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A review by lora_hogan
Whole Food for Your Family: 100+ Simple, Budget-Friendly Meals by Autumn Michaelis, Autumn Michaelis, Melissa Urban, Melissa Urban
1.0
Very bland and very easy recipes. But we do really like the lunch ideas and my 6 year old can make all the recipes with only minor modifications. (Y’all my biggest pet peeve is saying a recipe is dairy-free but using ghee, those with anaphylaxis dairy allergies cannot have ghee and it creates a TON of confusion. If you use ghee, you are using dairy!!!!)
But my 6 year old is more advanced at cooking and baking than 99 percent of these recipes. So it’s definitely a “fine for him” cookbook, but don’t expect anything overly delicious. I knew what we were getting when we bought it and he is excited about the lunch ideas, which is what we really needed more variety in. If you have no skills in the kitchen (and like bland SUPER “American” food ) this may be for you. But we don’t eat that way and don’t want to. We just want to eat good food that happens to be dairy-free, gluten-free and soy/free due to allergies.
Also, check your copy thoroughly if yours is physical— I had the reprint version (alternate cover) and there were major printing errors, long black marks on pages and even long paper cuts in middle of recipes. If you *do* want this book (which I don’t recommend), get digital or go somewhere in person so you can’t make sure you don’t have major printing snafus and cuts on the pages! (Not missing ingredients but actual physical cuts like a paper cutter in the wrong spot)
But my 6 year old is more advanced at cooking and baking than 99 percent of these recipes. So it’s definitely a “fine for him” cookbook, but don’t expect anything overly delicious. I knew what we were getting when we bought it and he is excited about the lunch ideas, which is what we really needed more variety in. If you have no skills in the kitchen (and like bland SUPER “American” food ) this may be for you. But we don’t eat that way and don’t want to. We just want to eat good food that happens to be dairy-free, gluten-free and soy/free due to allergies.
Also, check your copy thoroughly if yours is physical— I had the reprint version (alternate cover) and there were major printing errors, long black marks on pages and even long paper cuts in middle of recipes. If you *do* want this book (which I don’t recommend), get digital or go somewhere in person so you can’t make sure you don’t have major printing snafus and cuts on the pages! (Not missing ingredients but actual physical cuts like a paper cutter in the wrong spot)