I was looking forward to digging into this book, but the sample I got made it a challenge. I was confused by the intro paragraphs which touted recipes made from scratch and fresh ingredients, but I found that many of the recipes called for store-bought ingredients like a can of soup, taco seasoning etc. Some of the recipes were genuinely from scratch, but I was hoping for more of the traditional recipes. Also, many of the recipes would not be considered to be very healthy.
The best thing about this book may be the mouth-watering photos, but if you're looking for recipes all from scratch, this won't satisfy you.

This is a great cookbook,  it's a lot like one of the old church cookbook.   The recipes are simple and a lot of recipes are for foods that you don't think about making such as root beer, and cottage cheese.  Old fashioned recipes for cabbage rolls and homemade noodles. 
This was an arc copy from Netgalley.

Love reading anything by Wanda Brunstetter.  The recipes that I could view in this sample of the cookbook looked inviting and homey.   There were some recipes listed in the index that I wish I could have viewed.  Overall the cookbook looks great with  basic staples you would have in your pantry to cook things from scratch..  I especially loved the tips and substitutions part of the cookbook.  

Thank you to  the publisher, Barbour Books & Net Galley for the opportunity to read an advanced sample of this cookbook.   This is my honest and unbiased opinion.

Amish friends from scratch.... while a mouthful it’s an apt approach to this cookbook. While I only received a sample of this cookbook, about 60 pages of an over 200 pages book, it was well worth the look. Beautiful pictures and delicious homemade recipes.

   What did I like? While I hate being teased with a sample of a book, you get what you get. I received a choppy out of order file with split pictures and a table of contents in the majority of the pages. It looks like a combination of recipes from friends of the author collaborated and filled the pages with a ton of Amish recipes.

   Would I recommend or buy? I have no way of knowing what the entire cookbook is like, only based off the sample. Plenty of pictures, and delicious homemade looking recipes filled what I could see.  I would definitely make the recipes. I would love a full copy, hopefully it’s just like the sample.

   I received a sample copy of the cookbook, not an entire copy, and this was my opinion based on the sample.