I must have pictures in my cookbooks! How else do I know what the food should look like!?!

I'm not sure about the rest of you but I grew up in a home where my Mom did most of the cooking. By the time I was "all grown up" I honestly knew how to make boxed mac and cheese, canned soup and grilled cheese and ummmm tea.....Oh and don't forget cookies!

During one of my Aupair journeys, I learned a few things, like how to make meatballs. This was the first meal I ever prepared for my hubby when were were "fake" dating. Since we got married, and especially in the past 5 years, I've taken a more purposeful and healthy route in what we eat as a family. So in came the cookbooks!

Looneyspoons was one of my first major endeavors into cooking. And somewhere down the line I found and fell in love with Ree Drummond-The Pioneer Woman. I especially loved her step-by-step care instructions all with pictures! These days, I've branched out a bit more (I still LOVE Ree, and still regularly use her cookbooks! A new one is coming to stores in October!!!!) and have really been enjoying a few cookbooks I found in stores and online:

Eating in the Middle by Andie Mitchell,

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Oh She Glows by Angela Liddon,

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and life in balance by Donna Hay.

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The pictures in these books make me swoon (and hungry)! The photography is beautiful and they have a range of recipes from easy to hard and normal to out of the ordinary! All of them in one way or another have challenged me as a cook! I absolutely love it!

I have received no compensation for this post. All opinions are my own and I truly do love these books!