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The Greenhouse Cookbook: Plant-Based Eating and DIY Juicing
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Plant-based whole food recipes to help you feel energized, refreshed and ready to greet each day
From the founders of Greenhouse Juice Co., this stunning collection of 100 easy-to-make recipes—50 to eat with a fork, spoon or your fingers, and 50 to serve in a glass—makes eating and drinking more plants effortless. From breakfasts both quick and leisurely to satisfying lunches and weekday-friendly dinners, the recipes in this collection prove how simple it can be to create delicious and even decadent plant-based meals to delight omnivores and vegetarians alike.
Canada’s leading cold-pressed juice start-up company reveals their “secret sauce” by sharing their private recipes for juices, smoothies, nut milks, tonics and cleanses. Delving into the nutritional properties of their favourite plants, and offering easy instructions for homemade plant-based drinks, The Greenhouse Cookbook is a great gateway into the sometimes alienating world of brightly coloured liquids.
The Greenhouse Cookbook offers simple ways to savour the here and now while looking out for a healthy future.
Plant-based whole food recipes to help you feel energized, refreshed and ready to greet each day
From the founders of Greenhouse Juice Co., this stunning collection of 100 easy-to-make recipes—50 to eat with a fork, spoon or your fingers, and 50 to serve in a glass—makes eating and drinking more plants effortless. From breakfasts both quick and leisurely to satisfying lunches and weekday-friendly dinners, the recipes in this collection prove how simple it can be to create delicious and even decadent plant-based meals to delight omnivores and vegetarians alike.
Canada’s leading cold-pressed juice start-up company reveals their “secret sauce” by sharing their private recipes for juices, smoothies, nut milks, tonics and cleanses. Delving into the nutritional properties of their favourite plants, and offering easy instructions for homemade plant-based drinks, The Greenhouse Cookbook is a great gateway into the sometimes alienating world of brightly coloured liquids.
The Greenhouse Cookbook offers simple ways to savour the here and now while looking out for a healthy future.
304 pages, Paperback
Published April 4, 2017
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About the author
Emma Knight
3 books148 followersEmma Knight is an author, journalist and entrepreneur. She has an MA in Journalism and an MSc. in International Development from Sciences Po in Paris. Emma's writing about books, maternal health and more has appeared in Literary Hub, Vogue, The Globe and Mail, The Walrus and The New York Times. She is the creator and co-host of the culture podcast Fanfare. In 2014, Emma co-founded a now multi-award-winning organic beverage company called Greenhouse, where she is Head of Brand. She is the author of two bestselling cookbooks, How to Eat with One Hand (2021) and The Greenhouse Cookbook (2017). Emma lives in Toronto with her family. The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus is her first novel.
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May 25, 2017
4.5 stars rounded up to 5 stars.
The Greenhouse Cookbook comes from the founder(s) of Greenhouse Juice Co. (which, I admit, I love the design aesthetics of). Greenhouse Juice Co. is an organic, local, cold-press juicing company in Toronto that has exploded in popularity, one that I didn't know about until seeing this cookbook in the bookshop but have quickly been super impressed with, both on the business end of things and with this cookbook.
For starters, I'm not really into fad health diets or health diets that a lot of people are into because the foodie blog they follow had a really cool article on it. Now, I'm not saying that juicing is the best addition to your own diet since I have never juiced or been into juicing. However, this book isn't just full of gushing about juicing because its founders are passionate about the subject -- it's full of specific vegetables and other ingredients they use in their juice with the healthy bits explained, as well as references to back these things up! I can't even think of another cookbook that cites academic papers with pages of full references in the back!
The cookbook itself is not just juices, either. It has breakfasts, lunches, dinners, desserts and snacks, all with vegetables and fruits as the main ingredients. But note: Knight frequently mentions what can be substituted with gluten and lactose options, so you don't have to be gluten- or lactose-free if you aren't required to be. Aside from the food dishes and the juices, there are recipes for different milks, tonics, cold-press coffee, chai tea latte and cleanses, including information on cleansing and how it's supposed to help you health-wise.
