FREE/BARGAIN — Cookbooks

[GtrsRGr8]

Some self-published books are actually very good. If the stellar ratings on this one are any indication, this is one of those books.

I don't know why you would want to make your own mixes (unless someone is on a special diet (an situation that seems to be more and more common all of the time)), when there are so many store-bought ones that do so well, IMHO. But, if you do, this looks like a book that you'll want to grab. Especially since it's marked down to free.

The Big Book of Homemade Mixes. By Gia Scott. Rated 4.5 stars, but from only 18 reviews at Amazon; rated 4.27, but from only 11 ratings at GoodReads. Print list price $14.99; digital list price $3.99; Kindle price now $0.00. Amazon Digital Services, publisher. 165 pages. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PJJO8NW.

Book Description
Nothing can compare to the sense of satisfaction obtained from successfully doing things yourself. From urban apartment micro-kitchens to spacious country kitchens, from a humble camp in the woods to a sleek motorhome, anyone can use these homemade mixes.

For those on special diets, ingredients can be adapted to suit your own needs, by altering or substituting ingredients in recipes. Whether it is salt-free, sugar-free, or gluten-free, by sourcing your own ingredients for the mixes, you can ensure that everything meets your own standards. With the wide variety of recipes, there is plenty to choose from as well.

Speed up meal preparation with easy seasoning blends, make up mixes to make camping and backpacking easier, dress up your coffee with homemade flavored creamers, have a hot beverage made in your own kitchen, or have freshly made salad dressing for dinner. Bake a cake or cookies, make cornbread or biscuits, or even a quick batch of muffins is easily done when you make your own mixes. Best of all, they have all of the flavor of “home-made from scratch” because you make the mix from fresh ingredients right in your own kitchen.

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

Some self-published books are actually very good. If the stellar ratings on this one are any indication, this is one of those books.

I don't know why you would want to make your own mixes (unless someone is on a special diet (an situation that seems to be more and more common all of the time)), when there are so many store-bought ones that do so well, IMHO. But, if you do, this looks like a book that you'll want to grab. Especially since it's marked down to free.

Some self-published books are actually very good. If the stellar ratings on this one are a
The Big Book of Homemade Mixes. By Gia Scott. Rated 4.5 stars, but from only 18 reviews at Amazon; rated 4.27, but from only 11 ratings at GoodReads. Print list price $14.99; digital list price $3.99; Kindle price now $0.00. Amazon Digital Services, publisher. 165 pages. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PJJO8NW.

Book Description
Nothing can compare to the sense of satisfaction obtained from successfully doing things yourself. From urban apartment micro-kitchens to spacious country kitchens, from a humble camp in the woods to a sleek motorhome, anyone can use these homemade mixes.

For those on special diets, ingredients can be adapted to suit your own needs, by altering or substituting ingredients in recipes. Whether it is salt-free, sugar-free, or gluten-free, by sourcing your own ingredients for the mixes, you can ensure that everything meets your own standards. With the wide variety of recipes, there is plenty to choose from as well.

Speed up meal preparation with easy seasoning blends, make up mixes to make camping and backpacking easier, dress up your coffee with homemade flavored creamers, have a hot beverage made in your own kitchen, or have freshly made salad dressing for dinner. Bake a cake or cookies, make cornbread or biscuits, or even a quick batch of muffins is easily done when you make your own mixes. Best of all, they have all of the flavor of “home-made from scratch” because you make the mix from fresh ingredients right in your own kitchen.

To control the salt and preservatives in answer to your question.
Because some of the mixes are way more expensive than you can make from scratch.
Cornbread, muffins and biscuits are 3 that it is just as easy to make your own.
And I will be grabbing the book.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by Cinisajoy

To control the salt and preservatives in answer to your question.
Because some of the mixes are way more expensive than you can make from scratch.
Cornbread, muffins and biscuits are 3 that it is just as easy to make your own.
And I will be grabbing the book.

Girl, I was about to put out an APB on you as a missing person, I haven't "seen" you in so long.

P1--Good point; I hadn't thought about that. Right now, I'm not on a salt-restricted diet, and I'm not afraid of preservatives (the government's always going to be looking out for us, right?)

