Friday, January 21, 2022

Cookbooks reviewed: Jan 21

 

 
 
Lean and Green Cookbook 2022: 1200 Days of Fast, Affordable, and Easy to Cook Lean & Green Recipes for a Healthy and Nutritious Lifestyle. Lose Weight at Home Following the 5&1 or 4&2&1 Meal Plans by Grace Dawson
TOC where recipes are listed in meal categories.  Intro talks about the plan and the benefits to your body.
Recommended foods and which foods to avoid are listed.
Each recipe starts with a title, prep and cook time, 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 some nutitional information: calories, protein, fat, and carbs.
Recipes do NO always start at the top of a new page. There are NO pictures.
Love combos of broccoli and waffles as a meal. Love fish section especially.
Even has desserts!  Ingredients are healthy for our diet and can't wait to try the banana cake.
 So many recipes I want to try.



Easy Thai Cookbook (Thai Recipes, Thai Cookbook, Thai Cooking, Thai Cooking Recipes, Easy Thai Cookbook, Easy Thai Recipes, Thai Food 1) by Maggie Chow
This book starts with offer of free ebooks. Authors other works are highlighted at the beginning.  Short intro about the effortless chef series. TOC where recipes are not listed in any specific order.
Each recipe starts with a title. There are NO pictures.
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 servings, prep cook and total time.
Nutritional info based on 2k calorie diet: calories, carbs, cholesterol, fat, fiber, protein and sodium.
Chicken and pineapple, this sounds like a really good combination along with curry. Can't wait to try it this weekend.
Some foreign titles are translated to English.
Links to contact the author are enclosed at the end.
Authors other works are highlighted at the end and they ask for a review.


 

Asian Dinner cookbook by Booksumo Press
Table of contents where recipes are listed, not in any specific order.
Book contains full page color photos, of places you can visit. nothing to do with recipes.
Each recipe starts with a title and to very far right is a shaded colored box, dark red with black letters, very hard to see what the lettering is:
Prep and total time, servings. Some nutritional information: calories, fat, carbs, protein, cholesterol and sodium.
Main part of the page has a 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 recipe pictures.
Recipes are from all over Asia and use many spices and flavors.
Want to try a few of the soup recipes, they sound delicious and should be with ingredients listed.
 




An Alternative Curry Cookbook: Discover a New Form of Curry with Delicious Oriental Curry Recipes, Seafood Curry Recipes, and Fruit Curries by BookSumo Press
TOC where recipes are not in any specific order.
Each recipe starts with a title, or far right in a colored box : prep and total time, servings. Some nutritional information: calories, fat, carbs, protein, cholesterol, sodium.
Main part of the page has a 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.
There are sketches of food in this book. There is a large variety of places the recipes originate from.


 

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