Review: Which are they, snacks or meals?
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 24, 2012
The cover photograph sure looks like guacamole and tortilla chips - but there is no guacamole recipe in the book.The first recipe, Anise Cookies, sounds good - not a lot of sugar, although it does call for 'lard or shortening.'  I would use butter.  Several of the sandwich recipes sound delicious.  The Apple Tuna Sandwich sounds refreshing.  The Herbs and Apple Club Sandwich is appealing.  Cheesy Nutt Balls [SIC] sound yummy.I think I'm just a little confused about whether this is a snack book or a meal book, and a lot of the recipes are not fast, easy, nor do they sound delicious.  The Barbecue Chicken Sandwich calls for 2 pounds of cooked boneless skinless chicken breast and 18 ounces of barbecue sauce, and makes four servings.  This is a snack?  The same with Crunchy Fish Sticks - sixteen ounces of fish fillets, plus flour and breadcrumbs, serves four.  WAY too much food for a 'snack', plus I'm not going to put that much labor into a 'snack.' Grilled BLT Burritos for four include four pieces of bacon and one large flour tortilla per serving.I was really looking forward to Cucumber Tuna Canoes - I love tuna salad but don't tolerate bread well any more, and I thought, how clever!  Serve tuna salad in a hollowed-out cucumber!  But when I get to the recipe, it calls for a cup of canned peas.  Mommie, have I been bad?There is no nutritional information and no photographs.  The formatting is decent, and each recipes begins on its own page.