REVIEW AND GIVEAWAY – The Muffin Tin Cookbook

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The Muffin Tin Cookbook: 200 Fast, Delicious Mini-Pies, Pasta Cups, Gourmet Pockets, Veggie Cakes, and More!

• Author: Brette Sember, Melinda Boyd
• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Adams Media; Original edition (April 15, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1440532168
• ISBN-13: 978-1440532160
• Cover price $17.95

ABOUT THE MUFFIN TIN COOKBOOK

From quick-serve appetizers and sides to gourmet entrees and desserts, you’ll find an amazing variety of mouthwatering options for your dining pleasure, including:
Shrimp Cakes with Cilantro Lime Dipping Sauce
Egg Crescent Pockets
Deep-Dish Pizza Cups
Cornmeal-Crusted Mustard Chicken with Sweet Potato Coins
Duchess Potatoes
Zucchini, Corn, and Tomato Cups
Mini Ice-Cream Cakes
The best part (besides the tasty goodness!): It’s fast, easy, mess-free, and provides built-in portion control. Kids will love to help you make them—like cupcakes, only better for your family!—and leftovers are as easy as popping the muffin-meal into the microwave.
Brette Sember is the author of The Organized Kitchen (Adams Media; January 2012) and The Parchment Paper Cookbook (Adams Media; November 2011). Brette’s blog blog.marthaandme.net follows the adventures of a woman trying to make the crafts, recipes and other ideas in the pages of Martha Stewart Living, The Martha Stewart Show and all other Martha Stewart publications. Brette has written for more than 180 publications, with related articles and recipes appearing in magazines such as Woman’s Day, Good Housekeeping, Family Circle, as well as local women’s and parenting magazines.
She is a member of the International Association of Culinary Professionals, and the American Society of Journalists and Authors. She was also the recipient of a Mothers at Home Media Award. More information can be seen at the author’s websites blog.marthaandme.net, www.nopotcooking.com, and www.BretteSember.com. You can follow her on twitter and facebook.
Melinda Boyd, MPH, MHR, RD, is a dietitian with more than seven years of experience working in the clinical and food service settings. Her interests are in weight management and chronic disease prevention, incorporating home-cooked foods to help people achieve healthy lifestyles.

MY THOUGHTS
I received a copy of The Muffin Tin Cookbook.
Chapters include:

• Appetizers and Snacks
• Breakfast
• Beef and Pork
• Chicken and Turkey
• Seafood
• Potatoes, Rice, Pizza and Pasta
• Vegetables
• Muffins and Breads
• Desserts

The beginning of the book explains muffin pans, and different ways to work with them. Recipes are easy to understand. Each of the recipes has an image showing you right at the beginning what size muffin tin you’ll need to use. Recipes also include a listing of nutritional information. Recipes also include prep info, food facts, and serving suggestions. Two things are missing from this cookbook to make it perfect – cooking/prep time and more pictures. The pictures that are included in the middle of the book are wonderful but there aren’t many of them. The recipes sound great and pictures would only entice people to make the dish more quickly (and buy the book too). I found that I liked using muffin tins to cook with when I worked with Betty Crocker and came up with Meatloaf Muffins. I’m looking forward to trying a number of dishes in this cookbook including Grits Casserole, Italian Sausage Rice Patties, Bur-ogies, Monkey Bread, Apple Cinnamon Scones with Glaze, Shortbread Brownies and others. This book would make a nice gift or addition to a collection.
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ONE winner will receive a copy of The Muffin Tin Cookbook.
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THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED.