Cookbooks Reviewed: Aug 14

  

 

 Slow Cooker Cookbook for Two - 500 Crock Pot Recipes: Nutritious Recipe Book for Beginners and Pros by Sophie Summers

This book starts out with table of contents where recipes are listed as meals and food categories.

Intro discusses the recipes with ingredients you probably already have. Each recipe starts with a title, 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, NOT sure of serving size: calories, fat, fiber, carbs and protein.

There are NO pictures but there are many recipes in each section to choose from. Blueberry jam would be my first choice.

A KEEPER because I have slow cooker setting on my pressure cooker.

The Essential Air Fryer Cookbook for Beginners: 600+ Days Easy & Effortless Recipes for Everyday Air Fryer by Mabel Lueck

TOC where recipes are broken up into meals.

Each recipe starts with a title and servings, 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.

Directions are given. There is NO nutritional information and NO pictures.

Recipes do NOT always start at the top of a new page.

Air Fryer Cookbook for Beginners: 1200-Day of Simple, Affordable, and Tasty Recipes to Help you Keep Healthily and Lose Weight. Includes 4 Weeks Meal Plan by Sarah Green

TOC where recipes are listed  as meals and food categories.

Intro discusses what air frying is and the benefits. Features of the air fryer are also detailed, along with how to clean..

Each recipe starts with a title and some contain a small color picture, prep and cook times and total 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.

Directions are given and there is some nutritional information , NOT sure of serving size: Calories, total fat,  sat. fat, trans fat, cholesterol, sodium, carbs and sugar and protein.

Recipes do NOT always start at the top of a new page. Find some recipes they are just using frozen pieces of food and heating them up, NOT fresh.

Some recipes contain other nutritional information: total fat, sodium, sugar, vitamin A, carbs, protein and vitamin C.  Probably recipe is from a different source.

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

 Some do NOT tell you servings.   Meal plans are included at the end.