A Couple Cookbook Reviews

Whenever summer rolls around I find myself looking over new cookbooks trying to find ideas to use all the wonderful vegetables of the season and yet still keep me from having to turn my oven on.  Here are few of the latest that have made my reading list.

-Lynnie

The Everything Healthy Slow Cooker Cookbook by Rachel Rappaport

A decent cookbook that certainly has a good selection of slow cooker recipes. I'm always looking for a new make-ahead meal & I got several new recipes from this book, most of which actually do appear to be on the healthy side. Not all the recipes included are time savers though. In fact, a good number of recipes in this book require as much work as if you just cook the meal at dinner time. However if you're in a slow cooker rut, this book will definitely add some variety to your meal plans.

The Portlandia Cookbook: Cook Like a Local by Fred Armison, Carrie Brownstein, & Jonathan Krisel

 

If you're a fan of the show Portlandia & looking for an extension of that humor, this book is great fun.

Since I actually read cookbooks for the recipes, I have to give it 2 stars as there just wasn't much in there that I found interesting or new. Bottom line, fans of the show will enjoy it in all its quirky glory but fans of cookbooks might not.