When I have the time, I love to cook and although I already have hundreds of cookbooks on my shelf at home (no, seriously!), I continue to be attracted to new cookbooks and new recipes to try.
Most recently, I had the delicious pleasure of borrowing 1001 Recipes You’ve Always Wanted to Cook, edited by Heather Brown. This book actually contained 1,001 recipes I’ve always wanted to cook!
A feature I like when I am using a new recipe is having a photo of the finished product. I like to know what the dish is supposed to look like, mainly so I can tell whether things are going well or not! This book has great colour photos of many of the dishes, which add to their mouth-watering goodness.
Another attractive feature of the recipes is their multi-unit measurements. Each recipe offers you measurements in imperial (pounds, ounces, cups, pints), and metric (grams, millilitres).
I jumped right into this easy-to-use book and had such success with the recipes (broccoli and goat cheese soup, green beans and almonds, chicken enchiladas….) that I bought the book!
This book is enhanced by its versatility and thriftiness. You won’t need to spend a fortune to try these creations. The ingredients are not too out of the ordinary and chances are you have most of them in your pantry, ready to be turned into a great new dish to impress your family and friends!
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Helen Varga is a library technician with Richmond Public Library.
