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Nourish: Simple Recipes to Empower Your Body and Feed Your Soul: A Healthy Lifestyle Cookbook
World-renowned model and wellness advocate Gisele Bündchen presents 100 delicious and approachable recipes based on everyday ingredients. The cookbook focuses on kickstarting and maintaining a healthy lifestyle while finding balance and intention.
Superstar model and philanthropist Gisele Bündchen believes wellness begins with food. At home she chooses lean, healthy proteins and nutrient-rich vegetables; she also believes in eating with flexibility (pizza night with the kids!). This means recipes that are gluten free and rely on body-fueling ingredients like almond flour, avocado oil, and dates.
In her cookbook, Gisele provides thoughtful guidance on how to create a routine filled with positive intention, nourishing food, and gratitude to support a healthy lifestyle. The first part of her cookbook walks readers through adjusting to this new mindset and offers practical guidance. Many of the recipes include suggestions for light and hearty pairings, as well as tips for making meals “kid friendly”:
• Everyday Papaya-Almond Smoothie; Acai Bowls; Banana Ice Cream
• Breakfast + Brazilian Cheese Bread (Pão de Queijo); Veggie Frittata; Coconut Milk Two Ways
• Steak Salad; Beet and Arugula Salad with Herby Goat Cheese
• Sneeze-Be-Gone Soup; Ramen-Style Soup with Vegetables
• Everyday Summer Rolls with Ginger-Cashew Dipping Sauce; Pizza Night; Pesto Chicken Wrap
• Favorite Grilled Ribeye with Chimichurri; Sheet Pan Squash and Chickpeas; Chicken Meatballs
• Crunchies + Maple-Harissa Cashews; Tamari Dressing 3 Ways
• Pecan Bars; Banana Dream Pie; Carrot Muffins
From breaking cycles to journaling and setting intentions, minimizing waste, meal planning, and preparing healthful meals for your kids, Nourish is as much about living with mindfulness as it is about cooking.
Superstar model and philanthropist Gisele Bündchen believes wellness begins with food. At home she chooses lean, healthy proteins and nutrient-rich vegetables; she also believes in eating with flexibility (pizza night with the kids!). This means recipes that are gluten free and rely on body-fueling ingredients like almond flour, avocado oil, and dates.
In her cookbook, Gisele provides thoughtful guidance on how to create a routine filled with positive intention, nourishing food, and gratitude to support a healthy lifestyle. The first part of her cookbook walks readers through adjusting to this new mindset and offers practical guidance. Many of the recipes include suggestions for light and hearty pairings, as well as tips for making meals “kid friendly”:
• Everyday Papaya-Almond Smoothie; Acai Bowls; Banana Ice Cream
• Breakfast + Brazilian Cheese Bread (Pão de Queijo); Veggie Frittata; Coconut Milk Two Ways
• Steak Salad; Beet and Arugula Salad with Herby Goat Cheese
• Sneeze-Be-Gone Soup; Ramen-Style Soup with Vegetables
• Everyday Summer Rolls with Ginger-Cashew Dipping Sauce; Pizza Night; Pesto Chicken Wrap
• Favorite Grilled Ribeye with Chimichurri; Sheet Pan Squash and Chickpeas; Chicken Meatballs
• Crunchies + Maple-Harissa Cashews; Tamari Dressing 3 Ways
• Pecan Bars; Banana Dream Pie; Carrot Muffins
From breaking cycles to journaling and setting intentions, minimizing waste, meal planning, and preparing healthful meals for your kids, Nourish is as much about living with mindfulness as it is about cooking.
256 pages, Hardcover
Published March 26, 2024
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May 5, 2024
I was skeptical about this book during the first time that I heard about it. However, when she spoke about it on the Today Show, I became intrigued and ordered it. It is the best cookbook that I’ve ever had, and I started making the recipes the same day that it arrived (which is a first). I love every recipe in this cookbook (also a first) and have learned new things about nutrition in it. (Note that Giselle uses coconut oil, which is mostly saturated fat, so you may want to substitute for that.) My husband is absolutely thrilled as the recipient of all these new meals. Giselle shares great wisdom about the purpose of food and about having a healthy attitude about food. It’s not just a cookbook. It’s a book too. Great job, Giselle! Get busy on the next one! (Giving a review on a cookbook is also a first for me!)
June 19, 2024
I need to start this review with an introduction. I am not going to share my name but I am a dietitian by BSc, with two registrations in two different countries, I have a MSc in applied biology and a PhD in nutrition, as well as scientific publications, clinical trial and other type of research experience, as well as clinical practice experience in health and disease alike. I have also suffered from an ED. When I talk about nutrition, digestion and EDs in this review, I know what I am talking about and I have nothing to gain from it. By choice, I am not even a dietitian anymore so I am not client-fishing on GR either.
