Power Plates (Cookbook)

I can describe my favorite meals to cook in the kitchen in one word. Easy. If it is easy, and doesn’t contain a zillion weird spices I’ll never use again, I’ll probably love it. (With the exception of seafood dishes. Yuck.)

This cookbook has 100 practical recipes for ONE DISH meals. Each meal contains a protein, fats, and complex carbohydrates—along with a bunch of fresh produce.  Yum.

I’m a healthy eater, but I don’t follow any particular diet. I’m not vegan, but love the healthy recipes this book provides.

A cookbook-MUST is lots of photographs. I want colorful full-page illustrations to inspire me and to show me what the dish will/could look like. A visually pleasing dish is an appetizer to the taste.

Most of the recipes are for approximately 4 servings. I like this, because I rarely cook for a crowd and don’t want to have to do math to fix a meal.

My favorite section is SOUPS. It’s hard to go wrong with soup. The photos alone make my mouth water. Even if you’re including ingredients little ones don’t approve of (I don’t like broccoli! I don’t like celery!)  they are easily disquised by using a handy immersion blender.

If you are Vegan, or just want some one-dish healthy meals, this cookbook is a great choice. The hardback edition is sturdy and attractive.

I received my complimentary copy of Power Plates from bloggingforbooks.com and was not required to give positive feedback. 5 Stars.