The recipes here look so good I wanted to eat the pages. ( )

Healthy main-dish salads for every season

"Salad" is defined pretty broadly here, to include a number of lightened dishes. This looks like the perfect summer cookbook to have on hand. Even though I garden in pots, I might have to plant a zucchini just to have blossoms so I can try the zucchini blossom frittata. This book is definitely on my wishlist. ( )

This cookbook was one that I would recommend to my vegetable loving friends. There were tons of recipes that I think they would find very useful and unique.

Ingredients: I would say that most of them you could get from your local Central Market or Whole Foods. However, your local grocery store will depend on whether it is well stocked in the produce department.

Preparation: Most of these looked like there was a good amount of prep time, so keep that in mind. With fresh good there is often chopping and marinating involved.

Types of dishes: I would say these were "upscale" dishes with many of them looking good for tea parties and fancy dinners. There were some great day to day recipes but on a whole that is probably not what I would use this cookbook for.

Overall: For me personally, this cookbook would not work because I am super picky when it comes to Vegetables. That being said I would buy as a gift for my more Vegetable loving friends, of which I have many! ( )