The recipe part (most of the content after the first third of the book)
When I first read that Gisele, a person I admire a lot both for her physical appearance but also character, wrote a recipe book, I have to admit I was alarmed. I had already read her autobiography and expected this recipe book to contain the classic "chicken breast with greens" and "egg white bread" sort of recipes we see from fitness influencers and the like. In a way, the recipes were exactly that, but in another point of view they were not. I can't say that I found any recipe unhealthy in terms of ingredients. In fact, I would probably try many of them and right this moment you can probably find most if not all the ingredients mentioned in the book lying in my cupboards and fridge. In total, I would add more legumes and I would not terrorize people about gluten unless they have a sensitivity or celiac, but the recipes contain great meals and snacks (and no, the smoothies described are not meals, despite it being mentioned multiple times!). I also love the no-waste approach and that pre-cooking and freezing are presented as options (something which I have been a preacher of to all my clients as a RD).
I have to say that some of the recipes seem boring and at points they get repetitive. There are four "different" recipes on how to roast sweet potatoes which are basically potatoes, oil, salt and/or paprika in the oven or air fryer. We didn't need it printed four times. That is the same recipe, and it is hardly a recipe to begin with. If you just moved out of your parents' home and are cooking for the first time, this book is a treasure. If you are experienced in cooking, it probably cannot serve you more than inspo material when your mind is stuck. When you see the picture, you pretty much already see what's in the food more or less, especially after having read the introduction.
Honesty taking a hit
Something I noticed is little white lies here and there to make this cookbook more appealing.
In her autobiography Gisele mentions drinking lots of smoothies but with basically celery and any fruit available at home due to seasonality and stuff like that. Pretty chilled approach. In this book it is implied that there is art and precision to smoothie ingredients.
I also follow a lot of Gisele fanclub social media accounts because it makes my day to see her beauty. I know from posts published there that Gisele hired food bloggers for this book. I assume to write parts of it and give her recipes. Some of the recipes came with a personal statement, others with a more generic. Others did not have anything special written along the ingredients and how to. I am pretty sure Gisele had never eaten some of these recipes before the book was in the making.
When broths are described, Gisele says that her skin does not come from skincare (even though she has influenced for Laneige not that long ago) but from eating collagen-rich broths. So, yes, collagen supplementation in the diet has shown positive skin effects but also Gisele is very clearly doing botox and fillers, has most likely done a blepharoplasty and I will assume as a rich model who can even deduct taxes off of skin therapies because of her occupation is doing pretty much every skin maintenance therapy there is out there and has access to the best facilities. If you expect a cup of bone broth a week will make you a glowing, glass-skinned vampire, you will be disappointed.
In the autobiography, Gisele mentions loving herbs and herbal remedies because of her Grandma. Brady has referred to her a witch, with all her spells and herbs. However specifics were not mentioned. Now, with the herb company sponsorship, we see very currently trendy things, such as ashwagandha, which is not Brazilian at all, and to this day (I looked at Google trends!) hasn't even received more than 53 searches per day with one exception of 100 searches in 2009 (which is too round and sus). Brazilians seem to hardly know it. Although… Gisele's grandmother was German. Well, same in Germany though. How peculiar, don't you think?
Selling something not regularly consumed is not a big surprise for any celebrity who is also an influencer but I do like my ads declared, to be honest.
Nutritional advice, why? Who needed it?
When I read her autobiography, I was not surprised Gisele mentioned her nutrition. Since food affects many aspects of our lives (from health to social gatherings), it felt only natural to have a bit about food in an autobiography of a model, a profession in which people often diet as well. I did get some orthorexia vibes, but it made me feel respect that she did not go into great details about her diet apart from mentioning the things that she thought were bad for her and what she felt saved her psyche and body. We all have different builds. Gisele is a very tall woman with a respectable muscle mass and a very active lifestyle which a includes physically demanding occupation requiring certain measurements. It would be crazy to think many people would have the same requirements or needs as the author after all. In this book however, Gisele does play a nutritionist role, which I did not like at all. Nutritional advice creeps in the text (mostly in the introduction) and I did not appreciate most of it.
While someone can know best what works for their body, they cannot know what works for others, let alone sell it as the ultimate truth that will work for everyone. Furthermore, Gisele, a highly accomplished person in her field sacrificed her education for her career. In both books she is repeating unfiltered information she received mainly from chefs but also from her favorite osteopath (who btw are not considered doctors in Europe for very serious reasons). I am sorry but there is no authority on any nutritional information shared, and so much of it is straight up wrong. For some stuff, it’s just funny that anyone would believe them. Other things however are even dangerous. I am very sorry but no, we 're not all experts in nutrition just because we cook and eat. We all have hearts too, but we 're not cardiologists. That's just how it works.
For what it's worth, I honestly believe Gisele believes and lives by what she says in this book, but I do not agree with much of it (I will elaborate below).
