Review: Limited recipes, limited ideas, limited nutritional info
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 02 3, 2014
Even at a buck, I'm not sure this book is worth putting on your Kindle. The reasons:1. Limited recipes: the recipes are very basic and unless you are really a rank beginner in the kitchen, you already figured out how to make the breakfast sandwiches, for example (put a piece of cheese on a toasted muffin, add egg and ham or Canadian bacon.) It doesn't even tell you how to cook the egg sandwich-style--you just fry it. So if you were expecting an Egg-a-Muffin result, you're getting a fried egg, cheese and ham on a toasted English muffin. Tell me you didn't already know how to do THAT??2. No nutritional info beyond calories. What about fat? Carbs? Protein? If you are cooking at home to replace fast food, those figures are important to glance at. Is this a good choice? Is it high in fat? Are there alternatives and what do I gain by using turkey bacon or low fat cheese? This book won't tell you that, either.3. Basic, unappealing dinner recipes and only a few. Pork chops with mushroom sauce, pizza, chicken with lemon pepper and steamed veg, chicken stiry fry and chicken w sour cream. Either you already have recipes for these or you won't find them that dramatic.The rest of the book is the same boring theme. If you REALLY don't know how to cook appealing, fast, healthy meals, there are SO many other good books. If you're looking to avoid fast foods and take out, I assume it's to improve the food you eat, reduce the unnecessary fat and carbs and to eat easy but healthy food. A suggestion for a much better bookCooking Light Fresh Food Fast Weeknight Meals: Over 280 Incredible Supper SolutionsGood nutrition, fast, weeknight, healthy. And interesting. I recommend you avoid "Avoiding Take-out."