It’s called, “Make Me Something Good To Eat,” and it’s full of recipes that she’s prepared on her cooking show. Recipes utilize common vegetarian food items like tempeh or seitan, but there are also a few seafood recipes, as well. Tamra does her best to cover the tastes of her entire family and she offers a large variety of different meal options. I love this little book.

My favorite type of food is Mexican and there’s a section on Mexican that includes a homemade enchilada sauce that is made out of peppers and a Chipolte sauce. Yum. There are breakfast dishes, deserts, sandwiches, salads, even a recipe for Mango Margaritas.

Probably my favorite feature of the book is the section called “Combo Meals.” She starts with a recipe for the boys, then takes it a step further for the adults. I love that idea. Couples need some alone time and it’s not always easy, especially in these tough economic times, to get out of the house for a Date Night. Use the Combo Meals as the jumping off point for a Date Night at home.

Purchase the book during the month of May and save 10% by using the code Maycontest10 at checkout.

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Make Me Something Good To Eat

This is a great resource for people who eat meatless (many meat-free recipes) or are just looking for a way to feed their families creative healthy meals. The shows are fun to watch as they follow Tamra shopping with her cute little boys, or doing yoga while one of the boys keeps climbing on her, and then there’s the food.  Yum.

Here’s the first part of a 2-part Mexican cooking show. Be sure to catch the second part, too.

I ordered a copy of Tamra Davis’s cookbook, “Make Me Something To Eat,” and I’ll share my review of it with you very soon.

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The Tamra Davis Cooking Show

They’ve developed an “exclusive plan” with a dietician that cuts calories during the week, and brings them up on the weekends. According to them, you can still lose one pound a week, but “in a healthy way.”

Here’s an idea of the calories you’ll consume each day: (from the MSNBC article)

Monday: 1,124 calories
Tuesday: 1,156 calories
Wednesday: 1,208 calories
Thursday: 1,388 calories
Friday: 1,814 calories
Saturday: 1,999 calories
Sunday: 1,792 calories

I have a couple criticisms of this diet. One, you should never eat less than 1,200 calories unless you want to slow your metabolism down. This spartan way of eating is sure to set you up for a binge. Besides, with the calories up to almost 2,000 over the weekend, you’d most likely gain back the weight in those three days and be starting all over again come Monday.

My second concern is that almost all the dinners are recipes- i.e., something you would need to make in your home. It doesn’t accomodate for going out, except for Saturday’s dinner at a Mexican restaurant. Isn’t the whole point of the story that people tend to go out on weekends?

My advice is to eat a higher number of calories consistently throughout the week – around 1,500. People think the lower they cut their calories, the more they’ll lose, but if you cut them too much you’ll go into starvation mode. This will actually slow your weight loss.

All in all, there are some good recipes used in this diet (I’m just not sure how practical making all of your meals is) so be sure to check them out.

Claire

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