A recipe book does not need nutritional advice behind it. A philosophy? Maybe. A ***small*** introduction on how it came to be written? Sure. Advice can ever only be personalized and evidence-based.
The false medicine
I wrote this in the autobiography review and I will write it here too. It's a hill I 'll gladly die on. Gisele has been scammed. She's been sold so much false medical advice and has been manipulated so much that it hurts me to read it. She 's a nice person and does not deserve it. You cannot convince me that a person whose diet heavily relies on vegetables and fruits needs vitamin C shots. For reference, a single tomato contains your daily recommended intake of vit C. I wonder how much those shots cost! Same question for the K2 and D3 shots. Gisele lives in Miami. There is sun there on most days and even with sunscreen, a very active person is likely to expose their skin for 15' a day when the SPF wears out, which should be enough.
Cranberry does nothing for UTIs unfortunately, that has been disproven, as great as it would have been. A spray of Echinacea is unlikely to be enough to save you from a cold sore and will not do much if you have a viral infection (maybe in a capsule form it would do more since it has antiviral effects). Fruits are not "digested better" on their own than in combination with vegetables either. Fruits and vegetables have different ratios of fibre/sugars but they are essentially not that different or don't interact in ways that would be prohibitive for combinatory consumption. Gisele also avoids certain foods as inflammatory. Well, tomatoes and peppers are not inflammatory... Salt is though and with that she seems to not have an issue at all (as long as it's expensive). The 5-day smoothie "detoxing" cleanse was not a surprise by the time it appeared as well, adding to the long list of common misinformation sold by holistic/homeopath/osteopath/nutrition gurus and the like, disproven many many times by every respectable dietitian and doctor in the world. My favourite of all time? The adrenal burnout which is not really a thing unless you have Addison's disease, which is much worse than the symptoms she described.
Gisele's whole false medicine trip is so complicated. A woman with troubled diet due to being a model and living alone since childhood starts having symptoms of unmistakable depression and anxiety for which she goes to multiple doctors and dislikes their assessment. She refused to take depression and anxiety meds because her grandma had a herbal remedy for everything. A doctor sold her a tale about adrenal """burn-out""" (in medical terms would be failure, which if true would be different way worse than described). Doc prescribed classic and generic avoidances (no smoking, no coffee, no alcohol) as well as some extreme ones (later in the book it is said that Gisele was only allowed to consume green vegetables!!!) and threatened with life if no compliance. Said doc says refined sugars and carbs cause inflammation (refines sugars are literally the same sugars you find in fruits...). Gisele presents migraines at start of therapy which hypothesizes are from withdrawal but eating only leafy greens and perhaps entering ketosis if she went carb free can actually cause that so doc appears to BS her again. At 3-months doc says Gisele is magically cured and apparent placebo makes her depression disappear! Osteopath prescribed a 100% NOT evidenced based and not personalized diet which is extremely restrictive and fear-mongering. The diet leads to ED-coded thoughts (e.g., "Popcorn • I think my doctor let me have popcorn just to be nice!" because popcorn is unhealthy??????). Reiki and equinox cleanses, as well as divine messages to do yoga (very much popular at the time despite the contrary statement from the author) follow. Herbal remedies reportedly are used before resorting to any over-the-counter meds but Gisele has also done multiple cosmetic surgeries and injectibles. Do I even need to comment on how contradictive these are?
ED
To begin with the most simple indication of ED thinking, I don't know who needs to hear this but nut bars are not desserts and you do not need a special occasion to consume them.
"In the process of learning about nutrition and making changes for my health, I tried many diets. But diets were rigid, and I wanted choice and flexibility—something that would work for my lifestyle, tastes, and body. To find a solution that was sustainable, I realized that I needed something bigger than a simple fix: an attitude change. Instead of thinking about what food I needed to stop eating, I started to reframe eating three times a day as an opportunity to choose wholesome, healthy foods that made my body feel as good as possible."
This is an unintended statement of having a life-long ED that changes forms. This is what ED looks like. It's not a body type and not a number on a scale sometimes. It is also all of the above. I know it looks innocent enough but I can't help seeing the patterns. Diet is an issue and food causes fear, we move to full avoidance since everything is scary and then to partial avoidance based on anxieties, seeking symptoms and responses, heavily influenced by external information (which often is scary af on its own anyway). If Gisele was my patient I would refer her for investigation and potential diagnosis and I am kinda worried she may be transferring her fear-labels of each food to her kids although the recipes did have e.g. added sugar for the children version which is a good sign.
I am unable to shake the feeling that this book can be used as an ED guide with low-cal diets and meal replacement ideas and that alone does not cause happy feelings. This should have just been a recipe book...
One of the very few statements that felt like a somewhat healthy mindset on food was the below and still restriction is apparent.
