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I love doing book reviews for all of you especially when they are reviews on cookbooks or craft books! Today’s book review is on the newly released paperback cookbook called: “The Big Book of Babycakes Cupcake Maker Recipes” by Kathy Moore & Roxanne Wyss. The …
I love cookbooks, matter of fact, I own over 200 cookbooks and keep them all neatly organized in my collection. Today, I am reviewing the new 101 Cozy Casseroles Cookbook by the great folks over at Gooseberry Patch. This company is a National Best-Selling Publisher …
Today I would like to introduce you to the company called Pig Out Publications who is the only company in the world who specializes in publishing and wholesaling BBQ and Grill Cookbooks! As part of our month long Summer Sun & Fun event, we knew this would be a great company to feature for all of you.
We received “The Gardener & The Grill” Cookbook to review for all of you. This cookbook is “the bounty of the garden meets the sizzle of the grill.” The cookbook was written by Karen Adler and Judith Fertig who are known as The BBQ Queens. ISBN 978-0-7624-4111-2.
Synopsis: The “Garden to Grill” cooking emphasizes sustainability, freshness, taste, color, and texture. Grilling from the garden also gives you twice the sense of accomplishment, first from growing your own food, and secondly, from making it taste so good. It doesn’t get any fresher than picking ears of corn and grilling them a few minutes late, slathered with a flavored butter.
The cookbook features 224 pages and most of the recipes come with color photos. The cookbook features 7 chapters plus a speciality grilling techniques chapter. The chapters are: (1) Pantry, (2) Appetizers, (3) Sandwiches, Flatbreads & Pizzas, (4) Soup & Salad, (5) Meat, Poultry & Fish, (6) Vegetable Sides and (7) Fruits & Desserts.
Here is an example of some of the recipes you will find in this fabulous grilling cookbook: Garlic Chive Pesto, Romesco Sauce, Grilled Autumn Apple & Blue Cheese Topping, Prosciutto-Wrapped Asparagus Spears, Fire-Roasted Pepper Dip, Grilled Green Tomato Sandwiches with Herbed Cream Cheese, Stir-Grilled Italian Sausage, Blackened Fish Po’ Boy with Grilled Green Onion Mayonnaise, Char-Grilled Baby Summer Squash Pizza, Grilled Asparagus Salad, Grilled Turkey Breast with Winter Greens and so many more! This cookbook really makes your mouth water!
The recipe we tried out for the review was the Grilled Cantaloupe Rings with Vanilla Bean Ice Cream. This recipe only requires 3 ingredients (cantaloupe, brown sugar and vanilla bean ice cream). Since our grill was out being repaired, my daughter’s fiance invited us down and he made the recipe for us. For this yummy dessert, he simply grilled the cantaloupe rings on each side for about 3 minutes, brushing the sides with brown sugar. He then removed them from the grill and we placed them onto a dinner plate with 2 scoops of vanilla bean ice cream on top. Oh my gosh…so simple to make and ohhhhh so good!!!
You all are going to love this cookbook if you enjoy gardening and grilling! I am really looking forward to our harvest later this summer so that I can really dive into this cookbook and make a lot of their delicious looking recipes! We love this cookbook!
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Today I would like to introduce you to the company called Gooseberry Patch who sells a variety of country cookbooks, eBooks and calendars. If you are looking for a really cool fundraising program, Gooseberry Patch offers those too! As you all know, I absolutely love …
Everyone knows we should all eat “healthy” to stay healthy and lose weight–for most of us. The problem is most of that food tastes so blah or has so many seasonings to cover up that there is no taste. Robert Rose has published a new …
I won’t fib. I love a cocktail now and then so I was thrilled to be able to review this awesome new book that just came out on how to make fabulous Mojitos and other muddled drinks. What perfect timing with the summer in full swing and many Barbeques in the works at my house! Drinks by the pool is my favorite form of relaxing.
101 MOJITOS and Other Muddled Drinks by Kim Haasarudis an amazing book full of creative liquid recipes. Ms. Haasarud is a liquid chef and founder of Liquid Architecture. She works with restaurants and TV shows alike to help the create and formulate the best drinks for their guests and visitors. What an awesome job!
So why 101 Mojitos? In the last few years, the mojito has become a staple cocktail at summertime parties and bars across the country. This simple mix of rum, fresh muddled mint leaves, and lime juice served over ice with a splash of soda is the perfect drink for cooling down on a hot, sunny day.
The book, 101 Mojitos and Other Muddled Drinks provides expert guidance on mixing the perfect mojito, as well as 100 variations and other muddled drink recipes that focus on fresh ingredients and plenty of ripe fruit. In addition to mojitos, you’ll find caipirinhas, caipiroskas, crushes, and margaritas as well. In fact, if you’ve got fresh fruit of any kind on hand, you’ll probably find more than enough delicious and refreshing ways to use it.
Included with the 101 recipes are brilliant color photographs throughout that make your mouth water! The recipes features fresh fruit and herbs and inventive tweaks on classic summer drinks. You will find recipes for new and delicious drinks as well as old classic stand bys. How do these sound:
Blood Orange Mojito, Pomegranate Mandarin Mojito, Concorde Grape Sage Caipirinha, Watermelon Basil Lemonade, Blackberry Grappa Smash, and the classic Old Fashioned. Delic!
Ms. Haasarud has recipes that include veggies and herbs, so make some healthy cocktails. LOL Or how about some:
Skinny Mojitos: with all natural alternative sweeteners and high in antioxidants
Wine Mojitos: Mojitos made with your favorite white, red and blush wines!
Hostess with the Most-est: Three ingredient mojitos that are quick and easy to prepare!
Chilly Night? How about a Warmed Up Mojito: Use 5-Spice and Cinnamon to heat up a mojito to take the chill off the night.
Doesn’t this sounds fabulous? I even found some awesome drink mixtures that don’t have alcohol in them and are perfect to cool off in this heat. How does Watermelon-Grape Crush sound? There are a few Sangria recipes that I am going to make using some awesome wine that I have.
I love this book! The format is wonderful and she has also included recipes to syrups and natural sweeteners that you can use in your drinks. She makes it all so very easy so you never have to worry about no mixing the perfect drink.
Disclaimer: Chris Carroll has personally reviewed the product listed above. She has not received any monetary compensation for her review. She did receive a free product to try out so she could evaluate and use it for her review. Her thoughts & opinions in this review are unbiased & honest and your opinions may differ.
For the past few weeks I have been reviewing a wonderful new cookbook called BITE ME by sisters Julie Albert and Lisa Gnat and today I get to share some information with all of you about the cookbook which is a nice thick soft-cover 272 …
I was recently given a nice cook book by the wonderful folks over at Country Bob’s. If you are not familiar with Country Bob’s let me tell you a little bit about them. Country Bob’s makes the best all-purpose sauce that we have ever tried! …