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Blissful Bites: Vegan Meals That Nourish Mind, Body, and Planet
Cooking in a way that’s good for you and for the environment—not to mention delicious—doesn’t have to be a pain; in fact, it can be sheer bliss. In Blissful Bites: Vegan Meals That Nourish Mind, Body, and Planet, Christy Morgan shows readers how to make healthy, delicious, animal-product free meals without a lot of effort. It’s been long-accepted that giving up animal prod...more
Paperback, 280 pages
Published
September 6th 2011
by BenBella Books
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Yum, yum, yum. If you're looking to make your vegan diet even healthier, then make sure you check out Christy Morgan's Blissful Bites: Vegan Meals that Nourish Mind, Body, and Planet. Divided into chapters by the type of food or time of day and further divided by the seasons, this book is a colourful and positively appetizing look at vegan food, which won't leave you feeling unsatisfied. While you can always take a bite of one recipes either out of season, or by slightly modifying the recipe to...more
The highest praise I can give a library-loan cookbook: I decided to buy myself a copy. It is just THAT good that I don't want to live without my own copy!
Morgan has a great sense - she has a macrobiotic vegan training, and her recipes reflect this with hig-quality ingredients. I made three recipes (usually my quota in order to rate a book) and all turned out great. The real people pleaser was her cole slaw recipe - and I plan to make more this summer for cookouts.
One thing that impressed me and...more
Morgan has a great sense - she has a macrobiotic vegan training, and her recipes reflect this with hig-quality ingredients. I made three recipes (usually my quota in order to rate a book) and all turned out great. The real people pleaser was her cole slaw recipe - and I plan to make more this summer for cookouts.
One thing that impressed me and...more
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I have to say that while I am giving this book 3 ½ stars, I did find many 5 star worthy recipes in the book. I found many recipes enticing and might borrow this book again, and try several/many of them. And as I wrote and reviewed the book, I felt compelled to up my original official rating from 3 stars to 4 stars because of the information and some recipes, and then back to 3 stars because of the absence of onions and especially garlic. They’re not in these recipes. Of course, I’d usually add t...more
Many of the recipes in the book sounded great...if I had a personal cook and access to a really good health food store. To me it was similiar toThe Kind Diet: A Simple Guide to Feeling Great, Losing Weight, and Saving the Planet, in that many of the recipes had too many ingredients, too many difficult-to-find ingredients, or would take too long to make. Not to mention that my family wouldn't eat them.
Someone needs to write The Cynical Snob's Macrobiotic Cookbook. Until then I'll have to keep reading books that use the word 'bliss' too much.
--Greens with basil pecan sauce were bright and flavorful.
--Blissed Caesar dressing didn't taste anything like its namesake but did taste good on salad greens with pistachios, oranges, and garden arugula. (Left out the vinegar, though, since the lemon added plenty of acid.)
--Blackened Caesar tempeh wraps with sprouts, shaved carrot, arugula, and avocado ta...more
--Greens with basil pecan sauce were bright and flavorful.
--Blissed Caesar dressing didn't taste anything like its namesake but did taste good on salad greens with pistachios, oranges, and garden arugula. (Left out the vinegar, though, since the lemon added plenty of acid.)
--Blackened Caesar tempeh wraps with sprouts, shaved carrot, arugula, and avocado ta...more
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All the recipes I've tried out of this book thus far have been tasty and not too complex or unrealistic for a home-cook in a hurry. I love that the recipes are broken up by seasons and the emphasis is on fresh, unprocessed ingredients (e.g. no faux meats, or pre-made ingredients). I also like that there's a fair number of raw style recipes mixed throughout. The photographs are plentiful and appealing (which is actually really important in a cookbook, to me at least). Ms Morgan has done a great j...more
Lots of great recipes in this book. I liked the following:
- Millet Mashed Potatoes
- Mac 'n Kale Salad - yummy!
- Lentil Coconut Curry - so good!
- Simple Lemon-Scented Basmati Rice
- Fiesta Quinoa Salad
- Easy Cheezy Broccoli Soup
- Lemony-Lime Hummus
- Mixed Berry Couscous Surprise - delicious!
- African Collard Stir-Fry - yummy!
- Millet Mashed Potatoes
- Mac 'n Kale Salad - yummy!
- Lentil Coconut Curry - so good!
- Simple Lemon-Scented Basmati Rice
- Fiesta Quinoa Salad
- Easy Cheezy Broccoli Soup
- Lemony-Lime Hummus
- Mixed Berry Couscous Surprise - delicious!
- African Collard Stir-Fry - yummy!
I like how the sections are subdivided by season. A lot of too-fancy-for-me recipes, but also a number of ideas that look good. I should check this out again when I have a bit more cooking time.
A gorgeous vegan cookbook with great and varied recipes. Especially useful is the breakdown of recipes not only by type of dish but by season, which is so important when you are eating a vegan diet.
Some of the ingredients are unique and not ones I typically use which made it less likely for me to make a lot of these recipes. I am also not vegan.
Love this one. Worth five stars for the magical raw tacos alone. And also for the springtime kale salad. YUM.
Great pictures and interesting recipes. I loved the easy cheezy broccoli soup, and it even satisfied the two decidedly non-vegan guests. Would like to try some of the sea vegetable recipes too.
Same old book about vegan cooking
Great recipes in this book. Too many favorites.
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