The "I Don't Know How to Cook" Book: 300 Great Recipes You Can't Mess Up Review

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(More customer reviews)I bought this book at a public book show put on by Scholastic outside a cafe where I sometimes eat lunch. I'm not unfamiliar with the kitchen and cooking, although I'm by no means a gourmet. But I've long been embarrassed by the fact that I just plain didn't know how to make a lot of "basic" items that a lot of cooks learn from experience. There were also a lot of gaps in my knowledge: for example, I knew what separated eggs were but I didn't know how to do it without making a gawdawful mess and imperfectly separated parts.
Enter this book. It's got a lot of good basic stuff, the kind that doesn't require expensive ingredients or unusual cooking implements. It's more than enough for good meal planning and many of the recipes are useful for the fairly competent cook who just wants something quick and cheap, but still tasty. The format of the recipes is also very easy to follow: ingredients are listed in the order of appearance and there are notes that explain timing issues ("while you are waiting for this to happen, do that.") There are also useful sidebars about various cooking-related issues; including, to continue my example above, one about methods for separating eggs.
Those looking for more adventure in the kitchen are probably going to be sorely let down, and mentions of microwaves are few and far between. But for someone looking for the basics in order to facilitate good meals and meal planning with good time management, this is an excellent choice...even if the title is a little bit embarrassing.

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Gone are the days of macaroni and cheese from a box, frozen dinners, and takeout. With this cookbook, anyone can make a deliciously easy meal. With beginner recipes, separated into easy, medium, and hard levels, this book is the perfect primer to ease the stress of fearful folks in the kitchen. Completely updated with new delectable dishes and unique twists on some classics, this cookbook teaches readers that they can cook?one delicious meal at a time!

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Bob's Red Mill Baking Book Review

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(More customer reviews)I use a lot of Bob's Red Mill products and have baked with whole grains for more than 25 years, so I was excited when this book was published. The format is easy to use and appealing, and the directions are clear,although there are no photographs or drawings.
After a description of different kinds of flour and cereals, the book is divided into chapters on whole grain yeast breads, rolls, and sourdough; quick breads, muffins, biscuits, and scones; flatbreads, focaccia, crackers, and pizza; pies, tarts, cobblers and crisps; cookies; and cakes.
There are many ideas for using spelt, teff, quinoa, barley, buckwheat, and other less common flours, and there are quite a few gluten-free recipes, including cakes, gingerbread. and even sugar cookies. There are recipes for seven kinds of pizza dough, from yeast-free to cornmeal, and an unusual recipe for a strawberry pie that calls for baking the strawberries in a double crust. There are also many kinds of piecrust to try, ranging from sorghum and almond oat to whole wheat and barley.
The first recipe I tried was Bob's High Fiber Bread, which turned out dense and dry. I made Whole Wheat Irish Soda Bread, which was dull, dry, and heavy (I threw it out),and Gluten-free Rice Bread, a two-day project that didn't rise properly and had to be thrown out, also. Maple Pecan Muffins were very dry as were Whole Grain Bread Rings.
Here are some winners: the whole wheat pizza dough was very good, as was the Italian sausage and fontina calzone. Oatmeal pancakes were excellent, and the oatmeal muffins and orange spelt muffins were good.
It seems that often the proportions are wrong. Bob's Energy Boosters contained too much butter and didn't hold together. Five-Grain Daybreak Cookies taste great, but the recipe called for way too much butter and should have used baking powder instead of soda to prevent spreading. It made 48 very large, floppy, sticky cookies instead of the predicted 24.
I'm not ready to give up on this book, because the recipes sound so good, and every once in a while, I hit a winner. But not often enough. When I want to be sure of a success, I turn to King Arthur's Whole Grain Cookbook, The Baker's Apprentice, or Berenbaum's Bread Bible. Hodgson Mills just published a whole grains cookbook--it will be interesting to compare their book to Bob's Red Mill Baking Book.


