Once again Chef Alain Braux has written a stunning book. More than just a cook book French Cuisine for less than $10 a day is a life style guide to help you save money, eat good tasty food but most of all to eat healthily.

Marcella

Excellent recipe book for a tight budget. Thank you for carrying this book, i have already purchased the Gluten-free and dairy-free cookbook of this Chef. Wonderful!

Michele

Alain accepts that in today’s busy world it is not always easy to purchase, prepare and cook the foods necessary to promote a healthy life style but he makes suggestions on how you can ease into a system to transform your eating habits. He gives hints and tips on buying food, what to look out for in the various food shops you’ll come across and suggests bulk buying when possible. He explains various methods of cooking to keep the food you’ve purchased at its best and most nutritional and why certain cooking methods, deep fat frying, grilling etc, etc is bad for the food and ultimately bad for you.

Alain gives a lot of information about the food industry and the government’s part in that industry that will surprise and even shock you. He condemns all processed food because it reduces the nutritional value the processing causes. There are pages of other useful and interesting information surrounding every aspect of eating.

Eat fresh and organic should be Alain’s motto.

Finally there are of course pages of fine tasty recipes, simply explained so you can follow them with ease. We particularly enjoyed his Grilled Pork Chops in Mustard and Sage plus the Spicy Chicken with Basil, two fine recipes that tasted yummy and kept within the budget, you can’t say fairer than that.

Terry

Beyond a COOKbook, Healthy French Cuisine is more of a FOODbook. About half of the book is devoted to nutrition, eating in season, and cooking techniques. My resolve to eat healthy by buying more local, in season produce was strengthened by reading Chef Alain’s recommendations.

The second half of the book is the seasonal recipes. Almost every recipe has modifications for a gluten free version. The emphasis is on eating fresh, healthy, and frugal by buying produce in season when it is at its cheapest and most nutritious. I made homemade tomato soup for the first time ever and discovered that I actually like it when it isn’t out of a can! Other favorites were the chocolate truffles (made with prunes!), salmon leek wraps, and maple glazed pork chops.

If you want a cookbook to stretch you with new ingredients and new methods, try Healthy French Cuisine. If you want recipes full of a can of this and a packet of that, look elsewhere. This is real cooking with real food.

Jimmie

I have just finished reading Healthy French Cuisine for Less than $10 a day, and I am wowed by the information in the book. This is not just a cookbook, but it is more of a lesson in how to eat from fresh ingredients we find in our local farmers markets or gardens. The book is easy to read, and the recipes are also easily followed. Everything is very clear cut.

The only criticism that I have is that I would first have to stock my kitchen with a lot of foods that I cannot find at my local supermarket or grocery store before I could make most of these recipes. Many of the stock items used in the recipes need to be purchased at a whole food store or health food store. Once I got stocked up, I could find the majority of the fresh foods at my farmers market or local grocery food chain.

I have never cooked French food before, and these recipes make it seem a lot more accessible to the regular person. As a person with a very busy schedule, it is good to know that there are alternatives to buying lunch out, but I don’t think that I will give up my restaurant eating out too soon.

Definitely recommended to anyone who is interested in eating local, fresh, and healthy foods, as well as anyone who is looking to save money on their food over the long run.

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