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A review by fiendfull
Good Food for Bad Days: What to Make When You're Feeling Blue by Jack Monroe
4.0
Good Food for Bad Days is a cookbook that focuses on eating when you're feeling bad. From one pan recipes and things you can just stick in the oven to recipes that take under 15 minutes or things that are great to keep in the fridge, the book is divided into practical sections and the recipes tend to have alternate ingredients and ways of freezing them if possible. It is also part memoir (as cookbooks often can be), with Monroe's reflection on mental health and anecdotes about when to eat the recipes.
This is a practical cookbook but also a kind of inspiration to find the food and simple recipes that might work for you when you're feeling bad and still need to eat. Practically, actually making the recipes on bad days isn't necessarily very likely, but there's a lot of good ideas for things you can make and freeze, and comforting yet healthy meals that aren't too expensive. The book has a candid tone and the feel of someone just sending you some recipes that might help, with their own asides where you might want to change them.
As someone who never owned a blender, I've always found it hard to make a lot of the meals in Monroe's books, but I actually got a stick blender recently so I'm far more likely to try making some of these. People who like cookbooks full of aspirational, more complex cooking probably won't enjoy this one, but it's a good kind of cookbook for those looking for something that is simply practical and more of a pick me up than an in-depth guide.
This is a practical cookbook but also a kind of inspiration to find the food and simple recipes that might work for you when you're feeling bad and still need to eat. Practically, actually making the recipes on bad days isn't necessarily very likely, but there's a lot of good ideas for things you can make and freeze, and comforting yet healthy meals that aren't too expensive. The book has a candid tone and the feel of someone just sending you some recipes that might help, with their own asides where you might want to change them.
As someone who never owned a blender, I've always found it hard to make a lot of the meals in Monroe's books, but I actually got a stick blender recently so I'm far more likely to try making some of these. People who like cookbooks full of aspirational, more complex cooking probably won't enjoy this one, but it's a good kind of cookbook for those looking for something that is simply practical and more of a pick me up than an in-depth guide.