Review: Changes Meal Planning From Average to Awesome
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 2, 2014
I’ll start out by saying- even if you aren’t a vegetarian take a look at this book!I bought it when I bought another book (Natural Cures) by the same author.  I liked the information and the book format in Natural Cures and was pleased once again with this purchase.As there are a 100 recipes, there’s a lot of value for the purchase price.There are a lot of recipes for appetizers, soups and salads- the beauty of this is -they are crazy simple (5 ingredients or less),easy on the budget , not the ordinary recipes and the ones that I’ve tried thus far are very good.The Peppery Cheesed Stuffed Snap Peas were excellent (and they gave me a reason to use the jalapeno jelly that I received at Christmas).  Several people asked me for the recipe when I served them on New Year’s Day.My husband and I eat a ton of avocados. Seriously, we buy and consume a bag of them weekly from Sam’s or Costco.  I liked the Zesty Grilled Avocado Skins as it was a recipe I’ve never heard of.  I know we will be making these on the grill this summer.I make broccoli slaw often.  The author’s amped up version – Hawaiian Broccoli Slaw is one I will be making soon as it sounds simply awesome.There is also a bonus section with what is needed to make your own spice blends.  I make a lot of my own blends as it is way less expensive.  This book contained some blends that I haven’t made yet but definitely will be very soon.As I have two people in my family with severe nut allergies, I do want to mention that there are a couple recipes that include nuts.  To be safe, before serving any recipe with nuts, I suggest confirming with all guests regarding potential allergies- including nuts.One more plus point regarding this book- many people when they hear a guest is vegetarian have zero clue what to serve.  These recipes are mainstream enough to serve non vegetarian guests too so that you do not have to create two different meal plans.A+++ all the way for this book.