Review: Beware of the hidden salt content
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 03 1, 2011
As others have mentioned, almost every single recipe in this "cookbook" uses canned, pre packaged or processed ingredients. Canned soups and packages of "seasoning" mixes, full of sodium, along with meat are the main ingredients.  Many also use large amounts of processed cheese, high in both fat and sodium. Some of the recipes have all of the above plus oil or butter!  Only a few of the recipes are wholesome or healthy or fresh tasting or use fresh ingredients other than raw meat. There are no listings for nutrients, sodium or calories. To be fair, some recipes call for canned tomatoes [high in sodium, but you can buy salt free], chopped onions and a couple vegetables. But, a broccoli casserole calls for 2 pkgs of dried vermicelli rice, frozen broccoli, 2 cans of cream chicken soup, a pound of processed cheese spread!Let me give you another example of what to expect. There's a recipe for Chicken and Noodles. It calls for 2 pkgs of dried ranch salad mix [#1 ingredient is salt] 2 cans of cream of chicken soup, 8 oz. of cream cheese and a pound of noodles. I cannot even imagine the fat, sodium and calorie count for this family recipe. It's got to be through the roof.This is not the recipe book for anyone concerned with their health. But if you don't mind all the processed ingredients, I'm sure you'll find some of the recipes tasty enough. The corn pudding, minestrone and applesauce sound easy and good without being bad for you too, so because of them, and that I got the book free, I give the book 2 stars instead of just 1.