The serving sizes for these recipes are moderate. Brazilian culture does not encourage overeating, especially when compared to the supersizing of nearly everything served in the United States. After eating, I don’t want to feel overly full, lethargic, or bloated. I have had to learn how to gauge my fullness and satisfaction. Just because I like the taste of something, that doesn’t mean I should eat it without limit or without concern for my body’s wants or needs. Smaller portions and prioritizing the most nutrient-dense options give me the taste of everything I love but don’t result in overindulging.
On top of the hints of portion restriction, Gisele mentions she likes truffle potatoes, baguettes with butter, croissants in France and pasta in Italy. So it's not that she genuinely dislikes these foods and only has them rarely. It becomes clear she's really scared of them. Would she be the same person if she didn't live in the US? Would she be the same person if she had never met the osteopath who filled her with fears and hopes alike?
The recipe part (most of the content after the first third of the book)
When I first read that Gisele, a person I admire a lot both for her physical appearance but also character, wrote a recipe book, I have to admit I was alarmed. I had already read her autobiography and expected this recipe book to contain the classic "chicken breast with greens" and "egg white bread" sort of recipes we see from fitness influencers and the like. In a way, the recipes were exactly that, but in another point of view they were not. I can't say that I found any recipe unhealthy in terms of ingredients. In fact, I would probably try many of them and right this moment you can probably find most if not all the ingredients mentioned in the book lying in my cupboards and fridge. In total, I would add more legumes and I would not terrorize people about gluten unless they have a sensitivity or celiac, but the recipes contain great meals and snacks (and no, the smoothies described are not meals, despite it being mentioned multiple times!). I also love the no-waste approach and that pre-cooking and freezing are presented as options (something which I have been a preacher of to all my clients as a RD).
I have to say that some of the recipes seem boring and at points they get repetitive. There are four "different" recipes on how to roast sweet potatoes which are basically potatoes, oil, salt and/or paprika in the oven or air fryer. We didn't need it printed four times. That is the same recipe, and it is hardly a recipe to begin with. If you just moved out of your parents' home and are cooking for the first time, this book is a treasure. If you are experienced in cooking, it probably cannot serve you more than inspo material when your mind is stuck. When you see the picture, you pretty much already see what's in the food more or less, especially after having read the introduction.
Honesty taking a hit
Something I noticed is little white lies here and there to make this cookbook more appealing.
In her autobiography Gisele mentions drinking lots of smoothies but with basically celery and any fruit available at home due to seasonality and stuff like that. Pretty chilled approach. In this book it is implied that there is art and precision to smoothie ingredients.
I also follow a lot of Gisele fanclub social media accounts because it makes my day to see her beauty. I know from posts published there that Gisele hired food bloggers for this book. I assume to write parts of it and give her recipes. Some of the recipes came with a personal statement, others with a more generic. Others did not have anything special written along the ingredients and how to. I am pretty sure Gisele had never eaten some of these recipes before the book was in the making.
When broths are described, Gisele says that her skin does not come from skincare (even though she has influenced for Laneige not that long ago) but from eating collagen-rich broths. So, yes, collagen supplementation in the diet has shown positive skin effects but also Gisele is very clearly doing botox and fillers, has most likely done a blepharoplasty and I will assume as a rich model who can even deduct taxes off of skin therapies because of her occupation is doing pretty much every skin maintenance therapy there is out there and has access to the best facilities. If you expect a cup of bone broth a week will make you a glowing, glass-skinned vampire, you will be disappointed.
In the autobiography, Gisele mentions loving herbs and herbal remedies because of her Grandma. Brady has referred to her a witch, with all her spells and herbs. However specifics were not mentioned. Now, with the herb company sponsorship, we see very currently trendy things, such as ashwagandha, which is not Brazilian at all, and to this day (I looked at Google trends!) hasn't even received more than 53 searches per day with one exception of 100 searches in 2009 (which is too round and sus). Brazilians seem to hardly know it. Although… Gisele's grandmother was German. Well, same in Germany though. How peculiar, don't you think?
Selling something not regularly consumed is not a big surprise for any celebrity who is also an influencer but I do like my ads declared, to be honest.
Nutritional advice, why? Who needed it?
When I read her autobiography, I was not surprised Gisele mentioned her nutrition. Since food affects many aspects of our lives (from health to social gatherings), it felt only natural to have a bit about food in an autobiography of a model, a profession in which people often diet as well. I did get some orthorexia vibes, but it made me feel respect that she did not go into great details about her diet apart from mentioning the things that she thought were bad for her and what she felt saved her psyche and body. We all have different builds. Gisele is a very tall woman with a respectable muscle mass and a very active lifestyle which a includes physically demanding occupation requiring certain measurements. It would be crazy to think many people would have the same requirements or needs as the author after all. In this book however, Gisele does play a nutritionist role, which I did not like at all. Nutritional advice creeps in the text (mostly in the introduction) and I did not appreciate most of it.