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This invaluable baker's resource provides home bakers with delicious ways to use whole and other healthful grains and flours to suit their dietary, allergic, and basic baking needs. Including new and traditional recipes, and featuring a collection of recipes from prominent bakers and chefs, Bob's Red Mill Baking Book allows bakers to take full advantage of the healthful benefits of whole grains. Bob's Red Mill Natural Foods was founded in 1978 and has become a multimillion-dollar business with international distribution. Inspired by a commitment to whole grain nutrition, Bob and Charlee Moore started their business with a mission to support the health and well-being of people in their community. But the demand for healthy whole grains made their small northwest business grow nationwide. Bob's Red Mill Natural Foods offers a diverse line of all natural and organic flours, cereals, meal and mixes for pancakes, bread, and soups. The company's more than 300 products are available throughout the U.S. and Canada at all natural food and major grocery stores. Bob's Red Mill brand products may also be purchased by phone, mail order, or on the company's website.

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Cupcakes from the Primrose Bakery Review

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(More customer reviews)I baked the strawberry cupcakes right away and served them at my brother's wedding. They are fabulous! Recipes use good, natural ingredients...nothing artificial here. Simple and pretty designs for the cupcakes too.

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Whole Grains Every Day, Every Way Review

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(More customer reviews)Lorna Sass's latest book, "Whole Grains Every Day, Every Way" is a real winner! I was privileged to test a few of Ms. Sass's recipes and was impressed with their robust flavors, aromas, and textures. Some folks are turned off by the idea that a recipe is "healthy," thinking that it means bland flavors and straw-like textures (haven't we all encountered *those* recipes?). Not so here! These recipes will find a home in any good cook's recipe collection.
As in all of her previous books, Ms. Sass has a unique, almost minimalist approach to seasoning. She pares down the lengthy ingredient lists of many ethnic recipes and uses just a few of a cuisine's defining herbs and spices to create deep, complex, and extremely satisfying flavors. Her taste buds are right on target. Some examples of her on-the-mark flavoring techniques are found in Thai Curried Chicken Soup with Brown Jasmine Rice, which has become a staple at our house, as have her Oat and Turkey Soup with Tex-Mex Flavors and her Ethiopian Chicken Stew with Teff Polenta.
Her Roasted Brown Rice Pilaf with Leeks incorporates an interesting method for making a very flavorful and versatile pilaf -- using only 4 ingredients. That's hard to beat!
Ms. Sass's delicious desserts are too numerous to mention. One our favorites is Brown Basmati Rice Pudding Custard. It is so fragrant and delicious that it satisfies diners who love custards and flans, and also those who love rice pudding at the same time. Her Biscotti were lighter than many I've had and beautifully crunchy without being teeth-shattering.
This is a book that will rise to the top of my "Favorites" in my cookbook list.

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101 Cupcake, Cookie & Brownie Recipes (Gooseberry Patch) Review

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(More customer reviews)I reviewed some of the recipes in this book on my blog at [...]
My pre-teen son helped out in the kitchen and actually spent lots of time deciding which recipes to try. We both had fun making and baking. The recipes were well-written, the pictures were inspiring, and everything turned out great.

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The latest addition to the best-selling Gooseberry Patch photo cookbook series is brimming with recipes sure to tempt your sweet tooth, each accompanied by a mouthwatering full-color photo! For special occasions or everyday treats, 101 Cupcake, Cookie & Brownie Recipes will have you saying, What a fun idea! I can do that! Readers will love the variety too...mini & full-size cupcakes along with simple decorating ideas plus cookies ranging from simple drops to cut-outs to decorate. Lunchbox favorites like brownies, blondies and bars are also included and a special occasion chapter at the end includes recipes perfect for holiday celebrations.

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The Anti-Cancer Cookbook Review

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(More customer reviews)It has long been known and clinically demonstrated that food has a direct link to health, and that some foods are not only nutritious for the human body, they are also medical and remedial. In "The Anti-Cancer Cookbook: How To Cut Your Risk With the Most Powerful, Cancer-Fighting Foods", Dr. Julia B. Greer has compiled more than 200 specific recipes featuring ingredients that have a particular relevance for fighting various forms of cancer. The step-by-step instructions for each individual recipe are in accordance with cooking methods that protect the anti-cancer properties of the ingredients. Of special note is the cogent, practical, 'real-world' advice for making healthy menu choices when dining out. From Chilled Apple Oatmeal; Red Pepper Hummus; Maple-Pecan Broccoli; and Newport Beach Turkey Pasta Salad; to Portobello Tofu Tacos; Mahi Mahi with Citrus Sauces and Black Beans; Spice-Rubbed Filet Mignon with Grilled Tomatoes; and Chocolate Chocolate-Chip Zucchini Brownies, "The Anti-Cancer Cookbook" is a veritable cornucopia of dishes suitable for every dining occasion and highly recommended for anyone having to prepare meals with cancer prevention and treatment in mind.


