I picked up the LAWL cookbook, and tried several recipes this past weekend. One of which was the Bean Soup. It made about four quarts. One serving was one-quarter of the recipe, according to your plan, and it was to be 1 protein, 1 vegetable, and 1 starch. Doesn't one quart sound like an awful lot?
We have it and use it quite often.. The New England Clam Chowder is absolutely fantastic.. So much so that I don't miss the "regular" kind at all..
I made some of the white bean chili the other night, without the beans (YUCK!) and while I haven't had any yet, my DW says it's very good..
The cookbook come in VERY handy when you're tired of your same old chicken and fish recipies.. The Talapia Italiano is REALLY good, and you can substitute other kinds of fish or even chicken/turkey for the meat.
Oh, and the creamy chicken caserole is VERY tasty..
I just bought the cookbook last week myself. Of the recipes I've tried so far, the Cheesy Beef and Broccoli and Buffalo Chicken Tenders are my faves. I haven't tried any of the soups yet, but a quart does sound like a lot. Like WendyII mentioned, maybe there's a lot of liquid in the soup???
OK... went to LA at home website to look. If I take 1/4 of this recipe, you would get 1c beans, 1/2 potato, 7oz (close to 1c) tomatoes, some onion and 1 1/2c water. That does give you close to a quart.
WOW... gonna have to make that one. Seems like a lot of bang for your buck!
It is a lot of bang for your buck, but I was so full for the rest of the day, I had a hard time eating the rest of my scheduled meals (hard to believe, I know). By the end of the day, you could have rolled me home I was so full. Worse yet, I had to go weigh in that evening (amazingly enough, I had lost 2 more pounds from the previous weigh in). The next morning, I woke up and I was still full.
I tried the French Toast recipe in the book and really liked that as well. I made it for my daughter, and she gave it the "thumbs up." I'll give the chicken recipes mentioned a try soon. It is good to know what has worked well for others! Thank you so much.
Try the Beef Dijon (I also posted it in the recipe section awhile back). I've made this a bunch of times for me, and have made it for my in-laws and couldn't believe it was on my plan.
Aleta..........I see you are from Wisconsin......where in Wisconsin are you? I am originally from Kenosha, WI. I love it there........and I miss it there too.
Nicole, I'm in Milwaukee ... very close to Kenosha! Hopefully weather in St. Louis is a little nicer than what we have here ... it is ver-r-r-ry cold out today ... even my dog didn't want to go out this morning.
We tried the Sloppy Joe recipe last night (I had a house full of teenagers, so I changed menu plans from stir-fry shrimp/broccoli/noodles to Sloppy Joes).
This, too, turned out really well and everyone ate it and went back for more (I made a double batch).
I've been trying a few things here and there. Brocolli omelet bake, truffles (which didn't form into balls, so I ate them as a glob) Pasta Fagioli soup, noodles & mushrooms (I added tuna to this)
Everything I've had so far has been good!!
LAWL cookbook - does anyone have and use?
