Out of all of my hundreds and hundreds of cookbooks that I own, I am ashamed to say that I don’t have any Southern American cookbooks on my shelves! I know, I am embarrassed but I was delighted therefore when I was offered the chance to review The Loving Kitchen by LeAnn Rice so I could finally try out some good old Southern comfort food!
The Loving Kitchen is described as “a collection of comforting recipes straight from the
kitchen of popular food blogger LeAnn Rice”, and I have to say it didn’t take
me long to agree that this book is full of comfort food recipes perfect for
sharing with your loved ones. The chapters are divided into courses including
Morning Fare, Bountiful Breads, Soup and Sandwiches, Entrees and Desserts (plus
a few others) and with more than 130 recipes I had plenty to choose from. In the
end I managed to try out 4 recipes.
Tested
Recipes:
Pasta in Creamy Savory Pumpkin Sauce
Lasagna Pinwheels
Cottage Herb Bread
Pumpkin Spice Pancakes
The first recipe
to be put to the test was the Pasta in Creamy Savory Pumpkin Sauce. I
was a little dubious as it did sound pretty heavy/ insanely rich(!) with the
amount of butter, cream and parmesan but both hubby & Wee One love creamy
sauces and it was Autumn so I thought it worth definitely worth a go,
especially as it was completely different from anything I would generally make.
The recipe was straightforward to follow and didn’t take long to make. The only
downside was the ingredients were listed on one page with the instructions on
the following so I had to keep switching back but that is me being super fussy!
The final result was that the meal was enjoyable. Hubby liked it more than me
but that’s just because I found it very rich. Since there was so much sauce
left over I made some fresh pasta the following night then added some sauce
along with some cooking water from the pasta and I have to admit I enjoyed it
even more than the first night. There was SO much sauce though that I had to
freeze what was left as it was just too much but it makes for an easy mid-week
meal in the near future! If you are a fan of rich, creamy pasta you will enjoy
this.