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Eat broccoli sprouts to prevent bladder cancer . . . Eat more blueberries to reduce your risk of colon cancer . . . It seems that every day we hear new discoveries about various foods' anti-cancer properties. But the information comes in little bits, from all different directions, and it's hard to know how to put all this information to use in your own diet to reduce your risk of getting cancer. Now, Dr. Julia Greer a physician, cancer researcher, and food enthusiast pulls together everything you need to know about anti-cancer foods into one handy book: The Anti-Cancer Cookbook. She explains what cancer is and how antioxidants work to prevent pre-cancerous mutations in your body's cells, and then describes in detail which foods have been scientifically shown to help prevent which types of cancer. She then shares her collection of more than 220 scrumptious recipes for soups, sauces, main courses, vegetarian dishes, sandwiches, breads, desserts, and beverages, all loaded with nutritious ingredients chock-full of powerful antioxidants that may significantly slash your risk of a broad range of cancer types, including lung, colon, breast, prostate, pancreatic, bladder, stomach, leukemia, and others. Dr. Greer even includes tips on how to cook foods to protect their valuable antioxidants and nutrients and how to make healthy anti-cancer choices when eating out. If you love good food and are looking for delicious ways to keep yourself and your family healthy and cancer-free, you'll find yourself reaching for The Anti-Cancer Cookbook time and time again.

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Gluten-Free Baking with The Culinary Institute of America: 150 Flavorful Recipes from the World's Premier Culinary College Review

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(More customer reviews)Got this book last week. I am a '77 graduate of the CIA so had GREAT HOPES for this book. The gluten free information is great. The recipes we have tried so far, however, are pretty bad.
Here's what we think about the specific recipes we have tried so far. Remember, our rating is based upon what we have tried.
We are very frustrated that so far we picked two very bad bread recipes. Did this guy test his recipes? I think not. Celiac sufferers need bread recipes. HELLO, are you listening? Please, if you have a great bread recipe would you please post it in your review of this book? My customers are desperate!

1. Soft Rolls - We made these into loaves just as the recipe indicated we could. They turned out to be more like popovers. They are NOT BREAD although they might be good to use for bread pudding. Rating = 0

2. Lean Bread - This is really another large popover. It has a tremendous puff in the oven. You prop open your oven for 5-7 minutes at the end, then you remove the bread at 200º F. After you do that you stand there and watch it deflate. Heart Breaking! It has no business being called BREAD. Thank goodness that I learned my lesson from the Soft Roll recipe last week and only had to throw out three loaves instead of the seven loaves we threw out of that particular recipe. Rating = 0
3. Shortbread- These are heavy and taste like cornmeal cookies. They are not crunchy like a shortbread should be and there is NO WAY anyone could roll this mushy dough out, even if chilled for two hours as suggested. We had to scoop these cookies out and then pat with a sugared tamp. Please pay attention here: these cookies need to be baked THIN. Since you can't roll them out you will have to scoop them onto parchment, butter the bottom of a glass, press it in sugar, then tamp the cookie down to about 1/8" thick. Raspberry jam tasted good. Apricot was not that great. We will try these cookies again only next time we will tamp them down THIN, THIN, THIN! Thise have potential. Rating: 4
4. Chocolate Pecan Cookies - The first batch had no flavor so we doubled the vanilla. These are the most cookie like of all the cookies we've made out of this book. We may increase the sugar a bit. These have potential. Rating: 4
5. Peanut Butter Cookies - WAY too much salt in this recipe. Thank goodness we decided to halve it. We liked the texture of this cookie but feel they needed some vanilla. Could taste more peanut buttery but vanilla may help that. These are close to being 'there.' Rating 4 1/2
6. Spritz Cookies - This cookie has no business being called a spritz cookie. It is more like a pudding pat with a raspberry center. It puffs up in the oven to look like a cream puff. Then it deflats to look like a flat tire with ridges. Please change the name of this poser cookie to Pudding Pat Cookie. Rating: 0
7. Macaroons: Okay, FINALLY the author gets an A+. These cookies were great. Bernie put about 5 ounces of melted semisweet chocolate in half the batter. Mmmm mmmmm. We will make these with other flavors, too. We put dried cherries and pecans in the vanilla ones. Very, very good. Rating: 5
Score Average is 2 1/2
Buyer Beware! I you buy this book make sure you do not try a recipe for a special occasion without a making a trial batch first.

