Feed Your Soul: A Cookbook That Nourishes Body Mind And Spirit

by George Fowler

Feed Your A Cookbook That Nourshes Body Mind and Spirit is a celebration of the simple art of cooking that goes beyond the realm of the traditional cookbook.

Focusing on fresh whole foods and delectable low-fat, healthful dishes from around the world, it serves up daily reflections and meditations that will inspire and enlighten you.

Genres: Cookbooks

160 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1994

Reviews

[Mir]

This was the only cookbook I saved from my late aunt's collection of mostly-depressing-looking restrictive diet, be-miserable-and-healthy type food guides. The description employs a number of phrases that tend to make this cynical jerk roll her eyes, but many of the recipes I glanced through look appealing. I don't expect "spiritual insight" from my root vegetables, though.

Today would have been her birthday had she not passed away in 2016, so I decided to make something from the book. A lot of the recipes call for healthful vegetables or grains I don't have at home right now, but I found a chili one I could get pretty close to.



No, I don't know why there's that column about the Pope in the middle of the book.

I didn't have squash so I used a mix of eggplant and cauliflower (neither of which get any play in this book; are those not considered spiritually healthful?). I also added serrano peppers because I didn't see a source of heat as it was. For me, this is being pretty faithful to a recipe. I also made polenta, which was in the book as well (listed under corn; the index is not how I would write it). The recipe here calls for a topping sauce of tomato, basil, and olives, so I figured this was a legit recombination.



Tasted pretty good. Would make again. Or some variation -- I noticed a number of recipes here that are very similar to one another. Like, there's one's that have a few different veggies... or fewer vegges and mostly beans... or get smashed into a paste. I don't feel that those needed separate entries, but that's just me, a person who regards recipes more as suggestions than instructions.

[Maggie Grace]

I have loved using this cookbook for many years. The recipes are easy to make with ingredients that don't cost a lot of money. The illustrations are joyous! I love the spiritual messages that George Fowler leaves in the commentary. I haven't used it in a while, but I need to put it back in my rotation of cookbooks and use it again.