daisymommy
10-30-2006, 09:51 AM
I said I would come back and review the 3 books I bought, so here I am!
Dream Dinners
PROS:
Recipes look yummy; a nice variety of traditional family favorites and new slighter "nicer" recipes.
I like that information is given is for batches of 1 and 3 if you are doing large batch cooking.
Little cooking/reheating instruction cards in the back of the book to xerox & attach to your finished dish.
Many recipes are frozen assembled but fresh/uncooked. This is nice because the food quality is better on serving day.
CONS:
Not much. I really like this book. The only thing I might mention is there are many recipes with alot of ingredients, which I'm sure make them flavorful. But it could mean more work on prep. day.
Super Suppers
PROS:
Nice variety of good sounding recipes that would probably be great for just cooking and eating on the same day.
There are directions to make the dishes ahead of time but not freeze them. This way you can make them in the morning or day before, and pop into the oven at dinnertime, or when company comes.
CONS:
They do not include amounts for doubling and trippling recipes (so you have to do all the math yourself and write it down in the book).
Not all of the recipes include directions for freezing & reheating, making me wonder if they can even be frozen at all.
Don't Panic--Dinner's in the Freezer
PROS:
Nice variety of traditional and new recipes to try.
Math is done for you for larger batch cooking
Very good, detailed instructions for freezing and reheating.
Not too many ingredients for quicker prep. work
CONS:
Almost everything is pre-cooked and then frozen. This is pretty typical of freezer cooking, and it does save time on serving day, but there is some loss of quality doing it this way.
Over-all, I liked this book and will probably keep it.
Dream Dinners
PROS:
Recipes look yummy; a nice variety of traditional family favorites and new slighter "nicer" recipes.
I like that information is given is for batches of 1 and 3 if you are doing large batch cooking.
Little cooking/reheating instruction cards in the back of the book to xerox & attach to your finished dish.
Many recipes are frozen assembled but fresh/uncooked. This is nice because the food quality is better on serving day.
CONS:
Not much. I really like this book. The only thing I might mention is there are many recipes with alot of ingredients, which I'm sure make them flavorful. But it could mean more work on prep. day.
Super Suppers
PROS:
Nice variety of good sounding recipes that would probably be great for just cooking and eating on the same day.
There are directions to make the dishes ahead of time but not freeze them. This way you can make them in the morning or day before, and pop into the oven at dinnertime, or when company comes.
CONS:
They do not include amounts for doubling and trippling recipes (so you have to do all the math yourself and write it down in the book).
Not all of the recipes include directions for freezing & reheating, making me wonder if they can even be frozen at all.
Don't Panic--Dinner's in the Freezer
PROS:
Nice variety of traditional and new recipes to try.
Math is done for you for larger batch cooking
Very good, detailed instructions for freezing and reheating.
Not too many ingredients for quicker prep. work
CONS:
Almost everything is pre-cooked and then frozen. This is pretty typical of freezer cooking, and it does save time on serving day, but there is some loss of quality doing it this way.
Over-all, I liked this book and will probably keep it.