Lighten Up, Ya'll

                                                      Lighten up, ya'll  Classic Southern Recipes made Healthy & Wholesome
                                                                                        By: Virginia Wills




I loved this cookbook! Tons of great recipes with some great colorful pictures to go along. I also enjoy how the recipes are wholesome, healthy and light. I enjoy how Virginia takes you back in her time and tells you a story about her growing up along side with the recipes. I love when cookbooks are like that!

We have already make a handful of the recipes in this cookbook. Baked Zucchini Crisps on page (75) were a hit. So was the Makeover Broccoli Mac and Cheese on page (96)

The Biscuits, Breads and Baked Goods chapter was my favorite. The Buttermilk Biscuits were a hit.

The Baked Apple Hand Pies were also a sweet treat hit. They were fun to make. So were the Brown Sugar-Strawberry Shortcakes on page (198)

I would recommend this book to everyone who loves to eat healthy, light and who enjoys cooking wholesome foods. Easy recipes to follow. Beautiful pictures and easy to follow recipes!


*I received this book from Blogging for Books for my honest review*

Supermarket Healthy

Very good book! Great recipes that are easy to follow. Filled with nutritious, healthy meals that actually taste good This is a good cook book for those starting to learn how to eat healthy! Has some very good recipes to add to my menu. The author understand that not everyone has the money need to eat organically and with different more expensive products. She helps the ordinary human rise to a higher standerd of living by pointing out we all can do it. I am delight with this book!

*I received this book from Blogging for Books for my honest review*

It Was Me All Along

This is a memoir of a girl who was fat, became morbidly obese, and then lost weight. I mean lots and lots of weight. You would think her problems would be gone after that, right? Well they weren’t.
Andie Mitchell grew up with an alcoholic brother, a hard-working mother, and brother. Food was always around to comfort her, whether it was a processed snack cake or cupcake, lovingly made by her mother. Eventually her father died, and her brother left for college, so it was just Andie and her mother. As Andie continues through middle school, high school, and college, she gets bigger and bigger. However, she does have close friends and a great social life. When she gets to college, she also starts dating.
She has attempted to lose weight along the way and is sometime successful. When she has the opportunity to spend five months in Italy, she develops a healthier relationship with food and loses over 100 pounds. Yet, when she returns to the U.S. she begins to obsess about what she will eat or how many calories she will burn. It isn’t until then that Andie deals with issues that have been with her for her entire life.
This was a wonderfully written debut piece and I look forward to reading more. The author has a gift for describing every piece of food in the book. It is not surprising she has her own food blog (Canyoustayfordinner.com). I felt like I really got to know her and could see being friends with her. She was that likable!                   

*I received this book from Blogging for Books for my honest review*