While someone can know best what works for their body, they cannot know what works for others, let alone sell it as the ultimate truth that will work for everyone. Furthermore, Gisele, a highly accomplished person in her field sacrificed her education for her career. In both books she is repeating unfiltered information she received mainly from chefs but also from her favorite osteopath (who btw are not considered doctors in Europe for very serious reasons). I am sorry but there is no authority on any nutritional information shared, and so much of it is straight up wrong. For some stuff, it’s just funny that anyone would believe them. Other things however are even dangerous. I am very sorry but no, we 're not all experts in nutrition just because we cook and eat. We all have hearts too, but we 're not cardiologists. That's just how it works.
For what it's worth, I honestly believe Gisele believes and lives by what she says in this book, but I do not agree with much of it (I will elaborate below).
A recipe book does not need nutritional advice behind it. A philosophy? Maybe. A ***small*** introduction on how it came to be written? Sure. Advice can ever only be personalized and evidence-based.
The false medicine
I wrote this in the autobiography review and I will write it here too. It's a hill I 'll gladly die on. Gisele has been scammed. She's been sold so much false medical advice and has been manipulated so much that it hurts me to read it. She 's a nice person and does not deserve it. You cannot convince me that a person whose diet heavily relies on vegetables and fruits needs vitamin C shots. For reference, a single tomato contains your daily recommended intake of vit C. I wonder how much those shots cost! Same question for the K2 and D3 shots. Gisele lives in Miami. There is sun there on most days and even with sunscreen, a very active person is likely to expose their skin for 15' a day when the SPF wears out, which should be enough.
Cranberry does nothing for UTIs unfortunately, that has been disproven, as great as it would have been. A spray of Echinacea is unlikely to be enough to save you from a cold sore and will not do much if you have a viral infection (maybe in a capsule form it would do more since it has antiviral effects). Fruits are not "digested better" on their own than in combination with vegetables either. Fruits and vegetables have different ratios of fibre/sugars but they are essentially not that different or don't interact in ways that would be prohibitive for combinatory consumption. Gisele also avoids certain foods as inflammatory. Well, tomatoes and peppers are not inflammatory... Salt is though and with that she seems to not have an issue at all (as long as it's expensive). The 5-day smoothie "detoxing" cleanse was not a surprise by the time it appeared as well, adding to the long list of common misinformation sold by holistic/homeopath/osteopath/nutrition gurus and the like, disproven many many times by every respectable dietitian and doctor in the world. My favourite of all time? The adrenal burnout which is not really a thing unless you have Addison's disease, which is much worse than the symptoms she described.
Gisele's whole false medicine trip is so complicated. A woman with troubled diet due to being a model and living alone since childhood starts having symptoms of unmistakable depression and anxiety for which she goes to multiple doctors and dislikes their assessment. She refused to take depression and anxiety meds because her grandma had a herbal remedy for everything. A doctor sold her a tale about adrenal """burn-out""" (in medical terms would be failure, which if true would be different way worse than described). Doc prescribed classic and generic avoidances (no smoking, no coffee, no alcohol) as well as some extreme ones (later in the book it is said that Gisele was only allowed to consume green vegetables!!!) and threatened with life if no compliance. Said doc says refined sugars and carbs cause inflammation (refines sugars are literally the same sugars you find in fruits...). Gisele presents migraines at start of therapy which hypothesizes are from withdrawal but eating only leafy greens and perhaps entering ketosis if she went carb free can actually cause that so doc appears to BS her again. At 3-months doc says Gisele is magically cured and apparent placebo makes her depression disappear! Osteopath prescribed a 100% NOT evidenced based and not personalized diet which is extremely restrictive and fear-mongering. The diet leads to ED-coded thoughts (e.g., "Popcorn • I think my doctor let me have popcorn just to be nice!" because popcorn is unhealthy??????). Reiki and equinox cleanses, as well as divine messages to do yoga (very much popular at the time despite the contrary statement from the author) follow. Herbal remedies reportedly are used before resorting to any over-the-counter meds but Gisele has also done multiple cosmetic surgeries and injectibles. Do I even need to comment on how contradictive these are?
ED
To begin with the most simple indication of ED thinking, I don't know who needs to hear this but nut bars are not desserts and you do not need a special occasion to consume them.
"In the process of learning about nutrition and making changes for my health, I tried many diets. But diets were rigid, and I wanted choice and flexibility—something that would work for my lifestyle, tastes, and body. To find a solution that was sustainable, I realized that I needed something bigger than a simple fix: an attitude change. Instead of thinking about what food I needed to stop eating, I started to reframe eating three times a day as an opportunity to choose wholesome, healthy foods that made my body feel as good as possible."
