Meal Prep for Two is a tutorial and recipe guide for weight loss written and curated by Casey Seiden. Released 15th Oct 2019 by Callisto on their Rockridge Press imprint, it's 190 pages and available in paperback and ebook format.
The book follows a logical format. Chapter 1 gives some background on the process and the benefits of meal-prep and planning as well as a very general
layman-accessible discussion of the mechanics of prepping, safe food handling, and the helpful equipment which will support the organization and storage. There is a lot of good
advice in these chapters which is applicable to any meal prep and
planning sessions, not just for the recipes in this collection.
The meal plan chapters include a surprisingly
varied selection of multiple day to weekly meal plans with different tastes and
representing different world cuisines: Italian, American, Asian
fusion, and more.
The recipes have their ingredients listed bullet style in a sidebar.
Measurements are given in US standard only. Special tools and ingredients are also listed, along with
yields and cooking directions. The ingredients are all easily sourced at
any moderately well stocked grocery store. The author has provided weekly plan shopping lists which are very handy. Nutritional information for the servings is provided in a footer at the bottom of each recipe.
It's worth noting that the ebook format
has a handy interactive table of
contents as well as interactive links and references throughout. I've
really become enamored of ebooks with interactive formats lately. The
book also includes a short author bio, and a metric conversion chart, as well as interactive resources, supplies, and references lists. There is no index. For Kindle Unlimited subscribers, this book is included
in the KU subscription library to borrow and read for free.
My one small quibble
with the book is that the recipes are mostly not photographed. There are
some photos, and they're clear and attractive, but they only represent about
5% of the recipes.
Well done. This book would make a great gift/housewarming for someone
looking for sensible weight loss recipes as well as fans of food prep planning /
batch cooking.
Four stars.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.
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