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More-With-Less Cookbook (World Community Cookbook)

Doris Janzen Longacre

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Total reviews: 86 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Wow! I Love This Cookbook 5 out of 5 stars.
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This cookbook is so much more than recipes. It's an approach to food that's gentle, kind, thoughtful and practical. The recipes are great, nothing to out there, just good food my family will love. The ideology behind this book is nothing less than inspirational. Highly recommended for those interested in taking care of our bodies, our families and the entire planet.

Good in every way! 5 out of 5 stars.
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As others have shared, I have had this book since the 70s and find it more applicable than ever now. It got me through the lean days putting my husband through graduate school, through raising two kids on a budget (while working full time outside the home), and now I'm sending a copy to my son and his fiance as they start out. As we strive to simplify our lives, be more "green", be more economical in tough times, and be more healthy with our food, this book is a MUST!!

More With Less Cookbook 5 out of 5 stars.
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It is an excellent book with so much helpful information. It helps us focus on eating more simply with less meat. My old copy has fallen to pieces because I used it so much!

Power Juices, Super Drinks: Quick, Delicious Recipes to Prevent & Reverse Disease

Steve Meyerowitz

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Total reviews: 16 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Cute book, not very helpful 2 out of 5 stars.
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The folksy advice and complicated concoctions in this book seem to be more fantasy than reality. They call for more ingredients than you'd find in any grocery store, and in order to make these juicy refreshments, you have to have a wide variety of juices on hand. Not to mention a dozen appliances for blending, chopping, squeezing and processing the ingredients they way the book describes.

I was hoping for something that said "juice 2 apples, a stalk of celery and a bannana." But this book says something like, "blend 1.5 oz. apple juice, 3/4 oz. of celery juice, and 3/4 oz of banana juice." It doesn't suggest how much of each fruit you need on hand to make the desired amount. It doesn't even focus on Juicing, which is why I bought it.

Looks cute on the bookshelf, and that's where it will stay. UN-USED.

2 Green Drinks and Juices perday will make your day 5 out of 5 stars.
18 of 19 people found this review helpful.

This book is a wonderful collection of healing
drinks and energizing fuel for the body.
It specifically outlines drinks for each particular
ailment and juice recipes to remedy the problem.
Why pop a pill you cannot digest like eating a rock
when you can enjoy a fresh homemade juice drink to
awaken your soul and tantalize your tastebuds.
This is an excellent book which I have recommended
to several people who juice for their health and
enjoyment. Enjoy life....a pill is no fun.

I Am Grateful: Recipes and Lifestyle of Cafe Gratitude

Terces Engelhart, Orchid

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Total reviews: 39 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Delicious, but time consuming 4 out of 5 stars.
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The food is delicious, but be prepared to make some trips to the store for uncommon ingredients and give yourself some time to make the items. A dehydrator is required for many dishes. We have a collection of cookbooks and it's definitely one to try. More importantly you should visit Cafe Gratitude in the San Francisco area to try all the things that are too tricky to make in the book!

Editorial Review:

With locations in San Francisco, Berkeley, Marin, and Los Angeles, Café Gratitude has become well known for its inspiring environment and distinctive, flavorful organic foods. In I Am Grateful, cofounder Terces Engelhart presents her and her husband Matthew’s view of life and business philosophy. She also presents her story of personal healing, sharing highlights of her recovery from food addiction while explaining the benefits of a raw lifestyle. The book’s gorgeous, full-color photographs accompany easy-to-follow recipes for the café’s most popular items, making it easy for readers to prepare live foods at home. Recipes include café favorites such as the “I Am Luscious” raw chocolate smoothie, “I Am Bountiful” bruschetta, “I Am Elated” spicy rolled enchiladas, and “I Am Amazing” lemon meringue pie with macadamia nut crust.

Simply In Season (World Community Cookbook)

Mary Beth Lind, Cathleen Hockman-wert

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Total reviews: 26 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Editorial Review:

Not so long ago most fresh food on North American tables came from home gardens and local farmers markets. Today, the average item of food travels more than a thousand miles before it lands on our tables. It's a remarkable technological accomplishment, but has not proven to be healthy for our communities, our land or us.

Through stories and simple "whole foods" recipes, Mary Beth Lind and Cathleen Hockman-Wert explore how the food we put on our tables impacts our local and global neighbors. They show the importance of eating local, seasonal food—and fairly traded food—and invite readers to make choices that offer security and health for our communities, for the land, for body and spirit.

