The Soup Club Cookbook

                                                                         The Soup Club Cookbook


I loved this cookbook. As a busy mom, this cookbook will come in handy for sure. I liked how these four moms of this cookbook got together and made simple, whole soups for busy nights! I love soup and I like how easy most of the recipes are. Soup will also freeze super well. Which I love! I can pull out a soup from the freezer and have a healthy, simple meal waiting.

So far I have made the Spiced Pumpkin Soup, Carrot Coconut Soup, The Dudes Chili and Potato Broccoli Soup. We also made the Cheese Crisps and Walnut Vingaigrette. So much more to  make! Most of the recipes call for ingredents that I usually already have in the pantry. That is a huge deal for me. I also like the beautiful pictures in the book. I also like the salads and the finger foods in the cookbook. Its not all about soup!

I would recommend this book to everyone who has busy days and nights!


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

A Nice LIttle Place On The North Side

This is a fan book. It's a good fan book, and a good book about baseball in general, if you like baseball. I don't love baseball, so with the pages that were heavy with game and player stats, i just couldn't get into it. What I found interesting was the number of people who are famous for not-baseball who were associated very early in their careers (famous and infamous) with Wrigley Park.

The stadium itself is a separate entity from the team that it houses. Making it a Home for baseball no matter how the team does is an act of love from a city dedicated to the game with a team from the origins of the sport.

Interesting information about the Cubs but a bit rambling with lack of focus. Sometimes it seemed like the author's ego got in the way of the story -- but that's George Will for you!


Read this if you love the Cubs, love baseball, or love the love of the game.

*I received this book for my honest review*

Punch Bowls & Pitcher Drinks

                                   


                                           Punch Bowls & Pitcher Drinks.. Recipes for delicious Big-Batch Cocktails.

                                                                   
                                                                       By: Jeanne Kelley & Sarah Tenaglia








What can I say? I LOVED this book! This book has 107 pages full of delicious drink recipes. From punch recipes, alcohol and non-alcohol drinks, to cocktails and a yummy apple cider drink. I love how all the recipes have beautiful pictures of the recipe. So far I have made the Apple-Thyme sparkler, Mai Tai Punch, Skinny Moscow and Watermelon Tequila. So good! The recipes are simple and easy and taste great. My kids liked the Peppermint Stick ice cream drink.

This drink book is so easy and simple. I love cookbooks like that. The pictures are just beautiful!

I would recommend this book to everyone!


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

The Postage Stamp Vegetable Garden

One of my favorite gardening books. Loads of info for "square foot gardening." Loads of information for gardeners with space limitations. Informative, laid out well, interesting to read. All around great resource. I think this is the perfect book for today's lifestyles. Many people have small yards and busy schedules. A postage stamp garden will not take up much room, you can even go the container route and have it on your patio, it provides lots of produce that will benefit your family's health and save on your grocery bill and it doesn't take near the amount of time or work that a regular size garden takes. This is a great book to have around!!!!!


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