This recipes sounded so good, I am already planning my next family dinner using this cookbook. It will be a Christmas gift for sure.

Cooking is definitely not among my pleasures; however, eating is. But in order to enjoy both, I always hunt for easy recipes – easy as in the minimum time spent making it.

This book sounded just as one I would look for and for most part it is. Although not groundbreaking, it has some interesting ideas regarding stuffing. The ‘boats’ are tomatoes, eggplants, zucchini, peppers, cucumbers, potatoes, stuffed with a multitude of other vegetables, seeds, occasionally meet and a lot of spices and dressings.

Some of them I already tried in various combinations, other are new to me and some I won’t even try for they take too much time.

But overall, it’s a good inspiration for when you don’t want to spend to much time in the kitchen and in need of a light summer meal.

Recommended.

This is a gorgeous visually delightful recipe book. The images included really bring to live the recipes they accompany and really make your mouth water at the thought of them. This is the perfect book for those who are tired of the same old recipes for including vegetable into their diet. It could also be useful for people with children who won't eat vegetables as an avocado boat makes food feel more like an adventure than a chore. I thoroughly enjoyed this recipe book and couldn't wait to make my own versions of the contents.

This cookbook has some delicious healthy recipes. The pepper boats had ingredients I never considered using before. My family loves the new recipes I’ve tried out! I received an advance review copy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

As the author mentions in her introduction, stuffed fruits and veggies or “boats” are an excellent way to add variety and flavor to your diet. Simply and easily transform your food with Stuffed!.

After the brief introduction, come the recipes which have been separated into 11 different categories:

Pepper Boats
Cucumber Boats
Eggplant Boats
Sweet Potato Boats
Squash Boats
Mushroom Boats
Baked Potato Boats
Avocado Boats
Tomato Boats
Zucchini Boats
Fruit Boats

The title page for each category includes a list of all of the recipes included with their page numbers.

The recipes themselves include prep, cook, and/or total time, yield, and easy to follow instructions. Many of the recipes in the cookbook do not have a photo, but those that do are full page and beautifully captured.

The recipes included offer a wide variety of colorful foods allowing you to achieve the color rainbow should have in your diet. Given that the author does mention these are healthier choices in the introduction, I found it surprising that there are no nutritional values included in recipes.

Because of the nature of “boats”, it is easy to be creative. I am entirely sure anyone can adapt these recipes to their families favorite foods. And since “boats” are very portable and easy to pick up to eat (in most cases), many of these recipes would be excellent for a party.

No Additional Information

I was disappointed by the lack of additional details in the recipes. There were no tips or tricks about various ingredients, no make-ahead suggestions.

This is the kind of detail which really makes it a book special. Knowing which recipes can be made hours or days in advance (without worry of discoloration) or if they can be partially assembled just adding the final ingredient(s) at the last minute, could be invaluable if you want them for a large party.

See the full review and the recipe for Almond-Coconut Açaí Boats at The RecipesNow! Reviews And Recipes Magazine. This review is written in response to a complimentary copy of the book provided by the publisher in hopes of an honest review.

We could all use more veggies and these stuffed creations will be tempted even the pickiest eater. Organized into sections by vegetable, the ideas here are creative and fun. Can't wait to try a few!

Many thanks to NetGalley, the author, and the publisher for my ARC. All opinions are my own.

Ingenious! A great way to get more veggies into your diet, and eliminate some of the after-dinner dishes. From stuffed eggplant, to sweet potatoes, to peppers, to tomatoes, and to many fruits, these ideas are imaginative, colorful, and healthy as well. A great book!

This ENTIRE cookbook is full of awesome deliciousness! The mushroom boats look AMAZING and I can’t wait to make them. The further I got into the book, the more I wanted to make a store run so I could start cooking. Wait until you see the potato boats! There’s too much to include in my review, so I’ll just say that this is a must read! I highly recommend this 5-Star cookbook. You won’t regret it!

This cookbook offers refreshing ideas on ways to stuff many kinds of vegetables for a unique meal. Organized by the base, I found the cookbook easy to navigate and visually appealing. I love that the recipes are healthy but tasty. This isn't just your average stuffed peppers. So many creative ideas.

My mother had a college-dorm induced phobia about stuffed bell peppers, so stuffing vegetables doesn’t come naturally to me. But although I’ll never, ever serve her a lentil and cauliflower rice-stuffed bell pepper, I get the appeal. There are some very pretty food pictures in this book, and although the “boat” theme is perhaps a little too clever, Kur provides some great flavor combination inspirations. The “Burnt Eggplant, Tahini, and Pomegranate cucumber boats” are calling to me in perhaps a deconstructed form. And perhaps the Eggplant Parmesan Boats will work their way into the repertoire as a means of getting my eggplant parm. fix without quite as much fat. I never need an excuse to eat a stuffed potato, and the “Sweet Potato Boats with Chickpeas and Spinach” make a very appealing Indian addition to the early fall list.

The recipes in this book are vegetable-forward, and will appeal to anyone trying to up their vegetable to carbohydrate ratio. (“Zucchini Tuna Melts”: All the tuna melt flavor, without the slab of bread underneath.)

