Martina's Kitchen Mix Cookbook, Reviewed

​​Like sitting down to dinner with country music icon Martina McBride herself, her new book, Martina’s Kitchen Mix, My Recipe Playlist for Real Life, is a real cozy charmer. She loves cooking as much as she loves being on the stage, and that is to the reader’s advantage because it is loaded with easy-to-prepare and tasty recipes.

She grew up on a Kansas farm, learning cooking at her mother’s side at an early age, where meals and stories were shared around the table. In this book she shares them with you, along with more than 150 of her favorite recipes. I have tried four so far, with wonderful results. How does Baked Olive Cheese Dip sound? Baked French Toast with Pecan Crumble and Blackberry Maple Syrup? Fresh Apple Cake with Homemade Caramel Sauce? The hits just keep on coming!

Another winner is the Chicken Tortilla Soup that is perfectly seasoned and impossible to stop eating. This, like all of the other recipes, is very high quality, but not too fussy for every day. There are also a lot of healthy options as well, making an all-round cookbook, perfect for the working mom or dad, as none are too complicated as to not be able to be made during the week, and yet all are family friendly.

Well organized, this easy-to-use this book offers a good mix of daily cuisine, part memoir and diary, along with Martina's personal notes (she calls them 'ad libs') to replace one ingredient with another to yield more healthier cooking, such as substituting olives for Italian sausage to get the flavor without the fat.

Beautiful photos, wonderful, related recipes, and person notes all make this cookbook a real winner!

 

This post contains affiliate links.

Disclaimer: I received a complimentary copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.