Eating in Color: Delicious, Healthy Recipes for You and Your Family

by Frances Largeman-Roth, Quentin Bacon (Photographer)

A fun, accessible way to add a colorful array of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains to your diet—with more than 90 recipes and photos.   Registered dietician and bestselling cookbook author Frances Largeman-Roth shows home cooks how to use the color spectrum to bring more vividly-hued food to the table.   From deep green kale to vermilion beets, Eating in Color showcases vibrant, delicious foods that have been shown to reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke, some cancers, diabetes, and obesity. Avocados, tomatoes, farro, blueberries, and more shine in stunning photographs of 90 color-coded, family-friendly recipes, ranging from Caramelized Red Onion and Fig Pizza to Cran-Apple Tarte Tatin. Clear preparation instructions and nutritional information make this an essential resource for eating well while eating healthy.   “Enjoying a rainbow of produce is one of the top things you can do to boost your wellbeing. Eating In Color offers all the inspiration and tools you need to do just that―absolutely deliciously.” —Ellie Krieger, RD, Food Network host and author of Weeknight Wonders

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Health, Food and Drink, Nonfiction, Food, Adult

224 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2014

Reviews

[Andrea James · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like the concept of the book. Well, it is after all one of the modules that I teach on my course. Sometimes finding inspiration to cook your next meal can be tricky so it's helpful to play with the wonderful colour palette of ingredients when figuring out what to make.

The photographs in this book are terrific so it's an even greater shame that there are so few of them. Photos are not always necessary; for instance I am also currently reading the fantastic "The Science of Good Cooking" and having mouth-watering pictures of food would be more of a distraction.

However, in a book celebrating the colours of food and encouraging people to think of food in terms of colours, it would be great to be able to see more examples of what the finished dishes looked like. I think it would help to generate even more ideas about how to combine and complement the colours.

The recipes are healthy, fresh and with reasonable consideration of the flavours involved. The author provides some blurb on each of the featured ingredients (sections include: basic background, seasonality, nutritional goodness, how to choose it, how to store it and how to use it.

Overall the book provides nice inspiration if you're looking to move to a healthier lifestyle or if you already eat healthily but would like more ideas to vary your meals.

[Luciana · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book is gorgeous! There is a lot of colour, not only for the pages, but the photos of the food are also very colourful & look absolutely temptingly delicious.

The recipes are laid out in a really nice, easy to follow, layout & have lots of valuable information as well.

It also gives a lot of information & detail on how to use, store, choose, etc. these vegetables & fruits used.

For me, who is not a great cook or baker, there are many ingredients I would have to try & find in order to attempt these recipes. Maybe one day, this won't hinder me from trying some of them out as they do look simply delicious!

[Linh-Ngan Bui · Rating 2 out of 5]

A cook book with limited photos but full of text is not my cookbook of choice. If you can pass that barrier, you will find nice easy recipes to use.

[Linda · Rating 4 out of 5]

An unusual layout for a cookbook as it is organized by colors instead of meals. Therefore you might find a recipe for a drink next to a vegetable dish or a breakfast recipe next to dinner. I found lots of inspiration in this cookbook though, and am off to the store to stock up on some fresh colorful fruits and vegetables.

I love the author's idea of a salad in a jar for packing lunches: put the dressing, beans, toppings...in the bottom of a glass jar and then the greens on top. Then dump it out when ready to eat! Brilliant. Also, the author is a dietician and offers a summary on dietary info for each fruit/veggie. For example, mushrooms do not require chlorophyll to grow, but are very high in Vit.D which is hard to find in most other fruits & veggies.

Up next to try: Powerballs and homemade granola.

[Meg · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book includes practically everything I look for in a great cookbook: great formatting, beautiful color photographs, inspiring recipes, and recipes that are both delicious and reasonably easy to make.

[Kathleen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice premise - the colors of foods - and beautiful without being overboard or tiresome (Plenty, by Ottolenghi is just... too over-the-top and grandiose, for example)
Found a few nuggets of info, some recipes worth trying.

[Michelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked a lot of recipes in this cookbook and can't wait to try more. The photos were very vibrant and plentiful. It also talked about different produce and where it originated, how to store it, etc.

[Chandra Jordan · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book has wonderful and tasty recipes. It inspired me to be more nutritious and healthy in my dinner prep.