25 of 25 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great easy prep meals, but most take longer than 15 min, Jan 31 2011
By K. Soderholm - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The 150 Healthiest 15-Minute Recipes on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about How to Make the Most Deliciously Nutritious Meals at Home in Just Minutes a Day (Paperback)
The food it this book is really good. It uses easily accesible food and easy techniques, and tells you want is good about the ingredents. However, the recipies are more like 15 min active time. Some are from start to finish 15 minutes, but most are 15 minutes prep and then baking. Also the nutritional information for the recipe is pretty useless because it will say: serves 4 to 6 and then gives a calorie count such as 200 calories per serving, so I am not sure if that is for a quarter or a sixth of the dish, also the ingredent list with have use ground beef, turkey, or veggie crumbles so you aren't sure which one of those the nutritional information used.
I have tried several of the recipes and enjoyed everything so far with plans to try more. It is a worthwhile book and I definetly recomend it!
24 of 26 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not 15 minute recipes, Aug 17 2011
By Alex's mommy "Kristin" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The 150 Healthiest 15-Minute Recipes on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about How to Make the Most Deliciously Nutritious Meals at Home in Just Minutes a Day (Paperback)
I like this book, have made several recipes and they have all been enjoyable. However, the reason for my 3 stars is that I was under the impression from the title that I would have dinner on the table in 20 - 25 minutes with these recipes. NOT THE case. It is more like 15 minutes of preparing, and then there is cooking time. A LOT of the recipes have to cook for 30 - 60 minutes. This is dinner in 45 min to 1.5 hours in my opinion, not 15 min.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Healthy Solution for Busy Families, April 11 2011
By Sayuri Davis "Mama" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The 150 Healthiest 15-Minute Recipes on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about How to Make the Most Deliciously Nutritious Meals at Home in Just Minutes a Day (Paperback)
I absolutely hate cooking, but I love a good meal as does the rest of my family. I ordered this book as a last resort when I realized my family was eating instant food several times a week for dinner. I know this is unhealthy because I have digestion issues and they get worse when I eat like this. I literally have about 15-30minutes to prepare a meal so this is perfect. I must admit though that it takes me more like 20-30 minutes for these granted I am probably terrible at chopping, locating the ingredients I bought, etc. The largest section in this book says "prep to plate in 15 minutes," you're good at cooking, this is probably an accurate time frame. The 2nd section is "25 Tasty 15 min Prep and (Almost) Forget it Meals," so a little longer cook time. The 3rd section is "25 healthiest quick snacks" which i haven't tried yet, but they look yummy. Anyway, I am a total advocate for this book having a child jumping at my heels while I cook, but at least she gets something yummy and good for her when I'm done. Tip for disorganized time-limited people like me: pick your recipe and make your grocery list the night before, pick he stuff up on the way home the next day, cook it for dinner! Good luck!
