Superfood Kitchen: Cooking with Nature's Most Amazing Foods - A Cookbook (Volume 1) (Julie Morris's Superfoods)

This has quickly become my number one staple in the kitchen! I use it every day, the pages are so dog-earred and splattered it looks like I've had it for years! The presentation of the book is genius, you can tell a lot of intelligent thought went into all of its aspects, and the result is an absolute work of art. The recipes are incredible, I've probably made at least 3/4 of them, and they have all been crazy delicious and simple to make. I really appreciate the comprehensive introduction to a lot of new ingredients and a myriad of ways to use them creatively- for instance plant based sources of complete protein like chlorella powder and hemp seeds. I love the hemp hummus, I've made gallons and gallons of it and people always say it's the best hummus they've ever tasted by far! Cheesy kale chips, nori-bean lettuce wraps, mochi pizza, goddess kale salad, protein quinoa bowl (had never heard of quinoa flakes before but they have now replaced oatmeal for us!), sesame flatbread, chocolate hemp oat bars- these are all things that I love to make again and again. This book has really changed the way we eat, making it easy and delicious to eat a healthy plant based diet and feel amazing doing it. I used to cook with meat a lot, both me and my husband "craved" meat, but now that we have almost completely cut out meat and dairy and are cooking from this book, we are both so amazed to find that our cravings have stopped, and we feel more energized. I am so happy to have this book and will continue to use it every day for years to come! I grew up with the awesome moosewood cookbooks, and I feel this book will have that classic status in my kitchen while my children are growing up! Thank you Julie for this invaluable masterpiece, you are truly an inspiration!

This book is fantastic! I loved reading the introductory part where Julie talks about each superfood ingredient and what they are good for, I was already familiar with some superfoods but it was so interesting to read so much more detail about them and how to get the best out of them.I have already tried several recipes and was not disappointed with any of them, they are very creative, if you're looking for a book with new and interesting ideas you will love this one. Don't be intimidated by the superfood ingredients, you can choose a few to experiment and find out which ones you want to incorporate into your kitchen routine, if you haven't yet! I had already been exposed to many of them but am loving the new and vibrant flavors I had never had before and learned about after getting this book.There are very simple recipes like BBQ sweet potato fries (which are baked btw) that come together very quickly and use a very unique combination of spices, light and interesting cauliflower risotto, amazing salad dressings and salad dishes that make you want to have a huge salad for a meal, and the best banana bread I've ever made, it's called banana seed bread, it's loaded with hemp seeds and is so delicious, nutritious and satisfying!Lots of great pictures on the book.

This is a very good cookbook, with some excellent and unusual recipes. I don't know if the author will mind, but many of these are actually quite good with meat. I made the Incan Patties and added 3/4 lb of lean grass fed ground beef. It was extremely good! The Black Bean protein patties were somewhat more difficult. They didn't stay together properly with just added ground beef. Adding an egg was necessary to get a coherent patty.The Pomegranate Glazed Steaks (substituting actual grass-fed sirloin steaks for the portabello mushrooms) was awesome. I tenderized it with a fork and let is marinate in the glaze for a couple of hours. Then, I cooked it medium-well with the grill on low.For the Greens Soup with clarified cucumber, I tried adding a few tablespoons of yogurt. It was good both with and without yogurt.The ingredients for many of the recipes are a mixture of inexpensive and widely available (e.g., pomegranate, beans), a little hard to find (chia seeds), and obscure/expensive (e.g., sea buckthorn). There is a list of substitutions for many ingredients in the book. Unlike baking, it doesn't seem that substitutions or using moderately more or less of an ingredient has caused any real problems.I also have Julie Morris' Superfood Smoothie book. It's similarly good.

I just received this book, I find it informative and it has great pictures, I can't stand a cookbook that doesn't have pictures. While I am not 100% vegetarian I do believe that eating as many different kinds of veggies, fruit, seeds, and nuts are very important to good health and I am trying to find new ways to cut out the bad stuff that I love and this book provides some great looking recipes and snack ideas. I definitely want to try the buttery spread made with cashews. I also found the section on nut milks great. I spend a fortune on hemp milk at the store and I have to drive 25 miles to get it so it sucks when I run out. Knowing that I can now make my own is great! The only reason I gave this 4 stars instead of 5 is because I think the book is too closely intertwined with Navitas Naturals. While I find their products great I think that almost all of the recipes gear you to buy their products. I could be in the dark and not know it was meant to be that way but thats it. Good book I would definitely recommend it to anyone trying to incorporate healthier foods into their life. I will be dehydrating and sprouting this weekend!