The Book Of Yogurt

I recently became aware of the health benefits of yogurt first hand, and wanted to incorporate more yogurt into my cooking. I purchased this book with the hopes it would help me learn some dishes that I could prepare during a busy week.

The book briefly walks you through making yogurt, but to be honestly google: "making yogurt" provides a few better explanations. On that note, if you plan on using yogurt a lot, I do recommend making your own, it saves a lot of money and is a higher quality product!

The recipe section starts off with appetizers and soups. I was a bit terrified right here, as this section reads like an add for Martha Stewart Living... not the type of things I make on a busy week night.

Luckily it gets much better fast. After the salad sections I was highlighting recipes every other page, and I got quite a few new ideas from this book. Further, a lot of the meals were simply dishes we already know with yogurt substituted in.

I've already prepared "Bulgarian Tossed Green" salad from this book and it turned out delicious. The other recipes I highlighted appear to be equally good.

Pro: This book scales both for fancy cooking and "30 minute meals". It contains a lot of interesting recipes. It shows how to substitute yogurt for other dairy in a lot of dishes.

Cons: If you're madly in love with American foodhamburgers and hate other food, this book only contains a few recipes you might like. All measurements are in imperial only, which is annoying for those of us who run our kitchen in metric. Odd measurements are common "3 chicken breasts" "1 quart spinach." Meat portions are very Americanized, and I feel a lot of the dishes have 20-40% too much meat.

Overall: Buy if you want a lot of yogurt using recipes. They all looked pretty good, and many of them are practical.

Sean

This book has some great recipes and also gives informative facts concerning yogurt. I really liked reading it and will certainly use the recipes.

This is a truly wonderful little recipe book. The middle eastern recipe's are authentic and very easy to follow. There are so many wonderful ideas for either homemade or storebought yogurt. I have begun making yogurt three times a week, and its so nutricious and healthful. This book has given me so many simple recipies that I use daily. Yogurt has become a part of our daily diet.

Bought this for my daughter to accompany a yogurt maker. I thought the purchase was for recipies for "making" different yogurt products. It is but, also a cookbook of recipies from around the world "using" yogurt. Easy to read and follow format. Those I have personally tried are very good!

Before reading this book, I had no idea how many wonderful uses there were for using Yoghurt. This book helps you get creative with using Yogurt in many different dishes you may not have considered, plus one can learn more about the origins of where Yogurt came from in the first place. Great read for Yoghurt lovers out there!