Cookbooks reviewed: Jan 6

 

Vegan Recipes in 30 Minutes: Quick, Simple and Delicious Recipes with Ingredients are Easy to Find in Your Local Store by Amanda Rice 

This book starts with a table of contents where the recipes are broken up into meals along with other healthy choices.

Intro talks about how vegan diet can make you happy and healthy and how to go about doing that.

Essentials you will need and not go broke.

Easy week night cooking and shortcuts.

Each recipe starts with a title, small color photo, prep and cook times and servings along with a summary of the dish.

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

Directions are given and nutritonal information per serving: calories, fat total, carbs, protein and dietary fiber.

Not every recipe has a color photo but I do find the ingredients are healthy for most diet plans, fresh also

Love the pictures they tell the whole story, so many to choose from, not sure which I want to make first.

A KEEPER!

 

Cake Pops Cookbook: 100 Easy and Irresistible Bite-Size Treats Recipes for Beginners | Tips and Tricks to Make Perfect Cake Pops at Home by Frank Marino

TOC where recipes are broken up into celebration, classic,  Christmas, Animal and other crazy categories.

Intro talks about cake balls and cake pops and history of how they came about.

Tips to help you make them at home, different methods and techniques are discussed.

Recipes do not always start at the top of a new page. Very few recipe photos.

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

List of ingredients and most will start with pre packaged item.

Some recipes call for a lot of ingredients, be sure you have them all.

Directions are given, there is NO nutritional information.

Like flavor combinations and frosting ideas.

Conclusion is included at the end.  Definitely need this book if you are just starting out with making cake pops.

 

Preserving Food: The Complete and Practical Guide to Preserving your Favorite Foods. Step by Step Explanation of Advanced Techniques by Sophie Humble

Table of contents where recipes are broken up into fruit butters, pickles, marmalades and preserves, chutneys and relishes and salsas, jams and jellies,  and others.

Intro discusses canning and how to do it with various methods. Water bath method we did this with our mother.  

There are so many excellent flavor combinations I never would've thought to make tangerine jam. The recipes in each section start 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 fat, low sugar, low sodium and fresh vs. canned items.

Directions are given.

There are NO pictures and NO nutritonal information. Recipes do NOT start at the top of a new page.

This is the book to have if you are just starting out, Intro material explains a lot of different things about preserving that is still used today.

Measurement and other converstion charts are included at the end.

Wish there was an index to find a recipe more easily.

 

 

Dash Diet Cookbook: 500+ Flavorful Low-Sodium and High-Potassium Recipes for Beginners to Lower Blood Pressure and Improve Your Health. Includes a 100-Day Heart-Friendly Meal Plan For Hypertension by Sharon Rush

TOC where recipes are  food categories and meals.

Colorful pictures throughout. Intro talks about the dash diet and history of it, what to eat/avoid,  serving sizes,  reserach and benefits and exercise.

List of items for your pantry, FAQ from others,

Recipes do NOT always start at the top of a new page, not all have photos.

Each recipe does have a title, prep and cook times, servings.

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

Directions are given and some nutritional information per serving: calories, fat-NOT broken up into good or bad, fiber, carbs, protein, sodium, potassium.

There are a lot of flavorful combinations of food  choices, frutis with chicken sounds real good.

100 day food plan is included at the end, conversion charts and recipe index and conclusion note from the author.