Cookbooks reviewed: aug 8

  

Prepping With Rice and Beans. The Cookbook: 105 Tasty Survival Recipes With Beans & Rice by Alexander K. Powers

TOC where recipes are listed as meals . Introduction discusses how to prepare for emergencies and what you can use in your own kitchen.

Also discusses why beans anr rice are best survival food available mostly health benefits.

I don't care that beans come in cans. I’d rather soak and cook my items and NOT rely on sodium from cans.

Each recipe starts with a title, prep and cook times and 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 contain a lot of ingredients, be sure to have them all first.

Directions are given and some nutritional information, NOT sure of serving size: calories, fat, carbs, protein and sodium.

There are NO pictures and recipe do NOT always start at the top of a new page.

I'd like to try a few of these and it's not an emergency and I have all the ingredients for them.

Conclusions discusses when to add tomatoes to bean mixtures and why and other tips.

Good reference for beans and rice, love tips at the end.

Coffee Cookbook: 150+ Professional Coffee Recipes to Start Your Day Off Right, get Perfect Results Every Time! by Polly Weber

Starts with table of contents where  the recipes are listed.

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

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 nutritional information per serving: calories, total carbs, cholesterol, total fat, protein and sodium.

There are NO pictures. So many flavor combinations to try. 

 

Superfoods Body: Over 75 Quick & Easy Gluten Free Low Cholesterol Whole Foods Recipes full of Antioxidants & Phytochemicals (Natural Weight Loss Transformation Book 130) by Don Orwell 

This book starts out with offer of free ebook.  Link does not work. TOC where recipes are broken up into meals and food categories.

short intro and dedication.

Like condiment section a lot as most things you get from the store contain a lot of sugar and sodium.

Each recipe starts with a title and 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 along with allergies labels.

There is a medium size color photo but NO nutritional information.

Some recipes also include a summary of the dish Salad dressings would be another favorite choice as we use it daily.

Other recipe contain a food label from box of package: servings, calories, total fat, sat fat, trans, cholesterol, sodium, potassium, total carbs and protein, sugars.

This tells me the source is from a different place NOT every recipe contains a picture.

After the recipes the chapters turn into particular nutrients and what food fit into those categories.  Appendices also include the authors story about how he had to make  a change and the things he did to improve his overall health.

Besides the nutrient info there is specific foods and why you should put them into your diet plan and why and what part of the body will benefit.

There are also exercises that can aid your diet plan. 

References are also included at the end along with  authors other works.