The Easy Superfoods Cookbook: 75 Fuss-Free, Nutrition-Packed Recipes Paperback – February 4, 2020

Recipes are really nicely organized and straightforward. Emily provides great substitution suggestions for all types of dietary restrictions (vegetarian, vegan, etc) and great lower cost suggestions for expensive ingredients. The food has been delicious, nutritious and easy to make!

I received a complimentary copy from the publisher.This book begins with a clear list of what foods the author considers "superfoods" and the rationale behind her choices. For the most part, these are everyday foods and the author separates out less familiar foods and does not emphasize those. She also explains why she considers particular foods "super."The main part of the book is devoted to the recipes. I many cases, the author takes a familiar recipe and gives it a health boost without losing the essence of what made the recipe delicious in the first place. For example, her take on split pea soup uses avocado to make it creamy, rather than cream. The nutritional boost does not come at the expense of familiar flavors. Two other nice feature are that the recipes are not expensive or time consuming to prepare. Ingredients are, for the most part, reasonably priced and any special purchases are in small quantities and can often be eliminated from the recipe without changing it significantly. Many of the recipes can be prepared in a half hour or so and the ones that take longer often include hands off time where the cook can be doing other things.I approached this book with a healthy dose of skepticism and was pleasantly surprised. As I said in my headline, the book focuses on accessible, nutritious, unfussy meals. They are family friendly meals that embed healthy ingredients and cooking techniques in recipes that feel familiar.

This book, to my surprised delight, is as yummy as it is good for you! There’s a neat array of recipes and they’re all at the easy end of the spectrum. She has a really light hand with salt, so foodies will want to increase that. There’s barely any pics in the book, but the titles are descriptive and the recipes are clear, so I didn’t care.The Crispy Pecan-Baked Chicken on page 83 is fabulous. Rather than flour and eggs to get the crust to stick, she uses a paprika-laced mustard and maple syrup mixture. So good!The Thai Sweet Potato Salad on page 50 is a total keeper. Tons of flavor! It’s like a nutritional powerhouse version of cold sesame noodles. It’s served cold, so it would be a great make-ahead recipe for entertaining.I’ll update this as I play in the book more!Some others I have flagged to try: Creamy Pineapple-Cilantro Smoothie – p 23 * Triple Berry Kefir Smoothie – p 27 * Chocolate-Covered Cherry Smoothie – p 28 * Golden Milk Oatmeal with Toasted Pecans – p 33 * Spinach, Walnut, and Goat Cheese-Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms – p 63 * Pistachio-Crusted Salmon – p 78 * Grilled Chicken with Pineapple-Avocado Salsa – p 81 * Arugula and Goat Cheese-Stuffed Chicken Breasts – p 82 * Spinach Caprese Beef Burgers – p 103*I received a copy to explore and share my thoughts.

This book provides relatively simple recipes for those looking to clean up their eating. The author states on the beginning chapters that her goal it to provide nutritious, tasty, easy recipes to encourage healthier eating, which she clearly achieves.I have not made any recipes from the book yet as I recently received it, but I am looking forward to trying the avocado split pea soup first. All directions look basic and easy to follow.I liked how the top of each recipe includes quick glance categories such as one pot, budget, 30 minute, vegan, so you can prioritize easily based on your needs.I did not like how the author uses canola oil in her recipes as it can easily be substituted with more nutritious oils. I have cut canola oily out of my diet for several years now.Overall I feel this is an excellent books for beginners that need encouragement for healthier, nutritious eating.I received a free copy of the book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

First let me say that I was sent this book by the publisher with the expectation that I would give an honest review of its content. Second, let me tell you my rule of thumb on rating a cookbook: The stars a based on the number of recipes my family and I will eat - 1 star is less than 1/4 of the recipes, 2 stars 1/4 to less than 1/2 of the recipes, 3 stars 1/2 to 3/4, 4 stars for 3/4 to less than all the recipes, 5 stars for all recipes. Needless to say, there really are not any cookbooks out there that will get 5 stars unless it is a diet cookbook that provides more than just recipes. When I first received this book I thought it was going to be another one of those cookbooks that gave you recipes that would require specialty grocery store purchases that would not fit my budget and foods that my family would not eat. I was wrong. This cookbook provides information on what a "superfood" is and breaks it down by categories. You get some pretty amazing recipes and I'm looking forward to trying quite a few of them. This is definitely one that I would add to my collection.