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The Campout Cookbook Review

I have happy childhood memories of scenic drives into the mountains for a long weekend of camping, fishing, and playing in the dirt. My family...
Roni   •   April 28, 2022
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The Potato Primer Cookbook Review

I met Ronda Simmons at a one-day writing workshop back in July. She mentioned she was finishing up a cookbook and I told her I...
Roni   •   December 16, 2021
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New World Sourdough Cookbook Review

Like many people, I jumped on the sourdough bandwagon in 2020. I love a good sourdough loaf with a tangy, sour flavor and I wanted...
Roni   •   November 8, 2021
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With Love, from Plan to Eat (A Sweet Giveaway!)

Valentine’s Day takes many forms throughout a life. In elementary school it’s hotly anticipated and tons of fun. Then in middle school and high school...
Plan to Eat   •   January 25, 2016
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Cookbook Review: “The Healing Kitchen” by Alaena Haber and Sarah Ballantyne

Having traveled the path marked “Food as Medicine” for several years now, it’s hard to get me excited about a new Paleo cookbook. My bookshelves...
Erin   •   January 21, 2016
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A Healthier Holiday Baking Giveaway (Review: Honey and Oats by Jennifer Katzinger)

As soon as the air turns crisp in the Rocky Mountains, you will find me in the kitchen baking. Usually it’s something practical, like cornbread...
Erin   •   December 1, 2015
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The Great Autumn Spice Giveaway (Book review of The New Sugar & Spice)

Ya’ll. It’s here. Today begins the biggest giveaway in Plan to Eat’s history with a $200 prize package. We’re so glad you’re here. You’ll find...
Erin   •   October 19, 2015
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Cookbook Review: “Rawsome Vegan Baking” by Emily von Euw

WAIT! Don’t go! I know you have dozens of other tweets and posts and pins waiting to be looked at, and you glanced at this...
Erin   •   August 24, 2015
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Cookbook Review: Nourish by Rachael Bryant

If you’ve been hanging around the Plan to Eat blog for a while, you’ve likely read at least one of my posts on using food...
Erin   •   July 6, 2015
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Cookbook Review (and a Giveaway!): The Kitchen Ecosystem by Eugenia Bone

I had the radio tuned to NPR one day while I was toodling around town running errands. I caught a portion of an intriguing interview...
Erin   •   June 15, 2015
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Inspiralized: A Cookbook Giveaway

This week I decided to cook recipes from the Inspiralized Cookbook  with one requirement: “I wouldn’t normally make this…” I wanted to branch out and...
Riley   •   May 5, 2015
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Two Books I Didn’t Think I’d Like (But I Do….A Lot) and a Giveaway!

Confession: I judge books by their covers. Especially cookbooks*. Whenever I’m evaluating a new cookbook, I pull it out of the envelope, read the title,...
Erin   •   May 4, 2015
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Inspiralized: A Cookbook Review

I really love good food. I enjoy trying unique new restaurants, being inventive in the kitchen, and amping up old favorites. I also really love...
Riley   •   April 23, 2015
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Whole Grain Baking Made Easy by Tabitha Alterman (and a Giveaway!)

Like all of you, our weather here in the Rocky Mountains of late has been erratic and unpredictable. On a sunny, record-breakingly warm day in...
Erin   •   March 24, 2015
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Cookbook Review Round-up

Last year we welcomed a sweet new baby into our family. Every new baby, no matter how sweet, brings disruption, but due to my ulcerative...
Erin   •   January 23, 2015
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From Garden to Table: Black Spanish Radish

This, our third spring in Texas, has been the loveliest by far. The weather has been cooler and we have had substantial rain right when...
Shannon   •   June 17, 2014
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Book Review: I Quit Sugar by Sarah Wilson

Quitting sugar seems to be a trend that is rapidly taking over the world and social media. It’s definitely not a bad thing, as it’s...
Kelsey   •   June 5, 2014
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Cookbook Review (and Giveaway!): Preserving Food Without Freezing or Canning

Imagine you’re walking through the French countryside. The sun is high and your stomach rumbly as you approach a charming cottage à l’heure du déjeuner, and you...
Erin   •   January 15, 2014
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Kids’ Cooking (and Giveaway!): Once Upon a Time in the Kitchen, by Carol Odell

The Sweet Pea was super excited when she found this cookbook in the library, Once Upon a Time in the Kitchen by Carol Odell. She...
Erin   •   January 10, 2014
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Book Reviews: Not Your Mother’s Casseroles, by Faith Durand

I am so glad to have had this book show up in my mailbox*, because I wouldn’t have picked it up at the bookstore. Isn’t...
Erin   •   December 20, 2013
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Book Reviews: The 21-Day Sugar Detox Guidebook and The 21-Day Sugar Detox Cookbook, by Diane Sanfilippo

Let’s start with a short quiz (an excerpt from the introduction of Diane Sanfilippo’s 21-Day Sugar Detox guidebook): If you answered no to all of the above...
Erin   •   December 16, 2013
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Kids’ Cooking: The Star Wars Cookbook by Robin Davis

Ever since the Sweet Pea was allowed to have a crack at writing a cookbook review, the Bean has been asking for his turn. He’s...
Erin   •   December 13, 2013
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Cookbook Review: The Best Stews in the World by Clifford A. Wright

Today’s cookbook recommendation is just in time for those slow-cooking days of winter, when a bubbling stew can warm the house and the body. When...
Erin   •   November 14, 2013
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Cookbook Review: Make Ahead Paleo by Tammy Credicott

Let me tell you a little about myself. I’m a girl who has to observe certain diet restrictions in order to manage chronic illness. I’m...
Erin   •   October 28, 2013
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