Wednesday, February 17, 2021

Book Review: books ad Feb 17

 

 



Pennsylvania Dutch Cooking 
Each recipe starts with a title, 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 pics and NO nutritional information.
What I love about this book is there are recipes  included that are very similar to my mother in law, a German who was raised near PA Dutch.
Love how she cooked her potato salad sauce. Such yummy and for the most part she made them healthier with the ingredients she used.
A KEEPER!







9 Types of Copycat Girl Scout Cookies: Your Favorite Copycat Girl Scout Cookie Flavors by Prime Publishing 
Each recipe starts with a title and authors name and bit about the GS cookie and with a small color photo.
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 NO nutritional information.
Other recipes very similar are also shown in recipe format.
Cookies, brownies, bars are some of the same recipes-made totally different and from different authors.
More copycat recipes are listed at the end



 



25 Easy Thanksgiving Recipes by Hannie P. Scott
TOC where recipes are not in any specific order.
Free ebook offer.
Abbreviations and conversions are listed.
Each recipe starts with a title 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 are NO pics and NO nutritional information.
Like the ideas here because you can make your own cranberry sauce instead of getting it from a can.
Other works listed by the author, at the end.






Just Desserts by Kemberlee Shortland  and others
Table of contents has recipes that are broken up alphabetically in each chapter: desserts, drinks
Short intro about the book and recipes.
Publishers note and dedication page.
Each recipe starts with a colorful medium size photo, title and authors name.
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 NO nutritional information.
There are some really good classic and some fancier in this collection.
Author bios are included at the end of the book having a color photo for each along with their story and their works are clickable.
About the publishing company is attached.







How to Bake the basics of butter cakes by Jennifer Rao
Table of contents where ingredients have their own chapter and every step of making a cake is discussed and explained.
Lots of intro especially about what to use and why, for equipment and utensils.
There are pictures throughout the book.
Pan sizes are discussed and showing in a table how much batter can fit into each one.
Recipes start with a title, prep and cook time 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 are NO individual photos, NO nutritional information.
References and recommendations are included.
About the author and how to contact them.




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