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Many gluten-sensitive people have only dreamed of eating gooey cinnamon buns, crusty French bread, savory pizza, and smear-worthy bagels. But now, thanks to Chef Richard J. Coppedge Jr. of the Culinary Institute of America, everyone can indulge. He shows readers how to use alternatives to gluten to bake delicious favorites: Maple Pecan Tart; Pineapple Upside-Down Cake; Cream Cheese Rugelach; Molten Chocolate Cake; Ham and Cheese Scones; Potato Leek Quiche; and Black Bottom Cake with Cherry Compote. Whether first-time bakers or professional chefs, readers will find the baking techniques comprehensive and easy to master. Using a combination of Chef Coppedge?s flour blends, readers will soon be creating pies and tarts, cookies and brownies, and savories and pastries to tempt any palate, gluten-sensitive or not.

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Dana Carpender's NEW Carb and Calorie Counter-Expanded, Revised, and Updated 4th Edition: Your Complete Guide to Total Carbs, Net Carbs, Calories, and More Review

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(More customer reviews)She is the reigning queen of low-carb cuisine and for good reason-Dana Carpender knows her stuff when it comes to easily making a carbohydrate-restricted eating plan a part of a normal, everyday way of life. While the media and health pundits choose to denigrate low-carbohydrate nutrition for whatever their reasons, people like Dana just keep living by example and sharing with the world the knowledge and experience she has attained as a decade-plus low-carb veteran. And more than anything else, she recognizes that people need help keeping track of their carbohydrate and calorie intake which is why she's released Dana Carpender's NEW Carb and Calorie Counter-Expanded, Revised, and Updated 4th Edition: Your Complete Guide to Total Carbs, Net Carbs, Calories, and More.
When a book has been through four updates and revisions, you know it's a useful tool for people and this book is no exception. In typical Dana Carpender style, whose line of low-carb cookbooks are heralded by any serious low-carb dieter, she starts off by telling you the basics of livin' la vida low-carb and how to make the most of her 350-page mass paperback book. Useful tips, health checklists, common health problems improved by low-carb nutrition, ways to enhance your low-carb lifestyle, and gentle encouragement dominate the first 30 pages.
It's a great refresher course for those of us who have been eating this way for a long time or an outstanding introduction to a whole new way to think about healthy eating for those who are new to carbohydrate-restriction. I especially liked her section "10 Great Snacks for 5 grams of Net Carbs Or Less!" to help all you road trippers know exactly what to bring with you to stick with your low-carb plan. She even does the same for national fast-food and popular sit down restaurants telling you EXACTLY what to order at places like Burger King, Hardee's, Denny's, KFC and even Pizza Hut! This is a nice book to keep in the glove compartment of your car for speedy reference while traveling.
The bulk of the book is in a table format with the name of the food or beverage, serving size, calories, total carbs, fiber, net carbs, protein, and fat listed for each. It begins with 16 pages of beverages, then 107 pages of common foods you would purchase for your family to eat, and finally nearly 200 pages of all the nutritional information about the foods you would order at a restaurant. I suppose it's a sign of our times that restaurants would receive nearly DOUBLE the amount of space in a book like this, but I'm all about arming people with information that will help them make better choices for the sake of their health. And Dana has done just that with this newly updated version of her carb and calorie counter book.

