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Summary: The best cookbook in my large collection
Review: I collect cookbooks, and I cook a lot. This is my favorite cookbook, and I go back to it time after time after time. It not only has great recipes, including the basics that are missing from many of my fancier cookbooks, it also has a great premise. The world has limited resources, and we should be aware of that and be frugal. But this is no grim tome. I find the recipes celebrate the joy of good food and the bounties of nature. I bought it on my honeymoon, and now it's one of my favorite shower gifts.
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Summary: Great for Large Families
Review: I find my family large and growing. It is expensive to raise a large family in today's society. Thankfully this book has been a saving grace. The recipes are tastey. I have learned to cook for my family while staying on a budget. It is one of my most referred to books in the kitchen. A must have for every family kitchen!
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Summary: A book that helped us live through poverty
Review: I found this book reduced on the rack of my local grocery store 18 years ago. We lived on a homestead in N Mich., supporting three people on my husband's income of $150/wk. I had $10/wk for groceries, bought staples in 20lb bags thru a food co-op, and froze or canned almost everything we ate. This book was used more than any other cookbook in my library. I learned how to make my own brown sugar, pancake syrup, soybean sandwich spread, and many other things I couldn't afford to buy at the store. This cookbook allowed us to eat better quality meals than most people with much higher incomes, and also let me stretch my dollar to the limit. I don't have such income restrictions today, but still live and eat simply. By the way, my favorite recipe is the Six-layer dish (Casserole). It is very simple to prepare in the morning, bake slowly all day, and gets raves at pot-lucks for flavor. Enjoy!
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Summary: The best cookbook no matter where you live!
Review: I grew up in Africa and my mother used this cookbook just about every day. The recipes contain an easily attainable ingredients list. We lived in the jungle and used it! Now I want to get one of my own to save grocery costs for my growing family and give them more wholesome foods.
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Summary: Eat like Mid-Westerner anywhere in the world!
Review: I hate to be a spoiler here but, too often, this cookbook reduces all the sublelty out of potentially great recipes. But if you're big into the casserole scene, this cookbook might help you branch out a little.
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Summary: Great Cookbook for Food Allergy Sufferers...
Review: I have been using this cookbook for 10 years and it is fabulous. This is the only book you'll find "home made" versions of prepackaged foods that you may be allergic to: ketchup, bisquick, tomato soup, cream soups, delicious granola, etc. The recipes are delicious and the mennonite theory is worth reading and thinking about. I highly recommend this book. You really only NEED two cookbooks - Betty Crocker basic cook book and THIS ONE!
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Summary: Good recipes for beginners
Review: I have used this book since it was first published. I am pleased to see that the spiral is still available. (very user friendly) I am purchasing a replacement since msot of my index has disintegrated. Whenever we vacation in a facility with a kitchen, this is the only book I bring along. My college age son just got his first apartment. He bought a cast iron frying pan and I bought him this cookbook.
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Summary: Frugal, Simple and Delicious Recipes!
Review: I love this cookbook! Most of the recipes call for everyday ingredients that I have in my cupboards. But, the recipes aren't boring! They use simple ingredients in creative ways. I was also happy to see recipes for things like whipped topping ("Cool Whip") and pancake syrup. I had no idea you could make that stuff homemade-- and it's so easy and inexpensive, too!
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Summary: the one cookbook I use more than any other, and I have a LOT
Review: I picked up a copy of this wonderful cookbook when I was working in Kitchener, Ontario, which is a big Mennonite community. I didn't know then what a jem of a cookbook it was. I just wanted a souvenir of my time in that area. Recipes tend to be low-fat, high-fibre, and very flavorful. A neat trick. I own around 20 cookbooks; this is without question my favorite.
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Summary: Enduring wisdom and recipes
Review: I plan to buy a second copy of this cookbook because my copy of the original edition is stained with 24 years of use. This is where I go for ideas when I have to fix a meal and don't have anything special around to use. This food isn't gourmet, but there are plenty of plain, good recipes. This book has my favorite recipes for cornbread and tortillas, and many, many main dish recipes for basic home cooking. The spiral binding is a big plus, allowing the book to be laid open flat while I cook. More cookbooks should be bound this way!
Of course the greatest treasure of this book is the wisdom and insight of Doris Longacre, the late author. For the reader who never plans to cook a thing, the insights she shares about life, hospitality, the world's resources and respect for other cultures all make the More-With-Less Cookbook worth buying and reading multiple times.
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