The mister does all of the cooking for our family – including breakfast, lunch and dinner. For reals. He makes fancy meals that can be eaten fresh, refrigerated or frozen for fantastic daily breakfasts. (Eben’s favorite are the vegetable breakfast burritos). He gets up early in the morning to make our breakfasts and lunches, then comes home from work to make us yummy dinners. Really, I think I must be the luckiest gal in the world. The best part is that he loves to cook – so it isn’t a chore to him.
However, there are some nights when he is asked to stay late at work, isn’t feeling well or just needs a break – those are the nights that I try to whip something up for dinner. It is never as fancy or yummy as his meals, in fact many times it leaves a lot to be desired, just ask Eben. Ha! With that thought in mind, I picked up a new cookbook over the weekend, it’s called What to Cook and How to Cook It by Jane Hornby. And while this book isn’t vegetarian, it has a very well rounded selection of meals that I can make vegetarian or organic versions of. I like this book because it has large pictures that showcase each ingredient and then gives step-by-step photo instructions on how to prepare each meal. And if you are like me, cooking by photos is much easier and enjoyable!
This cookbook is full of big, bright beautiful photographs and graphics that make it the perfect coffee table book when you aren’t cooking up a storm. In fact, I have picked it up several times since I purchased it just to admire the photographs. And even Mr. Sweet Greens who is a seasoned chef with many years of cooking under his belt, thinks this cookbook is fantastic. He has said there are several recipes that he will be making from it – and I have my eye on the dessert section! If you are looking for a cookbook to give as a gift I would highly recommend it too.
Have you picked up a yummy cookbook lately?
Are there others I should add to my bookshelf?
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