Super Natural Cooking: Five Delicious Ways: To Incorporate Whole & Natural Ingredients into Your Cooking
by Heidi Swanson (Goodreads author!)
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Read in May, 2007
I love this cookbook. I REALLY love this cookbook. I am not a vegetarian but do appreciate whole foods and I love that this cookbook utilizes whole grains and vegetables with a more upscale and current feel than most vegetarian cookbooks. Heidi also gets creative with ingredients - not all ingredients can be found at your local mega-supermarket. Some may criticize the book for this, but Heidi does provide names and ordering information for suppliers of any hard to find ingredients. Most ingredie...more
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Read in October, 2007
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I love Heidi Swanson and have been a huge fan of her blog, 101 Cookbooks, for many years. This cookbook is for those of us who would, if presented with the opportunity to make either chocolate chip cookies, or mesquite chocolate chip cookies, would claim territory over the mesquite chocolate chip cookies without batting an eye (I made 'em, I loved 'em). I don't us...more
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I love Heidi Swanson and have been a huge fan of her blog, 101 Cookbooks, for many years. This cookbook is for those of us who would, if presented with the opportunity to make either chocolate chip cookies, or mesquite chocolate chip cookies, would claim territory over the mesquite chocolate chip cookies without batting an eye (I made 'em, I loved 'em). I don't us...more
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Read in May, 2007
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foodies
This cookbook is really inspiring and informative; it really makes you reexamine what you're eating and seeing how much of it you could make into food that actually benefits your body. Something about the way it's organized irks me though - it's not really a leaf-through kind of book and there aren't that many recipes. Also, Heidi gives good advice for slowly substituting natural sweeteners and leaveners etc. into your cooking instead of the gross, gross white flour and sugar that we're used to,...more
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If you have only one cookbook in your house, this should be the one. The recipes are fulfilling in every sense of the word; beautiful to look at, wonderful to eat, splendidly friendly to prepare, and the food leaves you nourished and satisfied.There are acouple of ingredients that are tricky to find if you don't have access to cosmopolitian culinary shops, but with a little creativity there is always a fix. Great graphics, after all what is a cookbook without visual flair? This book stays front ...more
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Read in January, 2008
The passages describing ingredients were really useful. The descriptions included both health benefits and how the ingredient could be used. That's the kind of information I want to become a more creative cook.
Although I get her objection to canola oil, we've worked way too hard to lower our saturated fats to go back to butter for baking and higher temperature sauteeing now.
The recipes seemed fussy to me right now -- every one had either a new ingredient (which was okay since that was th...more
Although I get her objection to canola oil, we've worked way too hard to lower our saturated fats to go back to butter for baking and higher temperature sauteeing now.
The recipes seemed fussy to me right now -- every one had either a new ingredient (which was okay since that was th...more
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Read in September, 2007
Heidi has a recipe for BAKING POWDER.
The tone is a little different than 101cookbooks, clearly more heavily edited and so a little less friendly. It's also organized a little strangely, in large vague categories. This doesn't matter that much, though, since the book is really informative, open, and plain-spoken. You never want a threatening cookbook, especially since so many people have complexes about food and food production in the US. This one makes you think that amaranth is just ano...more
The tone is a little different than 101cookbooks, clearly more heavily edited and so a little less friendly. It's also organized a little strangely, in large vague categories. This doesn't matter that much, though, since the book is really informative, open, and plain-spoken. You never want a threatening cookbook, especially since so many people have complexes about food and food production in the US. This one makes you think that amaranth is just ano...more
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While I live with Heidi and this is completely biased, I did test many of these recipes and have definitely eaten every one at least once. For a novice cook like myself, the food is not difficult to make, is interesting, diverse and satisfying. The cumulative effect of eating from this book and the food found Heidi's site over the course of several years is I feel great and enjoy food more than ever.
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I've renewed this library book so many times it's embarrassing. This is some lovely food, wholesome, gorgeous and delicious. The recipes feel intuitive and are easily adapted, combined, customized, or veganized. I've made something new from it just about every week, and they've all been winners: barley risotto, kumquat/clementine salad, sushi bowl, power bars. Beautiful descriptions of her whole food pantry; great for beginners but I learned stuff too. Mesquite flour, who knew?
