Cookbooks Review: feb 22

 

The New Nordic Diet: Delicious Recipes for a Healthy Lifestyle by Saga Finberg

Table of contents where recipes are broken up into meals.

Intro discusses  what the diet is all about, the foods you can eat along with small color photos.

Each recipes start with a title summary of the dish, 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.

There are NO pictures, NO nutritional information.

Love that Nordics love to cook with fish and seafood the most.

Love the flavorings they use and I can't wait to try a few when I bake fish on Friday.

Dessert recipes do mostly have a small color photo.

Conclusion ends this book.  Great choices.

Purely Italian. A cookbook: 30 Fast and delicious recipes to let you cook like an Italian (Italian Recipes and not only. Easy and quick way to impress your guests. Book 3) by Caterina Papadia

TOC where recipes are broken up into meals Full page colorful photos.

Short intro and acknowledgements page.

Each recipe starts with a title usually in Italian but translated into English, and difficulty level, servings, prep  level and cost.

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

Some recipes call for a LOT of ingredients, be sure to have them all. Directions are given.

Full page color picture following the recipe along with summary of the dish, sometimes hard to read on background.

There is NO nutritional information.

Don’t care for italicized lettering, had for me to read.  Most use UK measurements, mixed in with US measurements. Will take time to convert to just one or the other.

Some of the recipes that have a full page color photo also have the list of ingredients and how to make, so you could print that page out of the book for your personal recipe box.

Grandma's cake I don't see the list of ingredients..

Very Italian recipe book.

The Plant Based Juicing And Smoothie Cookbook: 200 Delicious Smoothie & Juicing Recipes To Lose Weight, Detox Your Body and Live A Long Healthy Life by Paul Green

This book starts with table of contents where  there is a lot of intro material and recipes are broken up into  different types of smoothies, for your bodies organs.

Books by the author are highlighted at the start. ebook offer included.

Benefits of healthy smoothie are discussed. Difference between juicing and smoothies.

List of ingredients that are healthy along with tiny color photos a short paragraph about each.

Each recipe starts with a title.

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

Hard to see white lettering on light background. There is some  nutritional information per serving: calories, fat, sat fat, carbs, fiber, sugar, protein sodium.

To right side of the page are pictures of the ingredients, servings, prep time. Directions are given. Finished item is pictured at bottom right hand corner.

Lots of information on each page, almost too cluttered but they keep the whole recipe on one page.

So many categories and varieties targeting a different portion of your body.

Conclusion and index of ingredients along with references.

This should be the only book you will ever need for smoothies, it has everything and then some.

Wicked Good Pancakes: Insanely Delicious Savory and Sweet Pancake Recipes (Easy Baking Cookbook Book 9) by Louise Davidson

TOC where recipes are broken up into sweet, fruity, fun flavor, crepes, and savory pancakes and crepes.

Free ebook offer when you sign up at author's website.

Other works by the author are highlighted.

Intro talks about how pancakes have evolved from when they were first made. Each recipe starts with a title and brief summary of the item. servings, prep and cook times.

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

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

Directions are given.

Nutritional information per serving: calories, fat, carbs, sugar, protein, sodium.

There are NO pictures.

End with author asking for a review.

 heir other works are highlighted at the end.

Conversion charts are included. 

The Genuine Cajun Cookbook: From Louisiana to Your Table by Barbara Riddle

Starts with TOC where recipes are broken up into meals. Intro with full page color picture discusses Cajun cooking.

Each recipe starts with a title, medium size color photo, brief summary of the dish, cook time, servings.

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

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

Directions are given.  There is NO nutritional information.

Think I will be trying a few of the items in this book, just not fried foods.

Convection Oven Cookbook: Easy Step-By-Step Homemade Recipes for the Whole Family, with Pictures. Including Useful Tips on How to Master Your Convection Oven by Kaylee Hooper 

TOC where recipes are broken up into meals and food categories.

Intro discusses the oven itself and how easy it is to use.

Colorful photos are included. Differences between ovens are discussed and the parts they make them up.

Tips for using your oven are enclosed.

Each recipe starts with a title, medium size color hoto, prep and cook times, servings.

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

Directions are given and some nutritional information: calories, carbs and protein and fat.

Some recipes have a lot of ingredients be sure to have them all before you start.

Format of nutritional information changes towards the end where it lists so much more: calories, sodium, dietary fiber, total fat, total carbs, and protein. Like they came from different saucers.

Some pictures are very dark.

Conversion tables are enclosed at the end.