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(More customer reviews)I really, really wanted to like this book. Before I started cooking from it, I would have given it 4 stars. The complete bag meals idea is a great one, as is premixing baking mixes rather than buying them. The additions of making your own cheeses and canning meats, etc. are also great thoughts, though if you want to do any of the above, you will need more detailed books since they are not quite as simple as this book would lead you to believe. (For example, don't attempt to can meats until you have thorough understanding of the science behind canning and what is needed to can them safely. Botulism is not anything to mess around with.)
However, as soon as I started making the recipes, I realized that the book would be next to useless. The muffins are greasy and brick-like, even making them properly without overmixing, and the supper recipes from canned/boxed/dried ingredients are tasteless and sub-standard. As a matter of fact, this book reminds me of the old 1950's cookbooks that extolled the virtues of pigs-in-a-blanket and desserts made from marshmallow fluff. If your cooking has evolved beyond these types of recipes, you'd be better off adapting your own recipes for food storage.
So, bottom line - by all means check this book out of the library to get some good ideas, but don't depend on the recipes to turn out edible meals your family will eat.
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