Scrumptious is a cooking and recipe guide with recipes developed and curated by Christy Denney. Due out 2nd Nov 2021 from Shadow Mountain, it's 224 pages and will be available in hardcover and paperback formats.
This is a nice cookbook with an emphasis on ease of preparation, tastiness, casual dining and family appeal. These are really uncommonly tasty dishes. Many of them are one-pan/sheet pan dinner which make cleanup easy, and all the ones we tried were delicious.
There is no lead-in or introduction, the author opens with the recipes, grouped in chapters thematically: one pan dinners, feeding a crowd, game day eats, low-carb favorites, quick and easy, tried and true, and something sweet. The recipes are nearly all based on wholesome unprocessed ingredients (the exceptions are for things like premade marinara sauce which almost everyone has on hand).
Each recipe includes serving yields, special notes, and prep times. Recipe
ingredients are listed bullet point style along with optional
ingredients. All measurements are given in American standard measures
only. The directions
are given step by step, numbered sequentially. The nutritional
information is not provided. The recipes' ingredients are easily sourced and the resultant dishes are
family friendly and appealing to kids and adults. All of the
recipes include photos. The food is beautifully presented and the serving suggestions are appetizing and appropriate. Nearly all of the recipes make a LOT of servings. This would be great for meal planning fans - make enough for dinner and have enough to pack a lunch for work the next day(s). There are a number of these recipes which
have made it into my personal potluck recipe book of dishes to take to
group dinners and family gatherings.
Good recipes, full of hearty and satisfying food.
Four and a half stars.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.
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