The What to Eat When Cookbook: Book Review

Title:  The What to Eat When Cookbook
My Rating: 4     
Genre:  Cookbook
Author: Michael F. Roizen, Michael Crupain, Jim Perko
Format: Hardcover*
Publication Date: April 14, 2020

The What to Eat When Cookbook Book Blurb

This inspiring cookbook/strategic eating plan–sequel to the wildly popular What to Eat When–offers 125 delectable recipes geared to longevity, weight loss, and success.

In their acclaimed lifestyle guide What to Eat When, Dr. Michael Roizen and Dr. Michael Crupain revealed when to eat foods for healthier living, disease prevention, better performance, and a longer life. The key, they assert, is eating breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper. Now, in this mouthwatering sequel, they deliver 125 recipes to put these lessons into practice. From a fiber-rich pasta dish loaded with healthy and fresh tomatoes and a creamy lemon dip and homemade crackers to satisfy your snack cravings to a salmon burger you’ll love to eat for breakfast (yes, breakfast!) and a healthier, decadant chocolate mousse–a treat that also offers hormone-boosting ingredients before you hit the gym. Each dish is paired with practical information about the nutrients and benefits of the ingredients, plus expert cooking tips, what portion size to eat when, and helpful subsitutions. Covering breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert–and the best times to eat all four–this highly anticipated sequel to Roizen and Crupain’s best-selling eating guide offers a plethora of meals that will get you through the day, and extend your life by years!

 The What to Eat When Cookbook REVIEW

As a quick reminder, here is my rating structure:

• 1 star: Did not finish
• 2 Stars: Finished but I do not recommend
• 3 Stars: Liked but could use some improvements
• 4 Stars: Loved this book!
• 5 Stars: Rare. The unput-down-able, binge read obsession.

My star ratings are also based also genre based. I compare all books with books of the same genre. While I would love to believe that my love of books in general transcends all bias, there are genres I prefer over others.

I’m human.

Example: If I read a mystery novel and think it deserves a 5-star rating, then I have compared it to other mystery books, and determined it to be one of my absolute favorites. The unputdownable mystery.

This will hopefully keep me from comparing Outlander, a personal obsession of mine, with the experience of reading The Hate You Give. Both 5 star books for me, but completely and totally different. I couldn’t even try to rate them against each other, so I don’t. Makes my life easier. 

My Thoughts on

The What to Eat When Cookbook…

Why am I more likely to trust this cookbook because it’s published by the National Geographic??? There isn’t any logical reason for this other than I implicitly trust and enjoy their publications so much.

I didn’t read the original book that inspired this cookbook, What To Eat When, but the beginning of this cookbook gives the reader the basic overview of how the system works. Plus there is a whole section about cooking terms and what items should always be in your kitchen. There’s even a bullet point shopping list of ingredients and utensils that every cook should have around.

This cookbook is more than just a group of recipes, The What to Eat When Cookbook provided recipes that will allow you to approach eating and food in a completely different way. I love the idea that we should be eating for out bodies and that our food should work with us and not against us.

I want to mention that I feel like this diet is by no means for everyone. It could be life changing and incredibly healthy for some people, but is very strict about a lot of things, which may make it less appealing to people looking for small changes.

If you don’t feel like making a wholesale change in the way you eat everyday all day, then I would suggest just looking at some of these recipes and incorporating them into your normal menu as I did. My favorite section is the vegetable section as it has some truly original and tasty ideas that I have been trying with my family. It’s nice to change things up and be confident that the food tastes good but is also good for me and my kids.

*Special thanks to National Geographic and TLC Book Tours for providing a copy of The What to Eat When Cookbook in exchange for an honest review.