Cook This Not That book

i went into best buy this morning looking for a new television since my wanna be hip father try to play wii for the first time today and u can guess it, broke my TV:scared2: ugh parents.

:tt2:He is on a strict PUNISHMENT LOL.

well anyways while i was there i found this book

KITCHEN SURVIVAL GUIDE

COOK THIS NOT THAT

I find it to be very informational, the first chapters tells you what type of pots and pans you need, and it also explain what type utensils you need and all the above mentions is all the tools you will need for the book.

Some people may not find that to be important but for me it was because i am about to move out on my own and i never cooked anything until now (had to heat up some broth) lol and i don't even know if thats cooking lol

This book has sooooo many recipes that you can learn and see the full nutritional values, and there is a couple of pages that compares items.

for example:

have this in your pantry

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Smucker's natural peanut butter creamy

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don't have this in you pantry

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jiff reduced fat

and it explains why by saying

your trading hydrogenated oils and corn syrup for more healthy fat (small excerpt)

I took a pic as you can see below of one particular recipe..

yogurt parfait

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made @ home the calories are

330 G fat (3.5 sat) 34G sugar

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but if getting from Au bon pain its

700 calories (4 sat) 91G sugar

Has anyone else brought this book and cooked anything out of it?