Natural Foods Books - Page 17

Vegetarian Planet

Didi Emmons

Amazon Price: $16.47 List Price: $24.95 Usually ships in 24 hours By: Harvard Common Press Amazon Marketplace: 84 new & used starting at $2.44

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Cooking, Food & Wine -> General
Subjects -> Cooking, Food & Wine -> Vegetables & Vegetarian -> General
Subjects -> Cooking, Food & Wine -> Natural Foods

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 42 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Not a healthy vegetarian cookbook 1 out of 5 stars.
5 of 6 people found this review helpful.

I agree completely with the people who gave this book a low rating. The book is heavy on dairy (milk and butter). I read on the WW blog that it was recommended - but I don't understand how that can be. If a person on WW ate from the recipes in this book, they would be on WW FOREVER! Can't even resell this book for what I paid for it.

I may try later to revamp some of the recipes to be more health conscious by substituting healthier ingredients.

Creative Combinations, poorly explained recipes 3 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

I like the huge variety of recipes, it sparks lots of ideas. However I have found the recipes strangely off at times. For example, page 283 has a Rice Noodle stirfry, where they have you make a sauce, then they never tell you what to do with it. Now this is a pretty basic recipe, but still I found myself almost done cooking with an orphaned bowl of sauce, which I just dumped in. Another recipe for coconut soup has 6 cups of water to one can of coconut milk - its almost not even worth adding the can of coconut milk at this point...

Editorial Review:

A culinary adventure in 350 soul-satisfying recipes. The vegetarian bible for a new generation.

Cooking up Fun for Kids with Diabetes

Patti B. Geil, Tami A. Ross

Amazon Price: $10.17 List Price: $14.95 Usually ships in 24 hours By: American Diabetes Association Amazon Marketplace: 30 new & used starting at $7.48

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Cooking, Food & Wine -> General
Subjects -> Cooking, Food & Wine -> Special Diet -> Diabetic & Sugar-Free
Subjects -> Cooking, Food & Wine -> Special Diet -> Healthy

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 2 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Answer to a Mom's Prayer 5 out of 5 stars.
16 of 16 people found this review helpful.

I was delighted to read about this cookbook in my local newspaper and ran out to buy a copy right away. My eleven year old daughter was recently diagnosed with diabetes, so this book about nutrition/healthy cooking is an answer to my prayers. In addition to the fun and great-tasting recipes with complete nutrition information, there are clear explanations about the type 1 and type 2 diabetes conditions and even some fun "non-food" projects. My daughter and I spent a weekend afternoon in the kitchen making Fruit Filled Quesadillas- messy, but fun!

Editorial Review:

Here are simple, fun, healthy recipes and activities for kids with diabetes that they can make themselves or with their parents.

Recipes and projects help kids understand the importance of food to their health. Includes:

• Recipes that teach children about the link between diabetes and nutrition
• Hints for parents on managing their children's nutrition
• Creative projects to enrich children's connection to food

The Hippy Gourmet's Quick and Simple Cookbook for Healthy Eating

Bruce Brennan, James Ehrlich

Amazon Price: $10.19 List Price: $14.99 Usually ships in 24 hours By: Wellness Central Amazon Marketplace: 28 new & used starting at $7.93

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Cooking, Food & Wine -> General
Subjects -> Cooking, Food & Wine -> Quick & Easy -> General
Subjects -> Cooking, Food & Wine -> Regional & International -> International

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 5 Average rating: 3.5 of 5

Editorial Review:

Cooking the Hippy Way: It's as Simple as Following Your Pleasure


Bruce Brennan, the host of the hit PBS show The Hippy Gourmet, travels the globe sampling local, healthy cuisines. The show is a global sensation, airing across the U.S. and in-flight international airlines such as Lufthansa and Swiss Air. Now in a cookbook packed with over 150 recipes, Bruce shows how you can make these easy, delicious dishes using freshly-grown ingredients, in your own home. His vegan, vegetarian, and pescatarian meals will transform your eating experience--and change the world for the better, one meal at a time. Don't miss:

• 
  
  AMAZING BREAKFASTS--Enjoy Blueberry Pecan Pancakes that will make you flip!


