In this Paleo grubs book review, I will be looking into many aspects of the recipe book and whether or not it is worth the money.If you’re a Paleo dieter like me then you would know there is a lot of cook books out there. I have been tempted by this book in particular for a while and finally caved in bought it.
In this review I will give you a completely honest opinion of what I thought of this book. Now it is very important to know that this is a digital book only. However, you could always print it out and get it binded if you prefer a physical copy.
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What you get
When you buy the book you will get 14 books and this includes the paleo grubs book, paleo grubs auto-immune, paleo desserts, paleo slow cooker meals and of course the 10 weekly meal plans.All of the books just contain recipes that range from delicious breakfasts right through to yummy desserts. You will also find that all of the books have quite a few unique recipes with the exception of the weekly plans.
Paleo Grubs Book
This is the main recipe book and thus contains most of the recipes. It is over 470 pages long with almost every page containing a recipe.As for the paleo recipes you will find a recipe for almost everything including drinks, fish, seafood, vegetarian, snacks, sides and much more.
Paleo Chicken Skillet
Just to name a couple of the recipes that you will find in this book:
- Mushroom Pate
- Paleo friendly Nachos
- Blueberry Muffins
- French Toast Casserole
- Poached cod with saffron
Paleo Desserts
If you love dessert, then this book is probably going to make your drool. There is plenty of mouth-watering desserts in this book ranging from paleo friendly chocolate frosting right through to crunchy biscotti.If you’re after a few examples of what you would find in this book here are a couple of my personal favourites.
- Strawberry Peach Parfait
- Mini Sponge Cakes
- Peach Ice cream
- Pumpkin Streusel Muffins
- Sorbet
Slow Cooker Paleo Meals
If you love slow cooker recipes, then this book is a godsend to you. Jam packed with fantastic recipes that you can put on and leave. The recipes in this book range from only needing an hour to cook right through to 6+ hours.
Chorizo with Sweet Potatoes
- Mexican Cauliflower rice
- Poached pears
- Garlic Poached shrimp
- Braised beef with red onion.
All the recipes are just as good as the ones I just mentioned.
Weekly Meal Plans
With your purchase you get some pretty cool books called the “Paleo Grubs meal plan”. These books have been designed so you can have an entire week of meals planned for you. Since there are ten of these you will have 10 weeks of meals planed for you.At start of a weekly meal book it presents you with a shopping list for all the meals that are within that week’s plan. The great thing about this is that you can simply print this out and go to the supermarket! It is a really time saver as you don’t need to be writing out a long list.
I found a couple of downsides to the shopping list. The first issue is that they’re all in the imperial measurement system (Ounces/Fahrenheit). This can be a bit of a pain if you’re from a country that uses the metric system. You will need to go through and convert all the measurements which could be a bit time consuming.
Another thing you should be aware of if you plan on following the weekly meal plans is that the serving sizes vary from recipe to recipe. For example, you might have a meal one night designed for 4 people and the next night for 2 people. You will need make sure you adjust your shopping to make sure you get the correct amount of ingredients.
Recipe Quality
A very important factor to any recipe book is how good is the actual recipes. I have been cooking meals the meals out of this book for a while now and will now list some of my experiences below.All the recipes in the books will have a brief explanation on the overall meal and what you can expect. With this and the picture you can get a pretty good idea of how the recipe should look and taste when you’re done cooking.
In my experience most of the recipes have turned out to be similar or the same to what is described/pictured in the book. There is the stuff up every now and then, especially with the baking recipes but overall you can expect to get some great tasting meals.
Baked Apples with Honey and Walnuts
To me I found some of the steps to be a bit too long. This is mainly because I often find it hard finding my place again when a step is too long (Especially if I am rushing). An easy fix would be to break the steps down further. Again this is just a personal preference of mine and doesn’t change the outcome of a recipe just makes things a little easier to follow.
Look & Feel
I thought I should mention the overall look and feel in the paleo grubs book review.Everything is neatly organised into categories that either represent the main ingredient in the dish (Beef) or the type of dish (Dessert). If you click on a meal it will take you directly to the recipe where you can decide on whether you want to make it or not.
Now personally I think the book could hugely benefit from a “go to the top” button. This would make it a lot easier to simply click and be back at the list of recipes where you can continue to look for a dish to make.
I personally would have loved to see page sized pictures but I can’t understand why they opted for the smaller ¼ sized. A book that is 800+ pages long would be hard to navigate and be slow to load on a mobile device.
Price
I will also briefly mention the price and how it compares to other paleo books currently on the market.The current version of the book sits at $37 USD but offers over $95 dollars’ worth of value. When compared to other books on the market this places it in the middle higher bracket.
However, you do you get our money’s worth in my opinion. Having over 400 recipes this book will last you a very long time. If you work it out the cost works out to be less then 10 cents a recipe.
The Paleo Grubs Book Review Summary
To summarize the paleo grubs review I will list some of the pros and cons I found with the book.Below are the top pros I found with this paleo recipe book.
- Lots & lots of recipes
- So far most the recipes have been tasty
- Well presented
- Enough recipes to last you for ages
- Affordable
- Can access anywhere in the world (Digital)
- Imperial measurements in most recipes & in the shopping lists
- Weekly plans serving sizes vary
- Could benefit from a “Go to the top” button
- Some steps could be broken down further
In my opinion this book has been well worth the money. I have had no trouble of choosing what to eat for ages due to the huge amount of recipes in it. If you’re looking for a paleo recipe book to keep you going for a while, then this will do just that.
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