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Good variety but more 'basic' than 'fast and easy'
Pros:
-Full page photos of most dishes
-Variety in proteins used (chicken breasts, thighs, pork chops, pork tenderloin, ground pork, etc.)
-Good amount of one pan recipes
-Most recipes are meant to be complete meals including a balance of protein and veggies
-First few pages recap the program
Cons:
-Few traditional breakfast dishes--this is when I really need it to be fast and easy!
-Serving sizes are much smaller than I'm used to eating. I feel it kind of steered away from one of the cornerstones of Whole30 which is to listen to your body, not focus on calories and restrictions. I learned to just increase the recipe by half in order to make it work for me and my family (2 adults, 3 small kids).
-I consider some of the recipes neither fast nor easy if you're not used to cooking or just don't like to do it. A better describing word would be 'basic' because the recipes are unfussy and uncomplicated, but they still require lots of chopping, prepping, and cooking.
-Some of the recipes have been outright bland. Most of them I've had to zhuzh them up with extra herbs and spices.
February 2018 · Books · verified purchase