Speedy food is of the essence when you are suddenly hungry and on a diet. The Thinner in an Instant Cookbook by Nancy Hughes uses the pressure cooker (or Instant Pot) to prepare diet friendly recipes. As the author writes all the recipes are 350 calories or less. Also, each recipe includes an extensive nutritional analysis including protein, sodium and potassium. If you have renal disease, you might be able to use some of the recipes thanks to the inclusion of protein, sodium and potassium amounts.

You will find the following chapters in her book:

Sandwiches and Wraps
Main-Course Salads
One-Dish Suppers
Soups and Stews
Protein and Vegetable Combination Dinners
Sweets and Desserts

Some of the recipes you'll find include:

Cheesy Chicken and Poblano Rice
Two-Cheese Cauliflower Rotini
Hearty Corn, Potato, and Onion Chowder with Shrimp
Tender Pork Chops in Rich Onion Sauce
Apple-Cranberry Oat Crumble

Recommend.

Review written after downloading a galley from NetGalley.

I was given a copy of the book in exchange for an honest review by the publisher.

I have an instant pot pressure cooker and am always after new recipes to try, when I saw this book I was looking forward to trying some new healthy recipes. Thee are a good mix of recipes in this book for ideas for breakfast, lunch and dinner as well as vegetarian recipes, there's even some desserts too. The recipes are quite straight forward with easily available ingredients. The only thing lacking was a few photos.

This book would be great for anyone who has a pressure cooker and would like so new ideas.

Having recently bought an electric pressure cooker, I was delighted to review this book.

There aren't any photos, which was a disappointment, but there are a good range of recipes to start off with a new pressure cooker. All of the recipes are simple, and some use store-bought spaghetti sauce. The instructions are strightforward and easy to do. However, some of them are just a complete turn-off, such as the curried chicken salad on melon - there are so many things wrong with this, I don't know where to start.

Not only are there great Instant Pot recipes in this book, but they are healthy too! I highly recommend this book for any Instant Pot owner.

I have fallen in love with my Instant Pot, after being scared to use it for a while! I am always looking for new recipes to try so was pleased to find a cookbook that promised low calorie recipes. I do like photos in cookbooks so that you can see what you are making, but these are easy to visualize recipes. I found the tone of the book to be very friendly, and I learnt some good tips. The recipes use easy to find ingredients, or ones that you probably already have at home. They are also meals that I would actually want to make. I’m looking forward to making healthy, tasty meals for my family, and perhaps losing some weight at the same time.

The recipes in this cookbook look so great! I’m dieting and can really use inspiration. Thank you for the advance copy!

Lots of tasty sounding receipes for under 350 calories. The book is split in to various meal sections so it's easy to know where to look depending on what you're cooking. I think some photographs of the finished food would compliment each receipe

This is the Instant Pot cookbook I've been waiting for!! The author takes advantages of the strengths of the Instant Pot and uses them to put together healthy recipes that do not exceed 350 calories per serving. And what's even better? Almost every single recipe sounds mouth-wateringly good and is NOT terribly complicated. I am IN. There are three recipes I'm planning to make this weekend for sure, and several more on deck for next week.

The author includes a quick introduction to Instant Pot cooking, followed by a couple of pages of healthy cooking and healthy eating tips and tricks. I found this content helpful and to the point. The recipes are organized into a few sections: Sandwiches and Wraps, Main-Course Salads, One-Dish Suppers, Soups and Stews, Protein and Vegetable Combination Dinners, and Sweets and Desserts. Every recipe includes detailed but easy to follow instructions, nutritional information and often, a tip or two. The book ends with a good index, making it easy to find recipes you want to return to.

The only thing missing from this book that would make it spectacular is pictures...I love good photographs in my cookbooks and am disappointed that this one doesn't include them, but honestly--this cookbook is so well done, I can have decided I can do without them and plan to just print my own pictures as I work my way through the book...because I intend to make just about every recipe. They all sound so good!

I received an ARC from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. All opinions expressed are entirely my own.

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