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Cook Once, Eat for a Week

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I ordered this book hoping it would be a weekly version of the once a month cooking books, intead it just had advice on freezing and preserving and a bunch of recipes, I still have to do all the planning, just as I would with any other cookbook.

Isabel in RI

I was very disappointed in this book. The part of the book about how to actually cook once and eat for a week was very small. The book was mostly recipes. I returned the book ASAP.

Jyl Steinback shows how to save time and money without giving up on taste and quality when preparing healthy, delicious dishes for the family. In addition to a wealth of more than 200 outstanding recipes, Cook Once, Eat For A Week reveal quick and easy ways to keep food fresh; shortcuts that don't impair flavor, tips on freezing food; two-week "mix & match" menu plans; nutrition information for each dish (including diabetic exchanges and carbohydrate choices); handy what-you-need shopping lists for revery recipes; as well as a substitution and equivalent chart. If you are a time stressed, budget conscience, family cook, then give a careful reading to Jyl Steinback's Cook Once, Eat For A Week.

The title of this book implies that the author will help you do a big cookfest on the weekend and then store it for the week. This is just another cookbook. Wish I hadn't wasted my time.

Good recipes after review, but no pictures! I don't personally like cookbooks with no pictures so I had not tried any of them yet in my kitchen...

The year's top cookbook is Jyl Steinback's Cook Once, Eat for a Week. If you are wanting the best tips on planning ahead, shopping smart, super-healthy meals, cooking shortcuts, and freezing advice, then Jyl's cookbook is for you. It's meant for busy, wellness-oriented family living.

I interviewed Jyl earlier this year for ways to avoid the weeknight mealtime crunch. Her suggestion to plan all your week's meals ahead of time, including doing a lot of the cooking and freezing on weekends, follows right along with her cookbook platform.

As a TV Consumer Wellness Expert, www.terrawellington.com, I've tried many of the "America's Healthiest Mom's" delicious recipes, and the only consistently lacking ingredient was salt and perhaps a little garlic (our family is used to more of both ingredients).

And while there are no pictures in her recipe collection, there's no need because the book's contents are so useful and practical. In my opinion no kitchen should be without Jyl's cookbook, ideas, and advice.