Back to Butter

The traditional foods diet is largely viewed as the final “landing place” for people who have tried every other diet under the sun (low-fat, low-carb, vegetarianism/veganism, gluten-free, and even Paleo) with little success or improved health. Its followers are intensely loyal and are followers for life. However, “traditionalists” need as many resources as they can get to keep them on track, as the methods and recipes take time and understanding. Now they and those transitioning to a traditional food diet need look no further.

In BACK TO BUTTER [Fair Winds Publishing, March 2014, $24.99 US/$27.99 CAN] authors Molly Chester and Sandy Schrecengost take readers through the basics of a traditional diet with ease and understanding, offering a list to get your pantry started and why some of the natural foods that you may have thought you should avoid (like butter, eggs, full-fat dairy, and meat) are actually healthy and essential.

And eating a traditional diet doesn’t mean readers will sacrifice their favorites. Inside they’ll find recipes such as:

• White Bean Chicken Chili
• Caesar Salad with Sourdough Herbed Croutons
• Baked Potatoes with the Works
• The New Poppy Seed Chicken Casserole
• Wonderful Winter Pot Roast
• Hummus, Guacamole, and Onion dips!
• Crispy Peach Cobbler
• Sourdough Bread Pudding with Raisins

In BACK TO BUTTER readers will rediscover how whole foods will dramatically improve both their dinner tables and their lives.

About the Author:

About the Authors

Molly Chester and Sandy Schrecengost are the daughter-mother team behind the traditional foods blog Organic Spark (www.organicspark.com). Molly is a graduate of The Natural Gourmet Institute of Health & Culinary Arts in NYC and worked as a personal chef in Hollywood before she and her husband embarked on an organic and biodynamic farming project in Moorpark, CA in 2011. Apricot Lane Farms comprises 160 acres and is being designed to provide a voice and platform to traditional and ecological farming techniques. For more information, visit Apricot Lane Farms at http://www.apricotlanefarms.com/ and Molly and Sandy’s blog at http://www.organicspark.com/

My Thoughts:

I really enjoy reading cook books and trying new recipes. This was a great book - it really takes you back in time a bit when meals were made with all fresh ingredients. One of my favorite recipes in Back to Butter was the Baked Potatoes with the Works. This gave me all kinds of ideas of different things to add to a potato to make it a meal. You could add left over chili, fresh corn, avocado or maybe sautee some mushrooms, onions, broccoli, zucchini and yellow squash.

I also liked all the pictures that were included in the book. The pictures made me want to make what ever the picture was for. Back to Butter brought back ideas of cooking traditional foods and more farm fresh organic products.

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I received a Copy of this book from the author for purpose of honest review. I was not compensated for the review, and the review is honest and my responsibility.