Cookbook Review: Recipe Rehab

I have been given the awesome opportunity to review a cookbook...from an actual TV show...this week!  

 As someone without TV, I'd never seen the show Recipe Rehab, so I really went into this with no preconceived notions.  I quickly gathered that the premise of the show is to take not-so-healthy family style recipes and "rehab" them to be a healthier meal option. It started on YouTube, and is now showing on most ABC stations on Saturday mornings.  On each episode, they take one family recipe submitted by an audience member and two accomplished chefs compete in an effort to recreate the best healthier version of the dish. Recipe Rehab (the book) is the first book that has been written in conjunction with the show.  The 175-page cookbook includes 80 recipes and lots of color photos.  There are recipes for every meal of the day and at first glance the book includes no recipes that sound unappetizing (I don't always feel this way when scanning a cookbook) though I wasn't drooling over it either.  Until I got to the Creamy Kale and Artichoke Dip with Garlic Toasts, but I'll get to that.  Most of the book's recipes are about a page long and while they're family-style dishes that you may serve at home, some are also kind of fancied up for the foodies.  The book also includes text boxes of "chef tips," which are always nice in a cookbook.  

These are my photos, not the book's, of the recipes I tested.  Their photos are better!

I wrote this article for the Daring Kitchen website.  Hop on over to read more!