REVIEW - COOKING WITH HEALTHY GIRL

"Cooking With Healthy Girl" by Mandy Potter

Product Description(Amazon.com)
I started revising recipes a couple of years ago when I decided it was time to be as healthy as possible without the loss of the foods that I love. I did a lot of research on foods, nutrition, and the body to discover everything I could to enhance the recipes. Every time I create the healthy version of a recipe, I would follow these 6 points: 1. Healthy - decreasing the bad nutrients and increasing the good nutrients 2. Tasty - the recipe needs to taste the same or better 3. Good Portion Size - enough to make you fell full 4. Easy to Make - with two kids I have to make this quickly!! 5. Common/ Everyday Ingredients - ingredients you can buy at the local store and use until they are gone 6. Complete Dinner - pairing a side with an entree makes things a lot easier when trying to feed the family As you will see with my recipes, I still use some of the staple ingredients that I used when I was cooking the unhealthy versions - I just change how much of those ingredients are used and how those ingredients are used. I also added many new staples to my kitchen that help change my recipes to the healthy version. These recipes have helped change my family to a new and healthy lifestyle and I hope they do the same for yours.
# Paperback: 252 pages
# Publisher: AuthorHouse (July 8, 2010)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 1449073425
# ISBN-13: 978-1449073428

MY THOUGHTS: I really enjoyed reading this book. Actually it's a recipe book. It has lots of recipes that are old favorites and lots of new ones to me. The thing that's different is they are made with healthy foods. They are not hard recipes, they simple and easy to make. This will definitely be on my kitchen shelf for references for cooking. Here is a recipe I tried and loved.

BROCCOLI RICE

1(12 oz. bag of frozen Broccoli
1 C. Brown Rice
1 C. reduced-sodium Chicken Broth
1/4 teaspoon Salt
1/4 teaspoon Pepper
1/2 teaspoon Oregano

In a pot bring broth to a boil. Add rice and bring back to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and let simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and stir. Cover and let sit for 5 more minutes or until liquid has been absorbed. Add broccoli, salt, pepper, and oregano, and mix to combine. Makes 4 servings.

Easy and simple and oh so delicious. In the book with every recipe is the nutrition facts about this recipe. Comes in handy when your watching your salt intake. Love this book!

MY RATING: 5


I'm also linking this to Beth Fish Reads Weekend Cooking.




[This is a free review book.]