This is an unintended statement of having a life-long ED that changes forms. This is what ED looks like. It's not a body type and not a number on a scale sometimes. It is also all of the above. I know it looks innocent enough but I can't help seeing the patterns. Diet is an issue and food causes fear, we move to full avoidance since everything is scary and then to partial avoidance based on anxieties, seeking symptoms and responses, heavily influenced by external information (which often is scary af on its own anyway). If Gisele was my patient I would refer her for investigation and potential diagnosis and I am kinda worried she may be transferring her fear-labels of each food to her kids although the recipes did have e.g. added sugar for the children version which is a good sign.
I am unable to shake the feeling that this book can be used as an ED guide with low-cal diets and meal replacement ideas and that alone does not cause happy feelings. This should have just been a recipe book...
One of the very few statements that felt like a somewhat healthy mindset on food was the below and still restriction is apparent.
The serving sizes for these recipes are moderate. Brazilian culture does not encourage overeating, especially when compared to the supersizing of nearly everything served in the United States. After eating, I don’t want to feel overly full, lethargic, or bloated. I have had to learn how to gauge my fullness and satisfaction. Just because I like the taste of something, that doesn’t mean I should eat it without limit or without concern for my body’s wants or needs. Smaller portions and prioritizing the most nutrient-dense options give me the taste of everything I love but don’t result in overindulging.
On top of the hints of portion restriction, Gisele mentions she likes truffle potatoes, baguettes with butter, croissants in France and pasta in Italy. So it's not that she genuinely dislikes these foods and only has them rarely. It becomes clear she's really scared of them. Would she be the same person if she didn't live in the US? Would she be the same person if she had never met the osteopath who filled her with fears and hopes alike?
April 10, 2024
There are so many recipes I want to try, starting with the coconut muffins 😋
April 16, 2024
I’m currently devouring her carrot muffins — 5/5!
Nutrient dense, delicious recipes. I’m looking forward to trying all the recipes!
Nutrient dense, delicious recipes. I’m looking forward to trying all the recipes!
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July 22, 2024Well to start, she’s beautiful and I want that kitchen, especially those 3 cute monkeys. I love reading about people’s health journeys, especially plant-based journeys. I guess you can call it confirmation bias. 😉 Her thoughts on parenting, meditation, and self care were a bonus and made my day. And I like how simplistic most of her recipes are.
September 11, 2024
im not sold u guys .. LMAO this lowkey screams eating disorder 😭😭😭😭
February 12, 2025
Before I picked up this cookbook, I only really knew the name Gisele Bündchen and what she looked like. I don't follow what she does online or know really anything about her. But somehow, I stumbled on this book.
I know it's a cookbook, but I actually read the personalized bits too about Gisele's history with food and her life in general. I found all of that super interesting. I also bookmarked many many pages of the cookbook, recipe-wise.
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I know it's a cookbook, but I actually read the personalized bits too about Gisele's history with food and her life in general. I found all of that super interesting. I also bookmarked many many pages of the cookbook, recipe-wise.
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April 9, 2024
I read cookbooks cover to cover and I enjoyed reading Gisele’s beautiful story. I have already made a few of the recipes and stocked my pantry with ingredients to make others.
April 2, 2024
This is a lovely book. Don’t skip over the section before the recipes. Gisele writes about her transition from poor eating habits to the lifestyle she has maintained since her 20’s. She believes that “Your health is your wealth, your body is your temple, so take good care of it.” (Page 35). I read a lot of cookbooks and sometimes they start to sound the same. I felt this one had so much passion and heart in it, without sounding preachy. She often talks about her children, her parents and her grandmother. The recipes are not complicated, and there are so many that I want to try!
May 2, 2024
I had no idea who Gisele Bündchen was when I saw this book at the bookstore. The first part is about her personal journey and some of the nutrition information to me was very questionable from my experience and knowledge on the topic. Other things made me pause to, such as voices telling her to do yoga. Its a lesson to talk to our doctors before embarking on any celebrities advice on topics of nutrition. I had thought it simply a cookbook, which I think it would have been better of being strictly that. I was also disappointed it seems many of the recipes seemed as if she collaborated with chefs to come up just for the book. Still, I look forward to trying some of the recipes. Keep what you want and discard the rest. :)
June 10, 2024
I found this to be an interesting book/cookbook. I was very skeptical because of how Gisele was portrayed in the media. If the beginning part of the book is true, she understands being frugal and using easy to get ingredients. (for the most part!) There are some really great recipes that I eagerly look forward to trying!
April 7, 2024
I usually just skim the introductions and commentaries in cookbooks. The author and her partner did a great job on this one.
April 12, 2024
Yum! But slight ED book…
April 11, 2024
Even with the title, I didn't think this book would be as holier-than-thou as it is. Also, the photos of her look so repetitive and posed and generic.
June 7, 2024
Avoid.
January 17, 2025
Das Cover des Buches "Nourish - einfache Rezepte die Körper und Seele nähren" von Gisele Bündchen ist wundervoll illustriert und zeigt Gisele in der Küche mit ansprechend angerichteten Tellern und Schälchen, was neugierig auf das Buch macht.
