Natashas Kitchen Family Favorite Recipes Cookbook Reviews Summary

Recipe Quality

Pros:

• "Everything I have made has came out perfect and my family has loved it."
• "Every recipe I've made is great."
• "Every recipe is delicious and so well thought out."
• "Everything always turns out amazing!"
• "Both were relatively easy to make and tasted wonderful."
• "I’ve made several of the recipes and everything has turned out great."
• "All of the recipes I've tried to so far have turned out great."

Cons:

• "The recipes she chooses to put in the book are ridiculous… basic asparagus, green beans, scrambled eggs…bagel platter."
• "The recipes were THE MOST BASIC...chicken soup, avocado toast...asparagus....if you have even small experience in the kitchen there is nothing to need a recipe for."
• "I am disappointed with the recipes in her book as they seem harder and many contain seldom used ingredients."
• "I was expecting more dessert care recipes, but this book only includes basic recipes, not like on the website."
• "Unfortunately, the book is going back."
• "The recipes are very simple and not interesting."
• "This one is not easy to follow."

Ease of Use

Pros:

• "Tons of recipes that people like me who don't cook a lot can easily follow."
• "Most recipes offer Pro Tips and Tricks, making these recipes so easy that anyone can master them."
• "Her recipes are always easy and delicious."
• "Her recipes are down to earth and easy to follow."
• "All the recipes are delicious and easy to follow!"
• "Her recipes are easy to follow and simple ingredients!"
• "The recipes are all very easy to follow and I love the pro-tips."

Cons:

• "FYI: the French onion soup recipe is missing an important step at the end! Surprised it got missed in the editing process."
• "I felt like there was nothing in it that I make that I use from website."
• "The reason I am not all too excited after receiving it is because I was expecting it to be more 'easy to follow' step by step with photos, like the website."
• "5 out 5 recipes that I was excited about are not in this cookbook. Still using website."
• "I was so disappointed that a lot of recipes are on the website and barely any desserts."
• "There are over 40+ recipes in the book that are also on the site, so you’re only getting about 70 actually NEW recipes in here."
• "If I knew almost 50% of the recipes in this book were already on the site, I wouldn’t have bought it."

Design and Quality

Pros:

• "Great quality product. Well put together."
• "The book is absolutely beautiful and the recipes are amazing."
• "I ordered the spirial bound book, and it is gorgeous, beautifully presented and very comfortable to read and follow."
• "The cookbook itself is beautiful!"
• "Nice quality cover and heavy pages."
• "It’s a high quality printing with sturdy cover, thick glossy pages, and best of all, it lays flat when open!"
• "The book is printed on heavy weight glossy paper and has a nice thick hardcover, so I know it will not fall apart easily."

Cons:

• "The only downside I see is there isn’t a picture of each recipe, which I like and I’d like to see calorie info."
• "However, I just noticed that my cookbook is missing pages 132 & 133."
• "First, the spiral bound book is not going to hold up. The top cover arrived damaged and you can just tell it will not hold up with a lot of use."
• "Only issue: Amazon did not pack it properly, and it arrived with a damaged corner."
• "I had to return the book the next day cause the recipes I was looking for were not in the book."
• "I do wish I would have spend the extra $$ for spiral bound."
• "The font size should have been a bit larger and darker. Found it difficult to read recipes."

Personal Touch

Pros:

• "I love all of the personal stories and the pictures aren’t gorgeous and the recipes sound absolutely delicious it is definitely a must buy."
• "Of course we buy cookbooks for the recipes, but the introduction was an absolutely heartwarming account of this young lady and the life of her family."
• "I love how it incorporates so many different cultures, beautiful book, great job Natasha!"
• "I absolutely love reading Natasha’s story about her family and how they came to America."
• "I love reading about her family and their journey as refugees from Ukraine to the USA in 1989, when she was only 4."
• "I love the family stories and pictures."
• "I love reading about Natasha's upbringing, it gave me a glimpse of her passion for cooking."