I'm just really impressed with the cookbook, despite the fact that I don't think I'll make a lot of these recipes (Scottish oatcakes will never look appetizing, I don't care). There are full colour photos of every recipe (with the exception of cold-brew coffee and the chai mix), and they are gorgeously shot. The font choices are great, the design of their logo and juice bottles are beautiful, the cute little drawings for the different types of juicers and ingredients are endearing, and the tips for storage depending on which type of juicer you use are incredibly handy. Plus, there's a cute dog photo across from the acknowledgements/thank you page, and I'm a sucker for a pupper.
The Greenhouse Cookbook comes from the founder(s) of Greenhouse Juice Co. (which, I admit, I love the design aesthetics of). Greenhouse Juice Co. is an organic, local, cold-press juicing company in Toronto that has exploded in popularity, one that I didn't know about until seeing this cookbook in the bookshop but have quickly been super impressed with, both on the business end of things and with this cookbook.
For starters, I'm not really into fad health diets or health diets that a lot of people are into because the foodie blog they follow had a really cool article on it. Now, I'm not saying that juicing is the best addition to your own diet since I have never juiced or been into juicing. However, this book isn't just full of gushing about juicing because its founders are passionate about the subject -- it's full of specific vegetables and other ingredients they use in their juice with the healthy bits explained, as well as references to back these things up! I can't even think of another cookbook that cites academic papers with pages of full references in the back!
The cookbook itself is not just juices, either. It has breakfasts, lunches, dinners, desserts and snacks, all with vegetables and fruits as the main ingredients. But note: Knight frequently mentions what can be substituted with gluten and lactose options, so you don't have to be gluten- or lactose-free if you aren't required to be. Aside from the food dishes and the juices, there are recipes for different milks, tonics, cold-press coffee, chai tea latte and cleanses, including information on cleansing and how it's supposed to help you health-wise.
I'm just really impressed with the cookbook, despite the fact that I don't think I'll make a lot of these recipes (Scottish oatcakes will never look appetizing, I don't care). There are full colour photos of every recipe (with the exception of cold-brew coffee and the chai mix), and they are gorgeously shot. The font choices are great, the design of their logo and juice bottles are beautiful, the cute little drawings for the different types of juicers and ingredients are endearing, and the tips for storage depending on which type of juicer you use are incredibly handy. Plus, there's a cute dog photo across from the acknowledgements/thank you page, and I'm a sucker for a pupper.
August 1, 2017
The first time I heard about The Greenhouse Juice Co. was from some Toronto friends. The GJco. had just opened near them and they couldn’t stop talking about their “neighbourhood juice bar.” Could anything sound more wonderful than having an organic juice bar within a stone’s throw of your house? But in my mind Toronto is like that — neighbourhoods full of farm to table shops and restaurants, juice bars, coffee shops, collectives— and, although Halifax has equally wonderful neighbourhoods and establishments, the grass juice is always greener, eh? I am definitely one of those people who mark my travel by what I eat and the restaurants I visit and I know the next time I’m in TO I’ll be planning a visit to The GJco. but until then I’m going to be enjoying their new cookbook, The Greenhouse Cookbook.
Personally I find that cookbooks that come from restaurants fall into one of two categories: beautiful souvenirs full of dishes too complex or difficult for the average home cook to replicate (sorry Momofuku!) or generous volumes meant for daily home-use, full of the best of what a place has to offer (the latter category is where The Greenhouse Cookbook falls. Although I own both of those books I have never been either place). When I started to try recipes from The Greenhouse Cookbook I felt as if I finally understood what my friend’s liked about “their” juice bar. With the first recipe I tried — their Almond Milk — I was hooked! Decadent and substantial is what was promised in the recipe’s head notes and the resulting milk completely delivered. To say that almond milk is almond milk simply isn’t true until you’ve tried their recipe. It had a lush, silky quality — not too sweet and with a hint of vanilla. It had both flavour and depth which is what many homemade recipes and almost all store-bought varieties lack.
