Cookbooks reviewed: Mar 25

  

 

Zucchini Recipes: The Ultimate Guide by Kimberly Hansan

Starts with offer of free ebooks,  TOC where recipes are listed, NOT in any specific order.

Recipes do NOT always start at the top of a new page. Each recipe starts with a title, prep and total time, 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.

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

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

Few recipes I will be making as I know the ingredients are healthy for us also.

A KEEPER!

Air Fryer Cookbook: 70 New and Best Air Fryer Recipes for Fast and Healthy Meals, Bonus 20 Air Fryer Keto and Vegetarian Recipes by Anthony Green

This book starts with TOC where recipes are listed as meals  and food categories.

Short intro about the air fryer, what it is, how it all works,  healthier benefits and accessories.

Each recipe starts with a title medium size color photo,  Nutritional information includes calories, fats, carbs and protein.

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 items, be sure to have them all first.

Directions are given. Some recipes call for prepackaged items, rather than fresh, homemade.

Quite a few recipes I want to try very soon, will take pictures once they are done.

Some recipes use UK measurements, before to convert the whole recipe before you start cooking.

A KEEPER

 

Cookbooks reviewed: Mar 24

  

Snacks And Appetizers:: Appetizers, Snacks, and Dips For Any Occasion! by Pamela James

TOC starts this book where recipes are listed under various categories.

Love that this starts with a bread I’ve yet to try.

Each recipe starts with a title, medium size color photo, prep, total 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.

Directions and given and some nutritional information per servings size : calories

total fat, sat fat, cholesterol, sugars, sodium, total carbs, dietary fibers and protein and sugars.

What a find! This book not only has great recipes but pictures and nutritional information.

A KEEPER!

 

Dash Diet: The Complete Guide-111 Delicious Recipes, 30-Day Diet Meal Plan, and 10 Tips for Success Kindle Edition by Dr Gabrielle J Williams 

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

Description, intro where  the diet plan is discussed.  

Benefits of the diet plan  are detailed.

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 items, be sure to have them all first.

Directions are given and some nutrition per serving: calories, fiber, fat, carbs and protein.

There are NO pictures.

30 day diet plan is also included and ten tips for how to make this diet plan work for you.

Lots to choose from.

Dash Diet for Beginners: Lower Blood Pressure and Prevent Heart Disease through Healthy Weight Loss via Delicious Low Sodium and Low Fat Recipes by by Sam Kuma

TOC starts this book where recipes are listed as meals  and food groups.

Free gift offer,  about the author,  book description, introduction discusses the benefits of lowering blood pressure. Meals plans are included.

Each recipe starts with a title, prep and total 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.

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

Directions are given and there are NO pictures, NO nutritional information.

Some recipes contain a LOT of items, be sure to have them all first.

Would substitute fresh pineapple for the canned they call for, less sodium and sugars.

Author requests review at amazon.  Lots to choose from, careful of sodium and sugars added.

Cookbooks reviewed: Mar 23

 

 

50 Homemade Ice Cream Cake Recipes – Learn How To Make An Ice Cream Cake Today by Pamela Kazmierczak

TOC where recipes are listed.

Short intro about the book and note from the author.

Each recipe starts with a title summary of the item.

 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 you do not need an ice cream maker.

There are NO pictures and NO nutritional information.

Lots of different flavor combinations.

Authors page and links are listed at the end.

Type 2 Diabetes Instant Pot Cookbook #2019: The Most Healthy and Easy to Follow Type 2 Diabetes Recipes to Reverse Diabetes Without Drugs by Murray Steven

TOC starts this book where recipes are listed as meals and other food categories.

Introduction material and there is lots of it, is about diabetic recipes, instant pot and what to watch out for if you are diabetic.

Diet plans are discussed also in other chapters.

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.

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

Although I am not diabetic there's one in our family that is and I think they'd be interested in recipes in this book and they have an instant pot.

30 Day Whole Food Cookbook For Beginners : 700 Simple, Easy and Delicious Recipes to Help You Succeed with 30-Day Diet Meal Plan by Brittany B. Lopez

This book starts with TOC where recipes are listed as meals side dishes and food categories.