Das Buch selbst ist in einfacher Sprache gut verständlich geschrieben und zieht den Leser schnell in den Bann. Das Buch ist wertig und liegt gut in der Hand. Die einführenden Einblicke in Giseles Vergangenheit und ihre Geschichte sowie das Verständnis für deren rigorosen Wandel sind sehr authentisch und machen Gisele nahbar und griffig. Die grandiosen Fotos sowohl von Gisele und ihrer Familie als auch der lecker angerichteten Speisen sind wahre Eyecatcher und machen Hunger sowie Lust aufs Zubereiten und Nachkochen. Viele der Gerichte sind mit nur wenigen Zutaten recht einfach zuzubereiten, wobei ein kleines Manko die zum Teil in Deutschland eher schwer und/oder teuer zu beschaffenden Zutaten sind, die teilweise dann auch nicht wirklich frisch zur Verfügung stehen.
Das Kochbuch ist aufgeteilt in verschiedene Kategorien wie Frühstück, Suppen, Salate, Knabbereien, Süßes etc.
so dass für jeden Anlass und für jeden Geschmack etwas Passendes zu finden ist. Die Tipps in den farbig herausgehobenen Kästen finde ich total hilfreich und gelungen! Besonders wertvoll finde ich auch die persönlichen Vorschläge und Erläuterungen von Gisele in Bezug auf Vorratshaltung, Nahrungsergänzungsmittel, Meal-Prep, Küchenhelfer etc.
Es macht wirklich Freude durch das Buch zu blättern und die Gerichte nachzukochen!
Das Buch selbst ist in einfacher Sprache gut verständlich geschrieben und zieht den Leser schnell in den Bann. Das Buch ist wertig und liegt gut in der Hand. Die einführenden Einblicke in Giseles Vergangenheit und ihre Geschichte sowie das Verständnis für deren rigorosen Wandel sind sehr authentisch und machen Gisele nahbar und griffig. Die grandiosen Fotos sowohl von Gisele und ihrer Familie als auch der lecker angerichteten Speisen sind wahre Eyecatcher und machen Hunger sowie Lust aufs Zubereiten und Nachkochen. Viele der Gerichte sind mit nur wenigen Zutaten recht einfach zuzubereiten, wobei ein kleines Manko die zum Teil in Deutschland eher schwer und/oder teuer zu beschaffenden Zutaten sind, die teilweise dann auch nicht wirklich frisch zur Verfügung stehen.
Das Kochbuch ist aufgeteilt in verschiedene Kategorien wie Frühstück, Suppen, Salate, Knabbereien, Süßes etc.
so dass für jeden Anlass und für jeden Geschmack etwas Passendes zu finden ist. Die Tipps in den farbig herausgehobenen Kästen finde ich total hilfreich und gelungen! Besonders wertvoll finde ich auch die persönlichen Vorschläge und Erläuterungen von Gisele in Bezug auf Vorratshaltung, Nahrungsergänzungsmittel, Meal-Prep, Küchenhelfer etc.
Es macht wirklich Freude durch das Buch zu blättern und die Gerichte nachzukochen!
July 14, 2024
Based on society's assumptions of what models eat (salad: lettuce and nothing else), I did go into this with the assumption that Gisele has always eaten like this. However, Gisele spoke about how she spent much of her youth away from home following her career and ended up eating crappy foods, guzzling alcohol at night and coffee in the morning, and smoking constantly. Naturally, this led to exhaustion and a nervous breakdown that forced her to look at what she was eating. She worked on overhauling her nutrition and cutting out smoking to bring her well-being back on track. In this book, she tries to impart the information that she has learned to help others better themselves.
Yes, there are some salads involved, although I am actually interested in trying the Tuna Salad with Olives. While there were many recipes that didn't appeal to me, I took note of the ones that did and the way that created variations on commonly appearing cookbook foods. I would still recommend this book, even if only for the insight into Gisele's life.
Yes, there are some salads involved, although I am actually interested in trying the Tuna Salad with Olives. While there were many recipes that didn't appeal to me, I took note of the ones that did and the way that created variations on commonly appearing cookbook foods. I would still recommend this book, even if only for the insight into Gisele's life.
June 30, 2025
Meh. Recipes were terrible and I don't think I will actually make any of them. I was really looking forward to reading this book because I thought it would be filled with recipes and foods to eat to nourish our mind, body, and soul, which the title indicated. However, this book was primarily a few common-place, nothing special recipes (I'm talking about you, acai bowl. like, does anyone even need a recipe for an açaí bowl or a smoothie?)
I would have hoped to see more information about the types of food that "empower" our soul. To me, that would look like explaining the top foods that help feel calm, reduce stress, promote good health and overall wellness. I'm sure the foods in the recipes contribute to that, but it wasn't explained well. Just an ordinary, boring cookbook with a celebrity name slapped on it.
