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“McLaughlin Peterson will make readers feel like they are right there in her kitchen in her debut cookbook. Her warm nature and reputation for being “that mom” on social media translate well here. She shares the detailed background of how she became a social media personality and how her efforts to get her family of picky eaters to eat dinner evolved into The LORAfied Cookbook. The book itself is very smartly focused on budgeting and utilizing all the tools at hand, whether those tools are food or literal kitchen tools. Home chefs will relate to McLaughlin Peterson’s candidness about making meals work on busy days and her confession that she’s not above taking the easy way out. She offers “hacks” on what to do with leftover chips and crackers and shucking and stripping corn. From thinking ahead by making things the night before with her Overnight Peanut Butter Jar Chia Pudding to her reinventing classic recipes with Lasagna Soup, McLaughlin Peterson keeps things interesting, fun, and completely down to earth.”
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— Publishers Weekly