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The 1500-Calorie-a-Day Cookbook Review

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(More customer reviews)Everything the first cookbook, The 1200-Calorie-a-Day Menu Cookbook : Quick and Easy Recipes for Delicious Low-fat Breakfasts, Lunches, Dinners, and Desserts wanted to be and wasn't. Don't get me wrong; it was fine for its time. This book is just plain better.
Updated recipes with 9 or fewer ingredients and less reliability on fat-free, chemical-laden frankenfoods. (Although there are some!)
The entire meal takes less than 30 minutes--the whole menu complete on one page. Calorie count and other nutritional information provided for each recipe/menu including identifying menus higher in fiber, vitamins A & C, and calcium.
I made the Creamy Pumpkin Pie dip for our dance troupe hafla and it was a big hit! Nothing to take home.
She doesn't provide grocery lists. That will depend on what menus you choose. But, she does offer a brief nutritional introduction (just enough to keep your eyes from glazing over)and suggestions for what to do with leftovers. I'm all about freezing extra portions for later so I don't mind a recipe that serves 4-6.
Those who've read some of my other review will note that I'm a BIG fan of mix and match diet cookbooks. If I was going to buy a companion volume, I'd choose The All-Natural Diabetes Cookbook


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Eat up. Slim down. It's just that easy--with just 1,500 delicious calories a day!

From the author of The 1,200-Calorie-a-Day MenuCookbook, comes all new recipes for when you are counting calories but don't want to sacrifice flavor, taste, or variety. While most low-calorie meal plans leave you hungry for more, this cookbook serves up a satisfying selection of energy-boosting breakfasts, fast-fix lunches, and delectable dinners--plus two healthy snacks and one guilt-free dessert--every single day! It'shard to believe it's just 1,500 calories.

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Fast Food Fix: 75+ Amazing Recipe Makeovers of Your Fast Food Restaurant Favorites Review

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(More customer reviews)I ordered this book after seeing an excerpt in Women's Health. I've been really surprised by the quality of the recipes (and the fat content and calories of the originals!) The first thing I made was the Big Mac sauce to dress up some burgers. It was yummy... and tasted just like the original. To be honest, you could easily put this stuff on anything... including veggie burgers.... and it would taste great. This book even inspired me to purchase my first kitchen scale. You don't need it to do the recipes, but in reading how she recreated the fast food favorites I thought I could do the same with other restaurant favs. My only complaint is that I still can't find a potato curler anywhere (online or off) to make the Curly Fries... unless it's part of a $50+ garnishing set. I'm thinking about taking a 3 month break from all fast food restaurants for myself and my family and resorting to this book instead. Note: You can find lots of these recipes online for free if you'd like to try one. But I think once you have, you'll buy the book!

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Indulge your fast food cravings without guilt--with recipes that deliver the same great taste without putting your health at risk or inches on your hipsAmericans all want to "eat healthy," but when they yearn for the fast foods they love, what they want most are the fabulous flavors that have made them favorites in the first place. That's what makes this collection of recipe makeovers so exceptional. Los Angeles food writer, chef, and caterer Devin Alexander specializes in low-fat, high-flavor, scrumptious cuisine. In Fast Food Fix, she shows the reader how to transform 75 fast food favorites into healthier versions that are even more flavorful than the originals. Fast Food Fix:' demystifies the special seasonings and secret sauces of choice fast foods--showing how to reproduce their flavors quickly and easily from common ingredients' teaches how to lighten many dishes with new cooking techniques, such as the oven-frying method that yields incredibly crunchy popcorn chicken with 35 fewer fat grams than the original version from KFC' reveals simplified cooking methods that save time in the kitchen, proving that "fast food" can still be fast even when prepared at homeFor Americans hooked on fast food flavors, these recipe makeovers by a chef with an impressive repertoire of culinary tricks will quickly become a kitchen staple.

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The Preacher's Daughter (Annie's People #1) Review

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(More customer reviews)What can I say about this wonderful-gut book that hasn't already been said? I immediately felt absorbed into this community and into an emotional connection with the characters. The unlikely friendship and sisterly bonds between Annie and Louisa was so heartwarming! How could I not relate to Louisa and her desire to escape the rat-race and simplify her life to find a deeper meaning? I usually don't like endings that leave loose ends unresolved, but in this case, the author has achieved her purpose in leaving me longing for more, and I'm glad the follow-up book is only two months away. Annie's People is destined to be a series as compelling as Abram's Daughters. It is equally as well-written and absorbing, with wonderful insight into this often mysterous and misunderstood culture.
I hope it's ok to add this here, but I want to recommend an obscure book that Beverly Lewis fans are sure to embrace. Don't cringe or overlook it because it's a harlequin book - It will provide a highly satisfying fix while waiting for the next installment in the Annie's People series: Reluctant Witness by Linda Markowiak

