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The Good Carbs Cookbook : Vibrant, smart energy recipes for every day
Good carbs are essential. They supply the feel-good, taste-good fuel to keep you strong, boost your energy and help you stay healthy.
The Good Carbs Cookbook helps you choose the best fruits, vegetables, beans, peas, lentils, seeds, nuts and grains and explains how to use them in 100 refreshingly nourishing recipes to enjoy every day, for breakfast, brunch, lunch, dinner and dessert. The recipes have short ingredients lists, are easy to prepare, quick to cook, long in flavour and full of sustaining goodness, so you feel fuller for longer. There is a nutritional analysis for each recipe and there are tips and helpful hints for the novice, nervous, curious or time-starved cook.
The Good Carbs Cookbook helps you choose the best fruits, vegetables, beans, peas, lentils, seeds, nuts and grains and explains how to use them in 100 refreshingly nourishing recipes to enjoy every day, for breakfast, brunch, lunch, dinner and dessert. The recipes have short ingredients lists, are easy to prepare, quick to cook, long in flavour and full of sustaining goodness, so you feel fuller for longer. There is a nutritional analysis for each recipe and there are tips and helpful hints for the novice, nervous, curious or time-starved cook.
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484 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 24, 2017
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June 16, 2017
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This book celebrates the notion “Eat foods made from ingredients you can picture in their raw state or growing in nature.”(p.9 Michael Pollan) and if you adopt this principle you cannot go wrong as Dr Alan Barclay, Kate McGhie and Philippa Sandall demonstrate.
This book is full of useful advice, tips on cooking, storing, nutritional information on the featured ingredients and its “hero” recipes. In the introduction Barclay et al list 10 Things they “Love About Good Wholesome Carb Foods” – let me share that information with you:
1. We love the way they power the brain.
2. We love the way they fuel the body.
3. We love the energy they give.
4. We love the good stuff (vitamins and minerals) that comes with them.
5. We love their keep-it-regular fibre habit.
6. We love preparing meals for family and friends with them.
7. We love traditional foods they put on a plate.
8. We love the variety and pleasure they bring to the table.
9. We love the way they feed the world.
10. We love their lighter footprint on the planet.
I heartily agree with all of the points mentioned above. This book ticks all my home cooking needs and more (particularly points 6 and 8). I can’t wait to try out some of the recipes here and to share some of the recipes with you. This book is a keeper.
This book celebrates the notion “Eat foods made from ingredients you can picture in their raw state or growing in nature.”(p.9 Michael Pollan) and if you adopt this principle you cannot go wrong as Dr Alan Barclay, Kate McGhie and Philippa Sandall demonstrate.
This book is full of useful advice, tips on cooking, storing, nutritional information on the featured ingredients and its “hero” recipes. In the introduction Barclay et al list 10 Things they “Love About Good Wholesome Carb Foods” – let me share that information with you:
1. We love the way they power the brain.
2. We love the way they fuel the body.
3. We love the energy they give.
4. We love the good stuff (vitamins and minerals) that comes with them.
5. We love their keep-it-regular fibre habit.
6. We love preparing meals for family and friends with them.
7. We love traditional foods they put on a plate.
8. We love the variety and pleasure they bring to the table.
9. We love the way they feed the world.
10. We love their lighter footprint on the planet.
I heartily agree with all of the points mentioned above. This book ticks all my home cooking needs and more (particularly points 6 and 8). I can’t wait to try out some of the recipes here and to share some of the recipes with you. This book is a keeper.
August 27, 2018
This book didn't look that exciting when I first bought it. But recently I have been reaching for it more and more. There is a selection of popular 'health food' recipes such as roasted pumpkin soup ( with the secret ingredient tomato) and lentils with roasted vegetables. The book is not vegetarian, though some recipes are and I suspect most could be easily adapted, but the book does focus on complex carbohydrates. So far all the recipes I have tried all work very well and once tried I am finding I am making recipes again and again. This book has been a hit with my family.
January 3, 2022
As the kids say these days, “gorgeous gorgeous gurls love eating carbs.” The recipes in this cookbook are fun, creative, accessible, and nutritious. Also, the authors explain how our bodies process carbs into energy and give us fun facts about various types of carbs. If you are looking to incorporate more complex carbs into your meals, you should check this book out!
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