Marian Burros

Twenty-minute menus by Marian Burros
Tips on how to cook quick meals that are healthy as they are using real fresh items, not prepackaged.
More vegetables and grains and some with meats. How to cook recipes for 3 persons where you can take leftovers for lunch the next day.
Substitutions that are healthier than some items called for. Some items are special and you will need to get them, read through recipe first before making it.
Shopping lists included, no nutritional information but the items used are fresh and very low in fat.
I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).… (more)

I'm not really sure how to rate this. The recipes are good but call for ingredients that most people will neither be able to find nor afford, if they could find them. The author's tone is folksy, as if she was just another one of the housewives waiting to get her hair done... It's clear from the text (and ingredient lists) that she is nothing of the sort. Adopting a down-home, "aw-shucks" voice seems almost to be more galling than just writing as if her readers are capable of understanding this author isn't likely to be standing in line at the local Kroger's.
I would love to be able to afford the ingredients in the recipes. They are good enough to deserve the best. In some cases, subbing won't make a lot of difference, in others? Just don't. I will use the ones I feel are affordable and keep the others in mind as a reference.… (more)