P2--You mean, because they require so few ingredients?

P3--Great! It's always nice to know that even one person benefited from a post.


P = Paragraph. Making the real symbol is too much trouble.

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

Girl, I was about to put out an APB on you as a missing person, I haven't "seen" you in so long.

P1--Good point; I hadn't thought about that. Right now, I'm not on a salt-restricted diet, and I'm not afraid of preservatives (the government's always going to be looking out for us, right?)

P2--You mean, because they require so few ingredients?

P3--Great! It's always nice to know that even one person benefited from a post.


P = Paragraph. Making the real symbol is too much trouble.

On the spice blends, that way I can make one batch and not have the remainder taking up space in a drawer, Just make what I need.

You found a good book.

[bgalbrecht]

I'm surprised that nobody's mentioned the Thomas Nelson/HarperCollins 99 cent "Southern Food cookbook"* sale in today's Amazon Daily Deals, also available from B&N & Kobo, probably Google and Apple as well.

I assume everyone can find the Amazon Daily Kindle deal on their own, here's the B&N and Kobo links.

The Southern Slow Cooker Bible by Tammy Algood
The Southern Food Truck Cookbook by Heather Donahoe
Y'all Come Over by Patsy Caldwell and 1 more
Southern California Cooking from the Cottage by Jane Stern and 2 more Southern Country Cooking from the Loveless Cafe by Jane Stern and 1 more
Simply Grilling by Jennifer Chandler
My Southern Food by Devon O'Day and 1 more
Bless Your Heart by Patsy Caldwell and 1 more
The Great Southern Food Festival Cookbook by Mindy Henderson
Farm Fresh Southern Cooking by Tammy Algood
The Southern Foodie by Chris Chamberlain
Jack Daniel's Cookbook by Lynne Tolley

* I don't think "Southern California Cooking" counts as Southern Food

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by bgalbrecht

I'm surprised that nobody's mentioned the Thomas Nelson/HarperCollins 99 cent "Southern Food cookbook"* sale in today's Amazon Daily Deals, also available from B&N & Kobo, probably Google and Apple as well.

I assume everyone can find the Amazon Daily Kindle deal on their own, here's the B&N and Kobo links.

The Southern Slow Cooker Bible by Tammy Algood
The Southern Food Truck Cookbook by Heather Donahoe
Y'all Come Over by Patsy Caldwell and 1 more
Southern California Cooking from the Cottage by Jane Stern and 2 more Southern Country Cooking from the Loveless Cafe by Jane Stern and 1 more
Simply Grilling by Jennifer Chandler
My Southern Food by Devon O'Day and 1 more
Bless Your Heart by Patsy Caldwell and 1 more
The Great Southern Food Festival Cookbook by Mindy Henderson
Farm Fresh Southern Cooking by Tammy Algood
The Southern Foodie by Chris Chamberlain
Jack Daniel's Cookbook by Lynne Tolley

* I don't think "Southern California Cooking" counts as Southern Food

If it was limited to soul food, it probably would count as Southern food. Wherever it was cooked.

[bgalbrecht]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

If it was limited to soul food, it probably would count as Southern food. Wherever it was cooked.

The Cottage's signature dish is a fish taco.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by bgalbrecht

The Cottage's signature dish is a fish taco.

Yeah, not Southern, unless you're speaking of southern Texas. ha

[GA Russell]

Delicious Empanada Recipes - free
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B014TCZ1DU

[GtrsRGr8]

If I don't post this, I'm going to feel guilty. Hope that the deal stays around a while. It seems like a really good cookbook, that a lot of folks like. And, it's got a super low price/super big markdown on it right now.

The dishes don't really resemble the take out Chinese food that I'm familiar with--they might resemble the take out Chinese like people would get on the west coast more than on this (eastern) side of the U.S. I just don't know.

Even if you don't get the cookbook, be sure to look over four free recipes on Amazon's product page for the book!

The Chinese Takeout Cookbook: Quick and Easy Dishes to Prepare at Home. By Diana Kuan. Rated 4.6 stars, from 209 reviews at Amazon at the present moment. Print list price $30.00; digital list price $13.99; Kindle price now $1.99. Ballantine Books, publisher. 208 pages. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B008C84AZI.