• 
  
  SIMPLE SOUPS--When it's too hot to turn on the stove, taste Cold Cucumber Soup and spend the rest of the day skinny dipping.


• 
  
  GLORIOUS BEANS--Try Brazilian-Style Black Beans that'll make you tango.


• 
  
  SOLAR PIZZA--Prepare everyone's favorite meal and if the mood strikes, bake it in your homemade solar oven. (It really works!)


• 
  
  SHARE THE LOVE DESSERTS--Make Mocha Mousse, a dark and powerful end to your meal that tastes as soft and light as a cloud.

...PLUS SALADS, SANDWICHES, SIDE DISHES, AND MORE!

Secrets of Fat-Free Cooking : Over 150 Fat-Free and Low-Fat Recipes from Breakfast to Dinner-Appetizers to Desserts

Sandra Woodruff

Amazon Price: $11.16 List Price: $13.95 Usually ships in 24 hours By: Avery Amazon Marketplace: 194 new & used starting at $0.01

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Cooking, Food & Wine -> Baking -> General
Subjects -> Cooking, Food & Wine -> General
Subjects -> Cooking, Food & Wine -> Special Diet -> Healthy

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 15 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

The best 4 out of 5 stars.
4 of 4 people found this review helpful.

I own quite a bit of cookbooks, and already this is tattered from kitchen use. My husband and daughter love the desserts in this book. It takes a little extra time but the carrot cake is excellent. So is the Italian pot roast. I'm a tweaker when it comes to receipes, but I didn't with this book!

Loved it for years 5 out of 5 stars.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful.

I have been using this book for several years now. The lasagna recipe and oven baked fried chicken are wonderful. I have made so many of the recipes and they are all very good. Highly recommend.

Too many ingredients 2 out of 5 stars.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.

When making any of these recipes, I found myself buying certain ingredients specially for one recipe. They can get expensive to make. The recipes themselves are not great.

Lots of Reading! 2 out of 5 stars.
1 of 2 people found this review helpful.

This book has great suggestions for cooking healthier, however there is a lot of reading!

SAVE YOUR MONEY! 1 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

Thank goodness I only paid a penny for this book. Ok, well the $3.99 to ship it made this book cost $4. I feel like Amazon should pay me $20 for the time I wasted even trying any recipes. I'm sorry but there is no other way to say it but, this book just sucks. It's a long list of ingredients many times, and the end result (along with your time spend preparing it) is never spectacular. I'd say, that several of the recipes I tried could even be called 'craptacular'! For all that effort to be met with disappointment (and family NOT enthused...read: wasted food!) really ticks me off. I'm a good, experienced cook so it's not like I'm not understanding the rocket science if you know what I mean! You can find any one of a handful of great books if you want fat free cooking. This, sadly, is NOT one of them. I also tried this author's fat free baking book and almost gagged on the three things I made. Just...don't go there. Run away, find another book! This one is awful!

Weed 'Em and Reap: A Weed Eater Reader

Roger Welsch

Amazon Price: $10.17 List Price: $14.95 Usually ships in 24 hours By: Falcon Amazon Marketplace: 25 new & used starting at $3.95

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Cooking, Food & Wine -> General
Subjects -> Cooking, Food & Wine -> Natural Foods
Subjects -> Cooking, Food & Wine -> Organic Cooking

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 3 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Just in time for the first spring rain ... 5 out of 5 stars.
14 of 14 people found this review helpful.

I have had the best time reading this book! I used it as a treat to bribe myself into doing other work.