Simply in Season offers a starting point encouraging you to feed both your body and spirit with nutritious food and challenging ideas about the world around you. Woven throughout the recipe pages of each season are writings, tidbits of information to reflect upon while the onions saute, the soup boils, or the bread bakes.

Eat, Drink, and Weigh Less: A Flexible and Delicious Way to Shrink Your Waist Without Going Hungry

Mollie Katzen, Walter Willett

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Total reviews: 36 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

I like the flexitarian menu 4 out of 5 stars.
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The biggest difference in this Healthy Eating/Diet book from others of this genre is the flexibility in protein sources. I am not a vegetarian, but I don't care for meat much, especially chicken and fish and I am lactose intolerant so diets heavy in meat and dairy are hard for me to stick to. I appreciate being able to eat whole grains and legumes to meet my protein needs. They are already part of my regular menu. I am still reading the book and plan on starting the 21-day Diet plan in a few days. For me, at least, it seems to be a diet plan I will enjoy and therefore be able to stick to.

Editorial Review:

Here's the dream team for healthy eating: Mollie Katzen is the author of the landmark Moosewood Cookbook and one of Health magazine's five "Women Who Changed the Way We Eat;" Dr. Walter Willett is the head of the Harvard School of Public Health's Department of Nutrition. Together they've created a weight-loss plan that's not only easy to implement -- with gradual shifts rather than quick fixes -- but filled with delicious, enjoyable foods and more than one hundred of Mollie's fabulous recipes.

Cooking Light Annual Recipes 2008 (Cooking Light Annual Recipes)

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Total reviews: 11 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Editorial Review:

Better make room on your cookbook shelf--the 12th volume of this popular collectors' edition is on its way. This must-have compilation features every recipe--more than 1,000--from a year's worth of Cooking Light, the world's most revered and widely read food magazine. It's easy to see why; Cooking Light experts go way beyond anything-but-basic recipes to offer the latest scoop on food trends, international ingredients, cutting-edge tabletop style, and more. Plus tips, techniques, planning, preparation, presentation--they're all here, not to mention updated and innovative dishes in the lighter, guilt-free versions we love.

Jammed with nutritional analyses, photographs, food facts, and menu suggestions, Cooking Light Annual Recipes 2008 will have you cooking healthier and eating smarter without sacrificing great taste in no time.

Features

12th edition of this popular Cooking Light compilation features a year's worth of recipes from the magazine

Emphasizes international cuisines, classic comfort foods, and new twists on traditional favorites--in their skinnier versions, of course

Quadruple-indexed to find what you need in a jiffy

Includes the magazine staff's favorite recipes plus "best-of-the-best" selections

Eat, Drink & Be Vegan: Great Vegan Food for Special and Everyday Celebrations

Dreena Burton

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Total reviews: 38 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Editorial Review:

In Dreena Burton's first two best-selling vegan cookbooks, The Everyday Vegan and Vive le Vegan!, she offered a dazzling array of healthy, animal-free recipes, many of which were based on her experience as a mother of two young girls she and her husband are raising as vegans. Dreena also maintains an active website (www.everydayvegan.com) and blog (www.vivelevegan.blogspot.com) and has cultivated an enthusiastic audience for her family-oriented, nutritious recipes. In this, her third cookbook, Dreena turns her attention to celebratory food-imaginative, colorful, and delectable vegan fare perfect for all kinds of events, from romantic meals for two to dinner parties to full-on galas. Many of the recipes are kid-friendly, and all are appropriate for everyday meals as well.

The book includes 125 recipes and sixteen full-color photographs, as well as meal plans, cooking notes, and advice on vegan wines and beers. Recipes include Lentil & Veggie Chimichangas, Thai Chick-Un Pizza, White Bean Soup with Basil & Croutons, Tomato Dill Lentil Soup, Olive & Sundried Tomato Hummus, "Creamy" Cashew Dip with Fruit, Crpes with Maple Butter Cream, 5-Star Ice "Cream" Sandwiches, and Hemp-anola (Dreena's take on granola).

Come celebrate with Dreena and impress your guests with these tempting animal-free recipes.

Moosewood Restaurant Cooks at Home: Fast and Easy Recipes for Any Day

Moosewood Collective

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Total reviews: 56 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Incredible cookbook 5 out of 5 stars.
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This is a wonderful cookbook for those who typically cook a strict, healthful diet, but it will also fool our friends and family who aren't ready to give up their poor diets. Easy to follow recipes.

