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Sweet Potato and Apple Soup from The School Year Survival Cookbook: Healthy Recipes and Sanity-Saving Strategies for Every Family and Every Meal (Even Snacks)

Recipes calls for two "medium" sweet potatoes. Considering the sweet potatoes in my area range from 0.5 to 3 pounds, that was a bit vague. The notes suggest you can substitute with 4 cups of chopped butternut... read more >

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The School Year Survival Cookbook: Healthy Recipes and Sanity-Saving Strategies for Every Family and Every Meal (Even Snacks)

By Laura Keogh, Ceri Marsh
Appetite by Random House - 2017

Skimming through this book, I was excited. Many of the recipes sounded good, even the ones without photos. I've tried three recipes now, and each has had a significant flaw. One was flavourless, another overflowed the prescribed pan, and the third was excessively sweet (I suspect including weights for the various vegetables and fruits would've helped this). I'm still tempted to try more recipes because they really do have potential, but I'll adjust the recipes using common sense as I go instead of following them to the letter the first time like I usually try to do.