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Cookbook: skinnytaste Simple: Easy, Healthy Recipes with 7 Ingredients or Fewer

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skinnytaste Simple: Easy, Healthy Recipes with 7 Ingredients or Fewer by Gina Holmoka who started as a graphic artist, and is a self taught cook, having written 8 cookbooks.

NOTE: Austrian Film Actor, Oscar Holmoka has nothing to do with this cookbook.

I was visiting the Erwin Library and picked out a copy of this cookbook and started to look through it. The recipe illustrations are hypnotic which makes sense from the author’s graphic arts eye.

I took a picture of the front and back of the book thinking I might want to see if I could order this “used” online. It is about two years old so I think the cheapest price I saw for a used book was $12. But then I found myself at the main library in Lillington (actually across the river from Lillington) and asked if they had this cookbook. A couple of librarians started looking and they did find a copy. I took it to a chair and browsed through it.

This cookbook was one of the easiest to follow that I’ve ever seen. The author has created color coded dots that let you know things like: Q=Quick, V=Vegan, GF=Gluten-Free, AF=Air Fryer, SC=Slow Cooker, DF=Dairy Free, FF=Freezer Friendly, PC=Pressure Cooker

By each menu is an image of all of the ingredients in that recipe. Since there are never more than 7 ingredients, there is enough room on the side of the page for the images. The recipes are handsomely illustrated.

Because the author had the list of all recipes, for each of her cookbooks, not just “Simple,” I am able to list the recipe titles & page number here:

Everything but the Bagel Cottage Cheese and Lox Bowl
Spicy Vegan Cashew Queso
Cabbage Soup with Sausage and White Beans
Grilled Vegetables with Whipped Feta
Seared Scallops with Summer Couscous

Appetizers & Snacks

  • Air-Fried Blistered Shisitos with Smoked Paprika Aioli — p.61
  • Air Fryer Mini Arancini Bites — p.74
  • Baked Elote Dip — p.58
  • Buffalo Garlic Knots — p.69
  • Caramelized Onion and Fig Flatbread — p.73
  • French Onion Greek Yogurt Dip — p.54
  • Greek Goddess Dip — p.53
  • Roasted Garlic and Cauliflower Hummus — p.62
  • Roasted Shrimp Cocktail — p.65
  • Smoked Fish Dip — p.57
  • Spicy Vegan Cashew Queso — p.66
  • Spinach Empanadas — p.70

🥩 Beef, Pork & Lamb

  • Baked Beef Stew with Butternut Squash — p.218
  • Five-Spice Beef Kebabs — p.191
  • Garlic-Butter Steak with Broccoli — p.213
  • Grilled London Broil with Tomatoes, Onion, and Basil — p.214
  • Hoisin Burgers with Quick-Pickled Cucumbers — p.193
  • Madison’s Steak Tacos with Cilantro-Lime Rice — p.201
  • Parmesan Pork Chops — p.206
  • Pepper Steak and Rice — p.196
  • Sheet Pan Pork Tenderloin with Potatoes and Spinach — p.217
  • Slow Cooker Tacos al Pastor — p.199
  • Spaghetti Squash Carbonara — p.210
  • Steak with Pizzaiola Sauce — p.209

🍳 Breakfast & Brunch

  • Acai Berry Bowls — p.33
  • Banilla Protein Smoothie — p.45
  • Creamy Overnight Oats with Blueberries and Pistachios — p.46
  • Everything but the Bagel Cottage Cheese and Lox Bowl — p.19
  • Heart-Smart Baked Oatmeal — p.41
  • High-Protein Oat Waffles — p.27
  • Maple Pecan Cottage Cheese — p.20
  • PB & J Smoothie Bowl — p.49
  • Peanut Butter Banana-Berry Pancake Roll-Ups — p.37
  • Cajun-Spiced Shakshuka — p.34
  • Ham and Swiss Omelet Wrap — p.30
  • Loaded Waffled Hash Browns — p.42
  • Red Chilaquiles with Fried Eggs — p.25
  • Saucy Eggs with Tomatoes — p.140
  • Tomato Ricotta Frittata — p.139
  • Vegan Scrambled Tofu — p.38

🍗 Chicken & Poultry

  • Air Fryer Chicken Drumsticks — p.175
  • BBQ Chicken Foil Packets — p.178
  • Cheesy Chicken Quesadilla — p.181
  • Chicken with Hot Cherry Peppers — p.169
  • Grilled Chicken Thighs with Garlicky Chimichurri — p.182
  • Hasselback Feta Chicken Bake — p.150
  • Kickin’ Chicken Poultry Seasoning — p.177
  • Pot Sticker Stir-Fry — p.153
  • Puerto Rican Pinchos de Pollo — p.164
  • Sheet Pan Spatchcock Chicken with Brussels Sprouts — p.154
  • Skillet Andouille Sausage with Potatoes and Vegetables — p.145
  • Sweet and Spicy Gochujang Chicken Bowls — p.170
  • Sweet Potato Turkey Burgers — p.157
  • The Juiciest Italian Turkey Fried Meatballs (Ever) — p.146
  • Turkey Pot Pie Noodles — p.186
  • Turkey Unstuffed Pepper Bowls — p.160

