Dreena’s Kind Kitchen is a nice book by one of our favourite cookbook authors, who always uses fresh wholefood ingredients and uses a little oil and maple syrup (she’s Canadian!) with recipes that will appeal to most tastebuds. This book offers 100 easy-to-make and delicious recipes.
Before cooking, read up on food safety for people and pets (many foods are unsafe near animal friends). Bin allium scraps (onion, leeks, garlic, shallots, chives) and citrus/tomato/rhubarb scraps, as acids could harm compost creatures. It’s okay to put them in food waste bins (made into biogas).
For tinned foods, fully remove lids (put inside) or pop ring-pulls back over holes (and pinch top opening closed) before recycling, to avoid wildlife getting trapped.
This is a book you will use, whether you want a quick weeknight supper or a dish for a special occasion. From breakfasts to small bites to dinner and dessert, enjoy recipes for:
- Light Fluffy Breakfast Pancakes
- Lemon Poppyseed Muffins
- Potato Cauliflower Scramble
- Seasoned Potato Squashers
- A-Game Chilli
- White Bean Corn Chowder
- Beyond Beet Burgers
- Fiesta Taco Filling
- Smoky Caesar Salad
- Lentil Sweet Potato Meatloaf
- Holiday Dinner Torte
There’s also a troubleshooting section to boost your kitchen skills, with tips on techniques, time-saving skills and suggestions for re-purposing leftovers into delicious new dishes.
Dreena Burton is a self-taught cook and one of North America’s most popular cookbook authors, whose recipes are recommended by health professionals, due to always using real wholefoods. A mother of three children (who she and her husband have raised vegan), she is author of several best-selling recipe books.