Marlena Kur has provided a solid entry in the vegetarian/flexatarian cookbook club.

This is a clever idea for a cookbook and many of the recipes sound delicious (Caprese Salad-Stuffed Tomato Boats I'm looking at you). It contains quite a few vegetarian/vegan options even though it doesn't proclaim to fit that niche. I like that the sections are by whatever the "boat" is be it pepper, potato, sweet potato, tomato, etc. And it included some that I might not have considered such as eggplant, avocado and fruit. The photos are pretty but I don't think there is a photo for every recipe which is a disappointment. If you're looking for new ways to serve your meals then this would be a good cookbook to get.

An interesting cookbook, showing how to make "boats" out of Bell Peppers, Cucumbers, Eggplant, Sweet Potato,
Squash, Mushroom, Potato, Avocado, Tomato, Zucchini and Fruit . Like the concept, and a good way to get more veggies in the diet. Fun ideas, and a good way to combine into one dish meals. Highly recommend.

With an abundant supply of tomatoes, courgettes, aubergine and potatoes in my garden I was excited to review this book.

Whilst reading the book encouraged me to consider different uses of these vegetables as a “bowl” I ultimately had mixed feelings about the recipes. I am concerned that many of the recipes seem to use multiple ingredients to create the fillings to the detriment of the flavour of the “bowl”.

I tried the Shepherd’s Pie Potato Boats. The flavor of the filling was good, but there was way too much filling for my potatoes and piping the potato on stop was not worth the effort! However, there are other recipes that I would like to try; the Shakshuka Tomato Boats , with a slightly spicy sauce and a poached eggs sounded interesting and the Curried Egg Salad in Avocado Boats offered an innovative way of serving the salad.

Another unusual cookery book, this one focuses on what can be stuffed, be it a pepper, cucumber, aubergine etc and they are collectively called 'boats'.

This book begins with a short introduction and is then split into 11 chapters of recipes Pepper, Cucumber, Eggplant, Sweet potato, Squash, Baked potato, Avocado, Tomato, Zucchini and Fruit.

Each recipe comes with good instructions, lists the serving quantities (some are mains or can be used as starters), how long it takes to prepare and cook. The ingredients list comes with both imperial and metric measurements. Some of the ingredients use their American terms, such as eggplant and zucchini.

There is some colour photography of the recipes within the book.

I received this book from netgalley in return for a honest review.

I received an Advanced Reader Copy from Race Point Publishing for my unbiased opinion of the book. I tried the Lobster Roll Cucumber Boats, Eggplant Parmesan Boats, and Maple Acorn Squash Oatmeal Boats. All the recipes that I have tried were a great hit with my family and friends. There is a high picture to recipe ratio for me is very important in picking a cookbook. Those are the ones I rely on most often. The recipes are laid out step by step and the book is very well thought out.

This is a wonderful book. I enjoy making stuffed peppers and this gives me more ideas. I look forward to trying a philly cheese steak option and using other veggies such as squash. Then there are ideas I had not thought about including for fruit, which make great ideas!! I recommend this book.

For the past week I've tried cooking some if the recipes from this book, one a day! It's perfect and the dishes are yummy!

Maybe you’re one of those people who loves the idea of stuffing fillings into vegetables, but you’re running out of ideas. Maybe you enjoy surprising your guests (or yourself) with amazing-looking, easy-to-make dishes. Maybe you collect gorgeous cookbooks. If you recognize yourself in any of these statements, “Stuffed!” is for you.

Marlena Kur, the author of this book and the website Zest My Lemon, has a passion for beautiful food that is also good for you. Presenting fruits and veggies as ‘boats’ loaded with yummy stuffings is how she expresses it here. Most people are familiar with stuffed tomatoes of some sort, stuffed peppers, and probably zucchini, but have you tried stuffed mushrooms, eggplant, sweet potato, or even fruit? There are hot and cold stuffings, some including meats, some seafood, some simply veggies, with or without grains and/or cheese, and no repeats. All ingredients should be easily available at the supermarket, although some may be seasonal, depending on where you live. Although not every single recipe comes with one, the included photos are appetizing and attractively arranged. This is definitely not a diet book and thus does not include nutritional information for the recipes. If this is an important consideration for you, now you know.

Because it is not suitable to my own dietary lifestyle, I wouldn’t get this book for myself, but I can see myself getting a copy for my stepmother who is an enthusiastic cook and for whom presentation is nearly as important as the dish itself.

“Stuffed!” is published by Race Point Publishing, a subsidiary of the Quarto Publishing Group. I have reviewed a few titles from them on this blog and can honestly say that a lot of care goes into their books. I received a preview copy from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for a review. All opinions are my own.

3.5 stars Stuffed! goes beyond the perennial classic of stuffed peppers and ventures into a world of vegetables and fruits just waiting to be stuffed. Although there's a nice variety of ingredients and recipes, the recipe directions are a bit convoluted and could be written better. Providing additional ingredient substitutions and more pictures would also elevate this book. I give Ms. Kur an A+ for creativity!

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