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Read in October, 2007
recommends it for:
anyone who likes to cook
As it is a cookbook I can't say that I sat down and read it cover to cover, but I have to say that I LOVE this book! I'm a regular reader of the author's website 101cookbooks.com and this book is just as good. Anyone who loves to cook with whole foods (as everyone should) would love this book. It'll push you to try new things that you haven't considered before and the beautiful photography will have you drooling so you can't resist.
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Read in January, 2008
This cookbook helps me pretend I'm healthy...or at least begin to successfully address some of my new year's resolutions. It's as full of ways to work fiber into your diet as it is full of pictures that look good enough to eat. The title and lovely photographs motivated me to track down my local organic coop and stock up on beans and grains from the bulk food aisle. The ingredients were cheap, but the dishes are rich! Enjoy!
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Read in September, 2007
recommends it for:
People who like food.
Wow. Wow.
I am almost speechless. I love food and I FREAKING LOVE THIS COOKBOOK. Heidi Swanson in my new goddess of food. Oh, if only I could be like Heidi...
For a sampling of her recipes and many others, check out her website at 101cookbooks.com.
The recipes in this book are all vegetarian, easily adaptable to vegan or meat-containing too. If you like to cook, you will love this.
I am almost speechless. I love food and I FREAKING LOVE THIS COOKBOOK. Heidi Swanson in my new goddess of food. Oh, if only I could be like Heidi...
For a sampling of her recipes and many others, check out her website at 101cookbooks.com.
The recipes in this book are all vegetarian, easily adaptable to vegan or meat-containing too. If you like to cook, you will love this.
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i haven't made anything from this book yet, but the pictures are gorgeous and i trust her recipes. while i appreciate her efforts at nixing all processed sugars, flours, etc. from her pantry, i wish she would do a little more with whole grains. i'd like to take amaranth out of my breakfast routine and amp it up, but i guess heidi's not the gal to show me how.
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Read in December, 2007
What a beautiful cookbook. I actually want to own this one, because it's already time to return it to the library and I seriously want to make just about every single recipe in it. Last night I made a Wild Rice soup with sweet potato croutons from it and it was perfect for winter: a hint of spice, a lot of warmth and a lovely coconut broth--yum.
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This is my absolute favorite cookbook. I have been a devoted reader of 101cookbooks.com for awhile, and this book is like an even better version! I've tried about 10 of the recipes so far, and used several others as inspiration. This book makes eating healthily SO SIMPLE!
Try the Otsu...I now eat it probably once a week!
Try the Otsu...I now eat it probably once a week!
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an awesome vegetarian, natural-foods cookbook with zero preaching about meat being bad. i just get the feeling that heidi (an active blogger) cooks the dishes in this book not because they're meatless but because they taste delicious. mmm, i still think about that asparagus pesto - can't wait til they're in season again!
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Divine. Artistically done with beautiful original photography by the author herself. The recipes are easy to follow and enjoyable to read. The results are superbly delicious and decadent even though the recipes call for natural and whole ingredients. Heidi never dissapoints. Check out her website: 101cookbooks.com.
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Read in April, 2008
After checking this out from the library, it became clear that I was going to need my own copy - Thanks, Lianna! Finally, a cookbook that (a) has pictures and (b) provides novice-friendly ways of working all those foods you know you should be eating into your life. Looking forward to trying all of these recipes.
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I am not a vegetarian, but I love 101 Cookbooks, a culinary, vegetarian blog by Heidi Swanson.
A lot of my meals in the last year have come from her. Her cooking and the accompanying photography inspire a joy in eating beautiful, simple, delicious food.
Yum.
A lot of my meals in the last year have come from her. Her cooking and the accompanying photography inspire a joy in eating beautiful, simple, delicious food.
Yum.
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Read in August, 2007
This is a great cookbook because making meals from it makes you feel healthy! And they are soooo good. I love Heidi's style of writing and her photography. She also has lots of great pointers on what to stock your pantry with. This book started my love of naturual, whole foods. I'm addicted now.
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Read in September, 2007
This book had some really interesting recipes. She uses a lot of different grains, sweeteners, and other foods you don't see on a regular basis (millet, quinoa, bran, acacia...) Some are really tasty (lime-infused peanut salad, wild rice flour pancakes). It's fun to experiment with these new flavors!
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