🍰 Desserts

  • Blender Mango Sorbet — p.285
  • Chocolate Shell Nice Cream — p.282
  • Cinnamon-Apple Tarte Tatin — p.279
  • Coconut Rice Pudding with Mango — p.293
  • Flourless Pistachio Cake — p.277
  • Flourless Sea Salt Brownies — p.290
  • Freezer Strawberry and Cream Cheese Turnovers — p.289
  • Frozen Peanut Butter Cups — p.286
  • Juicy Peach Cobbler — p.274
  • Mini Blueberry Swirl Cheesecakes — p.273

🐟 Fish & Seafood

  • Air Fryer Crispy Salmon Nuggets — p.228
  • Broiled Fish with Salsa Verde — p.232
  • Flounder Milanese — p.244
  • Red Snapper with Tomatoes and Olives — p.235
  • Sheet Pan Teriyaki Salmon and Asparagus — p.223
  • Skillet Fish with Caramelized Shallots and Lemon Brown Butter Sauce — p.227
  • Butter-Poached Lobster Rolls — p.243
  • Gingery Shrimp and Quinoa “Fried Rice” — p.236
  • Mussels in Coconut-Tomato Broth — p.224
  • One-Pan Shrimp and Saffron Orzo — p.231
  • Seared Scallops with Summer Couscous — p.247
  • Spicy Crab Sushi Stacks — p.240
  • Sweet and Spicy Shrimp Pineapple Boats — p.239

🥦 Meatless Mains

  • 10-Minute Crispy Rice with Fried Eggs — p.136
  • Coconut Red Curry Lentils — p.116
  • Lentils and Rice with Caramelized Onions — p.121
  • Peanut Butter Curry Noodles — p.124
  • Sheet Pan BBQ Tofu and Broccoli — p.128
  • Sheet Pan Eggplant Lasagna — p.135
  • Weeknight Veggie Burgers — p.131
  • White Pizza with Spinach — p.127
  • Whole Roasted Cauliflower Parmesan — p.132

🍝 Pastas

  • Creamy Chicken and Spinach Tri-Colore Pasta — p.173
  • Instant Pot “Baked” Ziti with Spinach — p.115
  • Instant Pot Spaghetti Rings with Beef — p.205
  • One-Pot Chicken Sausage Pasta — p.149
  • One-Pot Creamy Gnocchi with Chicken and Leeks — p.185
  • Pasta with Roasted Cauliflower and Garlicky Toasted Bread Crumbs — p.119

🥗 Salads

  • Avocado Caprese Salad with Blackened Shrimp — p.111
  • Brussels Sprouts Salad with Grated Egg — p.96
  • Grilled Italian Steak Salad with Arugula — p.108
  • Seared Tuna and Avocado Salad — p.107
  • Summer Mozzarella Prosciutto Salad — p.104
  • Summer Tomato Salad with Grilled Garlic Bread — p.264

🍲 Soups & Chilis

  • 15-Minute Turkey-Bean Chili — p.163
  • Cabbage Soup with Sausage and White Beans — p.100
  • Cauliflower Cheddar Soup — p.83
  • Chicken Soup with Yogurt-Chive Dumplings — p.99
  • Creamy Coconut Curry Soup with Summer Squash — p.79
  • Creamy Pastina Soup — p.87
  • Italian Wedding Soup — p.88
  • Mom’s Instant Pot Creamy Shrimp and Rice Soup — p.103
  • Sheet Pan Tomato Soup with Grilled Cheese Croutons — p.91
  • Short Cut Shrimp Ramen — p.80
  • Stracciatella Tortellini Soup — p.84
  • Thai-Inspired Chicken, Lemongrass, Mushroom Soup — p.93

🍴 Sides

  • Braised Swiss Chard — p.252
  • Cheesy Baked Asparagus — p.263
  • Creamed Spinach with Mushrooms — p.259
  • Grilled Vegetables with Whipped Feta — p.267
  • Latin Yellow Rice — p.256
  • Lemon-Parsley Smashed Potatoes — p.255
  • Marinated Red Onions — p.159
  • Sheet Pan Balsamic Brussels Sprouts with Grapes and Shallots — p.260
  • Skillet Corn Bread with Zucchini — p.251
  • Thyme-Roasted Carrot Fries — p.268

They have a nice facility
Magic Foods for Better Blood Sugar
on the Shelf
Looking through Skinnytaste Simple Cookbook

I asked a library staff woman at the Erwin Library if they might want a copy of Reader’s Digest Magic Foods for Better Blood Sugar. I mentioned that it was published in 2007 and the woman said they normally didn’t keep books that old, but the person that could make the decision wasn’t there at the time. I told her that was okay, and that the book although old was still valid. Later at the Main Library in Lillington, I looked and found that they had a copy of it still on their shelf.