I am personally prone to finding those plants considered to be weeds and providing a new home for them in my yard. I'm also prone to planting native herbs in my yard, since they are the most likely to survive the local summers and winters without my care -- Beautiful and tough as nails, who can resist that?

Roger, however, takes this a good bit further, into his personal experiences with using wild plants for food in anecdotes, stories and experiences.

My husband is next in line to read it. Upon hearing me snort and giggle with my nose in the book, he would ask what it was I was laughing about, and I'd read a portion aloud. It was great fun and I always recommend great fun. Well, I recommend it to my friends, anyway ...

And it now has a spot in my personal weed library! Definitely, definitely.

Weird and wonderful weeds 5 out of 5 stars.
14 of 14 people found this review helpful.

Reviewed by Olivera Baumgartner-Jackson for Reader Views (10/06)

Every now and then one happens upon a book that turns out to be very different from what one expected, yet wonderful and charming beyond belief. This was the case with "Weed 'Em and Reap," written by Roger Welsch. Immediately after reading the introduction, I realized that this was not going to be a cookbook for foods from the wild or a book to help me identify them - which was what I expected. It is all of that - to a point - but much more than that. Welsch truly opens one's eyes in respect to the bounty all around us. His descriptions of "weeds" are poetic and very romantic at times. Who would have thought that somebody basically foraging for food would be amazed by the brilliant blue flowers of chicory plant? Welsch's approach to weeds and eating them is respectful and safe. He never fails to caution the reader - but also never scares him or her off. He teaches respect for nature and often suggests using common sense. There is nothing preachy or condescending in his writing. He sounds like somebody I'd love to have as a friend.

Some of my favorite chapters in the book involve digging up poke and buffalo gourd roots - and why you should not attempt that, educating the local weed inspector about the merits of different plants in the yard and making home-made wine from all kinds of fruit. Each of them will teach you a bunch of things that I am sure you did not know about before.

In spite of saying upfront in his introduction that his book is not a cookbook, Welsch provides a few wonderful recipes. Each of them is really simple, but if they taste anything like the greens I prepared following one of his recipes, they should taste spectacular.

Oftentimes funny, sometimes downright silly, Welsch's writings can be enjoyed by everybody. Even if you never decide to eat a "weed," I bet you will never look at the nature around you the same way. Just remember the quote from the very beginning of "Weed 'Em and Reap," written by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, "A weed is but an unloved flower."

Healthy Calendar Diabetic Cooking

Lara Rondinelli, Jennifer Bucko

List Price: $19.95 By: American Diabetes Association Amazon Marketplace: 12 new & used starting at $14.74

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Cooking, Food & Wine -> General
Subjects -> Cooking, Food & Wine -> Special Diet -> Diabetic & Sugar-Free
Subjects -> Cooking, Food & Wine -> Special Diet -> Healthy

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 22 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Stereotype Shattered! 5 out of 5 stars.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.

The recipes from this book shatter any stereotypes that may be associated with the words "diabetic food". They're tasty and easy to prepare. The menu concept makes planning meals easier and provides great variety. I am not diabetic, but wanted to make healthier food choices and feel better about what I was eating. This book has been a valuable resource and has made the whole process a lot easier and more enjoyable than I thought it would be!

Editorial Review:

A unique new concept in cookbooks for people with diabetes

A unique cookbook concept featuring month-by-month, week-by-week, and day-by-day meal plans and recipes with dietitian and chef's tips that make it much easier for people to eat healthfully. The menus come with weekly grocery lists so you can purchase only what you need, saving time and money. As a bonus, each month features reminders of special ADA events and other health-related activities of interest.

Recipes include:

• Turkey and wild rice soup--prepared in just 15 minutes!
• Chicken breasts with raspberry balsamic glaze--prepared in 10 minutes!
• Banana chocolate-chip bread--just three grams of fat!

