I enjoyed this budget based cookbook for eating healthier. This is a real gem of a find because the author factors in price of the meal for you when a majority of people say eating healthier is more costly. Pantry list, menu list, planning all to help make budget eating a little more simple.

   What did I like? I love the idea that you can lose weight by simply eating foods that are good for you. There is a meal plan and according to the website instantloss.com plenty of people have enjoyed the help. The author really breaks it down for you but you have to be willing to adopt a mindset and follow the practices. I enjoyed some of the beautiful pictures in the book, and bookmarked some recipes to try.

   Would I recommend or buy? I’m all for eating healthier and avoiding processed foods. I like to enjoy a lot of vegetable based dishes and cut out a ton of meat. I think the author does a great job of presenting the budget idea in the book and she lives off 150$ biweekly meal plan. That allows you to save money for other things. That’s a low amount for a family of five but the author shows the recipe prices as well. I would love a copy of this book.

    I received a complimentary copy and voluntarily left a review. Five stars...loved it.

Absolutely loved this and while I can't try all the recipes before the pub date, I loved the layout, pictures, recipes, and feel of the book!

Instant Loss on a Budget gives some good recipes, but I don’t see the budget in it. Many of the ingredients used are rather expensive, or maybe they are cheap in the US, but not in the Netherlands, where I live. I don’t mind so much as I wasn’t mainly interested in the budget part of the title. I can see that cutting out some food groups might work for some to lose some weight, but for me this never worked. A good mix of all the groups and minding the portions is what works for me. I tried 2 recipes for dinner and they turned out great, so that’s nice.
One other thing, a lot of recipes call for either an air fryer or pressure cooker, two things I don’t have and don’t intend to buy, some suggestions for other options would have been nice.

This is a great cookbook.
It has recipes for everything - breakfast, appetizers, soups, salads, pasta, restaurant favorite options, meatless, desserts and basics. The book starts with tips and techniques for beginners and also provides substitute options in some recipes
Only thing i felt missing was nutritional info of the recipes as it would have been very helpful if this is being considered by diet conscious person
I recommend this book for people who want healthy food within a reasonable budget. Thank you Netgalley for the ARC

I love the fact that this book has estimated costs for each meal! The only downfall is the electronic version is not formatted well, with the directions before the ingredients.

**I received and voluntarily read an e-ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.**

It's a nice collection of recipes for small families. There's nothing that really jumps out at me as being something new or amazing. The recipes seem slightly more affordable than many that would fall in this category.

I don't understand why there wouldn't be nutrition info. This is supposedly a health conscious book, but if the author really wanted to connect with a health conscious audience, it needed to be included. Really, all cookbooks should have the nutrition info regardless of the author's reasoning.

Nice photos, but I really wish the author would pull her hair back. Every time I saw a picture of her hair hanging down over the food, it took me right out of the book. There's nothing worse than pulling a stranger's hair out of your food and that's all I could think about whenever I saw her photo appear.

Overall, it's nice, but nothing I would go out of my way to get or read.

I own the author's prior cookbook so I was very excited to read this one too. Overall, I like the recipes and how she breaks down the costs of weekly shopping lists and the recipes she made. The recipes looked very promising and i am very excited to try them. The only negative part of this book for me (and she does explain the reason why she did not include it in the book) was that the recipes does not include any nutrition values. As anyone who is on a diet knows the nutrition values are the most important part of losing weight. Since I track macros, it will be very hard for me to use this book regularly. Regardless, the recipes are easy to follow. However, you definitely need an Instant Pot and probably Air Fryer for these recipes. Reminds me of the Martha Stewart cookbooks and how you always need a kitchen aid stand mixer.

I love the dairy free and wheat free recipes, they are easy to follow but have a lot of taste. The food photography looks delicious.

A great cookbook filled with lots of good ideas. I really liked that these recipes were mainly whole foods and gluten free and dairy free. It's nice that more books are out like this because it was hard for awhile if you had sensitivities.
Thank you to netgalley and the publishers for providing me with an arc for an honest review.

What I like about this cookbook is that it has many guidelines for what and where to shop and includes such things as  an electric pressure cooker cook-time cheat sheet which could be really practical for those who own one (or consider buying one). 
The one thing that I did not like it that it has not been made clear that this is a cookbook for families (or any group of four - at least that's how many people these recipes serve) and not for single people. I think this should have been addressed and made clear on the cover (title) and in the introduction written by the author. 
So, if you're looking to feed your family on a budget with healthy meals, this is the book for you!

Date reviewed: August 22, 2020

When life for the entire universe and planet turns on its end and like everyone else you "have nothing to do" while your place of work is closed and you are continuing to be in #COVID19 #socialisolation,  superspeed readers like me can read 250+ pages/hour, so yes, I have read the book … and many more today. And it is way too hot to go outside, so why not sit in from of the blasting a/c and read and review books??  BTW - stay home and save lives!!!!!!!! No tan is worth dying for.

I requested and received a temporary digital Advance Reader Copy of this book from #NetGalley, the publisher and the author in exchange for an honest review.  

From the publisher, as I do not repeat the contents or story of books in reviews, I let them do it as they do it better than I do 😸.

The third book by the best-selling author of Instant Loss Cookbook and Instant Loss: Eat Real, Lose Weight with 125 all-new, delicious recipes for weight loss on a budget

Brittany Williams, the author of the best-selling Instant Loss Cookbook, reached a peak weight of 260 pounds and struggled with obesity, yo-yo dieting, and chronic fatigue before she changed her relationship with food and lost an astonishing 125 pounds in a year. She cut processed and takeout foods from her diet and eliminated gluten, most grains, and sugar, all without sacrificing the flavours of the foods she loved, and quickly grew legions of fans on InstantLoss.com. 

Brittany is a mother of three children who are homeschooled, so she recognizes the challenges of cooking dinner every night on a budget, but she also wants to make sure the meals she cooks for her family taste great. In this fully gluten-free and dairy-free cookbook, Brittany provides 125 delicious recipes, like Barbecue Chicken with Cilantro-Lime Coleslaw, Spicy Cauliflower Mac and Cheese, and Chocolate Mocha Nut Clusters, that show readers how to keep their families happy and healthy without breaking the bank.

There are some great, solid ideas in this book and best of all, they are affordable.  I happen to love gluten,  grains and dairy, but there are recipes in here that will entice me to not miss them. The recipes are well written and understandable by cooks of all levels and if you have a picky family (or are a turophile)  you can add in our beloved dairy cheese into these recipes no problem. My only complaint is that there is a LOT of cilantro in here - I am allergic to cilantro and parsley so will have to look for other herbs to make up the flavour profile. 

I liked this book enough to go back and reserve her previous books from the library and dive into them as well - hopefully, once I heal from my accident, I can get losing weight as I will be able to exercise as well which we all know is half of weight loss, fabulous recipes or not. 

As always, I try to find a reason to not rate with stars as I love emojis (outside of their incessant use by "🙏-ed Social Influencer Millennials/#BachelorNation survivors/Tik-Tok and YouTube  Millionaires/etc. " on Instagram and Twitter... Get a real job, people!) so let's give it 🥘🥘🥘🥘