When I opened this book, the first thing I saw were the
meatballs, and they looked great. That, in my biased opinion, follows the iron
law of diets; if it doesn’t look good, taste good, smell good, nobody’s going
to want to eat it and the diet won’t work!
Tana Amen’s cookbook is full of simple, healthy recipes that
don’t require elaborate preparation and aren’t salty or fried. The burritos and
rancheros in the breakfast menu are good, but I am not a fan of the smoothies.
I’d rather have more recipes that let you retain the fiber, color, and taste of
the fruit rather than something you’d drink. On the lunch menu, the seared ahi
(a fish I’ve never heard of until now) and cucumber salad are tops, but I’m not
sure about the coconut oil. Then again, you’re only searing the outside, so you’re
not using so much oil that you’d clog your arteries.
I’ll give this cookbook high marks for sticking to the
basics. She uses a lot of seafood and salts are kept low.
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