Book review: Simply Delicioso by Ingrid Hoffmann

This is a pretty book with good and simple recipes from Ingrid Hoffman, the host of the TV program of the same name on the Food Network.

Since I am mainly a vegetarian, I have problems with most cooking books. I read them because I like the photography and I prefer to adapt recipes from these books to vegetarian ingredients than the sometimes tasteless recipes in vegetarian books.

I found some easy recipes here, such as her enchiladas recipe. Enchiladas are difficult to make, but Ingrid has an easier version. The cheesecake flan is also good and you can get the recipe in her website

I like the photography and her new take on traditional Latin American cuisine. The book is about Ingrid's interpretation of some traditional recipes mixed with other exotic ingredients and simplified for the modern American kitchen.

My only negative comment is that she uses too many sweet ingredients. To me to mix sweet and savory can be not good for health and
digestion, besides calories and good skin.