"Mom's Caribbean and Americas Soulfood Cooking for Excellent Health and a Long Life," is a powerpack of delicious recipes. These recipes include a wide variety of dishes that include a wide variety of vegetables, meats, fish, poultry, drinks salads, pies more. The book brings to the forefront the point that in order to create dishes that help to promote good nutrition, good health and a long productive life, simply eating is not and will not be enough. In fact, the tradition in the Caribbean and Soulfood style of cooking is that ingredients that help keep the body healthy and the taking of a limited yet properly balanced meal with the proper spices, vegetables, legumes, meats help to extend life and keep the body trim and active. The reader of this book must know that this book emphasizes that when there is already fats in a dish or recipe, (eg. meats, poultry) it is not necessary to add more. These recipes help reduce fat intake and keep a standard weight if less food is eaten and intake is controlled.
