About the Cookbook:
SKINNY SPICES: 50 Nifty Homemade Spice Blends That Can Turn Blah Healthy Eating Into Flavor-Rich Delicious Dining is the first and only enhanced multimedia cookbook that offers you a fast way to cut salt, fat and calories without giving up taste, pleasure and deliciousness.
This small friendly ebook features 50 master spice and herb blends that need no special grinders or equipment, plus more than 100 tasty recipes that you can fix in a hurry, whether you know how to cook – or have never even set foot in a kitchen!
Links to each spice blend and its accompanying recipes make “SKINNY SPICES” fully searchable, so you can zip to a particular flavor range or international cuisine… decide on a tempting treat or recipe… or create a healthy meal in minutes by using the exclusive Spice Cabinet® and the herbs and spices you already own. Plus, there’s a special Internet and Mail Order Resources section so you can conveniently order your spices and herbs online or buy ingredients and tools that have been personally tested by the author.
My Thoughts:
I was really excited when I learned that I could master the use of Mexican and Latin American Spice Blends because as you all know I am always trying to learn new dishes for the hubby. Spices are really something that I am still learning to use. I never really know what all to do with them beyond the basic salt and pepper. This book however has more than just Mexican flavors there are also French, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, Indian and, Sweet flavors among many others. The recipes are a bit surprising such as a Rice Pudding made from cauliflower which I did not try, and am not sure that I will. All in all this is a great cookbook for anyone wanting to learn more about spices and how to use them.
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eeewww…rice pudding from cauiflower? Not me either. But I would also be interested in learning more abot spices. I have been cooking for over 30 years for family and have a cupboard full and still don’t know much. I use so little they go bad before I can use them up. thanks for sharing!
My household try to not use salt so much as we have a history of high blood pressure so I try to look at herbs and spices to make the food come alive. It’s also very nice to try something new.
Besides the basics I am lost- Indianfood is beyond me and I have yet to try and cook it. Looks like an interesting book. How could it be ‘rice’ with cauliflower? 🙂
I love that it shows you ways to cut salt, fat and calories without giving up flavor. The spices I typically use are minimal so I’d love to learn new ways to use spices and make healthy dishes. Probably won’t be trying the rice pudding with cauliflower though lol
yummy yummy looks so good! I love good food:)
I love books of food, i learn a lot 🙂 Humm im so hungry 🙂
Sounds really nice. Love spicy foods too 😀
This book sounds awesome! Buying the ready made seasoning mixes usually means a lot of salt,more than what you might use for yourself. I *would* try cauliflower rice pudding! Cauliflower has a mild taste by itself. Thin of eating rice plain is awful, too.
I would probably try the pudding if I didn’t know what was in it. But the thought of making Cauliflower Rice Pudding turns me off.
The spice recipes are a great idea. It’s much cheaper to make your own blends than to buy premade ones. Plus you can control exactly what goes in it.
I don’t think I would try the cauliflower rice pudding, but I would try dome of the spicy dishes.
Thanks for the review. I think a book that includes recipes easy cooking, international and what better healthy.
I am always looking for new ways to spice up my food but I just don’t seem to understand how to properly add spices. this sounds like it will give me some good advice and tips. thanks
This sounds like a great cookbook. I’ve always wanted to find unique spice variants. You can find them all put together, but you rarely find resources that tell you how to put them together. I would be interested in some of the Middle Eastern spices. A friend gave us a spice mix from Morocco that was incredible and we ate it on our rice nearly every day until it was gone!
Looks like an interesting read. I try to eat healthy, but mostly with no flavor. Would love to give this book a try!
This book sounds really good. I love to dry new recipes and would like to learn how to use more fresh herbs and spice in my meals. Thanks for the review.