Friends recently bought this as they are determined to lose a little weight over the next 3 months. When I first saw the book listed by Amazon, I had thought it to contain the usual boring mix of green and red salads but it is much more than that.
As well as the traditional salads, you will find several less usual varieties plus those that contain fruit in addition to the usual range of ingredients, dessert salads which are all fruit-based and warm salads that you may wish to serve during the colder months. Some salads may include cooked pulses, for example chickpeas or kidney beans, which would normally require a pre-soak for several hours before cooking. You can cheat and use the tinned varieties if they are drained well; kidney beans and a few others may also need to be rinsed and drained. Some include things such as pre-cooked chicken or fish such as tuna or shellfish, which may not be of universal taste.
Others use different rices (long grain, brown and black) or pasta, which you will need to cook in advance, but it need not be complex with or without a rice cooker. However, you should be aware that those recipes containing such ingredients should not be prepared too far in advance and should be chilled before serving, unless serving warm. Cooked rice can ferment and toxins will then form if allowed to stand at room temperature for extended periods.
Preparation is usually simple and speedy and does not require exceptionally high levels of skills. The variety of recipes in extensive and each is illustrated. As usual in the series, each major recipe has a variation and together comprise the 200 listed recipes.
The book is good value and there is sufficient variety for everyone, without too much similarity from one recipe to the next. Some ingredients will appear repeatedly but there is not undue reliance on any one ingredient.
It is not quite pocket-sized but would be an excellent and inexpensive addition to a cookery book collection.