I would have hoped to see more information about the types of food that "empower" our soul. To me, that would look like explaining the top foods that help feel calm, reduce stress, promote good health and overall wellness. I'm sure the foods in the recipes contribute to that, but it wasn't explained well. Just an ordinary, boring cookbook with a celebrity name slapped on it.
May 18, 2024
A beautiful book by a beautiful soul. Her humility in the face of her great public success is moving.
I love too how she expresses her vulnerability. I related to her struggle with anxiety and I too have attempted through diet, meditation, and exercise to heal myself. She’s amazing to share so much of herself. I can’t drink the fruit smoothies I don’t think without more food in my stomach because my blood sugar is so sensitive to sweets but like other readers have mentioned I love her approach to planning and making time for what you eat every day. Like she said a meditation in itself.
Look forward to implementing more self care around food. I find this cookbook a wonderful manuel for living regardless if I follow her diet exactly.
Bravo Gisele.
I love too how she expresses her vulnerability. I related to her struggle with anxiety and I too have attempted through diet, meditation, and exercise to heal myself. She’s amazing to share so much of herself. I can’t drink the fruit smoothies I don’t think without more food in my stomach because my blood sugar is so sensitive to sweets but like other readers have mentioned I love her approach to planning and making time for what you eat every day. Like she said a meditation in itself.
Look forward to implementing more self care around food. I find this cookbook a wonderful manuel for living regardless if I follow her diet exactly.
Bravo Gisele.
October 19, 2024
Adding another cookbook to my 'read' list. The backstory of Gisele's life provides an interesting foundation to Nourish. (As I read this book I looked more at her vulnerability as a teenager, not so much that she is a woman of status.) Having been whisked away from her family into the world of modeling as a teen, she subsisted on a regime of unhealthy food, coffee in the AM, alcohol in the PM and junk food mid-day. Nourish is a reflection on that time of her life and today her commitment to a lifestyle and values of healthy eating.
July 16, 2024
This was quite a nice book, and I was pleasantly surprised. I think it will be inspirational to many, but I didn't find anything new in it, nor were the recipes particularly original. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, and the recipes were simple and attainable for even lousy cooks, another thing which makes this book appealing.
The recipes weren't what I was looking for, but they reflect Gisele's lifestyle well. The book was very cohesive and well put together.
The recipes weren't what I was looking for, but they reflect Gisele's lifestyle well. The book was very cohesive and well put together.
April 6, 2025
I really enjoyed reading this cookbook. Like her autobiography Gisele comes across as driven, disciplined and surprisingly insightful. While I certainly wouldn’t cook only from this book there were a lot of appealing light recipes I’d like to give a go. I tried the chia pudding and it was delicious! If you’re looking for a light soup or salad to balance out heavier eating during the week this should do the trick.
April 23, 2024
The recipes in Nourish are so fresh and healthy, I'll be adding quite a few of them to my go-to meals. The veggie, dressing, and stock recipes are stand-outs. The book is also nicely photographed. I'll be using this book a lot this summer. Ten Speed Press gave me a free copy of this book, but the opinions are my own.
January 17, 2025
Another good way to start the year off right with lots of new ideas for healthier eating. I found her story interesting and inspiring. She tells of quitting smoking, caffeine and sugar all at once. Wow! I’m looking forward to gradually incorporating her ideas into my cooking. Love her recipes for salad dressings and sauces.
April 26, 2024
I really enjoyed this one, especially getting to know a little bit about her upbringing, modeling start, and what lead her to eating healthier. They’re very simple recipes mostly vegan and raw vegan, but definitely staples. I’m excited to try the oatmeal golden milk cookies.
July 4, 2024
I’m actually pleasantly surprised by this cookbook…
It’s filled with next to no unobtainable ingredients.. simple and easy to follow…
This is probably one of the better put together cookbooks that exists. Can’t wait to make nearly everything in it. 🤤!!!
It’s filled with next to no unobtainable ingredients.. simple and easy to follow…
This is probably one of the better put together cookbooks that exists. Can’t wait to make nearly everything in it. 🤤!!!
January 31, 2025
I got this book from the library, thinking it would just be a cookbook. While it was that, it also was filled with useful tips and information, not just about cooking but about Gisele's life experiences and lifestyle. I've made many of the recipes already, me and my family loved them.
April 10, 2025
Talk about delusion
The idea that this book makes her normal is absurd. She has no real concept of what it is like to be middle or low income. The ideas are basic, and the recipes are full of expensive ingredients that no regular cook is going to buy.
The idea that this book makes her normal is absurd. She has no real concept of what it is like to be middle or low income. The ideas are basic, and the recipes are full of expensive ingredients that no regular cook is going to buy.
March 31, 2024
A lot of good practical advice along with easy recipes.
April 24, 2024
Beautiful cookbook with many yummy recipes and helpful healthful tips for better digestion.
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