Skinny Cooks Can’t Be Trusted by Monique breaks through all of the over-rated rules and media hype of strict healthy eating. I am delighted to see a “real” cookbook that represents grandmamma’s cooking at its best. Monique brings back the old-school way of “burning in the kitchen” by honoring real ingredients and is not ashamed to admit that good food without a doubt has to taste good. Monique says it best: “ Baby, I don’t trust any cook who isn’t at least 200 pounds." Need I say more?
The chapters of Skinny Cooks Can’t Be Trusted are arranged by themes that have complete menus for each occasion. Each has an appetizer, main course and dessert and sometimes (depending on the occasion) the dessert is not necessarily food. I loved it! With each chapter, Monique gives us a quick peek into her world. Each delicious dish has a story behind the recipe.
My favorite chapters are “The Man Catcher”, “Happy Valentine’s Day to Me”, and “The Big Girl’s Workout Salad”. Honorable mention goes to “The Morning-After Breakfast” and “The Other Morning-After Breakfast”. “The Man Catcher” says it all. It is a menu made up of fried chicken, mouth-watering macaroni and cheese, collard greens with smoked turkey, cornbread muffins and peach cobbler. Wow! If this feast doesn’t get your man, nothing will.
The “Happy Valentine’s Day to Me” is a tribute to single woman everywhere who are dateless for Valentine’s Day but still deserve to be treated special and pampered. The menu is made up of lamb chops, mashed potatoes with chives and the famous chocolate –covered strawberries. The “Big Girl’s Workout Salad” meanwhile is just what the doctor ordered. It is dubbed the “ Lunchmeat Salad” which includes five types of meat, three types of lettuce, tomatoes, avocado, cheese, eggs, and corn. No wonder Monique gives it this name: you need to workout in order to finish.
Skinny Cooks Can’t Be Trusted by Monique with her collaborators Sherri McGee McCovey and G. Garvin of TV One’s Turn up the Heat (recipe consultant) brought back the pleasure of eating and the comfort of enjoying food with family and friends.
Article comments
1 - Ashley
This is for Monique, keep up the good work and being lovely and in charge. society makes you feel bad about being a big girl and I am tired of plus size girls acting as if they are nothing because that man doesn't want them. That man don't enough love himself so how can he love anyone else.
I want to tell any woman of any size that there is someone for everyone but they need to let the one who will treat them like a queen come into their lives. The Lord said he who findth a wife finds a good thing we just need to ask good to confirm him to make sure the devil isn't playing with our minds.
Will be cooking with you much love my diva sistah
2 - Esther
The title is irrelevant its immature and stupid to say skinny cooks cant be trusted. I mean like how dare she. She shows alot of hate towards women smaller than her. Im skinny and can cook If anything she better not come to any of my cookouts. I guess shes teaching everyone how to be overweight.
3 - kim
I was aggrivated by her first book called skinny women are evil. Alot of people are evil in all sizes.Notice most mothers who murder their young are overweight. Im not discouraging her I just think she shouldnt down small women. Although society might down big women they also do skinny girls. It just isnt put out there as much. There are so many skinny girls who wish they could gain weight.
4 - Holley
Im a small woman and when I first saw and heard of the book I was like oh yeah I want that! People may down bigger women and skinny women and right some smaller want to be bigger and cant, but how many actually try to eat to get big half of americas spotlight is on women starving to get smaller
5 - Jomaida
I am relatively small but I loved this cookbook. I was looking for something that would help me cook in a simple way. This was it!!! I take no offense in Mo'niques' title because I know that she does not actually hate small women. That is common sense. This is just her approach to help build the esteem of larger women. But I applaud Mo'Nique because she is helping to build the esteem of large and small women. We all need to learn how to cook. Thank you Mo'Nique.
6 - Brandy
I think it's hilarious that people take offense to her titles. Since when did we come to the point where we can't take jokes. So all of you are saying you don't laugh at fat jokes. Come on now. I'm a big girl and I laugh at fat and skinny jokes. Lighten up people.
7 - Tamycai
Hi Monique I love your cookbook and you are right skinny cooks cant be trusted. I just want to tell you keep up the good work and keep doing what you do. I'm a big girl to so I know where you are coming from.Don't let nothing stan din your way.
8 - Chee'
Hey,
My favorite chapter in her book is Baby You Gotto Go. Now that is serious I like that let em k now what they missing. I use her book for everything. I am a big girl who loves herself and watching Monique makes me feel even prouder.
9 - Teiona
First off I would like to say that I loved the book. It was very useful and I found alot of great recipes. Also I would have to agree with a few of the comments. Everyone that is a fan of Monique knows that she jokes about skinny women. Why are people so offensive to the title. She is a beautiful big woman and as much as big girls get talked about you skinny women should not take offense at all. She is proud of her weight and hello she is a comedian.
10 - Jameka
Hey It's about time someone tell these skinny girlz what real cooking is all this stuff about
Low calorie that's Boloni I can't wait for the next one to come out By the way fat girlz was awsome
11 - Guest
I agree with Monique's views on how larger women are treated differently, but why spread love for larger women by spreading hate for skinnier women? She claims that generalizations are made about larger women, but she's not doing any better herself by saying skinny women can't be trusted and are "evil". It's called a double standard and it's called being unreasonable. That's the same kind of attitude that leads to discrimination. Monique is sending a message to love yourself by telling you to hate everyone else. (it's a little like racism, eh?) It's all right to be proud of who you are-go for it. But life is about more than loving yourself. It's about loving everyone.