Cookbooks reviewed: Mar 13b

  

60 Bread Recipes: For The Family  by Sophia Brighton

Starts with table of contents where recipes are listed under white, what, whole grain, rye, sweet, cornbread, and others, and biscuits.

Each recipe starts with a title, summary of the item 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.

Some contain a LOT of items, be sure to have them all first. Directions are given.

There are NO pictures and NO nutritional information.

Some use the machine, some the oven read through whole recipe.

Lots of basic and some not so basic, good selections available.

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Mediterranean: 100 Mediterranean Recipes by BookSumo Press

TOC starts this book where recipes are listed, not in any specific order.

Hand drawn sketches throughout the book, along with other photos of the area and some of food.

Each recipe starts with a title. to far right hand corner, sometimes in pale pink background are prep and cook times, servings and some nutritional information: calories, fat,  cholesterol, sodium, carbs, and protein.

To main part of the page there is a 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. Some contain a lot of items, be sure to have them all first.

They use canned items, I'd be using fresh and low sodium products.

  

 

The Dash Diet Cookbook: Choose Between Two Great Meal Plans To Easily Optimize Your Diet Depending On Whether You Want To Improve Your Fitness Or Heart Health by Janet McKenzie

TOC where daily menus are listed. Intro discusses the dash diet and what it's all about.

Has charts of which food groups you should have # of servings from daily.

Conversion charts are also included.

Benefits of the diet and then the recipes.

Each recipe starts with a title, summary of the dish and list of ingredients.

brand name items and I’m sure you can substitute for your healthier dietary needs.

Directions are given.

There are NO pictures and NO nutritional information.

Some of measurements are Imperial measurements.

Don’t' like converting Imperial to US, some are not converted in the recipe.

It's also not a typical recipe as summary works into the list of items.

Also don't care for using canned tomatoes when i can dice them myself, fresh and not packed in sodium.

 

30 Healthy Chicken Recipes – Healthy Dinner Recipes With Chicken by Pamela Kazmierczak

TOC where recipes are listed, not in any specific order.

Short intro and thanks for reading and reviewing.

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.

Some contain more than 10 items, be sure ot have them all firest.

Directions are given.

Some list the servings. There is NO nutritional information nd NO pictures.

Some use canned and prepackaged items, I'd be using fresh.