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The Star King Review

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(More customer reviews)As a hopeless romantic about flying, I needed to check out the media buzz surrounding Susan Grant--an elite pilot (U.S. Air Force and now global 747s)who writes highly-original, exotic, and steamy adventures about aviatrix heroines.
It's not just buzz. Grant is the real deal, and performs aerobatics of the heart like no other author.
The pacy, passionate Star King concerns Jas, a no-nonsense USAF fighter pilot struck by a missile and forced to leave her jet the hard way by ejecting to earth. Hurt on an arrid desert, she prepares for anything but what occurs--a transcendent encounter with another wounded warrior. His name is Rom, a starfighter pilot from a distant universe. Now this golden demigod lies dying with the awful knowledge that he has just killed his brother in the skeleton of their burning ship, beaten by an enemy warlord. Painfully, Jas and Rom save each other, with a shared passion that will leave you limp. Is it real, or just the theater of Jas' delerious mind?
You won't know where you are at every minute in this book, but that's a very good thing because you're in skilled hands.
Abruptly, twenty years later, Jas' youthful fire has been extinguished. Now she's a dutiful mother stung by divorce who long ago gave up victory rolls in an F16 for a minivan, a surprisingly-talented artist who paints promising but only half-finished paintings. Then earth receives visitors from an advanced civilization. Among them, Rom re-appears, and Jas' real life could begin--if her golden, aristocratic ET weren't as hardened as Rick Blaine in Casablanca, by cruel fortune and a fruitless search over time and space for the mythic desert angel who once saved him.
How Grant brings Jas and Rom together, and the glory is definitely in her details, can involve sly humor (e.g. in Rom's world, all the men stand when a woman enters the room and, as a lover, he admires the artistry of her stretch marks.) But she's also capable of snap-turning you from light-as-a-feather giddy to a sudden plunge into emotional despair. You will not guess the twists and turns before they unfold, but you will root mightily for this couple to survive and fulfill the promise of their long-ago stolen moment in time.
This is just a wonderful novel that combines passion and writerly control in a fresh new way. I hope Rom has more family, because you can feel a series here.

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A beautiful fighter pilot is shot down over Saudi Arabia, and ends up in the arms of the king of a distant galaxy.--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

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The Everything Cake Mix Cookbook (Everything (Cooking)) Review

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(More customer reviews)I bought this book as a gift and she loves it.She even brought a piece of cake over for me to sample yum!!

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Think of delicious Pumpkin Bread, Chocolate Hazelnut Cake, and Cheddar Herb Scones homemade from scratch. But who has that kind of time? You can cut your kitchen duty considerably by using the secret ingredient: cake mix! In this unique cookbook, author Sarah K. Sawyer shows readers how to bake all of the classics?and some new surprises?using cake mix. Recipes include:French Toast CasseroleRocky Road BarsPotato PancakesGreen Tea CupcakesRhubarb Strawberry CrumbleComplete with chapters for vegetarians, vegans, and those who have food allergies, this is the perfect cookbook for anyone who wants to cut corners but still present a delicious homemade product. No one will ever know that it?s only semi-homemade!

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Quick Meals for Healthy Kids and Busy Parents: Wholesome Family Recipes in 30 Minutes or Less From Three Leading Child Nutrition Experts Review

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(More customer reviews)I must admit I'm a cook book junkie--always at the library and book stores looking for healthy, "kid-friendly" recipes. I purchased this book on a whim five years ago, and would rate it my all time favorite "family" cookbook. Recipes are in chapters: Soups, Chicken & Fish, Ground Beef (Turkey), Vegetables, Grains, Tortillas, Potatos, Pita Pockets, Stir-fry, Salads, Breads, Finishing touches, Snacks & Lunch treats for kids, and finally Beverages. At the end of all recipes are suggestions to "balance your meal." Many of these suggestions are other recipes in the cook book. There are also several microwave recipes throught the book. The tortilla recipes (Bean Burrito--micro & fast!) and pita recipes (Chicken Parmesan Pita)are especially good. The Chocolate Pudding (micro) recipe is a great after school snack. The bottom line is that my kids will eat almost everything I cook from this book, and I can't say that about any other cook book I own.

