Cynthia Stevens Graubart

BLUEBERRY LOVE by Cynthia Graubart

We used to live quite close to a blueberry farm that allowed the public to come and get a berry pail and pick as many blueberries as you wanted to. They would then weigh your haul and charge you by the pound. I think this instilled a lifetime love of blueberries for us. My hubby always requests homemade blueberry muffins for Christmas morning and whenever else he can get them (for his birthday as a surprise). Where we live now, there are lots of wild huckleberry plants all over and it's great to be on a short walk and stop and gather up a treat.

Blueberry Love is chocked full of tasty blueberry recipes. Breakfast, salads & sides, lunch & dinner, and dessert are all topics in the book. A wonderful sounding Blueberry Soup recipe, I haven't heard of that before, I've had strawberry soup, and it tasted fantastic.

There are gluten-free recipes along with gluten recipes. Sweet, savory, beverages, syrups, just about anything you could think of that uses blueberries. The author uses a lot of pre-prepared items, to make the recipes easier and possibly faster to create. Some people who make everything homemade can substitute in their own homemade versions if they want.

Highly recommend. With Blueberry Love or Strawberry Love, you can substitute any other fruit in on the recipes, also.

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STRAWBERRY LOVE by Cynthia Graubart

Who doesn't like strawberries and all of the wonderful things you can do with them. My family makes a wonderful fresh strawberry pie or even simply crushes a few strawberries and serves them over ice cream. I wanted to find out more of the ways to enjoy the wonderful red berry.

The categories of recipes included are tips for cooking with strawberries; cook's notes; bright mornings; savory delights; and sweet treats. Something for everyone. Cookies, cakes, pies, beverages, gluten-free recipes, ice creams, sorbet, tacos, and pork chops it is impossible to go wrong with this cookbook.

Highly recommend.

Much gratitude to #netgalley for the complimentary copy of #strawberrylove for the love of #strawberries I was under no obligation to post a review.… (más)

I own several slow cooker cookbooks, but this one is the best fit for me as 1) I'm cooking for two, and 2) I have a baby 3-quart slow cooker. Bonus: most recipes in this book have beautiful color pictures (which helps me get pumped for cooking), are easy to follow, don't require complex pre-cooking before the slow cooking part, and don't require obscure, expensive ingredients. In the few weeks that I've had this book from the library, I've tried a few soup recipes, crab dip, and spinach lasagna. I want to make all my lasagnas in slow cookers from now on.… (más)