Book Description
America’s love affair with Chinese food dates back more than a century. Today, such dishes as General Tso’s Chicken, Sweet and Sour Pork, and Egg Rolls are as common as hamburgers and spaghetti. Probably at this moment, a drawer in your kitchen is stuffed with Chinese takeout menus, soy sauce packets, and wooden chopsticks, right?

But what if you didn’t have to eat your favorites out of a container?

In The Chinese Takeout Cookbook, Chinese food blogger and cooking instructor Diana Kuan brings Chinatown to your home with this amazing collection of more than eighty popular Chinese takeout recipes—appetizers, main courses, noodle and rice dishes, and desserts—all easy-to-prepare and MSG-free. Plus you’ll discover how to

• stock your pantry with ingredients you can find at your local supermarket
• season and master a wok for all your Chinese cooking needs
• prepare the flavor trifecta of Chinese cuisine—ginger, garlic, and scallions
• wrap egg rolls, dumplings, and wontons like a pro
• steam fish to perfection every time
• create vegetarian variations that will please everyone’s palate
• whip up delectable sweet treats in time for the Chinese New Year

The Chinese Takeout Cookbook also features mouthwatering color photos throughout as well as sidebars that highlight helpful notes, including how to freeze and recook dumplings; cooking tidbits, such as how to kick up your dish with a bit of heat; and the history behind some of your favorite comfort foods, including the curious New York invention of the pastrami egg roll and the influence of Tiki culture on Chinese cuisine. So, put down that takeout menu, grab the wok, and let’s get cooking!

Here for the first time—in one fun, easy, and tasty collection—are more than 80 favorite Chinese restaurant dishes to make right in your own kitchen:

• Cold Sesame Noodles
• Kung Pao Chicken
• Classic Barbecue Spareribs
• Beef Chow Fun
• Homemade Chili Oil
• Hot and Sour Soup
• Chinatown Roast Duck
• Moo Shu Pork
• Dry-Fried String Beans
• Black Sesame Ice Cream
• And of course, perfectly fried Pork and Shrimp Egg Rolls!

[GtrsRGr8]

Personally, I think that I'll skip the free recipe for pork belly buns.

ATTENTION: Andrew Zimmern, call your agent. ha

[bgalbrecht]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

Personally, I think that I'll skip the free recipe for pork belly buns.

ATTENTION: Andrew Zimmern, call your agent. ha

Smoked pork belly is another name for BACON! This recipe, it's fried instead of smoked, but it's probably still pretty tasty.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by bgalbrecht

Smoked pork belly is another name for BACON! This recipe, it's fried instead of smoked, but it's probably still pretty tasty.

Wikipedia says that pork bellies is one source for bacon. They listed a couple of others less distasteful.

I think that I can still eat bacon, after hearing that, but I still think that I'll pass on anything that actually says, "pork bellies," as does this recipe. Just couldn't bring myself to eat it.

Here in the deep south, there are two delicacies (to some people) related to our topic. Both are deep fried in some oil; maybe some of the old-timers still use lard. Anyway, one is called "chittlin's," which is pork skin prepared as stated above, and the other is called "cracklin's," which are various internal parts of the pig, probably including the bellies, but I don't know for sure. I stay away from them; I would eat chittlin's, and have occasionally done so before.

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

Wikipedia says that pork bellies is one source for bacon. They listed a couple of others lest distasteful.

I think that I can still eat bacon, after hearing that, but I still think that I'll pass on anything that actually says, "pork bellies," as does this recipe. Just couldn't bring myself to eat it.

Here in the deep south, there are two delicacies (to some people) related to our topic. Both are deep fried in some oil; maybe some of the old-timers still use lard. Anyway, one is called "chittlin's," which is pork skin prepared as stated above, and the other is called "cracklin's," which are various internal parts of the pig, probably including the bellies, but I don't know for sure. I stay away from them; I would eat chittlin's, and have occasionally done so before.

I had heard cracklins are skin and the other is intestines.
All recipes agree with me.

[bgalbrecht]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

Wikipedia says that pork bellies is one source for bacon. They listed a couple of others lest distasteful.

If you're eating in America, it's almost certainly smoked pork belly.