Review: For Pasta Lovers
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 15, 2013
Although I know how to cook, I don't like to cook. Several of these recipes tempted me into trying them. I found I actually liked cooking these! To date, I've tried the BLT Pasta Salad, Crock Pot Ravioli, Black Bean & Couscous Salad, and the Vegetarian Minestrone Soup (which was especially interesting to try because I don't like soup, either). I also tried the Thai Noodles with Spicy Peanut Sauce with a couple of changes (lighter spice in the peanut sauce and didn't stir-fry with the sesame oil but used it all as it was; I prefer using a higher smoke-point oil to actually stir-fry).Don't let the cover fool you. I almost didn't buy this book because, to me, the mix of the large and small letters on the cover spoke of immaturity, not creativity. The how-to-fix descriptions were a little off-putting, too.But, but, but...I liked the sample pages enough to take a chance on it. I figured that since I've decades of cooking from recipe cards that only list the ingredients (handed down through generations), I could simply use her instructions as a springboard. I've not been disappointed in the recipes I've tried so far.If you find even one new recipe you like in this bunch, it'll be well worth the price of this little cookbook.