• Bombshell13 on May 09, 2020

  Just made the Roasted Chicken and Pears - delicious. Mild in flavour - I think next time I will throw in some garlic cloves to the roast along with the vegetables and pears.

Notes about Recipes in this book

• Grape gelatin with blueberries

  • Cheri on March 24, 2012

    UGH. This is SO bland - tasteless. The gelatin has no flavor. May have been the juice I used, which was all natural, nothing added. Needed a sweeter juice. Technically, this worked just fine, the blueberries were a must. Served with some whipped cream, which defeats the lo-cal idea, but really needed for us. I would try this again, with different juice, and possible add a bit of sugar to the gelatin before allowing to set up. I doubled the quantities to use up my blueberries, which made 5 1.5 cup servings.

• Lighter blue-plate special

  • southerncooker on February 14, 2022

    Loved the meatloaf and mashed potatoes. The buttermilk gave the potatoes a nice tangy flavor that complemented the BBQ sauce on the meatloaf. I used Sweet Baby Ray's original BBQ sauce. My husband doesn't like crunchy green beans so instead of 6 minutes I steamed them 15. They were still a little crunchy, but I thought okay.

• Baked gnocchi with ricotta and marinara

  • southerncooker on February 10, 2022

    This was a quick, easy, delicious supper. I used cottage cheese instead of Ricotta, since we aren't big fans of Ricotta. I used baby Gnocchi not frozen.

• Red-leaf lettuce with roasted sweet potatoes and green beans

  • ksg518 on February 20, 2018

    I've made this recipe several times and it's very good. The yogurt dressing is a great low calorie way to top this sort of salad. However, when I've made it in the past I've opted for fresh green beans which I blanch for 2-3 minutes and then add to the sheet pan per the recipe. This time I decided to try the frozen green beans called for in the recipe since it would save time. Did not like it nearly as much and I'll continue to use fresh beans from now on.

• Sautéed Cajun shrimp

  • ksg518 on June 07, 2023

    Not a “wow” dish but still pretty good and fairly quick. It relies on the andouille sausage for its Cajun flavor. It may have been my sausage but the final dish benefited from a couple of teaspoons of Cajun seasoning.

• Pork loin with onions and dried apricots

  • swegener on January 30, 2015

    This was good--my first time ever making a pork loin and it turned out moist. It wasn't super flavorful, but not bad.

• Soy-ginger chicken

  • weirdsci on January 03, 2016

    Cooks for 1 1/2 hours. Not very quick recipe.