Description about the diet is included, Intro discusses the food you should be eating and why .

Each recipe starts with a title and servings.

Prep and cook times are included and some nutrition information: calories, total fat, sat fat, protein, total carbs, net carb, fiber and sugars.

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 and how to set the instant pot.

Recipes do NOT always start at the top of a new page.  NO pictures.

Some recipes have totally different nutrition information, a different source?

Like that they have instant pot recipes but NOT all are made that way, some use oven or grill, be sure to read the recipe all the way through before you start.

Lots of choices but not sure why different nutritional information. should be from the same person?

Lots to choose from.

 

Cookbooks reviewed: Mar 22

  

THE COMPLETE DASH DIET COOKBOOK: 555 Vibrant, Kitchen-Tested Recipes for Living and Eating Well Everyday with 365-Day Dash Diet Meal Plan by MELINDA R. BOND 

This book starts with TOC where recipes are listed as meals and food categories.

Description  of the book is included.  Intro discusses the diet plan, benefits and what you can and can't eat.

Each recipe starts with a title, some contain a small photo. Prep 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 items, be sure to have them all first.

Recipes do NOT start at top of new page.

Some nutritional information: calories, fat, fiber, carbs and protein.

There are just a very few pictures.

Years daily meal plans are included at the end.

Lots of all kinds of food to choose from.

*removed at Amazon*

 

 

35 Chicken One Pot Meals – Tasty One Pot Recipes With Chicken by  Pamela Kazmierczak

TOC starts this book where recipes are listed.

Short intro about the book in all virilities of meals.

Thank you page and author requests a review.

Each recipe starts with a title, short summary of the dish.

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 items, be sure to have them all first.

Directions are given and serving suggestions.

There are NO pictures and NO nutritional information.

Lots to choose from.

 

 

THE NEW MIND DIET COOKBOOK: 150 Healthy Recipes to Boost Brain Function and Help Prevent Alzheimer's Disease by Lydia Merrill

TOC where recipes are listed as meals, Intro with pictures discusses foods made to keep your mind healthy.

What is diet is all about  and what foods you should be eating.

 along with heal benefits.

Conversion charts are included.

Each recipe starts with a title, SOME contain a medium size color photo, summary of the dish, prep and cook time 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 items, be sure to have them all first.

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

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

We eat many of these dishes weekly and need to eat more of them, quite the variety.

Three week meal plan is included at the end.

Author requests a review and about the author are listed at the very end.

Cookbook Reviewed: Mar 21

  

Easy to Bake Unicorn Cookbook: Colorful Kitchen Fun For Kids by Luke Stoffel 

TOC where recipes are listed

Very colorful pictures and pro tips are included.

Each recipe starts with a title, summary of the dish and simpler tip is included.

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 step by step, Color picture is included along with directions.

Fun shaped desserts to impress your friends at a party or jsut a gathering.

Interesting fun book for kids along with adults. NO nutritional information.

Budget Meals by Jo McAuley

 TOC whre meals and food groups are listed.

Intro discusses the quick  way to do things, quicker and quickest.

Tips how to save money on a budget.

Each recipe starts with a full page color photo, on next page is title, time 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.

Directions are given and variations are even quicker to make.

 Acknowledgements are listed at the end. No nutritional information.

Good flavor combinations and I like having 3 different ways to make the recipes even faster.

Food Preservation and Canning for Beginners: 7 Essential Food Preservation Tips For Off Grid Survival and The Homestead | Includes Recipes by Bradley Stone

TOC where recipes different methods are listed, recipes.

Other guides are listed and introduction starts with living off the grid.

Different method s of canning are included in detail.

Things to consider, size of what you want and mistakes to avoid are listed.

Recipes for canning using different methods are discussed with recipes, very straight forward.

Great resource book about methods to use when canning. No specific recipes but does have some for like 15 pounds of tomatoes. My garden does NOT produce that much to can them in these methods.

Resources are listd at the end.

