Cookbook reviewd: Mar 18

  

Holiday Table: Simple and Delicious Recipes by Elle Rush

This book starts out with recipes listed as meals, Intro discusses family gatherings, what makes them special, conversion tables, . Each chapter summaries on the first page.

Each recipe starts with a title, 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 items, be sure to have them all.

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

Cheats and tips are also included at the end.

Really needs colorful photos, especially for the holiday treats.

Dictionary of Cooking Terms: For the Beginner Cook: Includes abbreviations, terms, and techniques by Paula C. Henderson

TOC has listing of the items to be further discussed, mostly foods items.

Alpha listing is shown with descriptions of how to do the certain terms listed.

Other sections included cheeses, herbs and spices,  different types of vinegar, 

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.

Good resource book.

Dash Diet Cookbook For Beginners: 1700 Day of Easy & Tasty Recipes to Lose Weight and Lower your Blood Pressure with Low Sodium Dishes. Includes a 30-day Meal Plan by Marla Rockridge

Starts with table of contents where recipes are listed as meals and food categories.

Intro with pictures discusses the diet plan, benefits of which diseases, heart heal and real food vs. processed foods.

foods to avoid and why are listed. history and the science.

Discusses the Mediterranean diet also and it's benefits.

Meal plans with specific goals included.

Recipes start with a title, some come with a color photo,  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 are NO pictures, NO nutritional information and NO servings.

On this diet I'd not be frying anything...

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

There are only a handful of recipes, it's mostly intro material about the diet plans.

Foodie A Culinary Journey Around the Globe: Recipe Of 51 World Famous Mouth Watering Dishes by Gaurav Kapoor

TOC starts with listings of different food categories.

Intro discusses about food and where the flavors all come from.

Each recipe starts with a title intro, summary and then the recipe.

There are NO pictures and NO nutritional information, NO 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 items, be sure to have them all, directions are given.

uses canned items, i'd rather spend extra 2 minutes to pick em fresh and dice them myself, NO sodium that way.