The Organic Food Shopper's Guide

Jeff Cox

Amazon Price: $10.17 List Price: $14.95 Usually ships in 24 hours By: Wiley Amazon Marketplace: 49 new & used starting at $6.50

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Cooking, Food & Wine -> General
Subjects -> Cooking, Food & Wine -> Reference
Subjects -> Cooking, Food & Wine -> Special Diet -> Healthy

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 1 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Editorial Review:

Why Should You Choose Organic Foods?

Organic food has never been more popular, and for good reason: it tastes better, it's more nutritious, and it's better for the environment. This handy guide shows you how to select the freshest, tastiest varieties and transform your organic groceries into memorable meals. You'll find guidance on what to look for when shopping, how to handle each food in the kitchen, and why, when foods are organic, they're so darn good for you. Here's everything youneed to enjoy food that you can feel great about eating:
*

Profiles of more than 100 organic foods
*

Complete coverage of fruits, vegetables, nuts, herbs, dairy, eggs, meat, and more
*

At-a-glance advice on peak seasons, nutrition, good varieties, and what to look for
*

Detailed information on preparation, storage, complementary flavors, and kitchen uses
*

More than 100 tasty recipes and dozens of cooking tips

Organic Marin: Recipes from land to table

Amazon Price: $19.79 List Price: $29.99 Usually ships in 24 hours By: Andrews McMeel Publishing Amazon Marketplace: 23 new & used starting at $6.50

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Cooking, Food & Wine -> General
Subjects -> Cooking, Food & Wine -> Natural Foods
Subjects -> Cooking, Food & Wine -> Organic Cooking

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 3 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Editorial Review:

"Now more than ever, we need to make decisions about cooking and eating that support the kind of agriculture that takes care of the land we hold in trust for future generations. This beautiful book, full of recipes for delicious, seasonal meals, is a tribute to the Marin County farmers, artisans, and cooks who uphold that stewardship and provid for our future." --Alice Waters, Chez Panisse Restaurant

"Organic Marin gives you a taste of what has become one of America's most vibrant local food scenes; indeed, this beautiful book is the next best thing to eating there." --Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore's Dilemma and In Defense of Food

"Every society is a direct reflection of the status of its soil . . . Everything comes from soil. We are nothing without it." --Helge Hellberg, executive director of Marin Organic

Organic Marin is more than a regional cookbook. It also represents an organic movement reverberating around the globe, demanding a more thoughtful, less wasteful approach to life.

The connection between field and farmer, land and table, and food and family translates to the passionate belief that food fosters community. And nowhere is this connection more apparent than in Marin County, California, the birthplace and standard-bearer of American organic farming.

In Organic Marin, 16 of America's most esteemed organic farms share their stories and philosophies alongside 50 mouthwatering organic recipes organized by season and contributed by 25 of the San Francisco Bay Area's most popular organic restaurants.

With recipes for Heirloom Tomato Flat Bread, Seared Ahi Tuna with Asian Slaw, Chicken Fra Diavolo with Fennel and Dandelion Salad, Double Chocolate Bread Pudding, and much more, anyone can create the delicious dishes featured in this beautiful and inspiring organic cookbook.

Proceeds of Organic Marin support Marin Organic's school lunch program, which serves 12,000 lunches a week with food grown in Marin County.

More from the Gluten-free Gourmet: Delicious Dining Without Wheat

Bette Hagman

Amazon Price: $12.92 List Price: $19.00 Usually ships in 24 hours By: Holt Paperbacks Amazon Marketplace: 52 new & used starting at $5.50

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Cooking, Food & Wine -> General
Subjects -> Cooking, Food & Wine -> Special Diet -> Healthy
Subjects -> Cooking, Food & Wine -> Special Occasions -> Gourmet

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 11 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Non-gluten delectabilities! 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

After going gluten free a year ago, I thought I'd never bake anything good again. But this book and its predecessor, The Gluten-free Gourmet, changed my mind! Because I'm also sugar free, baking is an extra large challenge. But these recipes along with xylitol sweetener have gotten me back in business. What a great find! Thanks, Bette!