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The Sneaky Chef: How to Cheat on Your Man (In the Kitchen): Hiding Healthy Foods in Hearty Meals Any Guy Will Love Review

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(More customer reviews)OK-I'm not a big fan of most veggies....and the types of food I like best; burgers, wings and doughnuts aren't considered particularly healthy but taste great!
So I was surprised to learn that my wife had been preparing some of my favorite meals with a slight twist with recipes from LaPine's new book. These recipes use less salt, sugar and contain less fat not to mention the added nutrition of fresh fruit and vegetables so it's great for me and the kids too. If anything, the food actually tastes better. Thanks and keep the recipes coming!


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The Sneaky Chef now targets the other picky eater in the family! For parents of finicky eaters, The Sneaky Chef was the answer to their prayers, giving them solutions for hiding healthy food in the meals kids crave. Within a month of publication, it was a New York Times bestseller. But author Missy Chase Lapine knew another secret: the kids aren't the only ones in the family not eating their veggies! Hundreds of women wrote to tell her how the men in their lives were consistently making poor choices when it came to their diet. Men know they should eat better, but the classic male perception is that fruits and veggies are "rabbit food" and don't seem to satisfy their appetite. Now "The Sneaky Chef" has donned her apron again and developed delicious recipes that are sure to appeal to guys. Recipes include "Macho Meatballs," "Love Me Tenderloin," and "Champion Chili." These hearty meals successfully cloak ingredients that specifically target men's health issues: foods proven to help the heart, lower cholesterol, ensure a healthy prostate, and other concerns. Now everyone in the family (kids and adults alike) can benefit from The Sneaky Chef's bag of tricks.

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The Stevia Cookbook: Cooking with Nature's Calorie-Free Sweetener Review

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(More customer reviews)I started using Stevia to reduce the amount of sugar and artificial sweeteners my family uses. It is fairly straight forward to replace sugar/Equal with Stevia in coffee, homemade salad dressings and sauces. But I was having lots of trouble with baked goods. So I THOUGHT one good cookbook could replace my expermenting. This book doesn't seem to be the one.
First problem: Not really over 100 recipes. Does anyone really need a recipe for sweetening your coffee, making hot cocoa or lemonade? How about a recipe for making whipped cream (whip cream and stevia until soft peaks form)?
Second problem: Not very many baked goods recipes: only 3 cake recipes, 2 muffin recipes, 9 cookie recipes. These are the types of recipes where subbing Stevia for sugar is very difficult and where even 2 or 3 GOOD recipes would be very useful for most cooks.
Third problem: Even these few recipes are not very good. For the time and effort involved in home cooking, what you make should be healthy and at least as good tasting as what you can buy at a grocery. I've tried 3 recipes from this book - the "best" result was the Chocolate Mini Muffins. When I read the recipe I thought it looked ALOT like a biscuit recipe. Well the result was a slightly sweet sort-of-choclate biscuit baked in a muffin tin NOT a muffin. It was OK I ate one, the kids toke a bite of one each and we threw out the other 20. I really expect a cookbook author or even anyone who even rarely bakes to know the difference between a biscuit and a muffin.
Don't waste your money on this book.

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Nancy Clark's Sports Nutrition Guidebook Review

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(More customer reviews)As a personal fitness trainer, I am always looking for common sense ways to explain proper nutrition to my clients. At first I bought this book for myself to help improve my running and get the most out of my workouts. What I found was a book that will not only help an athlete improve performance but has common sense nutritional information for almost anyone. Nancy is a Registered Dietitian who cuts through the nutrition myths and lays out a coming sense eating plan that works for almost anyone. If you are looking for a new fad diet you won't find it here although she has added a couple of chapters on sensible weight management in the latest edition. Sports specific chapters include how to carbo load before an event and what it really takes to add muscle mass. The book has over 200 quick and easy recipes that help round out your nutrition plan. After you read it you will wonder why you didn't take this common sense approach to nutrition years ago. Even if you buy it and don't read it from cover to cover, you can still pick up invaluable tips just browsing through and reading her informative tables and charts. A great way to jumpstart your nutrition plan by eating sensibly, keeping your body fueled and keeping your energy up.

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