About the Book: Organic for Health will convince you to avoid conventionally grown foods laden with the biggest offenders, and more importantly, to fill your body with the clean, potent vitamins and minerals in organic foods that truly honor your health.

My Review: This topic is one that I’m endlessly fascinated by. I am always trying to learn more and so I jumped at the chance to review this book.

If you also are interested in healthier ways to eat and understanding just exactly why the way we eat in America is a danger to our health than you will enjoy this book. It’s written in an extremely straightforward manner, and kicks off with Sandy Powers’ own story about why she started to eat organically. It’s a pretty amazing story, and it will get your attention for the rest of the book! The book is divided into categories and gives you all the basic information that you need. The second half of the book is full of recipes. I haven’t tried any of them yet, but they look good. There’s also a glossary in the back that is very helpful for defining terms used throughout the book, and a note about why eating organically is a bit more expensive.

A great starter guide to better health.

You can visit Sandy on her website.

Several posts ago, I mentioned that I was doing weight watchers and exercising with Leslie Sansone DVDs. I also have begun cooking at home more, which involves finding recipes for my crock-pot, OR easy enough recipes to fix in very little time when I get home from work. I found some excellent recipes in Dawn Hall’s books. AGAIN these books were a find at Sam’s Club, although lately I haven’t seen any of her books there. Ms. Hall also has books for the crock-pot, Christmas recipes, and a new one I just bought (but haven’t tried) named “Down-Home Cooking without the Down-Home Fat.” Another thing I LOVE about these recipes is that they use 7 ingredients or less. I’ve been looking seriously at cookbooks again since I began weight watchers and in most of them the list of ingredients is incredibly long. Just the thought of shopping for all of those gives me the hives! (I hate grocery shopping!)

I am just beginning to try the recipes in these cookbooks, but so far my husband and I have been very pleased with them.

A portion of the profits for these cookbooks goes to “Solid Rock” in Toledo, Ohio. Solid Rock attempts to reach inner-city kids and teens in Toledo, Ohio. The programs are establishing a moral foundation based on Biblical principles.

If you are like me, have a super busy life, but still want to cook and eat at home - I highly recommend Dawn Hall and her cookbooks. You can also visit her web site for some ideas of recipes and more information on her books - www.dawnhallcookbooks.com