Review: Required Reading for Anyone Who Eats Food
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 26, 2014
I cook about 4 different specialty meals and my husband does about 3 so we tend to eat the same thing every week along with peanut butter and jelly.  Cook books can be so involved or boring. Living in Florida, we hate turning on the oven and sweating over meal preparation, so we use our crock pot a lot.  Imagine my joy over finding a cookbook with healthy meals, easy meals and most important of all, delicious meals.  Each one is a delight to cook and if it will take longer to prepare, or require extra care, Patrick Smith will warn you.  He also includes the calorie amounts for each serving.  There are many different cultural recipes: Asian, Hispanic, Italian and Indian for every meal including breakfast and dessert. Although I am vegetarian, it is easy to modify each recipe by using veggie burger meats but there are also vegan-friendly recipes such as Spicy Coconut Pea Soup (I will make that tonight). Since we always have a pot of beans cooking, I already cooked Curry Lentil last night and must admit that his recipe is better than mine!  Tomorrow, I am making the Brownies in a slow cooker.  Brownies? Well,  only 95 calories per serving.  I deserve it! This book should be required reading for anyone who eats food!