This review is a little different because many of the recipes I’ve tried were on the advice of the author Emma Knight who I had the opportunity to meet while she stopped in Halifax on her book tour. Not sure what to expect (so few things that have to do with my reviewing happen IRL) I headed over to the Bayer’s Lake Chapters to attend my first book-signing. To be honest, she was very kind and gracious and when I mentioned that I was going to review the book she was excited. Which made me nervous. Most of the time I receive books in the mail from publishers, I try recipes, photograph the results, write a review and that’s how it goes. Emma on the other hand shared a list of her favourite recipes which made for the perfect starting point for my review.
Since this cookbook is part DIY juicing I was happy that they devoted a couple pages to explaining the types of equipment one could use to make juice. Since I don’t own a juicer I was able to use my Vitamix to make their recipes. When I made The Good my husband insisted on drinking his avec pulp but I carefully strained mine through the cloth I use to strain jam. The resulting green juice was beautiful — not swampy-tasting but vital and citrus-y. Very refreshing and quite different from the fruit-based juices I’ve tried. Rabbit, Run (pictured right) was really great too — the carrot-ginger-apple combo had a mild sweetness with that spicy ginger zing! Another juice on my list to try is Wake Up — what my friend heads down to The GJco. to get. I really appreciate the ease in which these recipes can be made at home (the only thing missing is that great bottle!). I also found the same thing with their smoothie recipes — delicious and easy to make. They’ve even included information on their juice cleanses and how to get started on them if you’re so inclined.
One of the things that makes The Greenhouse Cookbook so special is that it really is a community effort — all of the recipes in the book came not only from Emma Knight, but also from Hana James, Deeva Green, and Lee Reitelman. When I met Emma she didn’t speak of her book but of theirs. Maybe it’s because they all have similar views that the recipes work well together to create a cohesive vision. It’s interesting to me how their travels and experiences permeate the book — from the Very Veggie Curry w/ Exploded Yellow Lentils to the Scottish Oatcakes there is a world of flavour. While the juice and smoothie recipes are quick to make I found that some of the recipes took time, though not in a bad way.
Plant-based eating can look and taste like a lot of different things. Sometimes it’s minimal or “healthy” in a flat and self-deprived way (not the case with this book) and sometimes there’s a beautiful complexity to the look and taste of a plant-based dish (totally the case with this book). Take the Spicy Mushroom Tacos w/ Crispy Tempeh (and Umami Spicy Sauce — pictured left) — so wonderful. Crispy, creamy, spicy, crunchy — all found on one plate (the corn tortillas were made by my daughter and I as a little side project but ended up really elevating the final photo and taste of the dish). I think people who don’t follow a plant-based diet (or juice cleanses) worry that in order to enjoy this diet it’s an all or nothing prospect. But as Emma points out in her introduction it’s all about balance and (b)alance looks different for everyone. So if you want to use dairy — go for it! Add chicken to the salad — why not? Dip those Scottish Oatcakes in chocolate for a little Maritime twist? YES! It takes the pressure off so that you can enjoy this book as you’d like. Their sole purpose in writing this book is to help people see that it doesn’t take living in Toronto to enjoy delicious food or juices but wherever you and your kitchen call home.
Normally this is where my disclaimer goes when I’ve been given a review copy but this is one book that I purchased — maybe this adds extra weight to my review? To see that I put my money when my mouth is. All I know is that I’ve enjoyed this book immensely.
Please note that this review is an excerpt from a review posted to www.shipshapeeatworthy.wordpress.com
Personally I find that cookbooks that come from restaurants fall into one of two categories: beautiful souvenirs full of dishes too complex or difficult for the average home cook to replicate (sorry Momofuku!) or generous volumes meant for daily home-use, full of the best of what a place has to offer (the latter category is where The Greenhouse Cookbook falls. Although I own both of those books I have never been either place). When I started to try recipes from The Greenhouse Cookbook I felt as if I finally understood what my friend’s liked about “their” juice bar. With the first recipe I tried — their Almond Milk — I was hooked! Decadent and substantial is what was promised in the recipe’s head notes and the resulting milk completely delivered. To say that almond milk is almond milk simply isn’t true until you’ve tried their recipe. It had a lush, silky quality — not too sweet and with a hint of vanilla. It had both flavour and depth which is what many homemade recipes and almost all store-bought varieties lack.
