What's the Deal Dreadful? Review of Under 15 Minutes Vegetarian Quick and Easy Recipes

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     Hello Again Lovelies,
         I am back again with another review. Today I am reviewing 15 Minutes Vegetarian Quick and Easy Recipes  . I love cookbooks however I will admit that there are some times when I don't want to spend 3 hours in my kitchen making something. So I was thrilled with the ability to review this cookbook. It is broken down into sections : the busy mom,  romantic meals and even a kids section. All of the sections have breakfast, lunch, dinner and even dessert recipes  which I was surprised to see. I was also really thrilled to see that there was a kid recipe portion of the book as well since often finding vegetarian cookbooks with kid recipes are few and far between. So that was a definite plus. It was written wonderfully and with easy enough instructions that my 11 year old can easily follow and help me while I am preparing these meals. I also really liked the fact that the author went again the grain and opted out of using recipes with tofu and tempeh which a lot of vegetarian cookbooks fall back on. I know a lot of my friends who aren't vegetarian often wonder what to make when they have vegetarians over for dinner and I have suggested this book since it has a little bit of everything.

    If you would like to pick up your own copy of 15 Minutes Vegetarian Quick and Easy Recipes  you can do so on Amazon. It is either $24.95 in Print or $2.99 on Ebook Format. I hope that you enjoyed this installment of What's the Deal Dreadful, until next time lovelies!

What's the Deal Dreadful? Review of Kiva Gourmet Hot + Sweet Smoked Paprika

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     Hello Lovelies,
         I am back again with another cooking based review. Today I am reviewing Kiva Gourmet Hot + Sweet Smoked Paprika. Both Mr Dreadful and myself like to cook and we love trying new spices. While paprika isn't a new spice to our kitchen we love the fact that paprika does give a hint of smokey flavor to our dishes so we were excited to try these two spices out. They arrived well packaged and wrapped up nicely in a box. Both bottles are similar in packaging in nice solid plastic bottles and similar labeling however the Hot Smoked Paprika is slightly darker in colors that the Sweet Smoked. The Sweet Smoked Paprika has a deep rich flavor with a hint of sweetness and smoke which isn't too overpowering. The Hot Smoked Paprika flavor has a deeper richer flavor as with a full spice flavor. The hot smoked is spicy however there is flavor behind the heat instead of just nothing but spice. The Sweet Smoked Paprika goes wonderfully with just about anything that you would want to add paprika on. We have used it in potato salad, egg salad, devil eggs, tuna salad, etc.  My husband likes to use the Hot Smoked Paprika in his rubs on his meat and even on fish.

  If you want to pick up the set of Hot +Sweet Smoked Paprika you can do so on Amazon. It is $10.99 for the set. I hope that you enjoyed this installment of What's the Deal Dreadful and until next time lovelies!

What's the Deal Dreadful? Review of Francois et Mimi Single Wall Borosilicate Glass French Coffee Press 50oz

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    Hello Lovelies,
        I am back again with another review. Today I am reviewing, Francois et Mimi Single Wall Borosilicate Glass French Coffee Press 50oz. Surprisingly enough, in my household we don't drink coffee. I know we might as well have grown a second head with that comment from the looks we get when we tell people we don't drink coffee. We have never developed a taste for it so most people wonder why we have a French Press if we don't drink coffee. We are a tea drinking household and we are constantly trying new teas to either ice or drink hot. I had read a blog about someone mentioning the benefits of why brewing tea in a French Press was so much better than the traditional tea ball so I wanted to try it. I will state this, that the French Press was packaged poorly and really should have much better padding around it and in it. If my delivery man had a bad day or a package would have fallen on the box my press would have arrived broken. However after it arrived in one piece I quickly washed it and set out to try brewing tea in it. I followed the suggestions on the blog such as only as much water I was going to use for the cups of tea being made and then allowing the tea to steep to the desired strength.  Then and this was the important part, to carefully lower the press about halfway to the bottom so that you don't compress the tea leaves and make your tea bitter. Finally pour your tea in your cups and or container so you don't over steep the rest of the tea. Then I could add more water to the leaves to create as much tea as I wanted until my desired strength was no longer obtainable. It was easy and simple enough to do after following the suggestions on the blog. The tea was wonderful and it was so much easier for creating tea for myself and my husband instead of trying to find two separate tea balls , fill them up, etc. It makes making tea for a large group of people so much easier. The press is large and storing it may be an issue for some if there is limited space. Overall I like the press, however it is rather large and they do need to make sure that the press is packaged better or else there will be a lot of broken presses delivered.

  If you would like your own Francois et Mimi 50oz Glass French Press you can pick on up on Amazon. It is currently out of stock so be sure to check back when it does return. I hope that you enjoyed this installment of What's the Deal Dreadful, until next time lovelies!