelato Recipes - The Frozen Gelato Cookbook (The Summer Dessert Recipes And The Best Dessert Recipes Collection) by Pamela Kazmierczak

Table of contents lists recipes not in any specific order.

Short intro and note from the author.

Each recipe starts with a title, summary of the dish.

List of ingredients are included and you should be able to substitute for your healthier dietary needs: low sodium, low fat, low sugar and fresh vs. canned items.

Directions are given along with serving suggestions.

There are NO pictures, NO nutritional information.

All recipes require you to use your ice cream maker machine and manufacturers instructions.

Author page ends this book.

Air Fryer Cookbook: The Complete Air Fryer Cookbook 1000 | Must-Try Delicious & Quick-to-Make Air Fryer Recipes 2021 by Donna Parker

Very colorful pictures. Table of contents where recipes are broken up into meals and food categories.

Intro talks about the air fryer and how it all works along with history.

Each recipe starts with a title, prep and cook times and servings.

List of ingredients are included and you should be able to substitute for your healthier dietary needs: low sodium, low fat, low sugar and fresh vs. canned items.

Directions are given and there is some nutritional information per servings: calories, fat, NOT broken up into good or bad, carbs, fiber and protein.

Like the format, recipes are uniform and start at top of a new page, using same font and size.

Too many things I want to try. There are NO pictures for recipes .

The Complete Air Fryer Cookbook: 1020 Easy, Healthy and Budget-Friendly Recipes with 30-Day Meal Plan by Wendy Torres

Table of contents were recipes are broken up into meals. Introduction pages talk about the air fryer  and different aspects of using it.

Each recipe starts with a title prep and cook times, servings.

List of ingredients are included and you should be able to substitute for your healthier dietary needs: low sodium, low fat, low sugar and fresh vs. canned items.

There are NO pictures and has some nutritional information-not sure of the size: calories, fat, NOT broken up into good or bad, carbs, protein.

Seems to me it takes time to heat up the fryer and then cook the foods and then the cleaning after it's cooled down. A lot of time goes into the dish overall.

There are too many recipes and too many I'd like to make.