 

 

 

Lean and Green Cookbook for Beginners 2023: 2000 Days of Fueling Hacks & Lean and Green Recipes to Achieve Life-Long Transformation by Harnessing the Power of 5&1 and 4&2&1 Meal Plan by Helen Clark

TOC where recipes are listed as meals and food groups.

 Short intro about the plan and meals they make up.

Intro discusses how the meal plan work, benefits,  how much of each food group you need per day.

Each recipe starts with a title and 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.

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

 There are NO pictures.

Some recipes contain a LOT of items, be sure to have them all first.

Meal plan for each diet plan is included.

 

A German Food Indulgence: Top Delicious and Easy German Food To Try Out Today by Corbin Helen

Starts with guide to healthy living with picture.  Different foods are discussed as to why they are healthy and a stable of German food.

TOC lists recipes in meals and food categories.

Intro discusses the German foods along wiht pictures.

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

Medium size color photo, 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 contain a lot of items, be sure to have them all first. I'd be using low sodium broths.

Directions are given and there is NO nutritional information.

Like flavor combinations and you know you won't need a snack at night after the meals.

Appendix contains conversion charts. Each page is outlined in an index.  Great book for the  history of the items made.

 *removed from Amazon*

 

Cookbooks reviewed: Mar 20

  

 

The Best Spice Mix Recipes - Top 50 Seasoning Recipes - (Herbs & Spices - Anti Inflammatory - Spice Mixes by Olivia Rose

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

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.

Some contain a lot of herbs and spices, be sure to have them all.

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

A KEEPRE for me because I know what things NOT to be adding.

Good resource book to keep handy as we use very many of these and now can make them ourselves.

Bonus recipes, about 15, included at the end where recipes start with a title, tiny small pictures, servings, time and list of items.

Directions and some nutritional information per serving:  calories, fat, carbs, sugar, protein, cholesterol.

Dutch Oven Cooking: More Easy Dutch Oven One-Pot Meal Recipes by Louise Davidson

This book starts with TOC where recipes are listed as food categories and meals.

offer of free ebooks.  Intro discusses the Dutch oven and benefits of it, history of how it became a US tradition, how to buy one, .

Each recipe starts with a title, 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.

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

There are NO pictures. Recipes use canned items, I'd use fresh or frozen- NO sodium that way.

Some contain a  LOT of items, be sure to have them all. Directions are given and nutritional information per serving: calories, carbs, fat, protein and sodium.

Offer of free ebook and other works by the author are listed.  Conversion charts are included.

Conversion charts are listed at the end.

Recipes for Stuffed Bell Peppers: Stuffed Green, Yellow, Red or Orange Bell Peppers Cookbook by Laura Sommers

Starts with TOC where recipes are listed. Intro discussed stuffing bell peppers.

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 a LOT of items, be sure to have them all first.

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

Do like combinations of flavors and foods for stuffing.

Ends with about the author and her social media links and other works.

Air Fryer Cookbook for the Busy Beginner: Easy Meals in Under 20 MInutes by Zoe Ethan

This book starts out with intro about the air fryer.  Tips for the beginners and common mistakes, cooking equipment you might want to get, how to maintain your air fryer.

Cooking charts for common foods and their temperatures.

TOC where recipes are listed as meals. 

Each recipe starts with a color pictures, title,  servings, prep cook 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 also included along with notes. There is NO nutritional information.

There are a lot of choices, great selection.

Each recipe is also listed as the chapter it's included in with.

Found print very small, i had to keep enlarging the page to read it.

Author requests a review at the end.

 

 

The Ultimate Crock Pot Cookbook for Beginners 2023: 800 Hot, Affordable and Delicious Recipes for Homemade Slow Cooking Meals On a Budget by Lizeth B. Barton

This books tarts with TOC where recipes are listed as meals and other food categories.

Short intro about the crock pot and time saving features.

Each recipe starts with a title, prep and cook time 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 items, be sure to have them all first.

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

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

They use canned beans, we soak ours overnight and have NO sodium.

Lots to choose from.

Conversion charts are included at the end.

 

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.