Cooking for a family can be daunting. Trying to find a balance between offering tasty dishes your family will love without breaking the bank can be a challenge. $10 Dinners by Julie Grimes is all about finding delicious dinners for a family of four without breaking the family budget. I spent some time flipping through $10 Dinners and picking out a few dishes I'd like to make for my family. … [Read more...]
Siriously Delicious by Siri Daly
As a busy mom, I am always looking for cookbooks that offer me real meal ideas that I can sit down and share with my daughter. Siriously Delicious by Siri Daly is filled with 100 nutritious and not so nutritious simple recipes for the real home cook. Or at least that's what the tagline says. I really like how the book is full of colored photographs of the finished recipes. I'm a very visual … [Read more...]
Fair Foods – The Most Popular and Offbeat Recipes from America’s State and County Fairs
Who doesn't like going to fairs? I know we love it! Peyton and I try to take in as many county fairs and the Minnesota State Fair every year. And one of our main things we do there is ......... eat! I think everyone does. Whenever I look around, people have their hand either full of food eating or empty food containers looking for a trash can. George Geary decided to make a cookbook filled with … [Read more...]
Pantry and Palate by Simon Thibault
I love exploring new foods and cultures. Pantry and Palate by Simon Thibault is a cookbook created from old family recipes, ladies auxiliary cookbooks and word of mouth of Acadian food. Now, I was not sure what Acadian was so I had to look it up. The Acadians (French: Acadiens) are the descendants of the French settlers, and sometimes the Indigenous peoples, of parts of Acadia (French: Acadie) … [Read more...]
Chef Gino’s Taste Test Challenge
Does your kid sit and watch shows like Master Chef or Master Chef Jr nonstop? Or how about the World Greatest Baker or Cake Boss? Peyton does! She loves to watch cooking and baking shows. She could sit and watch for hours. Chef Gino's Taste Test Challenge takes that love for cooking show competitions and harnesses it in the children's cookbook. Chef Gino Campagna has made more than a … [Read more...]
Baking Class by Deanna F. Cook
Peyton is at an age where I am trying to get her interested in helping in the kitchen beyond being my taste tester. Baking Class by Deanna F. Cook is geared to help with just that. Baking Class is filled with kid-friendly recipes that will interest kids and get them engaged in the kitchen. And since this book is called Baking Class it's filled with recipes for yummy treats! There are a total … [Read more...]
The Berenstain Bears’ Holiday Cookbook
I grew up reading The Berenstain Bears' books and loving them. Now I have a daughter of my own and I want to continue sharing The Berenstain Bears' with her. Now they have a holiday cookbook! How fun, not only do you and your child get to spend time together making a meal but The Berenstain Bears' are narrating the book. Inside The Berenstain Bear's Holiday Cookbook you will find 40 different … [Read more...]
Roast Chicken Quarters with Lemon-Dill Spring Vegetables
I'm always looking for a quick and easy dinner solution. Being an independent momma often leads to being short on time. So over the next few months we are going to start exploring recipes that are simple to prepare and easy to cook. The first one up is from the cook book 200 Best Sheet Pan Meals. I've been looking through the book and I must admit some recipes look a little time consuming and … [Read more...]
Green Smoothies: The Weight Loss & Detox (eBook) Review
My daughter and I love smoothies. We are usually at a smoothie shop a few times a week. And that can get expensive. So when I was asked to tryout the Green Smoothies" The Weight Loss & Detox ebook in exchange for my honest and unbiased opinion I agreed. My hope was we would find a few smoothies we liked and could start making them at home rather than running to the store every time. Now I … [Read more...]
Vegetarian Quick & Easy – Under 15 Minutes Cookbook (eBook) Review
I am always looking for a new cookbook to try out. I love experimenting in the kitchen and I also like trying out new foods. With having a little one around I try to expose her many different types of cooking. When I was asked to try out the Vegetarian Quick & Easy cookbook I agreed. I thought this would be a great starting point for us in trying to keep up with meatless Monday's this … [Read more...]
