Janet & Greta Podleski have been publishing goofy cookbooks for over a decade now. Their first and second books, Looneyspoons and Crazyplates, are some of the best-selling Canadian books around (cookbook or otherwise). Their success comes from both their utter silliness, and the fact that their food actually tastes really good.
Each cookbook is filled with trivia about healthy eating, exercising, and the foods that are in each recipe. All of the recipes have dorky, punning titles like "Wowie Maui Chicken" (pineapple chicken), "Britney's Spears" (roasted asparagus) and "A Bundt in the Oven" (blueberry coffee cake) that are accompanied by hilarious cartoons. I've made a number of the recipes from this book, and they've all turned out really well. "Mashed Fauxtatoes" are really good- whipped cauliflower that looks & tastes like mashed potatoes. I'm going for "The Grill of My Dreams" (barbecued pork tenderloin) and "No Way Jose!" (Mexican lasagne) next. Janet & Greta (who are now a trained chef and a trained nutritionist, which they weren't when they started writing cookbooks) really try to make sure that their recipes are healthy, full of fruits & veggies and whole grains, and great tasting. It works. I love their "Crazyplates" frozen meals too. Way better than Hamburger Helper, that's for sure.
I know a lot of people are nervous about cooking, but this book is incredibly simple, and fun to read (which is the reason that it is included in a reading blog!) I flip through it just for fun, not even when I'm worrying about what the heck to cook for dinner the millionth night in a row. Yes, the goofy titles sometimes drive me crazy, but the food is good, and what more can you ask for?
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