Nicole Pavlovsky writes this book for newcomers to the "salad for dinner" group. My cousin, Nancy, who is no great cook, looked it over and reports that she liked the definitions and explanations and that they are useful and clear. She is trying to expand and revise her family's diet in the direction of better and fresher food with less meat, and found most of the recipes fit quite nicely into her dinner plan, especially in the summer vegetable season.

I am a very experienced cook and cookbook reviewer and I do not find new information here as much as I see an orderly presentation – Choose a base, then choose a protein, then choose an acid, and an oil, etc…. I wonder, though, how often someone will look at the lists and have an ahah moment of "oh I haven't used avocado oil recently, let's have that with our salad tonight". But, it's still nice that it the lists are there.

The recipes are well thought out, balanced, and the book is nicely arranged. The mix and match recipes help in planning vegetarian, vegan, and gluten free options.

I received a review copy of "The Dinner Salad Cookbook: Easy & Satisfying Recipes That Make a Meal" by Nicole Pavlovsky directly from the publisher. ( )