The Great British Baking Show Love to Bake

 with recipes by Paul Hollywood, Prue Leith,  & the bakers

Hennepin County Library hardcover 288 pages

Published: 2020

Genre: cookbook

I confess I did not read this book in its entirety. There was a lot here - foreword, introduction, meet the bakers, etc. After the recipes, there was a picture directory of all the bakes. They were sorted by savory, gluten-free, etc. 

 

The recipes were fun to look through and I picked the Ricciarelli. The vanilla paste was a bit challenging, but Nick encouraged me to just use vanilla extract. They were a bit moist, but they turned out fine.

 

Changing from grams to ounces or cups was interesting. Celsius to Fahrenheit was easy. The cookies were pretty tasty, but I would add more lemon in the future.

 

The photographs were fantastic. My daughter-in-law Angela owns this book, so I can return this to the library.

American Heart Association Low-Salt Cookbook (4th edition)

A Complete Guide to Reducing Sodium and Fat in Your Diet
Scott County Library hardcover
genre: cookbook, health

I kept this for so long so I could read all the intro info and try a few recipes. I think I'll just add it to my wish list or Amazon cart and get it back to the library. I believe that I could make a bigger effort to reduce my sodium. I am willing to try new things. This book seems much better than the last one I looked at . . . which I may or may not have blogged about. I think the American Heart Association has more information about heart healthy options. I especially like that there are recipes for seasonings, sauces, soups, etc.

The Heart Healthy Cookbook for Two

by Jennifer Koslo
Scott County Library
(Subtitled: 125 Perfectly Portioned Low Sodium, Low Fat Recipes)

I won't say much about this, but want to be able to "find" it again so include it on my reading blog.

I got this because I want to curb my high blood pressure without medicine. It is definitely different to cook for just two people (who are aging and eat less) than it was to plan and cook meals for a family of five (three of whom were teen boys!). Even though it's been just the two of us for a while, we're still changing our household habits.

I loved the intro material and her writing style. I looked through some of the recipes, but haven't tried any yet (and have already renewed the book twice). I looked for stir fry with rice. This is something I love to eat and it can be healthy if you don't add too much salt. That recipe was fine, but I didn't have all the ingredients. Then I saw that many of the recipes in this book have added salt! Only a little bit of salt, but still! I know that one of the huge health benefits of preparing your own food is limiting the salt. Avoid processed foods, add other seasonings instead of salt, etc. Time for this to go back to the library.