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ℝ𝕖𝕧𝕚𝕖𝕨: 𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐲 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 (𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 “𝐆𝐞𝐭 𝐚 𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐏𝐢𝐳𝐳𝐚 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐝” 𝐚𝐧𝐝 “𝐏𝐨𝐩 𝐎𝐟𝐟 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐧”)! 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐮𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬: “𝐐𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭,” “𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐰-𝐔𝐩,” “𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐛𝐞,” 𝐚𝐧𝐝 “𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲.” 𝐀𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝑮𝒊𝒓𝒍 𝑫𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒓 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞, 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐮𝐦-𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐲-𝐭𝐨-𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬. 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐫 (𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚 𝐛𝐨𝐱 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐚𝐜 𝐧’ 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐬𝐞), 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈’𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟, 𝐬𝐨 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐱𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐥.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲’𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐲 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 (𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞). 𝐄𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐞 𝟏 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜, 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐛𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐝. 𝐈 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞 “𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐥” 𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐧𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬, 𝐬𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐳𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝, 𝐞𝐭𝐜. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥.

𝒯𝒽𝒶𝓃𝓀 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓉𝑜 𝒥𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓈𝑜𝓃 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒜𝓁𝑒𝒿𝒶𝓃𝒹𝓇𝒶 𝒟𝒾𝒶𝓏-𝐼𝓂𝓁𝒶𝒽, 𝒞𝒾𝒹𝑒𝓇 𝑀𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝒫𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓈, & 𝒩𝑒𝓉𝒢𝒶𝓁𝓁𝑒𝓎 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒜𝑅𝒞! 𝒜𝓁𝓁 𝑜𝓅𝒾𝓃𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓂𝓎 𝑜𝓌𝓃.

I am not a TikTok girlie so of course the whole “Girl Dinner” thing passed over me until I learned what it meant on Armchair Expert (thanks, Monica). I, like many others I am sure, have been girl dinner-ing for many years, before “girl dinner” even had a name—always snacking, always looking for simple lunches and dinner—so yes, this “cookbook” was appealing to me. And while I abhor any kind of tacky named trend (and therefore the name of this cookbook), I can get on board with the idea.

Perfect for those looking for a quick, delicious snack or meal without much fuss. Ideas ranging from no-prep to medium-prep, I think everyone will be able to find something. The photography is beautiful with perfectly arranged plates but the Gen Z verbiage made me want to claw my eyes out, “POP OFF QUEEN!” “MAIN CHARACTER ENERGY!” ugh.

I grabbed this book in hopes that it would give me some new, fresh ideas on snack plates and such but, as someone who cooks for herself often and has been for quite some time, the ideas here remained rather basic and uninspired for most of the book. I enjoyed the recipe ideas more that actually involved some prep because the other ones are just… <b>too</b> simple. It’s hard not to laugh at a recipe that only calls for a box of mac and cheese and then reads “cook according to directions”… Hence why I hesitate to call this a cookbook.

This book would be suited for a younger crowd who hasn’t yet learned how to cook for themselves and wants to learn the basics of how to cook a burger, and hot dog, a baked potato, etc ; busy moms and dads who just don’t have the time; those who are altogether wholly uninterested in the art of cooking and prefer something easy; those cooking for one; or for anyone throwing a party that wants ideas for different small plates. I, personally, wouldn't buy this book for myself but I think it could be quite useful for others; I'm not the audience for it.