Kudos to Bette Hagman! 5 out of 5 stars.
0 of 3 people found this review helpful.

Thanks to Bette Hagman's clearly written, informative cookbooks, it is very easy to enjoy a gluten/wheat free lifestyle. This book is not only power packed with excellent recipes, but with tips on maintaining a gluten free lifestyle.

It makes me think of the spiritual, "Free At Last." A modified version for the Hagman books could be "Wheat free at last, wheat free at last..."

Thank you, Bette Hagman!

Editorial Review:

Bette Hagman's first book, The Gluten-free Gourmet, brought good-tasting food back into the lives of the millions who are intolerant to the gluten in wheat, oats, barley, or rye, or who are allergic to wheat. Responding to a flood of requests for "more, more, more," she offers more than 265 additional gluten-free recipes for tasty meals. Now with a gourmet look, this book is as irresistible as ever for gluten-intolerant chefs and their families.

Weight Watchers New 365 Day Menu Cookbook: Complete Meals for Every Day of the Year

Weight Watchers, Inc Staf Weight Watchers Internati

List Price: $29.95 By: MacMillan Publishing Company. Amazon Marketplace: 84 new & used starting at $0.75

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Cooking, Food & Wine -> Baking -> General
Subjects -> Cooking, Food & Wine -> General
Subjects -> Cooking, Food & Wine -> Special Diet -> Healthy

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 8 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Great book but... 4 out of 5 stars.
44 of 45 people found this review helpful.

I just recieved this the other day and have yet to make any recipes from this cookbook. But I have now tried several of the WW cookbooks and they always have great recipes, so there is no doubt that I will find some more healthy ones in this book.

I love how each page has a main recipe on it and then they have built a whole day of eating around that one recipe. Sometimes, there are smaller typed recipes in the daily menu area on each page. For example, on one page, the main recipe is for Grilled Chicken Caesar salad. Then to the right of the recipe, they have built a whole day of meals around this recipe. They have suggested what to eat for breakfast (banana and cereal), a light meal (beans and franks, carrot/celery sticks, whole wheat roll, yogurt), the main meal (which includes the Chicken caesar salad, creamy brocolli soup--provides the recipe, a peach and Italian bread) and an evening snack (3 cups of plain popcorn).

This is perfect for someone who needs to follow a strict menu to stay on track. Not everyone has the self discipline to make their own healthy menus and stay within the WW guidelines, so this would work well for those people. And each recipe/daily menu is different so you don't have to worry about being bored and eating the same things over and over.

The only real complaints I have about this book is that it is outdated compared to the newer WW cookbooks. It doesn't have any of the point values in the book, so you need to use the WW calculator to figure the point values out for each recipe. And the other complaint that I have is the book does have a few pictures in it, but most of the pictures are very unappetizing. They look like they just threw the recipe together and didn't worry about presentation. The more recent WW cookbooks make the pictures look very yummy, unlike this one.

Also, we all know that not everyone can eat the same amount of calories and continue to lose weight, so its unclear as to who this cookbook is geared towards. Someone who needs to be eating 1600 calories and actively losing weight still or someone who is maintaining their goal weight and need to eat around 1200 calories per day.

This cookbook looks like its worth a try, even just for the recipes and not the daily menus. But it't not as nice as the newer cookbooks that WW has put out in the last few years.

Editorial Review:

One of the biggest challenges in weight loss and maintenance is planning new menus that keep you on a healthful food plan, and that are also varied and appealing. Now the experts at Weight Watchers serve up an entire year of delicious menus that will help readers enjoy the process as well. The book features a main dish recipe for every day of the year, and a full day's menu built around that recipe, plus complete nutritional counts and Weight Watchers Selection Information. Designed to give readers more freedom of choice, Weight Watchers New 365-Day Menu Cookbook will make healthful eating easier and tastier than ever.