My first and (might as well be) only cookbook 5 out of 5 stars.
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I've had this cookbook since I was an intern right out of college, and it has been my favorite ever since. I especially like the fish recipes, the chick pea artichoke heart stew, and veggie chili recipes. I find that with the lower fat recipes, I can usually eat as much as I want, and still know that I am maintaining a healthy weight, which I struggle with usually. I am buying this book today for my mom, who is now living alone and needs healthy easy recipes. My husband likes it too, since the meals are hearty (he's 6'-5"). I usually make a double recipe and freeze half in individual servings. I highly recommend this, especially for new cooks and busy people, since the recipes are all reasonably quick (like, 45 minutes to an hour). It may not be for gourmets, since there are a lot of pre-prepared foods used (canned beans and vegetables.) You could always substitute your own soaked dry beans if you were feeling ambitious, but the cookbook is great because it uses lots of shortcuts. I highly recommend the book, and I'm not even vegetarian!

Editorial Review:

The Moosewood Collective has had big vegetarian cookbook success with other collections. The main aim of this addition to their list is to offer much-needed help to those who need recipes for speedy preparation. Most take less than 30 minutes preparation. Recipes include stir-fries, salads, sandwiches, bean dips, soups, scones, pancakes and desserts. Almost all are vegan, with dairy products offered only as optional extras, though there is a separate section on fish and eggs. Winner of the 1995 James Beard Award for vegetarian cookbooks.

The Mediterranean Vegan Kitchen

Donna Klein

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Total reviews: 84 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Editorial Review:

The medical world has been touting the health benefits of the Mediterranean diet for decades. In The Mediterranean Vegan Kitchen, Donna Klein provides more than 300 recipes suited to anyone who wants to eat a healthful diet free of animal products. Unlike many vegetarian or vegan cookbooks that simply take the meat or dairy products out of a recipe--or even worse, use tasteless substitutes--this book includes only recipes that actually exist in Mediterranean cuisine. You won't find any grainy cheese substitutes or spongy meat imposters here.

In chapters on every course from appetizers to desserts, the author presents recipe upon recipe for flavorful and healthy dishes--all without meat, dairy, or eggs. Appetizers like Mushrooms Stuffed with Bread Crumbs, Parsley, and Garlic--given a sweet and nutty zing from the addition of a fortified wine--or Baked Black Olives with Herbes de Provence and Anise are so full flavored they certainly don't need the richness of animal products. The Poor Man's Pesto (so named because of the absence of cheese) that tops fluffy Potato Gnocchi proves that fruity green olive oil is the heart and garden-fresh basil is the soul of a good pesto. Desserts don't disappoint either. Relying on fresh fruits for flavor, they are just the sort of sweet and rich concoctions we expect from the Mediterranean. Baked Pears are stuffed with a rich blend of bread crumbs, toasted almonds, and chocolate and baked in a flavorful mixture of marsala, white wine, and pear or apple juice.

An extremely helpful Meals in Minutes section offers menu suggestions for those whose schedules allow only an hour or less for meal preparation, and the nutritional information provided for each dish is a welcome bonus for health-conscious cooks. --Robin Donovan

Vegan Fire & Spice: 200 Sultry and Savory Global Recipes

Robin Robertson

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Total reviews: 11 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Editorial Review:

This book is your culinary passport to the world's spicy cuisines. It lets you take a trip around the world with delicious, mouth-watering, meatless, dairy-free, and egg-free recipes, ranging from mildly spiced to nearly incendiary. Explore the spicy cuisines of the U.S., South America, Mexico, the Caribbean, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, India, and Asia with: Red-Hot White Bean Chili, Tunisian Couscous, Vindaloo Vegetables, Vegetable Tagine wth Seitan, Szechuan Noodle Salad, Turkish Bulgur Pilaf, Jambalaya, Thai Coconut Soup, Penne Arrabbiata, Satays with Ginger Peanut Sauce, and many more.
Organized by global regions, this book gives you 200 inventive and delicious 100% vegan recipes for traditional international dishes, using readily available ingredients. Best of all, you can adjust the heat yourself and enjoy these recipes hot - or not. (Note: This is a 100% vegan, revised and updated version of Robin's 1998, out-of-print vegetarian book, Some Like It Hot, and contains new recipes and important new content.)