Clean Start: Inspiring You to Eat Clean and Live Well with 100 New Clean Food Recipes

by Terry Walters

Terry Walters' first book, CLEAN FOOD, caused a sensation and fueled a nationwide movement about nourishment and clean food that's been embraced all the way to the White House. Cooks, foodies, and anyone in search of a healthy and sustainable approach to eating and living well embraced her eat minimally processed foods for maximum nutrition. CLEAN FOOD taught us the benefits of eating locally grown, seasonal, and fresh. And now, CLEAN START makes it even easier for everyone—from the kitchen novice to the seasoned chef—to eat clean. CLEAN START features 100 exciting new recipes for the foods we all need more of, featuring Terry's signature quick, easy, and delicious preparations. CLEAN START inspires you to take the next step…no matter where you're starting.

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Food, Health, Nonfiction, Reference, Vegan

165 pages, Hardcover

First published November 2, 2010

About the author

Terry Walters is a Certified Holistic Health Counselor who empowers individuals to make positive physiological changes through one-on-one health and nutrition counseling, whole food cooking instruction, workshops, public speaking engagements, and programs designed to support and facilitate change to a healthier life. Terry draws from extensive educational and life experiences including training from The Institute of Integrative Nutrition, The Natural Gourmet Cookery School, The Kushi Institute, and the Chopra Center.

Reviews

[Clare · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read Terry Waters' Clean Food cookbook and picked a few recipes from there. I also went to the co-op and bought sea vegetables and other obscure stuff (burdock root! wakame! agar!) but never made them. However, this book fills my precise need because this book is completely gluten-free and delicious. One of my favorite authors and the recipes are simpler and easier to follow.

[Christa Cordova · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you're going to buy one cookbook this year, buy this one! The recipes are easy to make, very flavorful and oh so healthy.

I blogged a longer review at www.mommyandmemeals.com, for anyone who'd like more info!

[Sarah W · Rating 5 out of 5]

A second one? Even better!

But seriously, this book is all of the joy of Clean Food and so much more.

[Allison · Rating 3 out of 5]

I picked up this book from the library because our family is moving toward a more plant-based diet. We've been mostly organic and whole foods (not pre-packaged) for over a year now. We've also been juicing for a while and shifting toward a mostly veggie-based diet (not vegetarian, but the goal is 90% plant-based, with the other 10% being made up mostly of non-meat animal products like eggs and yogurt). But, I wanted to get some variety in our menu (especially for warm meals), so I checked out this book.
I haven't had a chance to make any of the recipes in this book yet, but I have flagged a few that sound great (Asian spinach with peanut ginger sauce; Quinoa with apricots and orange zest; Summer squash with lemon cilantro pesto; Sweet potato and cashew soup with avocado cream; and so forth). I like that she focuses on local in-season ingredients. I don't like that she uses a lot of non-fermented soy (our family doesn't eat non-fermented soy, such as tofu, because of the high estrogen content). Also, these recipes are gluten-free, which is a plus for a lot of families, but since I don't regularly have amaranth and brown rice flour on hand, I will need to figure out the conversion to wheat flour.

There were a lot of recipes I would choose to skip, so this book wouldn't be worth the purchase for our family, but if you want to add some variety to your plant-based meals, you might want to check it out from the library and try out a few recipes.

[Bree · Rating 1 out of 5]

Notes:
Although there are a couple good recipes in this and her first book that doesn't make them good cookbooks. (At least there were photos in this one.) This is just another vegan trying to prove that this way of eating works. And since when are raw milk, locally pastured meat, and local spelt UNCLEAN?

This book is as contradictory as the first with lots of non-local foods that you have to 'seek out' in order to make your vegetables taste like anything. (Butter is real food and you can make your own from the raw milk you buy locally.)

When you have a diet with no healthy sustaining fats in it, your body craves satiety from carbs instead. So, what do you find laced throughout this book?? The author mentions her cravings for sweets, her need for dessert, and her kids devouring the sugary recipes right out of the food processor. Even her tofu is doused in maple syrup!! Why? Because her body isn't being nourished. She also mentions her need for making dips and spreads arising from how tiring it is to only dip bread in olive oil. This woman needs to eat some butter.

On a REAL whole foods diet, the body doesn't crave sweets.

[Megan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Fairly boring recipes that are uninspiring. The only ones that caught my eye were the Carrot Cashew Miso Spread and the sauteed cabbage with apples and cherries.

She seems to be in love with grapeseed oil, something I found to be interesting. I've always thought that it was one of the unhealthy oils, but upon further research, there's varying answers (so who knows). I also found the book to be unpractical for me, as I don't even know where to start to look for the likes of ume plum vinegar or teff flour.

There are healthy cookbooks that don't make food sound so boring or basic. This isn't one of them.

[Jessica · Rating 2 out of 5]

I try to do mostly fresh and have been on a search for recipes fitting to that. meat and diary are easy enough to add in. the beginning is informative.
I'm not a fan of obscure ingredients that are costly or hard to find. I'm simple and need recipes to reflect that. that being said, these recipes sound amazing!
unfortunately, almost each recipe uses an ingredient I am allergic to, so this book doesn't work for me.
I picked it up at the library (as I do with most cook books because of my allergy) and on ebook. cookbooks on ebook are outside of my comfort realm!

[Marlena · Rating 3 out of 5]

While a lot of the advice in here was good, I only found a few recipes which would work for us. Lovely photography and well crafted, though, as cookbooks go. I will say that it did inspire me a bit more to TRY to create more fun food. I still find that it is hard to do these days. I'm not sure why--but I used to be much more creative in the kitchen!

[Molly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gorgeous photos, easy to see and use layout, interesting ingredients without being too far out & awesome recipes for families and entertaining. I love that it is organized by seasons so that we can take advantage of what is local and at the grocery store while serving our bodies well. I bought two copies and will buy more for holiday gifts. Well worth the price.

[Christine McCloud · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read the core part of the book, which was good. Take it slow, you can do it, etc. recipes look more realistic than other clean eating books. Haven't been able to find some ingredients though. So we'll see after I've tried a few recipes!

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

I've recently taken up reading cook books after a long day. This one is very pretty, nicely simple, and I like that it's broken up by seasons.

[Adrienne · Rating 4 out of 5]

All the recipes in here look delicious!

[Trina · Rating 2 out of 5]

Great intro to clean eating, unfortunately for omnivores it speaks only to vegetarian meals.

[Doan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some good recipes, but not as good as her first book.

[Monique · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nothing to write home about...check it out from the library and make your own judgement.

[Amber · Rating 4 out of 5]

The recipes are separated by season and all look delicious. I found a few that will definitely work for me. A great thrift store find!

[Joanna · Rating 4 out of 5]

As I haven't yet had the opportunity to try any of the recipes please taking this rating with a grain of salt. However, her philosophy is something I vibed with and I was drooling from the pictures.