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What'e the Living Better For Less Cookbook actually like?
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Topher
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I heard a lot of recommendations for Doris Janzen Lonacre's Living Better For Less Cookbook on the earlier Tightwad Gazette thread. I have TWG and would like to know what sort of things are in the LBFL C'Book, is it just recipes?
She's also written Living Better For Less as a basic book I believe, anyone read it? Any one got a comment about it?
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Thanking you good folk
Topher
She's also written Living Better For Less as a basic book I believe, anyone read it? Any one got a comment about it?
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Thanking you good folk
Topher
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Living Better for Less has got some excellent recipes in it - there's one for sunflower seeds roasted with worcestershire sauce and olive oil which is a really delicious substitute for other snacks like peanuts, only cheaper and less fatty, that I use all the time. It's got lots of observations about wastage in the world that wouldn't be new to anyone who uses this website but they're always good to read. Loads of recipes, all the ones I've tried have been tasty. Some are a bit old-fashioned and some combine ingredients in a way I wouldn't (cheddar style cheese with seafood casserole, that sort of thing). But overall I'd recommend it. I haven't read Living Better for Less but would also like to know what others think of it...0
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The book you mean is More-With-Less cookbook by Doris Janzen Longacre. I thoroughly recommend it. I have tried more recipes from this book than any other cookbook I own, and I own a lot. I've never had a recipe from it fail. The recipes are for simple, tasty family type meals. They tend to be for quite large numbers, so may not be suitable for single people.
The recipe chapters are;
Yeast and quick breads
Cereals
Beans, soybeans and lentils
Main dishes and casseroles
Eggs, milk and cheese
Meats and fish
Soups
Vegetables
Salads
Desserts, cakes and cookies
Gardening and preserving
Snacks and miscellaneous
All the recipes call for ingredients available at a supermarket or health food store, although some may need translation ( just ask here
).All recipes are cheap and easy to make.
The long intro to the cookbook is my favourite part, a call to we in the wealthy West to eat and cook in a simpler, more thoughtful way.
The other book you mention is Living More-With-Less. This book takes a look at other aspects of life eg; housing, energy use, clothing, transport and examines ways in which we can be less wasteful and live more simply. There is a strong Christian message in this book - more so than the other one, but still relevant to all faiths and beliefs I think.
I recommend both books, but the Cookbook most. Have a look at the reviews on both Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com.0 -
You have talked me into buying it - used of course!"This site is addictive!"
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I agree with Thriftlady - this has become one of my most used books. The measurements are all in cups - each time I use a recipe I write the imperial measures against it.
Extending the Table in the same series is also excellent - this is a selection of recips from around the world.
And Cathybird is right about the sunflower seeds - my kids take them in packed lunches as a healthy snack as they're not allowed nuts in school“the princess jumped from the tower & she learned that she could fly all along. she never needed those wings.”
Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in this One0 -
I must say I'm an imperial girl when it comes to making bread, but I find my set of cup measures really easy to use when baking from this book.
I also like Extending the Table 0 -
Thanks everyone, that's encouraged me to buy it. I think it'll have to be Amazon though
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More with Less is also the book which the original version of the famous MSE OS Fruit Cobbler recipe came from!0
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I actually went and bought some cups just for More with Less.
I made the Butterscotch Brownies last night (and got my first stain on the book!) and they were delicious. I've never used milk powder in anything before, but it turned out really nice (they do actually taste quite creamy), and I thought the whole cup of wheatgerm would make them grainy/bitty, but it doesn't at all.
I advise getting the 25th anniversary spiral-bound edition - it makes life a lot easier when you're trying to cook and read the recipe at the same time!We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret and disappointment0 -
I use milk powder in muffins and then add water instead of milk IYSWIM, saves a few pennies.
I've not tried the butterscotch brownies because you can't make brownies without eggs and my dd is allergic, but you've inspired me to have a go for the rest of the family. I'll just have to make something special for dd.0
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