Review: Mixed feelings about this cookbook
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 25, 2013
I have mixed feelings about Meals Under $10 by Joan Johnson. The cookbook offered a good selection of recipes, and most look easy to prepare, but I found the layout a bit distracting. At the end of every recipe you will find a link to a book the author was promoting. At first I thought it was a navigation link back a chapter in the book but I discovered it was a promotional link. On the positive side, you will find a navigation link directing you back to the table of contents making it easy to navigate this cookbook.One of the things I did and sort of didn't like was the use of prepared ingredients. In the Slow Cooker Baked Beans, with Wild Rice Meatballs you will find the recipe using a 16 ounce package of frozen wild rice meatballs. I have never seen this item sold in my town and I am at a loss on where to find it. It would have been better if a recipe to make your own wild rice meatballs was included. Concerning the like part of using prepared ingredients is sometimes prepared ingredients are cheaper than cook-from-scratch ingredients. Also, if using prepared ingredients helps promote home cooking I am all for it. Home cooking tends to be cheaper and healthier than eating out.Some of the recipes you will find in her cookbook include:Down Home Chicken LoafTurkey Dogs, with Sweet Potato Baked FriesMulti-Cheese MacaroniBoca Burger WrapsRecommend with caveats given.