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WOW!!! I LOVE TACOS - & Mexican is by far my favorite food - When I saw this cookbook I just KNEW I had to get my hands on it.
First of all - I LOVE LOVE LOVE that there are pictures for EVERY SINGLE recipe! I cannot stand when a cookbooks does not provide pictures of the food for each recipe - I won't even buy a cookbook if it does not have an abundance of pictures. I NEED to see what it looks like before I decide if I want to spend the time to cook it.
Secondly, I was expecting some taco recipes and not much more - what I got was EVEN BETTER! I love that cookbook starts with a section of ESSENTIALS - guans, salsas etc, but was even more surprised to see sauces, seasonings, dressings AND tortilla recipes!!!!! I even liked that in the back of the book there were some drink recipes. What really would have been even more outstanding is if she would have included some desserts - maybe fried ice cream, churros etc - but hey I am DEFINITELY happy with what I got!!!
Now for the tacos - I think it is great that she included a breakfast taco section. I am not a huge breakfast person, but if I do it breakfast, it consists of a breakfast burrito or breakfast enchiladas - so seeing some additional breakfast options in taco form is amazing. The cookbook is then sectioned by type of filling, vegetarian, beef, pork, chicken and seafood - this is great because there is something in here for EVERYONE!!!
Bright, colorful, cheerful and full of a wide variety of taco types - enough for one entire year of Taco Tuesdays!
Ingredients range from traditional taco fillings like beans, salsa, avocado, chicken and beef, to less common ones like beets, chickpea, squash, cauliflower. Flavour profiles include Mexican, Tex-Mex, Japanese, American, Korean, Thai, etc., enough so that you never tire of the tacos.
We love Tacos in our house! This book is perfect so many taco recipes for breakfast lunch and dinner. I never knew how to make tacos properly before but I most definitely will be buying a copy of this book to use again and again!
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The Taco Tuesday Cookbook: 52 Tasty Taco Recipes to Make Every Week the Best Ever by Laura Fuentes offers up both traditional and non-traditional recipes. Most of the recipes are Hispanic based recipes while a couple recipes veer from the Hispanic theme.
The author starts her cookbook with basic recipes such as Arriba Seasoning or Pineapple Salsa. You will also find recipes for tortillas and a pancake recipe. The pancake recipe is used to make Breakfast of Champion Tacos. Other taco recipes you'll find include Huevos Verdes Tacos or Curried Cauliflower Tacos with Pineapple Salsa. You will find the slow cooker being used to prepare Slow Cooker Roast Beef Tacos. As to the unique: The author has included recipes such as Philly Cheesesteak Tacos or Slow Cooker Thai Chicken Lettuce Cups.
At the end of her book you will find a nice selection of beverage recipe such as The Perfect Margarita or Watermelon Agua Fresca.
I enjoyed viewing the color photos showing how the finished recipes looked as it helped me figure how the finished recipe was supposed to look.
Recommend.
Review written after downloading a galley from NetGalley.
Mexican, possibly my favourite food, it’s only rival, Italian. When I was given the the opportunity to read and review this book, I jumped at the chance, it was a no brainier. Once I started reading the book and going through the recipes, I was in my element. Anyone who knows me knows I’m a vegetarian and I’ve got to say the vegetarian recipes are to die for, the few I’ve tried were truly mouth watering, I even adjusted some of the meat dishes to include quorn, which worked extremely well. My family loved them all, including the couple I made with actual meat. Fish dishes are a no no for me, eating and cooking, so I didn’t indulge, although they looked tasty enough. Simple home cooked food at its best. Easy to follow recipes with straight forward instructions. Tuesdays will never be the same again. I think this may have to be a hard copy purchase for me. I received an advanced copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley. This is my honest review.
Absolutely love The Taco Tuesday Cookbook - from the guacamole recipes to the all the amazing ideas for making beautiful breakfast right though to supper tacos. Highly recommend - thanks for the ARC copy.
Tacos in our house consist of the usual store bought kit. These receipes opened my eyes to the varients of Taco! There are 52 recipes so you can have a taco a week, which makes me very happy! We will be trying one of these recipes on Sunday! Yummy!!
This recipe book is full of delicious looking recipes. The setup is fantastic and the photos are amazing. Can not wait to give these recipes a try.
In "The Taco Tuesday Cookbook," author Laura Fuentes provides more than a wide variety of tacos, though that's not to say that isn't impressive by itself. The offerings range from vegetarian tacos to breakfast tacos to tacos for seafood lovers, to name just a couple examples. Besides these, there's an array of salsa, side, and drink recipes to mix and match as one pleases. And on top of it all, all the recipes are relatively quick, easy, and budget-friendly dishes that one can whip up on any weeknight for a tasty meal. There is something for every reader in a book that can be easily embraced by any taco-loving family.
Wow! This book will help you take your Taco Tuesday to a whole new level! Plenty of yummy combinations that will have you eating tacos for breakfast, lunch and dinner. And there's nothing wrong with that! I'll be buying this one for sure!
I received a free ebook copy of this title from NetGalley in exchange for a fair review.
This was a really cool book. Taco night at our house consists of opening a store bought taco kit. There are lots of great ideas in here and nothing is really too complicated to be intimidating to the novice cook. Lots of cool ideas for sauces and salsas too. I definitely think the Hawaiian pork tacos and the teriyaki chicken tacos will be well received in my house.
I am not a fan of taco's normally but gave this book a go and glad I did!
The book has basic recipes starting from how to do your tacos (corn or grain free) and basic sauces and mostly dips as we know in the UK. Like salsa, guacamole. Offers different options to make this basics, which I found very helpful.
Then the real thing- taco toppings, are really good. Anything you like in this book could easily become a salad topping. Full of healthy, light recipes,. including breakfast tacos. I feel like I need to try some now... Lovely pictures, lovely recipes. If you're a lover of Mexican dishes, this book is just right for you.
One thing I need to say though, what's been named as the Greek sauce has a name: Tzatziki / Cacik