Rating: 
Summary: great book
Review: This book reads like a traditional mediterranean cook book. There is an intro describing the typical meditterean diet (italy, greece, middle eastearn) Pasta, beans, garlic, veggies and olive oil. Delicious recipes, that hardly feel diet. In general, I would say they are somewhat lower in sodium than the typical american diet. I think it is healthful to get used to a lower sodium diet. You can always add a bit of salt if you find the recipes a bit bland without it.There is a great recipe for Hummus, not *too garlicy but lots of fresh lemon! very good.Very good greek white bean soup... most soups use water as a base, and i tend to use stock instead, for flavor.Another favorte is a wild mushroom risotto... i tend to use regular mushrooms as porcinis are expensive. There are many very good recipes. There are even desserts, altho i havent made any of them. This is an excellent addition to a cookbook collection. It is a great meditterean cookbook and a great healthy cook book. Nutitional info is included so these recipes can be fit into any diet plan.
Rating:
Summary: great book
Review: This book reads like a traditional mediterranean cook book. There is an intro describing the typical meditterean diet (italy, greece, middle eastearn) Pasta, beans, garlic, veggies and olive oil. Delicious recipes, that hardly feel diet. In general, I would say they are somewhat lower in sodium than the typical american diet. I think it is healthful to get used to a lower sodium diet. You can always add a bit of salt if you find the recipes a bit bland without it. There is a great recipe for Hummus, not *too garlicy but lots of fresh lemon! very good.Very good greek white bean soup... most soups use water as a base, and i tend to use stock instead, for flavor.Another favorte is a wild mushroom risotto... i tend to use regular mushrooms as porcinis are expensive. There are many very good recipes. There are even desserts, altho i havent made any of them. This is an excellent addition to a cookbook collection. It is a great meditterean cookbook and a great healthy cook book. Nutitional info is included so these recipes can be fit into any diet plan.
Rating:
Summary: This is the best book to help you do the Mediterranean Diet
Review: This cookbook which is actually much more than that, really helped me get started on the best diet of my life. It describes the reasons the diet is healthy and provides recipes and supply lists to get you going.
Rating:
Summary: This is the best book to help you do the Mediterranean Diet
Review: This cookbook which is actually much more than that, really helped me get started on the best diet of my life. It describes the reasons the diet is healthy and provides recipes and supply lists to get you going.
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