Amanda White

Mediterranean Diet Cookbook for Beginners: 500 Healthy, Flavorful and Easy-to-Prepare Recipes even for Absolute Beginners | Begin the Journey to Discover the Wonders of Mediterranean Cuisine by Amanda White
TOC where recipes are broken up into meals and food categories.
Intro discusses the Mediterranean diet plan, not only food but other aspects.
Pictures are charts are included in intro sections.
Each recipe starts with a title, some have a tiny color photo, prep and cook times, servings.
List of ingredients and you should be able to substitute for your healthier dietary needs: low fat, low sodium, low sugar and fresh vs canned items.
Directions are given and there is some nutritional information, not sur eof serving size: calories, fat, fiber, carbs and protein.
Not every recipe starts at the top fo a new page. Interested in fish/seafood area and soups. Enjoy healthy foods nowadays, so flavorful and fresh.
For stock I'd use fresh made or low sodium variety. So many recipes I want to try.
Shopping lists are included with meal plans. Conversion charts are listed at the end.
A KEEPER!… (plus d'informations)

Title: Sand Sister
- Author: Amanda White
- Illustrator: Yuyi Morales
- Publisher: Barefoot Books
- Date: 2004 (year published)
- Pages: 35
- Type of book/genre: Picture book, Fiction
- Short Summary of the plot: The story begins with a little girl named Paloma and her family going to a beach, and Paloma is sad because everyone there has someone to play with and she does not. So, she decides to draw another little girl with curly hair in the sand, and says she wants to have a sister. There was a big mountain of rocks named Big Daddy Rock that saw this and granted her this wish making her drawing come to life. The rock said her new sister can only stick around until the tide comes back in, and that Paloma is the only one that can see her. Her new sister informs her that her name is Sandra, but she also goes by Sandy; they played on the beach doing all sorts of fun activities. Sandy and Paloma started playing jump-the-wave and they were pushing each other while the did it; Sandy pushed to hard and Paloma got all wet and she stormed off before Sandy could explain. Paloma started thinking that she was better off alone, and then she noticed that the tide was coming in, and started looking for Sandy/wanted to apologize. They eventually found each other, hugged, and Sandy gave her a stone with a hole in it, after that she disappeared. After Sandy disappeared, Paloma felt very small and sad. Her parents came up to her, and her dad asked if she met Big Daddy Rock, that the beach was special to him too, and that she can see play with her sand sister any time she wants. The stone that was given to Paloma from Sandy made her smile as they drove away from the beach.
- Tags/Subject headings that describe the content: playmates, sisters, lonely, old-memories.
- My response: I really liked the illustration style that was used for this story; Yuyi Morales is a wonderful illustrator.… (plus d'informations)

A little girl named Paloma goes to the beach with her family, and though she thinks it is the most beautiful place in the world, she is sad that other people have brothers and sisters to play with, while she does not. So she constructs another little girl to play with out of the beach sand, appropriately named Sandy. After Sandy pushes Paloma down on accident, Paloma runs away in anger. She soon regrets it as she realizes the tide is coming in and will sweep Sandy away. She finds Sandy just in time and the two exchange farewells before sandy is washed away. When Paloma tells her parents about Sandy, they promise to bring her back to the beach to play with her again. This is a good book about the power of imagination to overcome loneliness, but also the importance of friendships, even those that are destined to be fleeting.… (plus d'informations)

Mediterranean Diet Cookbook 2021: 500 Healthy, Flavorful and Easy-to-Prepare Recipes even for Absolute Beginners | Begin the Journey to Discover the Wonders of Mediterranean Cuisine by Amanda White
TOC where recipes are broken up into meals and food groups.
Intro is about the diet plan itself.
Each recipe starts with a title and small color photo, prep and cook times and servings.
List of ingredients are included and you should be able to substitute for your healthier dietary needs: low sodium, low fat, low sugar and fresh vs. canned items.
Directions are given and some nutritonal information: calories, fat-NOT broken up into good or bad, fiber, carbs and protein.
Recipes to NOT start at the top of a new page.
Some recipes have different nutritional information at the end, NOT consistent.
Some recipes are NOT consistent with the common abbreviations of measurements (tsp or tablespoon) throughout.… (plus d'informations)