April 20, 2017

The top picture  is food made from Food Everyday Cookbook and Ruby cooked the five dishes.  They were:
1. Top of picture-Lemon Thyme Dip- Easy recipe to follow, not expensive and taste was VERY GOOD.
2. Middle left of picture-Sweet Potato Wedges- easy to follow, not expensive and taste was VERY GOOD.
3. Middle of picture-Rice Salad and Sides- easy to follow, not expensive and taste was VERY GOOD.
4. Bottom middle of picture- Hot Spinach Dip- easy to follow, not expensive and taste was VERY GOOD.

The middle right picture is toasted breads for dipping.

I used  Baking with Less Sugar
 1. Banana Bread-left of left picture- easy to follow, not expensive and taste was NOTHING SPECIAL.
2. Rasberry Yogurt Ice Cream-Right in left picture- easy to follow, not expensive and taste was GOOD.
3. Super Snappy Gingersnaps- left of right picture- easy to follow, not expensive and taste was NOTHING SPECIAL.
4.  Double Chocolate Whoopie Pies- right of right picture-easy to follow, Expensive to make and taste was between UGH and NOTHING SPECIAL.

March 16,2017

We had a feast this month.  Ruby cooked Sour Cream Corn Bread, Roasted Red Pepper Hummus, Parmesan Kale Chips, Baked Farro and Butternut Squash and Blueberry Bran Muffins from ina garten make it ahead cookbook.

All the recipes were easy to follow and were not expensive.  Ruby gave a rating of GOOD to all but the Roasted Red Pepper Humus.  She gave that a rating of NOTHING SPECIAL.  She commented that the cookbook had a nice layout and that the Kale chips smelled awful but tasted good.

Cost per recipe is as follows:

Corn Bread- 2 loaves cost $5.24
Kale chips-serves 6- $9.98
Baked Farro and Butternut Squash-serves 6-8- $12.96
Blueberry Muffins-12 large muffins-$12.22
Roasted Red Pepper Hummus-$7.63

I cooked Granola bars, Bulgar Salad and Chicken Mac and Cheese using the Eat Well Lose Weight cookbook.

All recipes were easy to follow and not expensive.  The Granola Bars and the Bulgar Salad were VERY GOOD and the Chicken Mac and Cheese was NOTHING SPECIAL.

Cost per recipe is as follows:

Granola Bars- 18 servings-$6.21 ( I did have some of the ingredients on hand and did not figure in                                                   the cost for them, the ingredients I bought had more than I needed)
Bulgar Salad-6 servings at two wraps each- $17.89
Chicken Mac and Cheese-5 servings-$22.98