Review: A hearty (and timely) welcome to the complete Paleo dinner
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 15, 2013
Amelia Simons has not just provided her thoughts on the ever growing popularity of the Paleo Diet, she has take it one step further and allows the beginner as well as the advanced cook the means to access every course of a Paleo meal from appetizers, to main dish, to side dishes to dessert. Very complete thinking  -especially if you are trying to educate a somewhat resistant family or group of friends as to the value and the tasty courses that Paleo diets afford. Or as Amelia states,’ Complete Pale Meals was written to offer you the help you need to enjoy having friends and family over.  It has 12 totally complete meals - one for every month of the year, for special occasions, or for times to make extras for  leftovers.  It is my way of giving you a guide that will make it easier for you to have friends over or to initiate a family  gathering any day of the year.  I have given you the tools to allow you to focus on other aspects of entertaining - like  who to invite and how to decorate.’Simons offers grocery lists (adding the Fabulous Fourteen ingredients with no need to check the label to the Terrible Twenty for which you must rely on organic sources), preparation guides including the time allotted for each portion of the complete meal, and then she lists 12 incredibly tempting complete meals, taking us through absolutely every aspect form start to finish, tossing in some fine photographs of finished products along the way. Some examples of her complete meals follow:Meal  #2  starts with a Grocery List to prepare Slow Cooker Aromatic Pork Loin, Apple Coleslaw, Bacon and Acorn Squash Patties, cooked Apples, Pumpkin Gingerbread Muffins and Hot Spiced CiderMeal  #12 Grocery List: Tomato Basil Soup, Baltimore Crab Cakes, Lemon Sautéed Vegetables, Fresh Fruit Salad and Shortbread Cookies.The book is not only an exceptional cookbook; it is also so artistically presented that even presentation will rub off on you.  Highly Recommended. Grady Harp, November 13