This review is a little different because many of the recipes I’ve tried were on the advice of the author Emma Knight who I had the opportunity to meet while she stopped in Halifax on her book tour. Not sure what to expect (so few things that have to do with my reviewing happen IRL) I headed over to the Bayer’s Lake Chapters to attend my first book-signing. To be honest, she was very kind and gracious and when I mentioned that I was going to review the book she was excited. Which made me nervous. Most of the time I receive books in the mail from publishers, I try recipes, photograph the results, write a review and that’s how it goes. Emma on the other hand shared a list of her favourite recipes which made for the perfect starting point for my review.
Since this cookbook is part DIY juicing I was happy that they devoted a couple pages to explaining the types of equipment one could use to make juice. Since I don’t own a juicer I was able to use my Vitamix to make their recipes. When I made The Good my husband insisted on drinking his avec pulp but I carefully strained mine through the cloth I use to strain jam. The resulting green juice was beautiful — not swampy-tasting but vital and citrus-y. Very refreshing and quite different from the fruit-based juices I’ve tried. Rabbit, Run (pictured right) was really great too — the carrot-ginger-apple combo had a mild sweetness with that spicy ginger zing! Another juice on my list to try is Wake Up — what my friend heads down to The GJco. to get. I really appreciate the ease in which these recipes can be made at home (the only thing missing is that great bottle!). I also found the same thing with their smoothie recipes — delicious and easy to make. They’ve even included information on their juice cleanses and how to get started on them if you’re so inclined.
One of the things that makes The Greenhouse Cookbook so special is that it really is a community effort — all of the recipes in the book came not only from Emma Knight, but also from Hana James, Deeva Green, and Lee Reitelman. When I met Emma she didn’t speak of her book but of theirs. Maybe it’s because they all have similar views that the recipes work well together to create a cohesive vision. It’s interesting to me how their travels and experiences permeate the book — from the Very Veggie Curry w/ Exploded Yellow Lentils to the Scottish Oatcakes there is a world of flavour. While the juice and smoothie recipes are quick to make I found that some of the recipes took time, though not in a bad way.
Plant-based eating can look and taste like a lot of different things. Sometimes it’s minimal or “healthy” in a flat and self-deprived way (not the case with this book) and sometimes there’s a beautiful complexity to the look and taste of a plant-based dish (totally the case with this book). Take the Spicy Mushroom Tacos w/ Crispy Tempeh (and Umami Spicy Sauce — pictured left) — so wonderful. Crispy, creamy, spicy, crunchy — all found on one plate (the corn tortillas were made by my daughter and I as a little side project but ended up really elevating the final photo and taste of the dish). I think people who don’t follow a plant-based diet (or juice cleanses) worry that in order to enjoy this diet it’s an all or nothing prospect. But as Emma points out in her introduction it’s all about balance and (b)alance looks different for everyone. So if you want to use dairy — go for it! Add chicken to the salad — why not? Dip those Scottish Oatcakes in chocolate for a little Maritime twist? YES! It takes the pressure off so that you can enjoy this book as you’d like. Their sole purpose in writing this book is to help people see that it doesn’t take living in Toronto to enjoy delicious food or juices but wherever you and your kitchen call home.
Normally this is where my disclaimer goes when I’ve been given a review copy but this is one book that I purchased — maybe this adds extra weight to my review? To see that I put my money when my mouth is. All I know is that I’ve enjoyed this book immensely.
Please note that this review is an excerpt from a review posted to www.shipshapeeatworthy.wordpress.com
June 10, 2017
More of the same vegan and juices from a Toronto cafe. I tried one recipe and it was okay: the Tuscan bean soup, but not a lot better than what I usually make. Roast tomatoes before incorporating into soup. That's the lesson.
May 3, 2017
Beautiful cookbook! I've only tried a couple recipes but the true test will come when I get a juicer and can try out these juices!
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